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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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Firefighters during a wildfire in Chile.

KAPP Prevention Projects officially launched

The 2023 KAPP call resulted in funding for seven projects under the topic of prevention. On 12 March 2024, civil protection practitioners gathered in Brussels to kick-off these seven new projects.
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Union Civil Protection - Capacity Development

Capacity Development

The Knowledge Network Capacity Development pillar aims to connect, promote and strengthen capacity development initiatives relevant to civil protection and disaster management.
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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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