Civil Protection Beyond Borders

ICCSS leds civil protection and crisis management CBRN exercises in Eastern Europe and the Middle East

 

Since CBRN and environmental threats and emergencies do not recognize borders, an active cross-border cooperation is needed to prevent, prepare for and respond. There is significant potential and capacities within the European Union and in EU countries. There is also a growing potential in civil protection and crisis management among the EU neighbours. EU-CHEM-REACT trainings and exercises have developed civil protection cooperation among EU and its neighbours based on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and EU tools.

 

ICCSS leds civil protection and crisis management CBRN exercises in Eastern Europe and the Middle East

 

Since CBRN and environmental threats and emergencies do not recognize borders, an active cross-border cooperation is needed to prevent, prepare for and respond. There is significant potential and capacities within the European Union and in EU countries. There is also a growing potential in civil protection and crisis management among the EU neighbours. EU-CHEM-REACT trainings  and exercises have developed civil protection cooperation among EU and its neighbours based on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and EU tools.

What is EU-CHEM-REACT?

Financed from EU grants, EU-CHEM-REACT projects enhance national and regional capacity building in civil protection and cooperation in reducing chemical threats, through series of civil protection exercises and trainings outside EU, while promoting use of EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and EU tools. A first EU-CHEM-REACT project (2017-2018)  developed and conducted a series of European civil protection exercises in Ukraine. EU-CHEM-REACT 2 conducted a series of civil protection exercise exercises in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. The EU-CHEM-REACT has been continued with EU funded EURO-MED-REACT project to conduct - in 2022-2023 - civil protection exercises and trainings in Jordan, Moldova and Ukraine. Led by ICCSS, EURO-MED-REACT brings together partners from EU (Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Romania), Eastern Europe (Moldova and Ukraine) and the Middle East (Jordan).

EU-CHEM-REACT Core Objectives: To offer better and more prompt disaster risk management in Eastern Europe and the Middle East through strengthening effectiveness and efficiency of collective civil protection and disaster management efforts, and align EU neighborhood countries with Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), UCPM Knowledge Network and European Union and international tools.

 

 

 EU-CHEM-REACTCore Activities

  • Exercises and trainings to use UCPM in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to respond to mitigate natural and man-made disasters and emergencies in a trans-border context.
  • Development of methodology of designing, preparing, and conduct Table Top (TTX) and Field Exercises (FSX);
  • Establishment of a Regional Training and Exercise Network in civil protection and crisis management;
  • Development of scenarios and exercises for major forests fires and floods to endanger chemical plants and energy sources.

 

For more information on EU-CHEM-REACT program and new EURO-MED-REACT 2022-2023 visit: www.ecr.iccss.eu