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EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTIONA Community approach to the prevention of
natural and man-made disastersCom(2009)82
DG ENVIRONMENTCivil Protection Unit
Disasters in Europe
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Floods & mass mov. wet
Storms
Earthquake, volcano & mass mov. dryEpid. & insect infest.
Drought, extr. temp & wildfires
Source: CRED, 2009
Frequency of climatic disasters
Source: CRED, 2009
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1980-89 1990-99 2000-08
Drought
Extremetemperature
Wind storm
Floods
Community civil protection mechanism2007/779/EC, Euratom
Civil protection financial instrument2007/162/EC, Euratom
Prevention
Preparedness
Response
European civil protection co-operation
Preparedness
Reconstruction
Prevention
Response
Disaster
Why a prevention strategy?
Links between prevention, preparedness, and response and reconstruction
Progress both in response and prevention
Links between policies areas
Announced in COM(2008)130 on reinforcing the Union’s disaster response capacity
Civil Protection
Disaster Risk Prevention
Other Policies
Preparedness
Reconstruction
Prevention
Response
Disaster
Why a prevention strategy? Disasters do not respect national
borders and can have a transnational dimension
Disasters can have a negative impact on existing Community policies
Community funding required to deal with the aftermath of disasters
Civil Protection
Disaster Risk Prevention
Other Policies
Creating the conditions for the development of knowledge based disaster prevention policies at all levels of government
Linking the actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle
Making existing instruments perform better for disaster prevention
Prevention – What is the aim?
Preparedness
Reconstruction
Prevention
Response
Creating the conditions for the development of knowledge based disaster prevention policies
at all levels of government
An inventory of information on disasters Spreading best practices EU guidelines on hazard/risk mapping Research activities
Linking actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle
Extending the "lessons learnt" exercises to disasters prevention
Training and awareness-raising in the area of disaster prevention
Improving the linking between actors
Reinforcing early warning tools
Making existing instruments perform better for disaster prevention
More efficient targeting of Community funding
Taking account of disaster prevention in Community legislation
Reinforcing international cooperation in the field of prevention
Emphasise disaster prevention in upcoming cooperation initiatives with third countries
Coordinate with the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and ensure close ties with the EU Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in developing countries
Next steps
Input from the Institutions Further consultations with stakeholders from
the public and private sectors to promote the approach
2010/2011: further prevention proposals?
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil
Thank you