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Janez Lenarčič

COMMISSIONER (2019-2024)  

Janez Lenarčič
Crisis Management

Email: cab-lenarcic-contactatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (cab-lenarcic-contact[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Address: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Responsibilities

  • European Emergency Response Coordinator.
  • Strengthening the Emergency Response Coordination Centre as the EU’s single operational crises response hub.
  • Securing the EU Civil Protection Mechanism – rescEU is used to its full potential.
  • Coordinating work on better prevention and preparedness for emergencies by supporting Member States develop disaster risk strategies and improve access to early warning systems.
  • Supporting countries most exposed to climate change to adapt and boost their resilience based on the expertise and knowledge of Europe’s humanitarian aid work following natural disasters.
  • Promoting and developing an integrated approach to crises so that policies address urgent relief and longer-term solutions.
  • Advocating globally in support of international humanitarian law. 

Mission letter

1 DECEMBER 2019
President von der Leyen's mission letter to Janez Lenarčič
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European Parliament hearings

1 DECEMBER 2019
Janez Lenarčič's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire
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Team

Janez Lenarčič's team supports him in his daily work

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Calendar

Commissioner Lenarčič in Dublin, Ireland: participates in the public launch of the report on the findings of the project Futureproof-IE, funded by the Union Civil Protection Mechanism

  • Ireland

Commissioner Lenarčič in Dublin, Ireland: meets Mr Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence; meets Mr Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

  • Ireland

Transparency

As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.

signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.

machine-readable version of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.

The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners.

Biography

  1. 2019 - present
    European Commissioner for Crisis Management
  2. 2016-2019
    Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU, Brussels
  3. 2014-2016
    State Secretary for European and Foreign Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Ljubljana
  4. 2008-2014
    Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Warsaw
  5. 2006 - 2008
    State Secretary, Head of the Government Office for European Affairs, Ljubljana
  6. 2003 - 2006
    Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the OSCE, Vienna
1 DECEMBER 2019
Janez Lenarčič's biography
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Declaration of interests

20 JANUARY 2023
Declaration of interests - Janez Lenarčič
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