• Encourage the change culture of risk in an integral way:
  • Educating children and the young ones.
  • In an integrated way: at home, inside the community, at work, free time, ad campaigns, journalistic information.
  • Understanding how risks could affect the citizens, assuming the implications of their own decisions.
  • Transforming the memory of historical catastrophes in values for the most resilient communities.
  • Training/educating the next generation of technicians that will take decisions about planning, education, management, risk culture and risk management.
  • Broadening the scope of the first-responders towards the proactive management of risk: risk knowledge, encouraging community self-protection, prevention…
• Use all opportunities for cultural changes in risk awareness and policies.
• Communication in uncertain events (chained events, dynamic environments...) is crucial; it has to be prepared, trained and stakeholders should be involved.
• Focus on credibility and resilience.
• Empower communities and stakeholders. Recognize and partner with existing civil-society initiatives addressing critical issues.
• Reach population that has no trust in government authorities through non-governmental stakeholders.

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