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EU Civil Protection

EU Civil Protection. Community Civil Protection Mechanism & Civil Protection Financial Instrument DG ENV A3 Civil Protection Unit Mascia Toussaint 18 June 2007. Topics of the presentation Community Civil Protection Mechanism Civil Protection Financial Instrument Other EC funding opportunities.

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EU Civil Protection

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  1. EU Civil Protection Community Civil Protection Mechanism & Civil Protection Financial InstrumentDG ENV A3 Civil Protection UnitMascia Toussaint18 June 2007

  2. Topics of the presentation • Community Civil Protection Mechanism • Civil Protection Financial Instrument • Other EC funding opportunities

  3. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection Legal base: Council Decision of 23 October 2001 Participating states: EU-27 + 3 (Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) Areas: • Prevention • Preparedness (training, simulation exercises, exchange of experts) • Early Warning Systems • Response (facilitating and supporting European civil protection assistance and solidarity in the event of a major disaster)

  4. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection Community Response: Added value Maximises efficiency: • ensuring 2 countries don’t send the same aid • targeted assistance/teams where most needed One stop shop for European civil protection Ensures effective coordination • on site: ensuring EU teams work together and with other actors • at HQ level

  5. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection Community Response: examples • Mechanism involved in some 100 emergencies since 2001

  6. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection Community response: The Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) • Based in the Commission, on duty 24/7 • Entry point for requests for assistance • Information role: analysing and distributing reliable info to MS during disasters • Supportscoordination: despatching expert EU teams, matching requests for aid to offers from MS • Technical support role, e.g. satellite images and access to other EC resources

  7. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection Community preparedness: Simulation exercises: • accelerate response • decision-making procedures • identify further training needs Training • 6 types of courses • induction high level co-ordination courses Exchange of experts • secondment of national civil protection experts • familiarise with other techniques • study other approaches

  8. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System) Monitoring and Early Warning: MIC DAILY EFFIS (Fire forecasting)

  9. Community Mechanism for Civil Protection Future of the Community Mechanism • Commission presented Jan 2006 a legislative proposal to take EU civil protection response to a new level – the ‘recast’ • Aims to strengthen: transport, early warning, modules. • COM expects that adoption by Council will take place before the end of 2007

  10. Civil Protection Financial Instrument Legal base: Council decision 5th March 2007 Areas: Prevention, Preparedness, Early Warning and Response Budget: ± 130 million EUR in total Timeline: 2007-2013 Basis spending: COMAnnual Work Programme

  11. Civil Protection Financial Instrument 2007 Calls: • Call for proposals for simulation exercises • Call for proposals for prevention and other actions • Call for tender for Community training courses See our website for details: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/prote/finance.htm

  12. Other EC funding opportunities • Regional Policy/Structural Funds: - e.g. objective European territorial cooperation (former INTERREG) - National plans under discussion - Detailed management of these programmes is the responsibility of the Member States. For every programme, Member States designate a managing authority (at national, regional or another level) which will inform potential beneficiaries, select the projects and generally monitor implementation. • PASR/7th Framework Programme Research

  13. Civil protection on Europa website:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/index.htm

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