Sjirk Meijer Part of the European Advisor Team
Sjirk Meijer Disaster risk assessment/ disaster risk reduction expert
Sjirk has a 30+ year career in Disaster Risk Reduction, primarily focussed on Risk assessment, Mitigation and Prevention. Sjirk worked in municipalities, Fire services (municipal and regional) and the ministry of interior in the Netherlands. Sjirk has an academic background which reflects his broad spectrum of interest. With an MSc in electrotechnical engineering he did his PhD as ethnographer understanding Safety Culture. Sjirk has the ability to be either be a generic specialist of a specialised generalist.
As freelancer and as advisor in RAN Sjirk is/was involved in 20+ Horizon Europe, capacity building and community resilience projects, either as specialist and/or lead in a task or work package, predominately in the DRR field.
Sjirk is one of the driving forces behind the Crisis Management Innovation Network (CMINE) with over 3000 members and behind the Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub , which is a flagship portal connecting stakeholders with the wealth of EU and global initiatives in Research and innovation.
Contact Sjirk through the Network or direct at sjirk.meijer@resilienceadvisors.eu
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