


ArmInfo.32 years after the devastating 1988 earthquake in Spitak, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) returned to Armenia to support the development of a program to protect the population from natural disasters.
"I am proud to be part of this mission. Our partner in Armenia, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, has expressed a desire to implement this program, which is a possible factor in the development of the ministry's capabilities. I look forward to starting to develop this process in the field of population protection," the advisor of the Twinning program John Andersen said, who was sent to Armenia by the Swedish Emergency Management Agency to manage the project. According to Hovhannes Yemishyan, Deputy Director of Rescue Service of the Ministry of
Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia, r/s colonel, it is symbolic to announce the launch of this new Twinning program in the field of population protection and disaster risk management on the day of commemoration of the victims of the earthquake in Spitak. "We appreciate the opportunity of this cooperation with our Swedish-Lithuanian colleagues to strengthen resilience and increase preparedness in Armenia for natural disasters," the colonel said.
The duration of the program is two years. It consists of three main components - improving the legal framework for the protection of the population, increasing the efficiency of the comprehensive system for protecting the population and increasing the capacity to ensure the development of the effectiveness of human resource management.


