Transcript Civil Protection: general - Dipartimento Protezione Civile

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION
Together in the face of disaster
DG ENV A3 Civil Protection Unit
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/index.htm
European civil protection cooperation
History:
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1985 – first ministerial meeting
1987 – a number of Council resolutions
1997 – first CP Action Programme
2001 – Community CP Mechanism established
2007 – revised legal framework
European civil protection cooperation
Community civil protection mechanism
adopted on 8 November 2007 (2007/779/EC, Euratom)
Prevention
Preparedness
Response
Civil protection financial instrument
adopted on 5 March 2007 (2007/162/EC, Euratom)
Preparedness – Overview
2001 legal basis:
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Training courses
Simulation exercises
EU Exchange of experts system
(http://www.exchangeofexperts.eu/)
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Projects
2007 legal basis:
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Early warning
Modules
Preparedness – Training courses
Community
Mechanism
Induction
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High-level Co-ordination
(Refresher)
Operational
Management
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Experts trained in EU
civil protection can be
deployed
High-level Coordination
Media and
Security
Awareness
Some 600
experts already
trained
Sub-contracted
training centres
in various
locations
Assessment
Mission
Staff
Management
Exchange
of experts
programme
Preparedness – Simulation exercises
What kind of exercises?
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Large-scale pan-European
simulation exercises
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2007  €2.6 million
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21 exercises financed since 2002
Aims
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Accelerate response decisionmaking procedures
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Enhance interoperability
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Identify further training needs
Escex 2004, Finland
Eurosot 2005, Italy
EUDANEX 2006,
Denmark/Sweden
EULUX 2007, Luxembourg
Preparedness and Response – Modules
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resources of one or more participating states
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can be dispatched at very short notice
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work self-sufficiently and autonomously
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interoperable with other modules
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able to provide assistance to other
international organisations, especially the UN
examples of modules: forest fire-fighting; high
capacity pumping
Response – The MIC
Monitoring and Information Centre
e.g.
satellite images and access to other
Community resources
e.g.
 dispatches EU expert
teams
 matches requests for
aid to offers from
participating states
 assists in providing
transport options for
assistance
Supports
coordinatio
n
Technical
support
Information
role
e.g.
analyses and
distributes
reliable info to
participating
states during
disasters
A one-stop shop for civil protection
assistance
Response – outside the EU
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close cooperation with other Commission
services e.g. DG ECHO, DG RELEX;
close cooperation with the Presidency of the
EU;
leading role of UN OCHA recognised;
close cooperation between MIC teams and
UNDAC teams on site;
Response – CECIS
Common Emergency Communication and Information System
Specificities of European civil protection
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European systems and organisations have
evolved over the last 15 years;
the term “civil defence” is now rarely used in
Europe;
organisations are civilian and personnel are
under civilian command;
personnel do not carry weapons when on
international disaster relief missions;
military resources are used as a last resort.
Prevention – Why a specific strategy?
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Prevention and response go
together
Increasing link between civil
protection with environmental
and other policies
Civil Protection
Disaster Risk
Reduction /
Prevention
Prevention
Preparedness
Disaster
Reconstruction
Other Policies
Response
Prevention – An ongoing process
2 studies:
Gaps
identified
Stakeholder
consultation
Ongoing
review
process
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European
society
Businesses
Public Sector
end 2008
prevention initiative
Knowledgebased
approach
Prevention – What is the aim?
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build a consistent knowledge base on
disasters;
link the various actors and policies;
improve the use of EU funds for preventing
disasters;
review and complement existing initiatives;
support specific EU research and development
initiatives;
reinforce international co-operation on
prevention.
Thank you
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