The general objective of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (‘Mechanism’ or ‘UCPM’) is to strengthen the cooperation between the Union and the Member States and to facilitate coordination in the field of civil protection in order to improve the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made disasters.
The Knowledge Network’s vision is that the UCPM and its community have the knowledge and expertise to effectively prevent, prepare for and respond to current and emerging risks and challenges in disaster management. Its mission is to:
Two topics:
The Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network was established as UCPM’s key tool for better flow of information, boosted innovation, improved knowledge, enhanced expertise and skills and consolidated scientific evidence through cooperation, exchange, partnership and networking.
Objective:
It aims to contribute to the consolidation and operationalisation of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network through financing of projects that will directly support the development of its key activities.
Projects under the Call for Proposals will establish thematic communities/centres of expertise that will generate, promote, test, exchange and disseminate knowledge, skills, expertise, innovation, and scientific evidence in support of the Capacity-Development and Science Pillars of the Knowledge Network.
The thematic communities/centres of expertise will be multinational and multidisciplinary specialised groups with organisational environments that strive for developing high standards of conduct in the fields of capacity-development, learning, research and innovation in civil protection and disaster risk management. The thematic communities will bring together individuals (practitioners, researchers and experts) from institutions (national and local civil protection authorities, research centres, policy institutes, centres of excellence etc.) engaged in disaster prevention, preparedness and response. Thematic communities/centres of expertise will focus on a specific natural or human-induced hazard (earthquakes, forest/wildfires, floods, medical emergencies/pandemics, CBRN threats etc.), cluster of hazards (meteorological, geophysical, hydrological, climatological, technological etc.), or a particular preparedness and response scenario (emergency medical response, search and rescue operations etc.).
85%
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
Civil Defence, Ministry of Interior Affair
Name: Kyriakos Hadjigeorgiou
Title: Senior Civil Defence Officer
Telephone: +357 22 403448
E-mail address: khadjigeorgiou@cd.moi.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 23/03/2022-for internal use only)
DG Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection: