112 Awards

3rd June 2008, 7.30 PM

Cercle de Lorraine, Brussels (Uccle)

presented by
Anne Pflimlin (European Communication School)
and
Emmanuel Paul (Eventattitude)

The 112 Awards intend to recognize and congratulate individuals and organizations which have shown evidence of extraordinary behaviour when facing an emergency situation and/or which contributed to improving emergency situation management and/or information on this European emergency call number and/or improved accessibility of emergency services for people with disabilities and/or connected vehicles to emergency services.

112 Awards will be delivered to individuals and organizations for:

  • Outstanding Citizen Award  
  • Outstanding First Responder
  • Outstanding 112 Call Centre
  • Outstanding Emergency Service Initiative
  • Outstanding Contribution to Public Warning
  • Outstanding Education on 112
  • Outstanding Political Initiative

Confirmation of participation received so far:

  • Diana Wallis, Vice-President of the European Parliament
  • Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society
  • Alain Hutchinson, Member of the European Parliament
  • Gérard Onesta, Vice-President of the European Parliament
  • Marc Tarabella, Minister of Formation, Wallonia Region, Belgium
  • Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.
  • Didier Reynders, Vice-Prime Minister of Belgium
  • Dushana Zdravkova, Member of the European Parliament
  • Kathy Sinnott, Member of the European Parliament
  • Marie Arena, Belgian Minister for Pension, Social Integration and Big Cities
  • Malcolm Harbour, Member of the European Parliament
  • Giovanna Corda, Member of the European Parliament
  • Alexander Alvaro, Member of the European Parliament
  • Adina Valean, Member of the European Parliament
  • Olivier Chastel, Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (represented by his special advisor Luc Paque)
  • Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Member of the European Parliament
  • Dr Raed Arrafat, State Secretary for Health, Romania
  • M. Witold Drozdz, Deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration, Poland