Disaster Risk Reduction in the Czech Republic

 

A natural scientist in a technical environment. A scientific worker and university pedagogue at Technical University of Ostrava and OSRI - Occupational Safety Research Institute. His work life focuses on safety and environment protection. He has vast international experience as a lecturer and expert in the area of environment protection, safety and elimination of catastrophe risks.  He is a member of the EU, OECD, OSN (UNISDR and UNECE) and NATO working groups dealing with safety and catastrophes. He is the delegate of the Czech Republic in the in the EU Horizon 2020 programme committee – Safe society, a member of the Expert group for international cooperation in the safety research of the Czech Republic. He cooperated on the identification of the Czech safety research priorities and on the preparation of the Environmental Safety Concept of the Czech Republic. He was awarded a merit medal by the Fire Brigade Directorate General.