PPRD SOUTH PROGRAMME A REGIONAL EXPERIENCE

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1 THE ADVISORY GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES FORUM PPRD SOUTH PROGRAMME A REGIONAL EXPERIENCE BY PIERLUIGI SODDU, PPRD SOUTH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GENEVA, 16 MAY 2013

2 SPECIFIC PROGRAMME BACKGROUND Pilot Bridge Second phase Cooperation in the area of CP between the EC, its Member States and 12 MPCs Reinforcement and contribution to the establishment of an effective and sustainable system of prevention, mitigation and management of natural and man-made disasters Development of a Mediterranean CP culture based on prevention rather than on response and contribution to bringing closer the CP Mechanism Euro 5,0 M Italy and Egypt France, Egypt, Italy and Algeria Italy, France, Egypt, Algeria & UNISDR Euro 2,5 M Euro 1,9 M Euro 5,0 M

3 PPRD SOUTH COUNTRIES Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, occupied Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Turkey, Syria*

4 THE OBJECTIVES Overall Objective: Reinforcement of the level of civil protection network in the Euro-Mediterranean region; To ensure the continuation of institutional cooperation in this field. Specific Objective: To contribute to the development of stronger civil protection prevention, preparedness and response capacities at international, national and local level.

5 NATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS NETWORK 13 Countries 13 National Correspondents appointed by Civil Protection Authorities 2 0bservers The National Correspondents represent the backbone of the Programme. Their input, feedback and requests proved invaluable to ensuring that Programme proceeds in appropriate manner and direction.

6 THE STRATEGY Innovativeness Practicality Close cooperation Demand driven Following the events Lesson learn Ownership and commitment Interdependence Synergies Coordination The Seen involvement effects ensured of disasters of partner within All countries Proposals Shared actions Programme PPRD Interaction Programme regional South in ensured took PPRD with developed activity into dimension South ongoing was a account hands-on lines actions component international cooperation previous discussed was driven of risk and aimed cooperation, with with reduction to current ensure the the production National partners actions their research of and responsibility tools programmes development such as Correspondents and and initiatives risk commitment synergies maps in and the country for Euro-Mediterranean sustainability profiles. of expected region results

7 THE SYNERGIES Creating synergies between the Programme and other international actors/institutions in the Euro-Mediterranean region: Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit Preparedness UN FAO initiatives on risk mapping EU-funded research projects (SAFER, ) EC Joint Research Centre UNESCO/initiatives for regional Tsunami Early-Warning Systems IPA Programme/LOT 2 Execises EU-funded exercises (RICTHER TEREX) PPRD East Programme EU Member States

8 CROSS FERTILIZATION Civil PPRD South Programme Protection

9 PPRD South, Where? Around km of civil protection Rome NC Jul Brussels Brussels SC Oct NC Oct Antalya TT Dec Cairo HL WS Feb Rome ST March Tirana ST May Slovenia TA Jul Amman WS Jul Malta Amman SC Oct WS Jul Amman NC Jul Rome Malta ST Nov NC Oct Split TT Jan Istanbul ST Feb Rome ST May Aix TT May Sarajevo NC June Sweden TA Sept Madrid Sarajevo ST Sept SC June Cairo TA Oct Casablanca FS Nov Tunis TA Nov Arona HL Jan Geneva HL Feb Larnaca ST Algiers TA Mar Beirut TA Apr Stromboli ST May Tunis ST Jul Milan TA Jul Rome NC Sept Rabat TT Oct Lisboa ST Oct Bruxelles Lisboa SC Nov ST Oct Istanbul WS Feb Israel TA FEB Tunis TA Mar Rome NC Mar Tirana WS May Mar List of hosting countries Sc e NC meeting Technical assistance 1. Algeria Responce TT & LT ws 2. Albania Workshops 3. Belgium 4. Bosnia & Herzegovina 5. Cyprus 6. Croatia 7. Egypt 8. France 9. Israel 10. Italy 11. Jordan 12. Lebanon 13. Malta 14. Montenegro 15. Morocco 16. Palestine 17. Portugal 18. Spain 19. Switzerland 20. Sweden 21. Tunisia 22. Turkey

10 REGIONAL TOOLS First manual of this kind in the region, 3 languages Mutual knowledge in Mediterranean in civil Developed 3 languages protection and disaster risk News Civil Protection reduction actions, relevant studies, Link to Community CP research and international Mechanism and its tools cooperation initiatives More than 500 news items and 4,000 v/m Regional Atlas International data base Common methodology Integrated approaches to for evaluation of H, E, V risk mitigation and Risk (56 maps) Multiple stakeholders Open source software New areas/concepts in CP : New version 5*5 km Na-tech disasters, Risk Web Gis assessment & mapping, EWSs, Critical facilities, Disaster resilience, CP volunteers work Reinforced existing capacities in the region

11 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS TIRANA- LARNACA-ISTANBUL Tirana : Technological Disaster, May 2010 Training Larnaca: Emergency preparedeness and disaster mitigation for critical facilities faillures, March 2012 Training Technical Visit Istanbul: Beyond response: better prepardeness for environmental emergencies join with UNEP/OCHA Environment unit, Feb E-learnig module Training on the environmental emergency response process. Technical Visit

12 CONSIDERATIONS (partnership with JEU) What prompted this regional initiative What observable impact How can we ensure the buy-in of all relevant regional actors in such an initiative? How can we increase information sharing between regional actors, in order to improve preparedness for transboundary disasters? Is there additional regional support that could be provided by the JEU, and if so, what would this entail? The Atlas is one of the The three The regional YES. program, instruments however, that environmental has The were used normal encouraged by the sequence the seminars have had a participation included program Surely we to a have workshop plan to of on work other and at strong impact on the experts taking implementing two levels: actions in the improving knowledge required regional the by participants. synergy the is and in individual the a North-South national between countries level. the of Especially the final one various specific relationship The strategy institutions than of phase technical the two at that introduced (in civil national assistance South-South. activities will activities. and be regional protection domain) the level. Criticality concentrated of the at the data : new issues and operating Our Qualitative national After reference Istanbul level, (indicators) was has not the standards. Civil had rather complementing time Protection than to quantitative plan each that specific for different actions (numerical other 'institutions' but countries values). have Create been have marked a different standard but as tools tasks contributing important of and responsibilities. elements evaluating a broader information view, phase the two. can definition be used of at civil different scales. protection system. Open software.

13 GLOBAL RESULTS Programme Training Products statistics /Deliverables Activities Figures Foreseen Accomplished Visibility Number Web Portal of Training English, 14 French and Arabic Frequency of country 20 Press Workshops Web GIS releases and sent table-top participation 30 (English, 90% 56 French maps for and Hazard, 17% Exposure, out exercises Total participants Arabic) Vulnerability area risk Workshops within the Long Newsletters Regional Risk Atlas 1 4 Term CP participants Course on Designing 16 (English, 507 French and disseminated CP Manual 1,250 printed copies (English, exercise No CP participants in CP Arabic) 104 French and Arabic) 83% Contacts Communication Male CD s Edugame database test > ,000 1 TV/radio Technical Female Caps news Visits and >500 12, articles Awareness Guide for published schools Projects & housewives 48,000 5 Experts, trainers and 8 75 Technical facilitators T-shirts Assistance 12,000-21% 8 Activities Pens 10,000 National Direct Awareness Correspondents Beneficiaries meetings PVC Large Posters > 154,0007 1,100 7 Steering DVDs Committee meetings 8, % 4 Countries Bags Hosting Activities CP/non-CP participants CP participants No CP participants Male Female participants Male Female

14 LESSONS LEARNED Involve the Beneficiary countries in the construction of the programme ( by the National Correspondents) Experienced mutual exchange of ideas and concepts Faced existence of different type of risks (on top of classical European" risks) Improved training policies (example the Long training in response) Developed synergies with other programmes Improved national inter-institutional dialogue over Disaster Risk Management

15 KEY MESSAGE CIVIL PROTECTION IS A SYSTEM IS NOT A SIMPLE OFFICE and works not only in the response phase but in the whole cycle of the risk. The integration of Civil Protection and Environmental activities is the future way AND it s an important part of the risk reduction policy; Example: integration of the environmental evidence in the emergency planning.. Support existing initiatives to improve coherence of action on environmental action and civil protection (example: Istanbul workshop).

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