European Homeland Security Association

Meeting with Mr Hervé Martin, Head of the Civil Protection Unit, Environment DG of European Commission, 12th of December 2007.
News and Updates
NEW !!! Cycle of conferences on EU and Security :
"Europe and Security : The European Commission Actions".


Next session : 23rd April 2008 This session has been postponed. More informations coming soon.
Invited : Mr Tjien-khoen Liem - DG Enterprise and Industry DG (Direction H - Aerospace , GMES, Security and Defence) Head of security research Programme unit

Location : Hotel "Le Châtelain" 17 rue du Châtelain - Brussels
Audience: 40 - 50 persons upon registration order

Fee : 300 € (+VAT 21%) for one conference

Detailed program in French
Detailed program in English
Registration form


The target of this cycle of conferences is to introduce for the 4 key EC General Directorates, on a half day programme session with a lunch, their policy, action programmes and coming tenders or calls in order, for all Homeland Security actors, and especially to SME and SMI, to be aware of the policy and of those opportunities in due time.

4 General Directorates have been contacted for this project (one per session):
  • Justice, Freedom and Security DG (Directorate D - Internal Security and Criminal Justice - Directorate B - Immigration, Asylum and Borders)
  • Environment DG (Directorate A - Communication, Legal Affairs and Civil Protection)
    Speaker : Mr Hervé Martin - Head of Protection civil unit - DG Environment
  • Enterprise and Industry DG (Direction H - Aerospace , GMES, Security and Defence)
  • Health and Consumer Protection DG (Directorate C - Public health and risk assessment



EHSA is pleased to announce its second cycle :
Public Health security and preparedness


Recognizing the threat posed by infectious, communicable disease or bioterrorism attack and the potential for gaps in preparedness, the European Homeland Security Association is launching a cycle of five conferences dedicated to national and international experts, high level decision-makers to discuss the appropriate prevention, preparedness, containment and response mechanisms vitally needed to address this critical issue.

EHSA will host these conferences in Brussels from 2007 to 2008. Each session is designed to include a scenario-based programme.

First conference has been held on 3rd May 2007 on Strategic stockpiling: a framework for containment and response associated with a scenario on a smallpox release

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Next conferences :
Conference 2 - Bio and Chemical incident - How to improve rapid detection and identification of the threat ? March 2008

Conference 3 - Bio-safety and bio-security: protecting vital research, ensuring safety and security. May/June 2008

Conference 4 - Managing public health crisis communication: before, during and after an event


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