João Carlos Verde

Agency for Integrated Rural Fire Management
2019 - Present
Deputy for Integrated Management Policies, responsible for the 2020-2030 integrated wildfire management national plan (strategy and process chain), legislative process and liaison on international projects. Coordinator and main author of the international Landscape Fire Governance Framework

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Special Unit for creation of the Portuguese Rural Fire Integrated System
2017 - 2018
Advisor, as part of cabinet of the special unit, created by the portuguese government after the severe wildfires of 2017, kickstarted the 2020-2030 integrated wildfire management national plan, authored several resolutions of the council of ministers and produced a proposal of incident command system revision, among other tasks

National Authority for Civil Protection
2009 - 2017
Supporting the national directorate for Civil Protection Resources (2015 – 2017)
Physical Geographer at the Working Group on GIS (2014 – 2015)
Head of Planning, Operations and Informations Unit at the national command for relief operations (2013 – 2014)
National Operations Assistant at the national command for relief operations (2009 – 2013), awarded with the Civil Protection and Relief Medal of Merit

The Civil Protection and Relief Medal of Merit is awarded to people or organizations standing out by their actions on protecting people and assets, on a preventive or operative level, under conditions of risk, solidarity and cooperation with authorities for coordination of relief resources.

Peer Review of Disaster Risk Management and Civil Protection Systems
The Peer Review of disaster risk management provides a country or a region with an opportunity to reflect on its readiness to cope with natural and man-made disasters and to identify ways of improving risk prevention and preparedness.