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Registration is now open for the Civil Protection Forum 2024!

Join us on 4-5 June 2024 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels for this year's edition of the Civil Protection Forum. The Forum will be based around the theme of ‘Shaping a disaster-resilient union: charting a path for the future of European civil protection’.
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‘Natural hazards are gender neutral. Their impacts are not’

We look at how gender is being taken into account in disaster preparedness and civil protection. The forthcoming Civil Protection Forum 2024 will bring stakeholders together to consider the future of civil protection, including how to ‘bridge the (gender) gap in the field’.
Story8 March 2024International Women’s Day
Romanian firefighters during a wild fire in Porto Germano.

Webinar: Good Practices in Risk and Crisis Communication

The aim of this webinar is to provide a forum for exchange on what are the defining characteristics of good communication practices in civil protection, and sharing concrete recent examples of such practices.
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How to write a quality KAPP application: our top 9 tips!

The 2024 Knowledge for Action in Prevention and Preparedness (KAPP) call for proposals has just been published and we are excited to see so many interested applicants already browsing our project documents.
News16 February 2024KAPP application
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Capacity Development

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Science & Research

Through the Knowledge Network, the scientific community and operational stakeholders in disaster management have a new space to connect and share knowledge.

Civil protection exercises

The exercise programme of the Knowledge Network offers a variety of civil protection exercises to enhance prevention, preparedness and disaster response.

Featured projects

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EUMA

Creating a European Higher Education Network for Master's Programmes in Disaster Risk Management.
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IMAROS 2

Impact's And Response Options regarding low Sulphur marine fuel oil Spills.
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EWED

EWED project will set up a testbed and open platform to advance in research and prepare European emergency response systems for extreme wildfires.

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