Training and exchange of experts
Training
Exchange of experts
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Why training?
In order to prepare as best as possible to one's response to natural or manmade disasters, the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection foresaw three types of measures - training courses, simulation exercises and exchange of experts. These aim at improving personal response competencies and at ensuring complementarity and compatibility between intervention teams coming from different participating states. By strengthening the interpersonal links, these instruments can contribute positively to the effectiveness of the assistance interventions.
Training courses
The aim of the training programme is to reinforce and facilitate co-operation in civil protection assistance interventions. Full information on the traning programme can be found in the the brochure "The European Community Civil Protection Mechanism Training Programme".
To date, approximately 1000 experts representing almost all participating states have attended at least one of the trainings courses being offered.
For further information about the curricula and the possibilities to enrol to these training courses, please contact your national civil protection training co-ordinator.
Information about open calls for tenders and award of previous contracts can be found on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED).
Exchange of experts
As certain needs of highly specific and technical nature cannot be addressed during courses or exercises, the Mechanism provides for an exchange system for civil protection experts. The system allows for the secondment of national civil protection experts to administrations of other participating states on all aspects of emergency intervention. The aim of this secondment is to allow experts to gain experience and direct knowledge about similar responsibilities under different national systems; to familiarise themselves with various techniques used; to study the approaches taken by other emergency services; and, if necessary, to attend or give courses requiring specific expert knowledge not available in their home or host country respectively. The duration of these exchanges vary in length from a few days to a fortnight.
See more on the Exchange of experts website.
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