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accommodation and subsistence). During the mission, the peers will be accompanied and
supported by DG ECHO representatives as well as representatives of the external consultant
assisting the review process throughout (this assistance includes support for drafting the peer
review report). Post-mission online meetings will also be held, with a view to finalise the
report and discuss findings with the reviewed country. Therefore, it is expected that peers
commit to attending all relevant meetings, as needed.
Required expertise of peers
The overall objective of this peer review is to identify areas for improvements and highlight
good practices within the Italian wildfire risk management and civil protection system. The
review will look into national and regional governance issues, addressing the following key
focus areas:
- Governance of wildfire risk management: overall governance as well as the
legislative and institutional framework
- Wildfire preparedness: overall legislative and institutional framework
- Wildfire response: overall legislative and institutional framework
Given the objectives and expectations of the Italian peer review, DG ECHO is looking for
four peers with the below mentioned experience and expertise.
Peer 1 and 2: expert in policy and institutional aspects of wildfire risk management
Professional experience: progressively senior managerial experience within a civil protection
- national or sub-national - authority and/or managerial experience in forest management
strategies with proved knowledge in civil protection; proved experience in drafting and
implementing wildfire risk reduction and management policies, strategies and plans;
experience in supporting institutional reforms and/or change of the wildfire risk reduction
legal and institutional framework, good knowledge of the global frameworks addressing
natural and human-induced risks (i.e. Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030, Sustainable
Development Agenda, Paris agreement on climate change); good knowledge of the Union
Civil Protection Mechanism; good knowledge of sources, methods and tools for risk
financing including insurance.
Will be considered an additional asset: knowledge of the Italian disaster and wildfire risk
management system; knowledge of socio-economic aspects for wildfire risk management,
experience in public finance and public investment programmes for wildfire risk management
including EU funding (e.g., ERDF, EAFRD, Recovery and Resilience facility), experience in
preparing investment projects on wildfire risk management.
Peer 3: expert in wildfire risk preparedness
Professional experience required: excellent knowledge of wildfire risk preparedness
measures and experience in identifying and implementing wildfire preparedness measures at
national and/or sub-national level. Experience in drafting and implementing wildfire risk
preparedness strategies and contingency plans at the different territorial levels; experience in
implementing training and civil protection exercises (Command Post exercises, Table Top
exercises, Full Scale exercises); experience in developing ground and/or aerial response
capacities for wildfire risk; knowledge and experience in early warning systems for wildfire
risk; experience in designing and implementing risk awareness and communication
campaigns focused on wildfire risk at national and/or sub-national level.
