seminar on strenghtening cooperation with the candidate countires and western balkan countries in...
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Seminar on Strenghtening Cooperation with the Candidate Countires and Western Balkan Countries in the Field of Civil Protection
Cooperation between EU Member States, Candidate Countries and Western Balkan
Countires
Ms Zóra HlinkaNational Directorate General for Disaster Management
Department for International RelationsBled, 25-26 February 2008
Cooperation with countries of the region
• Bilateral agreements• Trilateral agreement• EU• Regional cooperation
Bilateral agreements-cooperation and mutual assistance in the
event of disasters
• Early warning• Information
exchange• Assistance (teams,
capacities, humanitarian relief)
• Other forms of cooperation
Bilateral agreements – cooperation and mutual assistance in
the event of disasters
• GR, RO, SI• CRO, TR• Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia - under development• Central level• Regional/local level
Trilateral, multilateral cooperation
Trilateral: Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia- Information exchange- Prevention- Education- Exercises
Multilateral: DPPI
EU projects
• Interreg• Community Civil
Protection Mechanism – EU-HUROMEX 2008
EU-HUROMEX 2008
• Objective: to test and improve the procedures of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism in case of a need for assistance
• Scenario aims at: mitigating and eliminating the transboundary consequences of natural disasters, radiological and chemical incidents as well the potential consequences of deliberate criminal actions with the help of internatinal teams
EU-HUROMEX 2008
• Beneficiray: Hungary• Partner: Romania• Participants: Austria,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
• DPPI countries: invited with team, as observers
Thank you for your attention!