THE EU'S ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL PROTECTION DG - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
THE EU'S ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL PROTECTION DG - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
European Commission THE EU'S ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL PROTECTION DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection The Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) is the service of the European Commission
The Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) is the service
- f the European
Commission responsible for the administering of aid worldwide.
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
1992 Creation of the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) 2004 ECHO became the Directorate- General for Humanitarian Aid 2010 Civil Protection was integrated for improved coordination and Disaster Response inside and
- utside Europe
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Christos Stylianides Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
Field network
Why we act
Humanitarian Principles
Providing Humanitarian Aid
Aid delivery on the ground
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund?
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund?
- FOOD ASSISTANCE
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund?
- FOOD ASSISTANCE
- SHELTER
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund?
- FOOD ASSISTANCE
- BASIC HEALTH CARE
- SHELTER
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund?
- FOOD ASSISTANCE
- BASIC HEALTH CARE
- WASH
- SHELTER
Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness
Mr Christos Stylianides, the European Union’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, during his first visit to South Sudan
Ebola
Syrian Refugee Camp
Palestine refugees across Syria. Cash assistance
EU and UNICEF join efforts to help children affected by crisis in Ukraine
The EU Aid Volunteers' initiative
Integrating Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Civil Protection
- The key instrument for
European civil protection is the
Civil Protection Mechanism (CPM)
- The EU Civil Protection
Mechanism is made up of 33
states which co-operate in
the field of civil protection
What does it do ?
- 1. PREVENTION
- 3. RESPONSE
- 2. PREPARATION
The European Civil Protection covers three phases of the disaster management cycle :
The Emergency Response Coordination Centre
How does it work ?
Country hit by disaster
ERCC
33 civil protection contact points 33 marine pollution contact points
Emergency Response Coordination Centre in action
How to get involved?
- Work for the European
Commission
- http://europa.eu/epso
/index_en.htm
- EPSO exams for
permanent staff
- Temporary
- pportunities
- Internships
Work with partners EU Aid Volunteers
European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO)-Like our page
EU humanitarian aid @eu_echo –Follow us on twitter U tube-watch our videos Flickr-Our pictures from ECHO’s work all over the world
DG ECHO Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
- http://ec.europa.eu/echo/