Emergency response and civil protection
At a Glance
05-12-2013
The European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and the European Commission's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) provide emergency relief after major disasters, such as typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. A new proposal would merge two existing provisions on EU crisis and disaster response as well as extending the scope of EU coordination in preparing for disasters and dealing with them.
At a Glance
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- aid to disaster victims
- Asia and Oceania
- civil defence
- cooperation policy
- deterioration of the environment
- ECHO
- economic geography
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- environmental risk prevention
- EU finance
- EU financing
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- first aid
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- natural disaster
- operation of the Institutions
- Philippines
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- the EU's international role