Civil Protection Guidance for National Societies and IFRC relations with EU actors
The humanitarian landscape is changing: emergency response operations at national level are becoming more and more complex as populations are increasingly moving to urban areas, requiring more sophisticated national infrastructures. Many public authorities are developing highly integrated structures to manage the consequences of emergencies in their own countries. Many regional organisations are developing emergency management, disaster response, and crisis response arrangements in recognition of the increased interdependency of nations and the transnational effects of disasters. These developments imply a general trend towards the multiplication of actors in international humanitarian response, pose risks and opportunities to principled humanitarian action and coordination mechanisms within the international Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.
This document, created in 2013, provides guidance for National Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on their relationships with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and EU Member States to position themselves and manage the opportunities and risks that come with transnational interdependencies and effects of disasters. This guidance is relevant to the disaster management continuum, from disaster preparedness and risk assessment to disaster relief and early recovery, and focuses on international assistance in response to disasters and crises.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The changing humanitarian landscape
The development of a Civil Protection Approach in the European Union
GUIDANCE FOR NATIONAL SOCIETIES AND THE FEDERATION SECRETARIAT
General policy framework
Guidance
SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR NATIONAL SOCIETIES AND THE FEDERATION SECRETARIAT
Relationships with the European Commission Emergency Response Centre
Risk mapping and contingency planning
Civil Protection Training
Civil Protection Exercises
Logistics
Consular Support Services
International disaster Response Laws
EU Aid Volunteers
FURTHER INFORMATION
ANNEX 1. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
ANNEX 2. THE CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM
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