Enhancing Human Security Through Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Policies in South East Europe

South East Europe (SEE) is the most natural disaster-prone sub-region of Europe. The latest earthquakes in Türkiye reveal that major disasters cause multidimensional damage threatening the sustainability of life. Human security as a comprehensive concept that involves all the aspects of human life, which are of critical importance for its sustainability, needs to be introduced as a higher policy objective in all multisectoral and multiannual strategies. All other policies including disaster management and risk reduction might well be incorporated and coordinated with other policies affecting human security. The Official Development Assistance`s responsiveness to human security aspects needs to be enhanced. Strategic interventions could be at the regional level in the SEE and South East Europe (SEE) 2030 Strategy is the best-placed framework to address those challenges.