The EU will provide initial funding of 6 million euros in 2024 to support civil protection authorities in EU Member States, countries participating in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Georgia and Kosovo.[1] Strengthen your ability to meet disaster resilience goals.
Today, the European Commission is launching a new financial support instrument for national civil protection authorities, starting with a three-year pilot phase to strengthen disaster prevention and preparedness in the EU and beyond.
of Technical support loan system for disaster prevention and mitigation Support projects, research and training on disaster and climate resilience, and facilitate knowledge sharing between countries on disaster risk management. The World Bank will implement this activity with funding from the European Commission.
As a result of this funding measure, civil protection authorities will improve their technical capacity to prevent disasters and will be better prepared when disasters occur.
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As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, disaster resilience is becoming increasingly important. From 1980 to 2020, natural disasters affected around 50 million people in the EU and caused economic losses of €12 billion per year on average.
The Technical Assistance Financing Facility for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness (TAFF) is fully funded by the European Union. TAFF is managed by the World Organization for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, and its activities are implemented by the World Bank in collaboration with the European Commission.
TAFF is part of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM). It provides national civil protection and disaster risk management authorities with the technical assistance they need to prepare for investments, build capacity, and strengthen institutional and policy frameworks.
The UCPM is a collaboration between the EU27 and 10 participating countries (Iceland, Norway, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkiye, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine) on civil protection to improve prevention, preparedness and response. The aim is to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. To a disaster.
In February 2023, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation and Communication to establish common goals for increasing disaster resilience in the field of civil protection. The five common goals are predict, prepare, warn, respond, and secure. The European Disaster Resilience Goals aim to improve the capacity of the EU, its Member States and countries participating in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to predict and withstand the effects of future large-scale disasters and emergencies. is.
