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Simulation exercises organised at Community level are designed primarily as field tests aiming at establishing a common understanding of co-operation in civil protection assistance interventions and to accelerate response in major emergencies. These exercises provide a learning opportunity for all actors involved in operations under the Mechanism and enhance operational co-operation between them. Contingency planning, decision-making procedures, provision of information to the public and the media can also be tested and rehearsed during these events, so as to be better prepared for similar real-life situations. Moreover, exercises can help supervisors identify further training needs for their staff involved in operations, while lessons-learnt workshops organised in parallel can serve as a forum to identify operational gaps to be improved.

Exercises at Community level are organised by the participant states with a financial contribution from the Commission. The calls outlining the conditions of these projects are published each year.

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2009
EU Floodex 2009	22-25 September The Netherlands	Flooding	Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, National Operations Centre, KLPD/LOCC Floodex P.O. Box 100 3970 AC Driebergen The Netherlands		http://www.floodex.nl/ Call 2008-1 EC contribution: € 870,000.00 EC financing rate: 74.94%
EU Danubius 2009	9-11 September Romania	Earthquake	National Committee for Emergency Situations (NCES), Romania		http://www.danubius2009.eu/ Call 2008-1 Beneficiary: Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform of Romania EC contribution: € 300,000.00 EC financing rate: 75%
EU HUNEX Decathlon 2009	May 2009	Flooding	Civil Protection Directorate of Budapest Városház u. 9-11, H-1052 Budapest, Hungary		Call 2007 Beneficiary: Civil Protection Directorate of Budapest EC contribution: € 288,840.00 EC financing rate: 72.42%
SweNorEx 2009	May 2009	Earthquake outside EU (exercise focusing mainly on practical training of experts)	Swedish Rescue Services Agency Karolinen, 65180 Karlstad, Sweden	All Mechanism countries with experts	Call 2007 Beneficiary: Swedish Rescue Services Agency EC contribution: € 352,551.00 EC financing rate: 74.02%
2008
EU ex ALBIS	15-18 May 2008	Cross-border flooding	Technisches Hilfswerke THW Provinzialstrasse 93, 53127 Bonn, Germany		http://www.albis2008.eu/ Call 2007 Beneficiary: BA THW EC contribution: € 149,957.00 EC financing rate: 75%
EU HUROMEX 2008	22-26 September 2008	Flooding in two countries in parallel and related accidents	National Directorate for Disaster Management Mogyoródi út 43., H-1149 Budapest, Hungary		Call 2007 Beneficiary: National Directorate for Disaster Management of Hungary EC contribution: € 500,000.00 EC financing rate: 74.84%
ES-2008 ERMES	15-17 October 2008	Seismic event in the Messina Strait	Prefettura di Reggio Calabria Via Miraglia 10, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy		Call 2007 Beneficiary: LK EC contribution: € 325,438.00 EC financing rate: 73.13%
Exercise Torch	26-30 October 2008	CBRN accidents & disaster victim identification	University of Leicester University Road, LE1 7RH Leicester, UK		Call 2007 Beneficiary: University of Leicester EC contribution: € 498,902.00 EC financing rate: 75%
Name withheld	November 2008	Terrorism related accidents	Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité civil, Ministère de l'Intérieur et de l'Aménagement du territoire 87-95 Quai du Docteur Dervaux, 92600 Asnières sur Seine, France		Due to the nature of this exercise further information is not available.
2007
EULUX 2007	6-9 June 2007 Luxembourg	Several accidents of unknown origin	Administration des services de secours Technisches Hilfswerke THW Ministère de l'Intérieur Service Public Fédéral Intérieur Federale Overheidsdienst Binnenlandse Zaken		Press Statement Workshop conclusions
2006
VESUVIO MESIMEX	18-23 October 2006 Italy	Volcanic eruption assessment + evacuation	Regione Campania Settore Regionale Programmazione Interventi di Protezione Civile sul Territorio		Final Report
EU-TACOM-SEE 2006	July 2006 Bulgaria	Terrorist accidents	Ministry of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents
EUDANEX	18-22 September 2006 Denmark & Sweden	Terrorist accidents + Severe weather	Danish Emergency Management Agency		Final report Press Statement
2005
EURATECH	10-14 April 2005 France	Explosion on a train transporting chemical materials	Civipol		Final report
EUPOLEX	26 June - 1 July 2005 Poland	Earthquake in a fictitious third country	The National Headquarter of the State Fire Service
PO	3-7 October 2005 Italy	Flood	Regione Emilia-Romagna	Mainly NGOs from 10 participating states
EUROSOT	9-14 October 2005 Italy	Earthquake + chemical incident. Scenario developed on a seismic event that struck Eastern Sicily in 1993.	Dipartimento della Protezione Civile
2004
FOREST FIRE	April 2004 France	Forest fire	Entente Interdépartementale en vue de la Protection de la Forêt contre l'Incendie
EUDREX	October 2004 Austria	Earthquake + incident in chemical plant	Federal Ministry of the Interior
EU ESCEX	November 2004 Finland	Earthquake + other related emergencies in a fictitious third country	Pelastustoimi
2003
FLORIVAL II EU Response 2003	February 2003 Belgium	CBRN	Service Public Fédéral Intérieur Federale Overheidsdienst Binnenlandse Zaken
2002
COMMON CAUSE	October 2002 Denmark	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN)	Danish Emergency Management Agency
EURATOX 2002	October 2002 France	CBRN attack during and international sport event	Civipol		Press Release