Call For Proposal 2014 - European Commission:for Civil Protection Mechanism Exercises
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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Closing Date: June 25, 2014.
The call for proposals for Civil
Protection Mechanism Exercises 2014 refers to action 2.8 of the Work Programme
2014 and aims to support exercises simulating the situation and conditions of
major emergencies (due to natural and man-made disasters). It will require the
activation of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, and the involvement of
participating States, enlargement countries not participating in the Mechanism,
and European Neighbourhood Policy, through the ERCC, mainly with deployment of
intervention teams (including modules), teams of experts, national key contact
point staff, officials of the Institutions and other intervention support.
The objectives are:
To improve civil protection
preparedness and response to all kinds of disasters, including marine
pollution, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear emergencies, as well as
combined disasters and disasters simultaneously affecting a number of countries
(inside or outside the participating states of the Mechanism) by providing a
testing environment of established and/or new operational concepts and
procedures of the Mechanism and a learning opportunity for all actors involved
in civil protection assistance interventions under the Civil Protection
Mechanism.
The expected results are:
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The existing procedures for the various elements
of the Civil Protection Mechanism are improved and new procedures, where
needed, are established.
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The interoperability of intervention teams is
improved as the result of the exercise; in particular this will mean quicker
dispatch time, improved cooperation arrangements, better communication between
headquarters and field, identification of shortcomings in the existing
structures.
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Participating states, enlargement countries not
participating in the Mechanism, and European Neighbourhood Policy countries are
aware and prepared to receive and to provide assistance trough the Mechanism.
Types of exercises:
Eligible projects to be
co-financed under this call for proposals can be a table-top, command-post or
full scale exercises (TTX, CPX or FSX). A combination of two or three of these
types of exercises is possible.
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Table top exercise (TTX) is designed to put real
crisis managers in a situation to use existing plans and procedures to take
decisions according to a proposed scenario. A TTX can also be used to develop
plans and procedures were there are none. Being a discussion mode exercise, it
does not require any deployment gathers the Exercising Participants in one
single location under the guidance and control of experienced staff.
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Command Post Exercise CPX is designed to put
command structures in a real situation, requesting the deployment of a EUCP
Team and possibly key staff of operational assets together with command and
communication staff and tools. The Exercising Participants work from their
offices or command posts.
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Full Scale Exercise (FSX) is designed to
replicate one or several phases of an emergency with the commitment of all the
public bodies and authorities that would be committed in a real situation. All
the functions (operation, command, logistics, communication, public
information, etc.) of a real operation are replicated and played in a coordinated
way.
The maximum EU co-funding rate is
established in 85% of eligible costs, with a maximum of Euro 1.000.000 for each
proposal financed. The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects
is EUR 6 000 000. EUR 4 000 000 have been reserved for exercises involving
only the participating States and EUR 2 000 000 for exercises with the
involvement of one or more enlargement countries which are not participating
states to the Mechanism or countries under the European Neighbourhood Policy
(for more information see the WP 2014).
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