Conference

MIC

Monitoring and Information Centre, European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/civil_protection/civil/

The Monitoring and Information Centre is the operational heart of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism. Based at the European Commission in Brussels, the MIC responds to disasters anywhere in the world and can coordinate civil protection assistance from participating countries.

Euromed: PPRD South

(Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters)

www.euromedcp.eu

PPRD South is the third phase of the EU-funded Euro-Mediterranean Programme on Civil Protection which started in 1998. The new 3-year Programme intends to contribute to the development in the Mediterranean region of a Civil Protection culture based on prevention rather than response.

ECHO

European Commission Humanitarian Aid

http://ec.europa.eu/echo

The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) provides relief to people affected by natural catastrophes and conflict. The aid goes to those most need – irrespective of their nationality, ethnic origin, religion or gender. ECHO also helps prepare communities that are vulnerable to respond quickly and effectively when disaster strikes.

Public Safety Canada

www.publicsafety.gc.ca

Public Safety Canada aims to enhance the safety and security of Canadians and their communities by strengthening the resiliency of Canada’s critical infrastructure and delivering effective policy and program coordination across the four pillars of emergency management: prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.

CDEMA

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

www.cdera.org

A regional inter-governmental agency established in 1991 with the main function of providing immediate and coordinated response to a disastrous event affecting any of the 16 Participating States.

IFRC

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

www.ifrc.org

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The IFRC comprises 186 member national societies.

UNOCHA

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

http://ochaonline.un.org

An entity within the United Nations Secretariat, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) supports mobilization, funding and coordination of humanitarian action in response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.

GFDRR

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

http://gfdrr.org

A partnership of 21 countries, the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank helping disaster-prone developing countries and regions reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and adapt to climate change.

IOM International Organization for Migration

www.iom.int

An intergovernmental organisation established in 1951 dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration worldwide by serving the policy and programme needs of governments and migrants.

IHP

International Humanitarian Partnership

The IHP is a successful demonstration of increased resilience through voluntary multinational cooperation between like-minded governmental bodies active in the field of humanitarian assistance and civil protection. It is funded and supported by the governments of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

EMERCOM

www.mchs.gov.ru/en

Emercom is the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence Emergencies and Elimination of consequences of Natural Disasters. Its main tasks are emergency and fire prevention, monitoring and relief, rescue operations on land, water and under water. It is actively engaged in humanitarian and rescue assistance both in Russia and in any part of the world.

CEN

European Committee for Standardisation

www.cen.eu

The European Committee for Standardisation is a business facilitator in Europe, providing a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical specifications. The network is comprised of more than 60.000 technical experts as well as business federations, consumer and other societal interest organizations

HKV CONSULTANTS

http://www.hkvconsultants.com

HKV CONSULTANTS is an independent company that provides consultancy services and research in water and safety.

Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE)

http://www.psc-europe.eu/

A Forum, funded by the European Commission, providing a common platform for researchers, industry and users to meet and network, learn and facilitate global consensus on key public safety communication technologies and information management systems.

PSCE:

ARMONIA

www.t-6.it

A project under the EU research Framework Programme 6. ARMONIA is coordinated by the consultant T6 Ecosystems.

PSCE:

Oasis

http://www.oasis-fp6.org/

OASIS is aimed at defining and developing an information technology framework based upon an open and flexible architecture and using standards (existing or proposed by OASIS) that will be the basis of a European Disaster and Emergency Management system.

PSCE:

Stream

http://www.stream.vub.ac.be

STREAM stands for Technology to Support Sustainable Humanitarian Crisis Management. This project is aimed at integrating existing relevant information gathering and processing techniques, including the use of advanced Information Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve humanitarian crisis response in risk management.

PSCE:

EULER

http://www.euler-project.eu/

EULER stands for European Software Defined radio for wireless in joint security operations A project under the 7^th research framework programme. The project is coordinated by Thales Communications.

PSCE:

LESSLOSS

www.lessloss.org

A European Integrated Project under the Framework Programme 6 on “Risk Mitigation for Earthquakes and Landslides”.

PSCE:

REACT

www.reasct-ist.net

An EU funded project on 'Reaction to Emergency Alerts using voice and Clustering Technologies'.

PSCE:

REACH112

www.reach112.eu

This project is dedicated to Responding to All Citizens Needing Help.

VectorCommand

Limited

www.emergencycommandsystem.com

VectorCommand Limited is a UK leader in emergency management technologies.

The company successfully concluded the EU FloodCommand pilot project in July 2008.

SELEX Sistemi Integrati

http://www.finmeccanica.it/

SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmecanica Company, has developed the Geospatial Integrator for Onsite Troops and Tracks Observation. This was used by Italian National Civil Protection Department to give a Common Operational Picture during

G8 Summit 2009.

HITEC

www.hitec.lu

linkER - SAFER

www.emergencyresponse.eu

SAFER and linkER implement and promote the pre-operational version of the GMES Emergency Response Service.

