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Exercises and Trainings financed by the Community Mechanism

The main goal is to provide the necessary training and exchange of knowledge for personnel in the framework of the Community mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions.

Call for Proposals 2004

Call for Proposals 2003

Call for Proposals 2002

 

Call for Proposals 2004: financed projects

 

Title

 

Beneficiary

 

Objective

 

Total Budget

 

Commission’s

Contribution

(estimated)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

21.-27.02.2005

 

 

INESC- Institut National d’Etudes de la Sécurité civile (France)

 

 

To create within the Community Mechanism a common basis of understanding concerning the tasks, procedures and cooperation during international assistance interventions and to build up a capacity to work in a multinational environment with competent national authorities and under extreme conditions.

 

 

€ 99.494

 

€ 74.620 (74%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

24.-30.01.2005

14.-20.03.2005

 

 

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

(Germany)

 

€ 205.778

 

€ 154.334 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

10.-16.01.2005

 

Pelastusopisto Emergency Services College ( Finland )

 

 

 

€ 97.463

 

€ 73.000 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

14.-20.03.2005

 

 

 

 

INESC- Institut National d’Etudes de la Sécurité civile (France)

 

To prepare for appropriate assessment and effective management of intervention teams during international civil protection assistance interventions. It aimed at facilitating the cooperation and coordination between the intervention teams.

 

€ 95.754

 

€ 71.815 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

7.-13.02.2005

 

 

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden )/

Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

€127.000

 

€ 95.250 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism High Level Coordination Course

28.02.-6.03.2005

 

Bundesverwaltungsamt,

Akademie fuer Krisenmanagement, Notfallplanung und Zivilschutz (Germany)

 

 

To understand the political context in which the Community Mechanism will be used. It promotes cooperation with competent national authorities of the requesting country and other international partners and actors during international assistance interventions. It points towards to exercise leadership under extreme conditions.

 

€ 87.023

 

€ 64.793 (74%)

 

Community Mechanism High Level Coordination Course

18.-24.04.2005

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden ) / Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

 

€ 90.892

 

€ 58.159 (65%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

(two courses)

8.-14.11.2004

22.-28.11.2004

 

 

Universita Degli Studi die Roma la Sapienza (Italy)

To create within the Community Mechanism a common basis of understanding concerning the tasks, procedures and cooperation during international assistance interventions and to build up a capacity to work in a multinational environment with competent national authorities and under extreme conditions.

To create within the Community Mechanism a common basis of understanding concerning the tasks, procedures and cooperation during international assistance interventions and to build up a capacity to work in a multinational environment with competent national authorities and under extreme conditions.

 

 

 

€ 208.560

 

 

€ 156.420 (75% )

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

27.09.-3.10.2004

11.–17.10.2004

 

 

CEFRIEL- Consorzio per la formazione e per la ricerca in ingegneria dell’ informazione (Italy)

 

€ 226.768

 

€ 164.227 (72%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

25.-31.10.2004

 

 

 

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden ) / Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

 

€ 134.657

 

€ 100.000 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

5.-10.11.2005

 

 

Pelastusopisto Emergency Services College ( Finland )

 

€ 99.451

 

€ 72.900 (73%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

1.-7.10.2005

21.-27.01.2006

 

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

(Germany)

 

€ 176.430

 

€ 132.323 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

18.-24.03.2006

 

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

( Germany )

 

 

 

 

 

To prepare for appropriate assessment and effective management of intervention teams during international civil protection assistance interventions. It aimed at facilitating the cooperation and coordination between the intervention teams.

 

 

€ 59.465

 

€ 44.599 (75%)

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

26.11.- 2.12.2005

4.-10.02.2006

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden ) / Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

 

€ 164.980

 

€ 123.736 (75%)

Community Mechanism High Level Coordination course

6.-10.03.2006

3.-7.04.2006

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden ) / Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

To understand the political context in which the Community Mechanism will be used. It promotes cooperation with competent national authorities of the requesting country and other international partners and actors during international assistance interventions. It points towards to exercise leadership under extreme conditions.

