1. Civil Protection Mechanism and CBRN
Iivi Luuk
Policy Officer, DG ECHO
Community of Users
Brussels,

2. UCPM in Disaster Response
Government of disaster-stricken country or int'l organisation
ERCC 2

3. UCPM in a nutshell
The UCPM supports Participating States during the whole disaster management cycle (response, preparedness and prevention):
Preparedness
EERC: over 99 offered response capacities from 23 Participating States are pre-committed to a “Voluntary Pool”
1 000 European Civil Protection experts are trained every year
3-5 full scale exercises a year are co-financed and organised
Modular system, including CP Modules exercises and training for response capacities
Advisory missions
Response
The key role of the ERCC is the coordination of assistance (from HQ and field via a EUCP Team) and the deployment of modules, teams, experts and relief items
ERCC role
EERC

4. UCPM as cross-sectoral delivery platform
Can be used for deployment of response capacities, experts or items across sectors. (desalienation plant to Cuba; salt mine experts to UA). Can be used to facilitate law enforcement cooperation: DVI, CBRN, etc.
Advisory missions: 2016 Ukraine (industrial hazard), 2014 Solomon Islands (dam failure), Mozambique (industrial hazard).
Capacities: 2018 DE lab and NO isolation pods deployment to Congo (Ebola epidemic)
Experts: 2018 Colombia dam assessment, 2017 assessment of the chemical accident in Nairit factory, Armenia.
Types of emergencies we respond to:
Natural disasters - Floods, earthquakes, forest fires, cyclones etc.
Man-made disasters - Environmental disasters, industrial accidents
Health emergencies
- disease outbreaks (e.g. Ebola)
Consular assistance - Terrorist attacks, medical evacuation, evacuation of EU citizens
Complex emergencies

5. Humanitarian principles
Humanity means that human suffering must be addressed wherever it is found, with particular attention to the most vulnerable.
Neutrality means that humanitarian aid must not favour any side in an armed conflict or other dispute.
Impartiality means that humanitarian aid must be provided solely on the basis of need, without discrimination.
Independence means the autonomy of humanitarian objectives from political, economic, military or other objectives.
Can be used for deployment of response capacities, experts or items across sectors. (desalienation plant to Cuba; salt mine experts to UA). Can be used to facilitate law enforcement cooperation: DVI, CBRN, etc.
Advisory missions: 2016 Ukraine (industrial hazard), 2014 Solomon Islands (dam failure), Mozambique (industrial hazard).
Capacities: 2018 DE lab and NO isolation pods deployment to Congo (Ebola epidemic)
Experts: 2018 Colombia dam assessment, 2017 assessment of the chemical accident in Nairit factory, Armenia.
Types of emergencies we respond to:
Natural disasters - Floods, earthquakes, forest fires, cyclones etc.
Man-made disasters - Environmental disasters, industrial accidents
Health emergencies
- disease outbreaks (e.g. Ebola)
Consular assistance - Terrorist attacks, medical evacuation, evacuation of EU citizens
Complex emergencies

7. Thank you! Iivi Luuk Policy Officer, DG ECHO iivi.LUUK@ec.europa.eu