TERRAFIRMA

www.terrafirma.eu.com

TERRAFIRMA-X is a Pan-European Ground Motion Hazard Information Service.

Supported by the European Space Agency's (ESA) GMES programme, Terrafirma-X is the continuation of the Terrafirma project. The service offering is made up of several thematic lines for ground motion detection: tectonics, flooding, hydrogeology and Wide Area Mapping service.

CEN

European Committee for Standardisation

www.cen.eu

An open and democratic process, standardization provides tools to improve the capability of industry, citizens and public authorities to prepare for and respond to a wide range of threats and hazards. CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, has published over 14,000 European Standards. Part of this is used by/for civil protection professionals.

ESA

European Space Agency

www.esa.int

ESA is 18 countries pooling their resources to create a dynamic programme of space exploration and technology in the fields of exploration of the solar system and deep space, launchers, human spaceflight and space laboratories, earth observation and meteorology, satellite communications and navigation systems.

JRC

European Commission Joint Research Centre

EMSC

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

The EMSC is a NGO created in 1975 to provide rapid earthquake information at the Euro-Med and global scales. The EMSC offers a unique source of earthquake information for international authorities while providing a back-up service to national seismological institutes. It operates a 24/7 Notification Service which aims at quickly (within 20-25 minutes after the event) assuring the information dissemination for potentially damaging earthquake.

WMO

World Meteorological Organisation

www.wmo.int

Through the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of its 188 Members, WMO provides forecasts and early warnings that help prevent and mitigate disasters, save lives and reduce damage to property and to the environment through better risk management.

National Training Centre Bulgaria

www.cp.mes.bg

A Centre for Professional Training of Rescuers in the town of Montana. Activities include: Training of rescuers and experts; Special training on radiological protection and Organizing and conducting national and international exercises.

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

www.cred.be

www.microdis-eu.be

The focus of CRED research is on all humanitarian and emergency situations with major impacts on human health, health aspects and the burden of disease arising from disasters and complex emergencies.

NIFV: Nederlands Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid (Dutch Institute of Physical Security)

http://www.nifv.nl

Institute for supporting, encouraging and guiding an authoritative centre of competence in preparing professionals for incidents, crises and disasters.

Debris Camp of the Fire Department of Pisa, Italy

The Debris Camp of the Fire Department of Pisa, Italy is a multi-functional scale simulator built mainly for USAR and K9 Training. It is also possible to use this training area for integrated team operations with technical and sanitary experts and to test procedures and electronic devices.

Training and Technical Institute of Crisis Management and Civil Protection, Slovakia

The Institute was established by the Ministry for education and training for civil protection and crisis management.

Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Slovenia

The Training Centre is part of the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, a constituent body of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia.

ENSOSP

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Officiers Sapeurs Pompiers

www.ensosp.fr

The French National Academy for Fire, Rescue and Civil Protection Officers is a national administrative public establishment placed under the supervision of the Home Affairs Ministry. It trains 25,000 professional and volunteers’ fire-fighters and the medical staffs of the Fire and Rescue services.

Academy of the Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service

www.feuerwehrakademie.eu

Academy of the Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

THE JOHANNITER International Assistance Johanniter Academy

http://www.johanniter.de

A German non-governmental organization dedicated to excellence in the fields of ambulance service, civil protection and disaster relief. It operates a training centre to train emergency services personnel.

Danish Emergency Management Agency

Centre for Education and HR Development 

www.brs.dk/uk/

The Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) is a government agency under the Ministry of Defence. DEMA performs a broad range of operational tasks at the national and international level and also trains conscripts and volunteers.

Fire Service College

www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk

The Fire Service College is a world-leader in fire and emergency response training. The college specialises in dedicated training for professional fire services, emergency responders and a wide spectrum of clients worldwide.

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

www.sssup.it

The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa is a public university institute working in the field of applied sciences. The International Training Programme for Conflict Management (ITPCM) is a post-graduate programme of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, which aims to respond to the training needs of personnel involved in international field operations.

National Civil Protection School, Directorate General of Civil Protection and Emergencies, Spain

http://www.proteccioncivil.org

MSB College Revinge

www.raddningsverket.se

MSB College Revinge offers vocational training, international courses and sponsored training. Training areas are crisis management, leadership, fire service, rescue, accident prevention, command, chemicals and the environment, and medicine in the fire and rescue services.

THW Training Centre

www.thw.bund.de

THW - the Federal Agency for Technical Relief - has grown into an essential part of Germany’s defences against all sorts of danger. Its tasks include technical hazard prevention, technical assistance in the infrastructure field, command/communication and logistics, technical assistance for environmental protection, population supplies and additional technical assistance.

Academy for Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Civil Protection (BBK)

www.bbk.bund.de

The Academy for Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Civil Protection is the central training institution of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK).  It has a key role to play within an integrated and efficient civil protection system.