Expert knowledge. Practical lessons. Stronger resilience.
SPS-DRM national seminars connect students, young professionals, researchers and practitioners with leading experts from emergency management, civil protection, security, defence, academia and specialist protection-and-rescue institutions.
Where expertise meets the next generation.
The SPS-DRM seminar model brings experienced professionals into direct dialogue with students, researchers, practitioners and future emergency-management specialists.
Expert Knowledge
Lectures by experienced professionals from emergency services, academia, civil protection, defence and specialist organizations.
Practice-Oriented Topics
Operational lessons, field experience, case studies, exercises, tactics and institutional perspectives.
Discussion & Exchange
Round tables, questions, networking and direct exchange between young participants and senior experts.
Certificates & Recognition
Formal completion, certificates and a structured professional-development experience for participants.
Cross-Sector Cooperation
Connections across ministries, universities, emergency services, municipalities, NGOs and professional bodies.
Youth & Future Professionals
A strong focus on students and young professionals entering disaster risk management and related fields.
Three-day programmes built around real-world disaster challenges.
Explore the two national seminars organized by SPS-DRM, including programme highlights, selected lecturers and original event photographs.
Second National Seminar on Disaster Risk Management
A three-day national seminar connecting young participants with experienced experts from emergency management, civil protection, defence, academia, business continuity, meteorology and protection-and-rescue institutions.
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Programme highlights
Civil protection units, fire-and-rescue organization, international protection-and-rescue missions, forest-fire tactics, preventive fire and explosion protection, rescue dogs and interdisciplinary disaster-risk-reduction education.
Total defence, natural disasters as a national-security challenge, support of civil authorities by the Serbian Armed Forces, and a round table on strengths and weaknesses of disaster-risk management in Serbia.
Crisis management and business continuity, international exercises, media in conflict crises, GIS for natural-disaster risk reduction, hydrometeorological early warning and the formal certificate ceremony.
Selected lecturers & topics
- Bojana Ikodinović · Civil Protection Units
- Aleksandar Radosavljević · Fire & Rescue Units
- Davor Vidović · International Protection & Rescue Missions
- Željko Čavić · Forest-Fire Tactics
- Dr. Rade Milošević · Preventive Fire & Explosion Protection
- Dr. Nenad Milojević · Rescue Dogs
- Colonel Srđan Zgonjanin · Total Defence
- Prof. Dr. Hatidža Beriša · National Security & Natural Disasters
- Lt. Col. Milenko Obrenović · Serbian Armed Forces Support
- Prof. Dr. Jozefina Beke Trivunac · Crisis Management & Business Continuity
- Prof. Dr. Želimir Kešetović · Media in Conflict Crises
- Prof. Dr. Ivan Novković · GIS & Emergency Services
- Goran Mihajlović · Hydrometeorological Early Warning
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First National Seminar on Emergency Situations
The first national three-day seminar brought together youth and students from Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia, with lecturers from emergency services, universities and specialist protection-and-rescue organizations.
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Programme highlights
Watercraft fire tactics, crisis communication during COVID-19, hazardous-material emergencies, Beirut explosion response, gender aspects, water rescue, national-defence education, civil protection, knot techniques and wildfire tactics.
Traffic-accident rescue, hydrometeorological risk reduction and climate change, emergency camping, foraging, police roles, innovative wildfire technologies, economic effects of risk management, armed forces, INSARAG exercises, risk assessment, evacuation and extreme-situation operations.
Temporary tent-camp sheltering, psychological and psychosocial first aid, emergency fraud auditing, CBRN/terrorism protection-and-rescue tactics, shipboard firefighter training, extreme-rainfall warning, flood defence, flash-flood infrastructure vulnerability and DAREnet.
Selected lecturers & topics
- Captain Vlado Vukas · Fire & Rescue Tactics on Watercraft
- Prof. Dr. Želimir Kešetović · Crisis Communication
- Dejan Đurđević · Hazardous-Material Emergencies
- Diljmar Berkutov · Beirut Port Explosion Response
- Prof. Dr. Danijela Spasić · Gender Aspects
- Danilo Budimir · Water Rescue & INSARAG Exercises
- Prof. Dr. Vladimir Jakovljević · Civil Protection
- Dr. Branislava B. Matić · Hydrometeorological Risk Reduction
- Prof. Dr. Vanja Rokvić · Armed Forces in Emergencies
- Prof. Dr. Slađana Jović · Psychological First Aid
- Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Cvetković · Protection and Rescue in Terrorism/CBRN Emergencies
- Prof. Dr. Slavoljub Dragićević & Prof. Dr. Stanimir Kostadinov · Flash-Flood Vulnerability
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From operational tactics to governance and resilience.
Seminar content spans the full disaster-management system—from field response and civil protection to strategic security, risk communication, public health and geospatial decision support.
Civil Protection & Governance
Civil-protection units, emergency headquarters, national security, total defence and institutional coordination.
Fire & Rescue Operations
Fire-and-rescue organization, forest fires, rescue tactics, evacuation and operational experiences.
Crisis & Business Continuity
Crisis management, continuity of operations, media, communication and institutional resilience.
Public Health & Psychosocial Support
First aid, public health, psychosocial assistance and protection of affected populations.
GIS, Early Warning & Risk Analysis
GIS, hydrometeorological warning, flood risk, infrastructure vulnerability and risk assessment.
International Cooperation
INSARAG exercises, international missions, DPPI experience and regional knowledge exchange.
Interested in attending—or contributing as a lecturer?
Individuals can register their interest for future SPS-DRM national seminars. Experts can also express interest in contributing as lecturers, panelists or professional partners.
Participant interest
Register once and the SPS-DRM Secretariat can contact you when a new seminar opportunity is announced.
Lecturer / speaker interest
Experts may propose a lecture, panel contribution, case study or professional session for consideration in future seminar programmes.
Seminars are one part of the SPS-DRM education ecosystem.
Explore field training, workshops, online learning and other SPS-DRM educational activities designed to strengthen disaster preparedness and professional capacity.