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16/10/2009
Programme on Civil protection cooperation for the candidate countries and potential candidates
A Service procurement notice on the Programme on civil protection cooperation for the candidate countries and potential candidates was published in the Official Journal on 8 October (EuropeAid/128936/C/SER/MULTI).
The two year-long Programme with the maximum budget of €4.000.000 will aim to bring the beneficiaries closer to the Community civil protection mechanism and to contribute to the development of their civil protection capacities. 3 contracts are foreseen for this programme, each covering a different yet related group of activities, and corresponding to 1 of 3 lots: 1) training and exchanges of experts; 2) exercises; and 3) workshops.
Deadline for receipt of applications is 18 November 2009 (24:00 CET).
The procurement notice can be found at the EC's Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) here.
01/10/2009
Community Civil Protection Mechanism welcomes new member
Croatia has joined the European Community Civil Protection Mechanism as the 31st participating state. As a participating state it will have access to the Community Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS) to see requests and offers of assistance in real time. In addition, Croatia can avail itself of transport pooling and co-financing. The Community Mechanism works closely with other EU membership candidate countries. The participation of candidate countries in the Community programmes is an important element of their pre-accession strategy.
25/08/2009
Programme on civil protection cooperation for the candidate countries and potential candidates
An "Individual service contract forecast on the Programme on civil protection cooperation for the candidate countries and potential candidates" was published in the Official Journal on 11 August (EuropeAid/128936/C/SER/MULTI).
The two year-long Programme will aim to bring the beneficiaries closer to the Community civil protection mechanism and to contribute to the development of their civil protection capacities and cover the following groups of activities: (i) trainings and exchanges of experts; (ii) exercises; and (iii) workshops on various topics. It is envisaged that a tender with 2 to 3 lots will be published with a total budget of EUR 4 million. The intended timing of publication of the procurement notice is September 2009.
The forecast notice can be found at the EC's Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) here.
19 June 2009
The 2009 Call for Proposals for Full Scale Exercises has been published in Official Journal C139 of 19 June 2009 with deadline for submission of proposals the 20 August 2009
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25-26/11/2009
3rd Civil Protection Forum: The 3rd Civil Protection Forum will be held in Brussels on 25-26 November 2009. More information will be provided on this website on a regular basis.
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3 June 2009
The 2009 call for proposals for a Preparatory Action on an EU rapid response capability is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2009/C 123) on 3rd June 2009. Deadline for the proposals submission is 7 August 2009.
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07/05/2009
Seveso II: The Commission has launched a second study linked to the review of the Seveso II Directive.  The aim of the study is to provide the Commission with key findings and lessons learned from the implementation of the main requirements imposed on public authorities. 
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17/04/09
AGEE 8: The 8th meeting of the Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (AGEE8), co-organised by the European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) and the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit (JEU) will be held in Brussels on 6-8 May 2009.
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Information Day 2009:
On 4 May 2009, the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission (Civil Protection Unit) will hold an Information Day in Brussels (Belgium) on the 2009 calls under the Preparatory Action on an EU rapid response capability.
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11/03/09
The 2009 call for proposals for cooperation projects on prevention and preparedness is published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (2009/C 57) on 11 March 2009. Deadline for the proposals submission is 18 May 2009.
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23/02/09
The European Commission has adopted today a Communication on a Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters COM(2009)82. Proposed action at Community level focuses on areas where a common approach is more effective than separate national approaches, such as developing knowledge, linking actors and policies, and improving the performance of existing Community disaster prevention instruments
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16/01/09
Information Day 2009: On 5 February 2009, the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission (Civil Protection Unit) will hold an Information Day in Brussels (Belgium) on "How to prepare proposals/tenders for Civil Protection in 2009".
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