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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

European Parliament hearings

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

Team

Janez Lenarčič's team supports him in his daily work

My team  

Media Gallery

Calendar

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

 

Declaration of interests

  • 25 JANUARY 2024
Declaration of interests - Janez Lenarčič

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