 

 

€ 164.320

 

€ 124.740 (75%)

WalledTowns:

major emergency simulation exercise

forseen for 02/03.2006

Commune di Lucca

( Italy )

To train volunteers for the protection and rescue of artistic heritage in case of an earthquake.

€ 171.684

€ 128.763 (75%)

Po Floods: major emergency simulation exercise

3.-7.10.2005

Emilia Romana Region ( Italy )

 

€ 374.175

€ 280.631 (75%)

Full scale transnational earthquake emergency response exercise

forseen for 01/02.2006

ICET ( Netherlands )

 

€ 594.887

€ 446.165 (75%)

 

EUPOLEX 2005: major earthquake and chemical spill exercise

26.06.-1.07.2005

The National Headquarter of the State Fire Service

( Poland )

 

This field exercise for international rescue teams in Civil Protection simulated a major earthquake combined with a spill of hazardous chemicals and a train accident leaving hundreds of victims. Search and rescue teams operated under real-life conditions, using heavy equipment, helicopters and sniffer dogs to locate victims buried under debris and collapsed buildings.

 

 

€ 196.401

 

€ 139.601 (75%)

 

SOMMA VESUVIO MESIMEX: major emergency simulation exercise

 

Regione CampaniaSettore Regionale Programmazione Interventi di Protezione Civile sul Territorio (Italy)

To guarantee an immediate response to a future major volcanic emergency and test the validity and functionality of the methods designed to assist the population affected by the various phases of emergency in question.

 

€ 450.044

 

€ 292.528 (65%)

Call for Proposals 2003: financed projects

Title

 

Beneficiary

 

Objective

 

Total Budget

 

Commission’s

Contribution

(estimated)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

7.–12.03.2004

INESC - Institut National d’Etudes de la Sécurité civile (France)

 

To create within the Community Mechanism a common basis of understanding concerning the tasks, procedures and cooperation during international assistance interventions and to build up a capacity to work in a multinational environment with competent national authorities and under extreme conditions.

 

 

€ 95.754

 

€ 95.754 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

27.09.-3.10.2004

11.–17.10.2004

 

CEFRIEL- Consorzio per la formazione e per la ricerca in ingegneria dell’ informazione (Italy)

 

€ 226.768

 

€ 164.227 (72%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

1.-7.02.2004

 

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden )

 

€ 99.151

 

€ 99.151 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism Induction course

14.-20.03.2004

 

 

 

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

( Germany )

 

€ 99.976

 

€ 99.976 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

28.03-3.04.2004

 

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

( Germany )

 

 

 

 

 

 

To prepare for appropriate assessment and effective management of intervention teams during international civil protection assistance interventions. It aimed at facilitating the cooperation and coordination between the intervention teams.

 

€ 99.967

 

€ 99.967(100%)

 

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

6.-12.12.04

 

 

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

(Germany)

 

 

€ 117.466

 

 

€ 88.050 (75%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

21.-27.02.2004

 

 

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden )/

Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

 

 

 

 

€ 97.538

 

 

€ 97.538 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

2.-7.05.2004

 

 

INESC- Institut National d’Etudes de la Sécurité civile (France)

 

 

€ 95.754

 

€ 95.754 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism Operational Management course

23.-29.05.2004

 

Bundesministerium fuer Landesverteidigung/

ABC- Abwehrschule

(Austria)

 

 

€ 96.941

 

€ 96.941 (100%)

Community Mechanism High Level Coordination course

24.04-1.05.2004

 

 

Swedish Rescue Services Agency ( Sweden )

 

 

 

To understand the political context in which the Community Mechanism will be used. It promotes cooperation with competent national authorities of the requesting country and other international partners and actors during international assistance interventions. It points towards to exercise leadership under extreme conditions.

