The new EU Civil Protection legislation. EU Civil Protection Exercises. Training Programme (2012. In the area of Split-Dalmatia County there is a high risk of earthquakes and fires. Members of the Civil Protection together with firefighters perform preventive. The European Community’s Civil Protection Mechanism 5 Training. Civil protection means or teams in other EU. Civil INTRODUCTION protection. EU provides around €1bn a year to fund food aid & humanitarian assistance for victims of conflicts and natural disasters. It also funds civil protection in conflict.

Project Information The 'Civil Protection Cooperation with the candidate countries and potential candidates - Phase II ' (IPA CP Cooperation Programme II) is intended as a continuation of the IPA Civil Protection Cooperation Programme I which ended in May 2013. IPA CP Cooperation Programme II aims to build on the progress made by its predecessor.

The overall objective is to reduce the vulnerability of Western Balkan countries and Turkey (Beneficiaries) to natural and man-made disasters at national and regional levels through: - increaing the ability of the Beneficiaries to effectively cooperate with the Union (EU) Civil Protection Mechanism and relevant institutions. - increasing the capability of the Beneficiaries to further develop effective national civil protection / disaster response systems and collaborate regionally. The key activities and tools of the programme are intended to promote capacity building at administrative, operational and policy levels.

This will be achieved through the means of trainings, field exercises, table top exercises, exchanges of experts, discussion based workshops, technical support and supporting networks of various stakeholders in the Western Balkans and Turkey and with EU Member States. Beneficiary Countries Albania: Bosnia and Herzegovina: FYR of Macedonia:, Montenegro: Serbia: Kosovo: Turkey: Project Implementing Consortium Slovenia: Croatia: Italy: Germany: Sweden: Slovenia. • Capacity-raising through TTX on HNS, workshops and provision of technical support 3.1 Table top Exercises • One table-top exercise in each beneficiary country with a focus on host nation support (HNS). The exercises will involve representatives from national institutions relevant for the provision of HNS (7 HNS table-top exercises in total) 3.2 Workshops • Two policy workshops on topics relevant to disaster prevention, preparedness and response at EU or regional level. 3.3 Technical Support • The provision of technical support if requested on development of standard operational procedures, legislation etc.

The European Union is committed to helping victims of man-made and natural disasters worldwide. It helps over 120 million people each year. Collectively, the EU and its constituent countries are the world's leading donor of humanitarian aid.

Yet EU aid accounts for under 1% of the EU's total annual budget – just over €2 per EU citizen. The Treaty of Lisbon provides the legal basis for aid.

Its purpose is to help people in distress, whatever their nationality, religion, gender or ethnic origin. The EU is committed to a leading role in disaster relief. Since 2010, the European Commission has established a more robust and effective European mechanism for disaster response.

A single organisation now deals with both and, which is more efficient. The operates together with EU funding for humanitarian aid to tackle the needs arising from a conflict or disaster, such as the (2014 on).

This mechanism has helped provide emergency supplies from EU countries, while the European Commission has disbursed over €400 million in humanitarian aid (data: February 2015)., EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, has been responsible for since November 2014. Humanitarian aid The EU works in all major crisis areas, including,,, and the, and in countries facing post-conflict instability, such as the. It helps save lives, reduce suffering and protect the security and dignity of those affected. The EU has been providing humanitarian aid since 1992 in over 140 countries. Though its annual budget for such operations is limited at under €1 bn, it helps some 120 million people every year. The EU helps raise awareness of ' forgotten crises' – often protracted crises which have escaped the attention of the media and the international community.

Recently, it has helped focus attention on the humanitarian disaster in the. How we work The (ECHO) handles EU-funded relief.

Humanitarian aid is channelled through over 200 partner organisations and agencies on the ground, including: • non-governmental organisations (NGOs) • international organisations • Red Cross societies • UN agencies. We provide emergency aid impartially, regardless of people's race, ethnic group, religion, gender, age, nationality or political affiliation. Sectors receiving most funding from EU humanitarian aid EU Aid Volunteers The (2014 – 2020) will enable some 18,000 Europeans to volunteer in EU-funded projects worldwide.