Who can apply?
The call is open for applications by national disaster risk management authorities of eligible countries. This includes civil protection authorities and other authorities with disaster risk management responsibilities. Whenever the applicant is not a national civil protection authority, the application should include references to the relevant legal basis showing the responsibilities of the applicant in the disaster risk management area.
Eligible countries include:
- UCPM Participating countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs));
- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine;
- Other countries: Georgia and Kosovo*, in view of their ongoing efforts to join the UCPM.
(* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.)
For more information, refer to Section 6. Eligibility of the UCPM-2024-TRACK1 call document.