STRENGTHENING GLOBALCOLLECTIVE
CIVIL PROTECTION CAPACITY
3rd IDRiM Café
Marius DOGEANU
27th August 2021

OVERVIEW
EUROPEAN UNIONCIVIL PROTECTIONMECHANISM

WHY WE ACT?
TREATY OF THE FUNCTIONING
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – ARTICLE

214“…encourage cooperation
between Member States forpreventing and protecting
against natural or man-madedisasters”“To provide…assistance andrelief and protection forpeople in third countries…
victims of natural or manmade disasters”
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TREATY OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION – ARTICLE

3EU CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM (UCPM)
When an emergency overwhelms national response capacities,
the EU Civil Protection Mechanism
enables a coordinated assistance by

all EU Member States

6 Participating States

UCPM: FUNDAMENTALS• Responsibility: States are responsible for the security and thesafety of their citizens• Solidarity: Member States have the responsibility to support
other disaster-affected Member States when requested• Call for assistance: Member States and third countries can callfor assistance when overwhelmed by a disaster. After needs
identification, they are responsible for the reception and use offoreign assistance• Voluntary: The level of support is determined by the Member
State providing assistance• Commission as facilitator: EU supports preparation, facilitates
cooperation, coordination and complements Member States5

UCPM - dimensions
Prevention: Support Member andParticipating States in preventing
risks or reducing harm to people,
the environment or property
resulting from emergencies

Preparedness: Training, exercises,
exchanges of experts, modules

Response: Facilitate cooperationand coordination in responding todisasters inside and outside the EU

UCPM ACTIVATIONDISASTER

1. REQUEST FORASSISTANCE

ERCC

2. DELIVERY• Offers of assistance• Deployment of experts• Transport co-financing

Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)

Monitors disasters Maps disaster Provides real-time Coordinates joint
around the globe
risks
information
Europeanresponse
operations

EU RESPONSE SOLUTIONS

Request forassistancethrough the ERCC

rescEU

European Civil
Protection Pool orspontaneous offers

National capacities➢ Safety net➢ Mutual assistance➢ First responders

UCPM evolution
2010 Commission Communication onthe2007-2009 Evaluation+Financial perspective 2014-2020
2004 - Asian Tsunami2017 - Forest Fires in Portugal2020 - COVID´19 worldwide

Trigger:

Legalacts:

Maincontent:• Creation of European Civil
Protection Modules• Possibility of co-financing oftransport assistance• Clarification of Presidency role oninterventions outside EU• European Emergency Response Capacity(voluntary pool)• Merge 2 Council Decisions: CP Mechanism and CP
Financial Instrument• Simplified procedures for pooling and cofinancing of transport assistance• Simplified rules for activations of the Mechanismin third countries• Creation of RescEU (and transitionalprovisions)• European CP Pool
• Union Civil Protection Knowledge
Network• Visibility and awards• Lo-Hi risks• RescEU reinforcement• Disaster Resilience Goals• Budget with flexibility
marginEuropean Civil Protection Pool

• ECPP is a reserve of resources
committed by European states torespond to disasters inside andoutside the EU• The Pool was established in 2013.
Resources
canbeexperts,equipmentandtransportationservices. To date, 25 European
countries contribute to the Pool
• The Pool allows for a morepredictable, pre-planned and qualitychecked European response.

12FF Capacities available (ECPP & rescEU)
Country

Aircraft model

AircraftNo(capacityNo)

FranceCanadair CL-415

2 (1)Croatia

Canadair CL-415

2 (1)15 Jun – 31 Oct

rescEU transition

GreeceCanadair CL-415

2 (1)15 Jun – 31 Oct

rescEU transition

Italy

Canadair CL-415

2 (1)15 Jun – 31 Oct

rescEU transition

Spain

Canadair CL-415

2 (1)15 Jun – 31 Oct

rescEU transition

FranceDash

1 (1)15 Jun – 31 Oct

rescEU transition

SwedenHelicopter AS
350

6 (2)

1 Jun – 15 Oct

rescEU transition

SwedenFire boss

2 (1)1 April – 31 Oct

rescEU

Availability
periodStatus

ECPP

120
100

2021 is catching up…

80

As of 20 August:72 activations
57 COVID related

6040200352

14669881016418 1710 1118
14 13 12 11 13484768211164
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11 179338
152002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Inside EU

UCPM Operations 2007-2021
Terrorist attacks

1

Avalanche/Landslide

3

Consular support

37

Preparedness/ advisory

12

Biological/medical

77

Environmental

28

Man made (expl, acc)

14

Civil unrest, conflicts, IDP, refugees

38

Volcano Eruption/ tsunami

10Mar Pol (oil spill)

20

Storms (cycl, hurr)

46

Extreme weather(cold, Drought, sleet, snow)

15Earthquake48

Forest Fires

105

Floods78
0102030405060

7080

90100110

UCPM response for COVID-19

Repatriations

In-kind assistancerescEU

Humanitarian cargo

Medical teams

Coordination

The new UCPM legislative framework
The main features of the regulation – prevention andpreparedness phase
Disaster Resilience Goals

Disaster Scenario Planning→ non-binding & via COM
recommendations→ limited to the area ofcivil protection

Build on linkages:

Disaster Loss DataOTA reinforced architecture for the UCPM
COMDirectProcurement

UCPM
rescEUUCPM
European Civil
Protection Pool

Member States
Civil Protection

UCPM
rescEUUCPM
European Civil
Protection Pool

Member States
Civil Protection

The main features of the regulation - Direct procurement
Before→ only MS can procureand host rescEU
capacities

Now

also the Commission can (directly) procure rescEU
capacities, under specific conditions

Transport and logistics
capacities
1. always possible (also in‘peace time’)2. rent, lease or contract,
NO acquisition (and noownership)
3. Implementing Act
needed(any other) rescEU
capacity, existing or new
1. only in duly justified casesof emergency
2. only items or assets, NOmodules!
3. Urgent Implementing Act
needed
4. in force for 6 months, CPC
to confirm or rejectOTHER PROVISIONS

Environmental
disasters
Financialsupport for thetransport ofassistance

ERCC
Strengthened
cooperation withnational CP
authorities

Green recital
The UCPM
contributes tothe EU climate
objectives

Facilitation ofExperts
More technicalexpertise whereand whenneededOTHER PROVISIONS

ECPPOperationalcosts when
deployed outside
the EU

Galileo
Using emergency
services
provided by EUinfrastructure

Situationalawareness
Further develop
analysis
capability

Visibility
More visibility
requirements forMS receiving
funding orassistanceUnion Civil Protection Knowledge Network

THE ADDED VALUE OF THE NETWORK APPROACH

VISIONOBJECTIVESACTIVITIESThe capacity development pillar• UCPM Training Programme• Exercises• Exchange of experts• UCPM Prevention andpreparedness projects

Benefits

https://10years.eumodex.eu/

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