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Current emergencies
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- 26/01/2010
- Haiti earthquake – European civil protection assistance helping victims
The European Civil Protection Mechanism is participating in the international relief effort following the earthquake in Haiti. The Mechanism is coordinating assistance from 24 European countries.
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- 19/12/2009
- The call for projects on prevention and preparedness 2010 is published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 311 on 19/12/ 2009. Deadline for the proposals submission is 31 March 2010.
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- 07/12/2009
- Information Day 2010: On 12 January 2010, the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission (Civil Protection Units) will hold an Information Day in Brussels (Belgium) on "Civil Protection Work Programme 2010".
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- 25/11/2009
- European Civil Protection survey
The first-ever Eurobarometer survey on Civil Protection shows widespread support among EU citizens for EU action on disaster prevention, preparedness and response. Europeans are most concerned about the risk of flooding (45%), violent storms (40%) and industrial accidents (29%). Europeans are also in favour of assisting countries outside the EU when disaster strikes. But the survey reveals that level of personal preparedness is low, with only one-fifth of respondents having made arrangements to prepare for disaster themselves.
- For a full report, a summary and country-level fact sheets go here.
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