The ENPI funded PPRD South Programme supports international cooperation for the reinforcement of Civil Protection capacities between the European Union, the Mediterranean and Balkan Partner Countries under the umbrella of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). This Portal highlights Civil Protection issues at stake in the region, country profiles, events, national experiences, and cooperation initiatives.
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MIC activities for the Pakistan Floods
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Current situation (31 st August 2010)
- The EUCP team, which arrived in Pakistan on 20 August, has had first coordination meetings with ECHO colleagues and OCHA UNDAC team. Meetings with UN, IFRC, logistic cluster and main NGOs are scheduled.
- The 150 tents from AT arrived in Sukkur and were handed over to the local NDMA representative. The AT water purification tablets were also distributed in the Sukkur province.
- The German Department of Defense will donate to Pakistan 50 Generator Sets and 3 Rubberized Collapsible Water Tanks. They are expected to arrive in Pakistan on 25 August via NATO.
- Sweden is mobilising Water and purification Relief teams consisting of 10 small water purification units, 2 water treatment plants and a technical staff.
- North of Pakistan is the most affected area; new floods are largely involving also central and southern provinces.
- The latest figures show 1.491 dead people and 15,402,090 affected.
- Priority need is for food, shelter, health and wash.
- The financial assistance from the C...
The Antalya Ministerial Declaration on Disaster and Emergency Management further encourages collaboration among Civil Protection Authorities in South East Europe
Friday, 27 August 2010
The Ministerial and Experts Meeting on Disaster and Emergency Management of the Southeast European Cooperation Process was held in Antalya on 12-13 May 2010 within the fr...
Towards coastal risk management in France
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
The coastal territories of mainland France constitute a prime example of an at-risk territory, with their growing concentrations of people and economic activities located...
Meeting of the project Harmonization of Seismic Hazards Maps for the Western Balkan Countries
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
High level decision makers from the countries participating to the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe met in A...
Will this summer of extremes be a wake-up call?
Monday, 23 August 2010
This article written by Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of physics of the oceans at Potsdam University and member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change, explores the...
The Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
This report was prepared by Dr. Jalal Al-Dabbeek, Associate Professor at the An-Najah National University in Nablus, for the UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinia...
Report of the third meeting of the PPRD South National Correspondents available for download
Friday, 30 July 2010
The third meeting of the PPRD South National Correspondents Network was organised in Amman, Jordan, on 11 July 2010. The meeting provided the opportunity to track the goo...
EC launches a study on emergency services in the Mediterranean Partner Countries
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The European Commission has recently launched a study on the "Access to emergency services in the Mediterranean Partner Countries and the use of the single European emerg...Special feature - After the accident in the Gulf of Mexico: how prepared is the Mediterranean for coping with a major oil spill incident?
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
On 20 April 2010 an explosion occurred on the British Petroleum (BP) operated oil drilling rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the United States sector of the gulf of Mexico and t...
PPRD South workshop on “Information in Emergency and Awareness Raising”
Thursday, 01 July 2010
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The EU-funded Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (PPRD South) is organi...
PPRD South supports Lebanese project to promote children’s awareness of civil protection
Thursday, 24 June 2010
The Lebanese project based on video games to promote children's awareness of civil protection and to prepare them to react to potential disasters has just been signed.
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