READY Baltics 3-day Kick-off Meeting, 15-17 April 2026

1.     UNDRR ToT Training

2.     DG ECHO Grantees Meeting

3.     Partners’ Planning Session

At the beginning of the project, a joint kick-off meeting and planning workshop will be organised, bringing together all consortium partners, associated partners, and key technical contributors. The meeting will serve to formally launch the project, align partners on objectives, clarify roles and responsibilities, and agree on implementation timelines and coordination mechanisms. It will also provide an opportunity to review the project’s work plan, monitoring framework, and communication strategy, ensuring a shared understanding of expected results and collaboration procedures across the consortium.

This event is only open to project staff and partners.

Day 1: Wednesday 15^th April 2026

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) will deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) for EDF and national partner organisations on the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities and its Annex on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. This training will equip the consortium with the technical knowledge and practical tools required to facilitate national workshops, support local stakeholders, and guide the application of the Scorecard in selected pilot cities during the project implementation phase.

1. READY Baltics Day 1 UNDRR Programme for ToT 15 April 2026

Location: EU Thon Hotel

Time: 09h00-17h30

Please note: if no registrant requires captioning and sign language until 7 days before the event, the services may be cancelled.

Day 2: Thursday 16^th April 2026

Two Streams Day: Colleagues can choose to join the finance stream or the planning and learning stream

Stream 1: Finance and Admin

• DG ECHO organises for all the beneficiaries of the projects awarded under the 2025 KAPP call.
• EDF as Coordinator attends in person. Countries partners can attend online (Webex link in project emails or contact Phillipa Tucker).
• Location: European Commission – DG ECHO, Auditorium, Rue Joseph II 79, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
• Time: 09h30 – 16h00
• Meeting Agenda

Stream 2: Partners Sharing and Learning Sessions

• Informal session, sharing experiences and learing each others areas (CP partners with Disability Rights)
• Location: Mundo Madou, Cosmos Room
• Time: 09h00-14h00
• Draft agenda – 2b. READY Baltics Day 2 – Sharing and Learning 16 April 2026

Day 3: Friday 17^th April 2026

The kick-off meeting will also include dedicated partners’ planning sessions, allowing partners to jointly refine the operational calendar, identify key national stakeholders, and coordinate preparations for upcoming activities such as national trainings, advocacy actions, and city-level workshops. The session will strengthen collaboration between organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), civil protection and disaster risk management (CP/DRM) authorities, and technical partners.

Overall, the meeting will establish the foundations for effective cooperation, ensure technical readiness for the project’s capacity-building activities, and support a coordinated regional approach to advancing disability-inclusive disaster risk management, especially on the use of the UNDRR Scorecard and on alignment with DG ECHO regulations and guidelines within EDF and our beneficiary partners, the OPDS in the Baltic states.

• 09h00-17h00
• Mundo Madou, Oxalis Room
• Finalise planning documents and ensure techncial readiness for project start

Please note: if no registrant requires captioning and sign language until 7 days before the event, the services may be cancelled.

This event is by invitation only.