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EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION A Community approach to the prevention of natural and man-made disasters

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION A Community approach to the prevention of natural and man-made disasters Com(2009)82. DG ENVIRONMENT Civil Protection Unit. Disasters in Europe. Source: CRED, 2009. Frequency of climatic disasters. Source: CRED, 2009. European civil protection co-operation.

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EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION A Community approach to the prevention of natural and man-made disasters

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  1. EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION A Community approach to the prevention of natural and man-made disasters Com(2009)82 DG ENVIRONMENT Civil Protection Unit

  2. Disasters in Europe Source: CRED, 2009

  3. Frequency of climatic disasters Source: CRED, 2009

  4. European civil protection co-operation Community civil protection mechanism 2007/779/EC, Euratom Civil protection financial instrument 2007/162/EC, Euratom

  5. Why a prevention strategy? • Links between prevention, preparedness, and response and reconstruction • Progress both in response and prevention • Links between policies areas  Announced in COM(2008)130 on reinforcing the Union’s disaster response capacity Disaster Civil Protection Other Policies Disaster Risk Prevention

  6. Why a prevention strategy? • Disasters do not respect national borders and can have a transnational dimension • Disasters can have a negative impact on existing Community policies • Community funding required to deal with the aftermath of disasters Disaster Civil Protection Other Policies Disaster Risk Prevention

  7. Prevention – What is the aim? • Creating the conditions for the development of knowledge based disaster prevention policies at all levels of government • Linking the actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle • Making existing instruments perform better for disaster prevention

  8. Creating the conditions for the development of knowledge based disaster prevention policies at all levels of government • An inventory of information on disasters • Spreading best practices • EU guidelines on hazard/risk mapping • Research activities

  9. Linking actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle • Extending the "lessons learnt" exercises to disasters prevention • Training and awareness-raising in the area of disaster prevention • Improving the linking between actors • Reinforcing early warning tools

  10. Making existing instruments perform better for disaster prevention • More efficient targeting of Community funding • Taking account of disaster prevention in Community legislation

  11. Reinforcing international cooperation in the field of prevention • Emphasise disaster prevention in upcoming cooperation initiatives with third countries • Coordinate with the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and ensure close ties with the EU Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in developing countries

  12. Next steps • Input from the Institutions • Further consultations with stakeholders from the public and private sectors to promote the approach • 2010/2011: further prevention proposals?

  13. Thank you http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil Thomas.de-lannoy@ec.europa.eu

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