Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutions

Further clarifications on the type of practitioners required in the topic related additional eligibility conditions: As indicated in the Work Programme, authorities in charge of disaster risk entail public bodies operating at the national level that hold legally defined responsibilities in the area of disaster risk management. This includes national civil protection authorities as well as other institutions that can demonstrate, through appropriate legal or administrative acts, a formal mandate to design, coordinate, or implement national disaster risk prevention, preparedness or response measures. A regional or sub-national authority may fulfil the additional eligibility condition where, under the constitutional and administrative arrangements of the country concerned, it has been formally designated as a competent authority and holds legally defined responsibilities for disaster risk management. Its mandate should be demonstrable through appropriate legal or administrative acts.