{"id":1618,"date":"2022-07-08T13:25:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T11:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/mecanismo-de-proteccion-civil-de-la-union-europea\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T13:06:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:06:31","slug":"mecanismo-de-proteccion-civil-de-la-union-europea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/mecanismo-de-proteccion-civil-de-la-union-europea\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Civil Protection Mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The EU Civil Protection Mechanism<\/strong> (UCPM) was established in 2001 to strengthen the cooperation and coordination between the European Union and the Member States in the field of civil protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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CALLS FOR PROPOSALS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Calls are published regularly on the Funding & Tender Opportunities<\/a> web server.<\/p>\n

LEGAL BASIS<\/h4>\n

Decision 1313\/2013\/EU of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism\u00a0| OJ L 347\/924 , 20.12.2013<\/a>
\n<\/a>Commission Implementing Decision of 16 October 2014 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision 1313\/2013\/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism | OJ L 320\/01, 6.11.2014
\n<\/a>Regulation 2021\/836 of 20 May 2021 amending Decision No 1313\/2013\/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism | OJ L 185\/01, 26.5.2021<\/a><\/p>\n

DOCUMENTS<\/h4>\n

European Court of Auditors. Special report no 33\/2016: Union Civil Protection Mechanism: the coordination of responses to disasters outside the EU has been broadly effective | OJ C 19\/03, 20.1.2017
\n<\/a>Report on the Interim Evaluation of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism for the period 2014-2016 | COM(2017) 460 final, 30.8.2017<\/a>
\nOpinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on consolidating the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in order to improve the EU\u2019s capacity to react in the face of extreme events, including those occurring outside its territory | OJ C 290\/05, 29.7.2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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General information<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Disasters know no borders and can simultaneously hit one or several countries without warning. Having a well-coordinated joint response means that when national authorities are overwhelmed, they have one point of contact rather than multiple to deal with. A joint approach further helps pool expertise and capacities of first responders, avoids duplication of relief efforts, and ensures that assistance meets the needs of those affected. Pooling together civil protection capacities and capabilities allows for a stronger and more coherent collective response.<\/p>\n

In addition to the EU countries, there are currently 6 participating states in the Mechanism (Iceland, Norway, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkey). Since its inception in 2001, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has responded to over 600 requests for assistance inside and outside the EU.<\/p>\n

The Mechanism also helps coordinate disaster preparedness and prevention activities of national authorities and contributes to the exchange of best practices. This facilitates the continuous development of higher common standards enabling teams to understand different approaches better and work interchangeably when a disaster strikes.<\/p>\n

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Through the UCPM, the European Union finances the organisation of trainings, exercises, exchange of experts and other disaster prevention and preparedness actions, including grants for cross-border projects and the development of new tools, e.g. to improve weather forecasting, early warning systems, risk assessment methodologies and cost-benefit analyses.<\/p>\n

It also provides financial support to have in place resources such as urban search and rescue teams, forest fire fighting capacities, emergency medical teams, water purification equipment, high-capacity pumping units, etc., and their deployment during collective European emergency response operations in international contexts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n