Program

FAEEN Annual Meeting 2025

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wednesday–Friday, 17–19 September 2025
Marketplace for National Societies (NS): Exchange of Best Practices – Ongoing During the Event

FAEEN meeting theme: Climate “Countdown”-Time for Action is Now

Host of the day: Marcus Aust & Željko Malić

Time	Activity
10:00-10:30	Welcome Coffee and Registration
10:30-10:50	Opening Ceremony (Moderator: Indira Hadžirović, RCSBH)
11:00-11:20	Presentation of Sponsors
11:20-11:50	*Coffee Break*
11:50-12:10	Introduction to Annual FAEEN Meeting 2025
12:10-13:00	Pannel discussion with relevant actors Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH, RCSBH, RoE, GFARC, Jeffrey Pellegrino Moderator: WHO, Country Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina
13:00-14:00	*Lunch*
14:00-15:00	Workshops: MHPSS/ PFA in Emergencies and Disasters (RCSBH) Impact of climate change on FA education (Cees van Romburgh, Netherlands Red Cross & Marcus Aust, Swiss Red Cross) One world, One response: National perspectives on best practices in First Aid (Georgiana Trandafir, Romanian Red Cross)
15:15-16:00	Pacific approach to First Aid & Climate initiatives (Jasmin Nikšić, PIROPS - First Aid Delegate)
16:00-16:30	*Coffee Break*
16:30-17:00	Workshops (Continue) MHPSS/ PFA in Emergencies and Disasters (RCSBH) Impact of climate change on FA education (Cees van Romburgh, Netherlands Red Cross & Marcus Aust, Swiss Red Cross) One world, One response: National perspectives on best practices in First Aid (Georgiana Trandafir, Romanian Red Cross)
17:00-17:20	Team challenge (Marcus Aust, Swiss Red Cross)
17:20-17:40	End of the Day
18:00-onward	Free Time

Host of the day: Elif Taşkın Aytekin & Natalia Momeñe Zapatero

Time	Activity
09:00-09:10	Opening of the Day
09:10-09:20	Ice Breaker
09:20-09:30	Video message (Hungarian Red Cross)
09:30-10:30	Guidelines 2025 (GFARC)
10:30-11:00	*Coffee Break*
11:00-12:00	Team challenge (Marcus Aust, Swiss Red Cross)
12:00-12:30	Henry The Bear: Collection of educational fairy tales for children on the topics of First Aid (Matic Slapšak, Slovenian Red Cross)
12:30-13:00	FA in education in people with disabilities: (People in armed conflict (Ukranian Red Cross)
13:00-14:00	*Lunch*
14:00-16:00	Workshops: First Aid Competition for children (RCSBH) Effectiveness and efficiency in teaching first aid skills in public schools (Reto Abächerli, Swiss Red Cross) First Responders: The ARIADNA Application (Fatima Cabello, Spanish Red Cross) Prevention in Action (Željko Malić, Slovenian Red Cross)
14:45-15:00	End of the Day
17:00-onward	Visit to Sarajevo's Old City
19:00-onward	Official Dinner

Host of the day: Georgiana Trandafir & Hildur Vattnes Kristjánsdóttir

Time	Activity
09:00-09:20	Opening of the Day
09:20-09:30	Ice Breaker
09:30-09:50	Research & Advocacy in First Aid vs. Climate change (Jeffrey Pellegrino, American Red Cross; Editor in Chief, IJFAE)
09:55-10:30	Building Resilience Together: Climate Center Overview, Heat Risk Trends, and FAEEN Partnership Opportunities (IFRC Climate Center)
10:30-10:45	*Coffee Break*
10:45-11:15	“A walk-through Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Gallery” or “The Red Family” (NS’s RCRC)
12:00-13:00	Simulation exercise (RCSBH)
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:30	Election of FAEEN Steering Committee Members Responsible: Georgiana Trandafir
14:20-15:20	Presentation of results of team challenge (Marcus Aust, Swiss Red Cross)
15:20-16:00	Takeaways & Closing Ceremony