 

 

€ 80.480

 

€ 80.480 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism High Level Coordination course

21.-27.03.2004

 

 

Bundesverwaltungsamt,

Akademie fuer Krisenmanagement, Notfallplanung und Zivilschutz (Germany)

 

€ 94.363

 

€ 94.363 (100%)

 

Community Mechanism High Level Coordination course

13.-19.06.2004

 

INESC- Institut National d’Etudes de la Sécurité civile (France)

 

 

€ 62.548

 

€ 62.548 (100%)

 

System of Exchange of Experts

1.09.2002-1.09.2005

ISPU - Institut Supérieur de Planification d’Urgence (Belgium)

 

This system allows the secondment of one or several experts form the administrations in order to gain experience in other fields, familiarise themselves with various techniques used, to study approaches taken by other emergency services etc.

 

 

€ 872.611

 

€ 872.611 (100%)

 

Community life-size exercise concerning the natural risks (applied to forest fires) jointly to a simulation workshop

 

17.-23.04.2004

 

Entente Interdépartementale en vue de la Protection de la Forêt contre l’Incendie (France)

 

To test the chain of command in this real life exercise and the capacity of the Member States to respond by air and by deploying groups specialising in forest fire catastrophes. All exchange of communication between the affected country and the Member States is coordinated through the Community Monitoring and Information Centre.

 

€ 592.922

 

€ 294.691 (49%)

 

Euratech 2005: Community life-size exercise concerning a major technological accident

 

 

10.-14.04.2005

 

CIVIPOL (France)

To test the operational chain of command on the French side as well as the departmental operational centres of the Defence zone (CIRCOSC in Valabre) and COGIC.

 

€ 595.976

 

€ 296.982 (49%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call for Proposals 2002: financed projects

Title

 

Beneficiary

 

Objective

 

Total Budget

 

Commission’s

Contribution

(estimated)

 

EUDREX: Major emergencies simulation exercises (natural, technological, radiological or environmental accidents)

 

18.-22.10.2004

 

Bundesministerium fuer Landesverteidigung/

ABC- Abwehrschule

(Austria)

 

 

To facilitate the cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions by ensuring compatibility between the involved intervention teams and by improving the competence of experts.

 

€ 699.984

 

€ 400.000 (58%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major emergencies simulation exercise “ Kuopio

 

21.-24.11.2004

Pelastusopisto Emergency Services College ( Finland )

To carry out major emergencies simulation exercises of European nature, making it possible to treat the consequences of a major natural or technological emergency.

 

€ 399.000

 

€ 288.375 (72%)

 

European exercise: SOT- Sicilia Orientale Terremoto 2003

(delayed to 2005)

Workshop “Reception and Deployment of SAR teams in the occurrence of a disaster”

 

9.-14.10.2005

 

Dipartimento della Protezione civile (Italy)

 

To enhance European effectiveness in responding to major disasters, by testing models of intervention to reduce the time needed to deploy European SAR teams and quickening the decision making capacity of civil protection actors at different levels of all Member States.

The scenario was developed on the seismic event that struck Eastern Sicily in 1993.

 

€ 511.138

 

 

€ 277.683 (54%)

 

Exercise workshop CBRN EU –

Response 2003

 

2.-3.02.2003

 

 

 

Ministry of Interior ( Belgium )

To estimate the current status of preparedness of the Member States in order to define the perspective developments to improve civil protection response to CBRN threats, one year after the events of 11 September and the first workshop held on this subject in Florival in December 2001.

 

 

 

€ 114.762

 

€ 114.762 (100%)

 

CBRN exercise Common Cause

 

18.10.2002

 

Danish Emergency Management Agency ( Denmark )

 

 

 

 

To test and evaluate the level of EU’s preparedness facing NRBC terrorist threats.

 

€ 143.730

 

€ 120.300 (84%)

 

 

CBRN exercise EURATOX 2002

 

26.-29.10.2002

 

CIVIPOL (France)

 

To examine the chain of command within the Mechanism from the spot, via the French National response centre to the Monitoring and Information Centre as well as the interoperability of the different teams.

 

€ 399.199

 

€ 399.199 (100%)