EUROPEAN COMMISSION

WORK IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR)

THE EU STRATEGY SUPPORTING DRR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Overall objective is to “contribute to sustainable development and poverty eradication by reducing the burden of disasters on the poor and the most vulnerable countries and population groups, by means of improved DRR”

Five priority areas for intervention - in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action

Covers all developing countries and EU overseas countries and territories (OCTs)

Covers disasters caused by natural & technological hazards

IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES

Political dialogue on DRR

Regional Action Plans on DRR

Integration of DRR at EU level

National level support

Disasters in Europe

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20

40

60

80

100

120

Floods & mass mov. wet

Storms

Earthquake, volcano & mass mov. dryEpid. & insect infest.

Drought, extr. temp & wildfires

Source: CRED, 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM

COMMUNITY CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM

Facilitates and supports the provision of European civil protection assistance in the event of a major disaster

Both natural and manmade disasters

European Commission + 30 participating states (EU & EEA)

Establishes the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC)

COMMUNITY MECHANISM OPERATIONS 2008

Ecuadorfloods

06/03-21/03Technical

assessment expert team(AT, FR, DE,

SE, ES)

Bolivia, floods28/01-26/02

Water sanitation experts(AT, SE)

216 Drinking water filters (AT)

Haiti, hurricane 04/09-03/10

Expert team (AT, BE, DE, IT, FR, SE)

120000 water purification tablets,

sandbags (AT)

Romania floods

28/07-08/08105

Generators, geotextil

10 countries

Montenegro forest fire

21/08-29/08Fire fighting

aircraftIT

Greece, forest fire

24/07-28/071 fire fighting

module, coordination plane, 2 fire

fighting aircrafts, helicopterCY, FR, IT

Ukraine, floods, 28/07-11/08Expert team (DE, EE, FR)

shelter, 31 pumps, generator, 6 rubber boats, 31 fire cars,

200 fisherman trousers, CZ, EE, PL, SK, AT, LT, HU

Moldova, floods, 31/07-22/08; Expert team (FR,

DE, EE, FI,UK) 38 rubber boats; 24

generators; 16 pumps; 5 water pumps; 1200 water proof clothes; 1800 rubber boots; 2

water purification units; AT, CZ, EE, LT, SK

Bulgaria forest fire

05/09-17/092 fire fighting

modules (total 4

Canadairs), coordination

planeFR, ES

Georgia conflict11/08-12/09

expert team (DK, FR, UK)

Fire protection equipment, relief

itemsAT, FR, SK, BG

Kyrgyzstan earthquake 01/01-14/01AT Expert

135 tents and heaters, 1000 warm clothing

AT, BG, SK, SE

Chinaearthquake12/05-27/06

Expert team (IT, UK) shelter, first aid and

medicines, water purification module,

sanitation,19 countries

MyanmarCyclone

07/05-13/06SE Experts

shelter, 4 water purification modules, sanitation, medicines

10 countries

PhilippinesCapsized ferry

04/07-29/08Assessment

expertsFR, SE

Turks and Caicos Islands

hurricane3 waste

managements experts offered

but not deployed

Pre-alert was issued in the following emergencies: China – cold wave (21 Feb),Albania – ammunition blast (15 Mar), Sweden – forest fire (2 Jun), Norway – forest fire (13 Jun), Cyprus – forest fire (18 Jun), India/Nepal – floods (5 Sept) The MIC was activated on 06/10 in relation to the earthquake in Kyrgyzstan but other assistance channels/instruments were applied. The MIC was also activated regarding Honduras (30/10), Yemen (31/10) and Guatemala (04/10) but no assistance could be provided.

IndiaTerrorist attack

27/11-Experts (SE, FR)

MEDEVAC aircraft from SE

Aircrafts on bilateral bases from ES, FR

PREVENTION – WHAT IS THE AIM?

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

Preparedness

Reconstruction

Prevention

Response

Communication «  A community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters » COM(2009)82

ECHO STRATEGY ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Three priority areas of intervention for the Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO)

disaster preparedness programmes with mitigation components (DIPECHO Programme)

integration of DRR into emergency response

advocacy, coordination, capacity-building and dissemination of good practices

THE DIPECHO PROGRAMME

Addresses DP in a regional framework, targeting areas most prone to natural disasters

Bottom-up, community based approach targeting most

vulnerable and poorest communities

ADDRESSING NATURAL HAZARDS: EUROPEAN RESEARCH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

DG Research Programme Infrastructures (http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures) Programme Environment (including climate change):

Pressures on Environment and Climate, Natural Hazards, Earth Observation, Environmental Technologieshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index_en.htm

DG Information Society & Media Information and Communication Technologies for the Environment (research on ICT applications for

crisis and emergency management.http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/environment/index.html

DG Enterprise GMES (Global mechanism for Environment and Security) mostly in support of a satellite Earth

Observation capacity for crisis management)http://www.gmes.info/2.0.html

JRC Joint research centre Ispra Research and applications in support to EC policies (Institute for Environment &Sustainability; Inst. for

the protection & security of the citizens) http://www.irc.cec.eu.int/

PROGRAMME ENVIRONMENT (INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE):FP7 ACTIVITY 6.1 CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND RISKS

SUB ACTIVITY NATURAL HAZARDS

Main areas covered by the work programme calls for proposals

Hazard assessment, triggering factors and forecasting

2007 European storm risk 2008 Methodology and tools for earthquake hazards in Europe 2009 Forest fires in the context of climate and social changes 2010 no call

Vulnerability assessment and Societal impacts

2007 Frame for better vulnerability assessment - Investigating Europe's risks from drought

2008 Social perception, behaviour and response to risks 2009 Costs of natural hazards - Vulnerability of buildings, lifelines related to earthquakes 2010 Building a culture of risk prevention in Europe

PROGRAMME ENVIRONMENT (INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE):FP7 ACTIVITY 6.1 CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND RISKS

SUB ACTIVITY NATURAL HAZARDS

Main areas covered by the work programme calls for proposals

Risks assessment and management

2007 Assessment and management of volcanic threat - Avalanche forecasting and risk mapping (no project

selected) 2008 Prediction of triggering and risk assessment for landslides

- Risk management for flash floods and debris flow 2009 Risk prevention and management of urban floods 2010 Early warning and drought risks in Africa

Multi risk evaluation and mitigation

2007 European multi-hazard database (no project selected) 2008 Coordinated research strategy between European and national

levels (no project selected) 2009 no open call 2010 New methods for multi-hazard and multi-risk assessments

Social science, natural hazards and decision making process