Stakeholders consultation related to heatwaves management in Slovakia

The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute hosted the key stakeholders during the national consultation related to a heat waves management in Slovakia. The main aim of the consultation was a discussion about the existing heat wave management, the identification of its weak points and suggestions how to improve it to increase the preparedness on heat waves occurrence in the future.

The participants represented various sectors and policy levels from national authorities (Ministry of Environment of SR, Ministry of Health of SR, Ministry of Interior of SR, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of SR, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of SR), though sectoral organizations (Institute of Health Analysis, Public Health Authority of SR, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institite) to academic sector (University Hospital in Martin, Department of Public Health of Trnava University, Animal Production Research Centre Nitra).

The information from discussion will be the main base for the proposal of the national action plan for improvement of DHF management in Slovakia, which is one of the outputs of the Clim4Cast project. Further, the forecasting products of the Clim4Cast project were much appreciated and there is high interest of relevant stakeholders in their implementation into praxis.