Eastern Partnership Flagship Initiative:
Programme for the Prevention,
Preparedness and Response to Man-Made
and Natural Disasters – PPRD East
9th Meeting of the EaP Platform 1, Brussels May 2013
Lena Nielsen
EuropeAid - Development and Cooperation Office
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
Together against disasters
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova and Ukraine,
Duration: 2011-14; Budget: €6 million
Project Purpose:
• To develop partner countries’ civil protection capacities for
prevention, preparedness and response
• To bring partner countries progressively closer to the EU
Civil Protection Mechanism
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
EXPECTED RESULTS
• Better knowledge of risk exposure and available resources
• Strengthened prevention mechanisms at local, national
and regional level
• Improved capacity for a coordinated, effective and efficient
disaster response
• Improved information and awareness of populations
regarding risk exposure, prevention and response
• Improved coordination with the Eastern ENPI civil
protection Authorities and the EU Civil Protection
Mechanism - MIC
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
ACTIONS / OUTCOMES
• A) Development of Risk Assessment Strategy &
Electronic Regional Risk Atlas (ERRA)
• B) Civil Protection/Disaster Management Capacity
Building Programme
• C) Institutional & Regulatory Strengthening
• D) Raising Awareness on Civil Protection, Disaster
Management, and Disaster Risk Reduction Issues
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
ACTIONS / OUTCOMES
A) Risk assessment methodology / Electronic Regional Risk
Atlas (ERRA)
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Working Groups - Country Coordinators and National Advisory Groups
Risk Assessment Policy/Strategy
Review of Existing Management Information/GIS Systems
Analysis of Existing Maps and Data used for Hazard and Risk
Assessment Policies and Strategies
• Analysis of Technological Possibilities for the Conceptual Design of
the ERRA
• Design of the ERRA. A prototype is ready - http://erra.ccss.cz
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ACTIONS / OUTCOMES
D) Public Awareness Raising
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Awareness Raising/Communication Policy and Strategy developed
Euro Village 2012 in Kiev
Newsletters
Promotional materials e.g.leaflets
Videos - broadcasted on TV
Facebook - www.facebook.com/#!/PPRD.East
PPRD East web site - www.euroeastcp.eu
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
ACTIONS / OUTCOMES
B) CP Capacity Building / Training, exercises, exchange of
experts
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EU Civil Protection info-days
SEVESO II - Study tour Main School of Fire Service (Poland), Workshops
(April, September, November)
“Exchange of Experts” Azerbaijan (2012), more Jan-April 2014
Study tour on Best Practices on Prevention (Spain 2012)
Basic CP training 2x1 weeks June 2013 London Fire Service College, UK
C) Institutional and Regulatory Strengthening
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Round-table and on-site visit "Kalush Industrial Urban Agglomeration" (2011)
On-site visit and meeting with stakeholders Alaverdi arsenic graveyard
Armenia
Four experts from CIMA to start in May
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
PPRD EAST II – EUR 5,5 million
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Expected results:
The Electronic Regional Risk Atlas
Improved Knowledge base on disaster risks
Extension of the European monitoring tools and early
warning systems (e.g. EFAS/European Flood Alert
System)
• Development of Regional and National Action Plans
• Improvement of institutional & legislative framework based
on the recommendations from PPRD East Phase I
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
PPRD EAST II
• Preparations for approximation towards the EU acquis and best
practices related to disaster management (e.g. EU Floods
Directive, Seveso-industrial accidents, EU Civil Protection
policies)
• Improved information, awareness and participation of
stakeholders regarding disaster prevention, preparedness and
response.
• Implementation of the requirements of the Hyogo Framework for
Action Agreement and post 2015 Hyogo Framework.
• Incorporation of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster
risk reduction (DRR) into national public investment and
development planning system
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
«Together against disasters»
Thank-you!
www.euroeastcp.eu
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation