1. Euro-med EUROMED P rogramme of P revention, P reparedness and R esponse to N atural and M an-made D isasters Reference: EuropeAid/125939/SER/Multi ppr d south Pierluigi Soddu Executive Director Second Session, Geneva 16-19 June 2009

2. Euro-med Pilot Cooperation in the area of CP between the EC, its Member States and 12 MPCs Italy and Egypt 1998 2004 Euro 2,5 M Reinforcement and contribution to the establishment of an effective and sustainable system of prevention, mitigation and management of natural and man-made disasters Bridge France, Egypt, Italy and Algeria 2004 2008 Development of a Mediterranean CP culture based on prevention rather than on response and contribution to bringing closer the CP Mechanism ppr d south Italy, France, Egypt, Algeria & UNISDR Euro 1,9 M 2009 2012 Euro 5,0 M Specific Programme Background & ppr d south

3. Euro-med The beneficiary and observer countries Beneficiaries Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Tunisia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Turkey Observers Libya and Mauritania ppr d south Civil Protection Stakeholders Non-Civil protection Stakeholders General Public ppr d south target

4. Euro-med The objectives The long term goal of the Programme:  Progressively stronger association of the Civil Protection authorities of the beneficiary countries to the European Mechanism of Civil Protection;  Contribution to the setting up of the National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction. ppr d south 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. Euro-med The activities Coordination and synergies between the activity lines ppr d south

6. Euro-med EuropeAid Unit 3 National Corrispondents Network Steering Committee PMT PAU Consortium The governance ppr d south

7. Euro-med Cooperation on the basis of equality and enhanced co-ownership (UfM principles) Synergy with other relevant EC programmes of the EC and the UN system The Consortium considers the following key issues Pro-active participation of the beneficiary countries (NCs). The approach ppr d south

8. Euro-med  Demand driven: programme will be discussed with NCs a) Relevance to national priorities and consistency with national contexts; b) Potential national benefits; c) Key issues for successful implementation;  Close cooperation: programme will be developed in cooperation with the beneficiary countries’ and with local experts;  Eye on ongoing/previous experiences, programmes and projects: proposals will take into account previous and current actions, programmes and synergies;  Interdependence: proposals will ensure coordination and synergies between the five PPRD South activity lines (assessment, prevention and preparedness, response, information and communication, programme management).  Practicality: all actions will be ensured a hands-on component aimed at the production of tools such as risk maps and country profiles. This will either build/consolidate the operational capacities of the beneficiaries or ensure their co-ownership within the initiative;  Ownership and commitment: the involvement of the beneficiary countries in the PPRD South actions will be driven by ensuring their responsibility and commitment as to ensure sustainability of expected results.  Innovativeness: shared regional dimension of risk reduction The proposal of adaptation/replication/extension will build on the following principles: The strategy ppr d south

9. Euro-med Headquarter Rome Mediterranean Office Cairo European Office – Aix les Milles Executive Director Media & Information Expert Communication Expert Monitoring & Evaluation Expert + 1 Executive Secretary DPC support Mediterranean Co-Director 1 Executive Secretary European Co-Director The officies ppr d south

10. Euro-med The staff pprd south 6 Key experts Short term expert (500 wd 50% EU, 50% MPCs ) 14 National Correspondents Support in Rome&Cairo offices Staff

11. Euro-med Update 15/06/09 The National Correspondents Network pprd south

12. Euro-med The products pprd south

13. Euro-med GIS Risk Atlas (national-Regional) CP Manual (one for each country) 14 Workshops (staff) 4 Workshops (H.L.) 3 Workshops Exercise TT 1 Workshops Exercise FS Web Portal Awareness raising activities Guidelines for the implementation of A.r.a. The products pprd south

14. Euro-med A web GIS module dedicated to the construction of the Regional Risk Atlas. geoSDI- tools The internet portal of the PPRD programme Provide proper visibility to all the activities and the outputs of the programme English, French and Arabic Facilitate contacts and promote cooperation Interoperability features with other international PPRD related portals (es UN-ISDR,..,..) Support the establishment of a regional collaborative knowledge information on PPRD initiatives portal

15. Euro-med Thanks for your time. De Saint Germain Ronan El Kholei Ahmed Candeloro Alessandro Saule Milojka Barbera Antonio Erika Conti The 14 National Correspondents psoddu@euromedcp.eu www.euromedcp.eu