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Update on Commission disaster management initiatives - Community approach to disaster prevention Thomas de Lannoy – DG ENV A4 DG ENVIRONMENT Civil Protection – Prevention and Preparedness
Update on Commission disaster management initiatives
-Community approach to disaster
prevention
Thomas de Lannoy – DG ENV A4
DG ENVIRONMENTCivil Protection – Prevention and Preparedness
Community Civil Protection Mechanismadopted on 8 November 2007 (2007/779/EC, Euratom)
Civil Protection Financial Instrumentadopted on 5 March 2007 (2007/162/EC, Euratom)
Response
Preparedness
Prevention
European civil protection co-operation
Disasters in Europe
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20
40
60
80
100
120
Floods & mass mov. wet
Storms
Earthquake, volcano & mass mov. dry
Epid. & insect infest.
Drought, extr. temp & wildfires
Source: CRED, 2009
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Frequency of climatic disasters
Source: CRED, 2009
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50
100
150
200
250
300
350
1980-89 1990-99 2000-08
Drought
Extremetemperature
Wind storm
Floods
Preparedness
Reconstruction
Prevention
Response
Disaster
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
Civil Protection
Disaster Risk Prevention
Other Policies
Facilitates and supports the provision of European civil protection assistance in the event of a major disaster
Both natural and manmade disasters
European Commission + 31 participating states (EU, EEA, Croatia)
Establishes the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC)
Response – Community Civil Protection Mechanism
Operation during the last year: India / Mumbai (consular protection / medical
evacuation) Moldova gas shortage Fact finding mission Gaza (no MIC activation / MLO only) Namibia floods (Joint MIC-UNDAC Assessment teams) Italy earthquake (post-damage assessment, first intra-EU
assessment team) Tajikistan Floods Benin and Guinea Typhoon Morakot, Taiwan Several Forest Fires in Southern Europe Phillipines and Samoa Earthquake in Indonesia
MIC – What´s new ?
Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-
made disasters
Communication COM (2009) 82
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 Reinforcing international cooperation in the field of prevention
Prevention – What is the aim?
Preparedness
Reconstruction
Prevention
Response
Creating the conditions for the development of knowledge based disaster prevention policies
at all levels of government
Bringing together information on disasters
Spreading best practices
Community guidelines on hazard/risk mapping
Research activities
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
Making existing instruments perform better for disaster prevention
More efficient targeting of Community funding
Taking account of disaster prevention in Community legislation
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 tieswith the EU Strategy for Disaster RiskReduction in developing countries
Feedback from the EU Institutions
European Parliament September 2009 Resolution on forest fires
Own initiative report (ENVI)
Council July workshop
Council Conclusion expected at Nov-Dec JHA Council (PROCIV)
EESC and CoR have adopted an opinion
Main initial activitiesRisk assessment and planning Comparative study of national practices Development of guidelines
Good practice programme Studies, workshops, guidelines
Improvement of disasters data and knowledge base – stakeholders expert groupMapping of financial instruments supporting prevention measuresMulti-sectoral disaster prevention network
Resources of one or more participating states
Can be dispatched at very short notice approx. 12 hours of a request for assistance
Work self-sufficiently and autonomously
Interoperable with other modules
Able to provide assistance to other international organisations, especially the UN
Examples of modules: forest fire-fighting; high capacity pumping
Preparedness and Response – Modules
13 Civil Protection Modules + TAST
High capacity pumpingWater purificationMedium and heavy urban search and rescueAerial forest fire fighting (helicopters + planes)Advanced medical post / with surgeryField hospitalMedical evacuationEmergency temporary shelterCBRN detection and samplingSearch and rescue in CBRN conditionsTechnical assistance support teams (TAST)
A. Preparatory Action on the development of an EU rapid response capability
B. Pilot Project on forest fires
• Aim: to explore innovative arrangements for the European CP, by:
a) creating modules for rapid deployment
b) creating additional reserve EU capacity on forest fires
What it is NOT: EU CP Stand-by Force
What it is: Test of possible arrangements
request from Budgetary Authority to COM to launch on a test basis activities in a defined policy area with the objective to prepare legislative proposals
Preparedness: what is at hand?
The Preparatory Action: successful projects
Main applicant and title Countries Modules Availab. EU (€)
Ministère de l'Intérieur FR, DDSC – "EU Rapid Response Capability 7"
FR, PT, MT, ES, IT, EL, BE, LU
HCP, WP, HUSAR, FF, AMP-S, FH, CBRNx2 May 09 997 600
Gruppo di Chirurgia per Interventi diProtezione Civile IT – "PISARTE" IT AMP-S
MUSAR May 10 774 374
Estonian Rescue Board EE - “Multinational flood response capability" EE, LV, LT HCP Jun 10 655 151
Die Johanniter DE – "European Technical Assistance" DE TAST Mar 09 462 250
Ministry of Interior CZ –"Increase Capability of CZ USAR Team" CZ HUSAR (Jan 09) 187 200
The Budgetary Authority (EP) reintroduced for 2009:
Preparatory Action - M€ 7.5on EU rapid response capability
- builds upon, complements and extends 2008 activities- merges Pilot Project into Preparatory Action
Aim: testing innovative arrangements to enhance the availability of CP resourcesfor the Mechanism interventions
Focus: activities not fully covered by 2008 projects
Preparatory Action 2009 :
Eurosot 2005 Italy
Escex 2004 FinlandWhat kind of exercises?
Large-scale pan-European simulation exercises
Call 2007 €2.6 million
Calls 2008 € 3.1 million
For 2009 available € 4.1 million
Around 30 exercises financed since 2002
Aims
Accelerate response decision-making procedures
Enhance interoperability
Identify further training needs
Preparedness – Simulation exercises
EULUX 2007 Luxemburg
EUDANEX 2006 Denmark/Sweden
EU FloodEx 2009 Netherlands
EC co-funded for €870,000 (=$ 1,300,000) of total of app. € 1,500,000 (=$2,250,000)
300 participants from Germany, UK, Poland and Estonia
300 participants from the Netherlands(police, firebrigades, healthservices, radio
amateurs, life savers, army)
300 roleplayers
• 500 participants• Exhibition: international partners, training centres, innovative technology + civil protection modules•Debates and seminars on prevention, response, cooperation with other actors in the field, etc.
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