Council Resolution of 28 January 2002 on reinforcing cooperation in the field of civil protection training
Date: 2002-01-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, civil defence, vocational training

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL RESOLUTION

of 28 January 2002

on reinforcing cooperation in the field of civil protection training

(2002/C 43/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

ventions with a view to arriving at
common programmes;

the establishment of

the Governments of

RECALLING the resolution of the Council and the represen-
tatives of
the Member States, meeting
within the Council of 31 October 1994 on strengthening
Community cooperation on civil protection, and in particular
the desire expressed therein that cooperation may be developed
between schools and national training centres that are active in
the field of civil protection (1);

WHEREAS the creation at Community level of a network of
schools and training centres active in the field of civil
laying the foundations for
protection in the Member States,
the subsequent creation of,
for instance, a European civil
protection college involving these training institutions, would
speed up the introduction of the desired cooperation;

the Governments of

RECALLING the resolution of the Council and of the represen-
tatives of
the Member States, meeting
within the Council of 26 February 2001 on strengthening
the capabilities of the European Union in the field of civil
protection (2) which reiterated that
cooperation between
schools and national training centres that are active in the
field of civil protection should progress at a faster pace;

initiatives putting
EMPHASISING that while intergovernmental
the
enabled
such cooperation in place have
requirements and content of that cooperation to be identified,
more concrete results are now required;

already

CONVINCED of the growing importance of training at every
level
to ensure that citizens are better protected against
natural and technological hazards;

WHEREAS the recent Council decisions on civil protection,
notably Council Decision 2001/722/EC, Euratom of 23
October 2001 establishing a Community mechanism to
facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance
interventions (3), provide a framework which would facilitate
the creation of a network of schools and training centres
active in the field of civil protection in the Member States, in
particular through the creation of a pilot project entrusted with
the task of establishing the said network;

WHEREAS this network of schools and training centres could
also encompass a major project aiming at creating a European
virtual academy for civil protection as well as a system of
exchanges of experts, developed within the framework of the
Community Action Programmes on civil protection;

RECALLING the repeated wish of the candidate countries to be
able to initiate cooperation on civil protection training with the
Member States and with the Commission;

INVITES THE COMMISSION:

WHEREAS, in the interests of efficiency, greater synergy should
be introduced between programmes and courses of training for
personnel called upon to carry out emergency service inter-

(1) to look at any initiative supporting the creation of a
network of schools and training centres active in the field
of civil protection in the Member States over an initial
three-year pilot phase, drawing particularly on experience
with the relevant initiatives developed in the framework of
the Community action programmes on civil protection,

(1) OJ C 313, 10.11.1994, p 1.
(2) OJ C 82, 13.3.2001, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 297, 15.11.2001, p 7.

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the financial

(2) to consider the possibility of a financial support to this
initiative on the basis of
interventions
provided for educational activities by Council Decision of
9 December 1999 establishing a Community action
programme in the field of civil protection (1)
the
period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2004 or by the
said
Community
mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil
protection assistance interventions,

Council Decision

establishing

for

a

(1) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 53.

(3) to involve the candidate countries in its work.

(4) to consider, on expiry of this pilot phase and in the light of
the results obtained, any initiative introducing long-term
cooperation on civil protection training,
instance
through the creation of a European civil protection
college which would institutionalise the aforementioned
network.

for

COUNCIL RESOLUTION

of 28 January 2002

on a common approach and specific actions in the area of network and information security

(2002/C 43/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

RESPONDING TO

the Conclusions of the Stockholm European Council of 23 and
24 March 2001 that the Council together with the Commision
will develop a comprehensive strategy on security of electronic
networks including practical implementing action,

RECALLING

1. the Resolution of the Council of 30 May 2001 (cid:151) eEurope

Action Plan: Information and Network Security;

2. the Communication from the Commission to the Council,
the European Parliament,
the European Economic and
Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions (cid:151)
Network
a
European Policy Approach;

and Information Security:

Proposal

for

3. the Communication from the Commission to the Council
and the European Parliament (cid:151) eEurope 2002: Impact and
priorities;

4. the eEurope 2002 Action Plan endorsed by the Feira

European Council of 19 and 20 June 2000;

5. Council Recommendation 95/144/EC of 7 April 1995 on
evaluation

common information technology
criteria (1);

security

7. the Communication from the Commission on creating a
information

safer society by improving the security of
infrastructures and combating computer related crime;

8. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament
and of
the Council of 18 December 2000 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of
personal data by the Community institutions and bodies
and on the free movement of such data (3);

9. Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of indi-
viduals with regard to the processing of personal data
and on the free meovement of such data (4);

10. Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 30 June 1992 on interconnection with telecom-
munications with regard to ensuring universal service and
interoperability through application of the principles of
open network provision (ONP) (5);

11. Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 December 1997 concerning the processing
of personal data and the protection of privacy in the tele-
communications sector (6);

12. Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open
network provision (ONP)
to voice telephony and on
universal service for telecommunications in a competitive
environment (7);

6. the Council Recommandation of 25 June 2001 on contact
service for combating

points maintaining a 24-hour
high-tech crime (2);

(1) OJ L 93, 26.4.1995, p. 27.
(2) OJ C 187, 3.7.2001, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 199, 26.7.1997, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 101, 1.4.1998, p. 24.