European dimension
The ‘European dimension’ is at the core of every full-scale exercise scenario. Each scenario recreates the challenging and realistic conditions of the international environment of Mechanism interventions. This means that they include interactions of UCPM teams and modules, the broader emergency response community, and humanitarian and other relevant international actors as appropriate. Exercise scenarios depict disasters that have in some way overwhelmed the response capacity of at least one country.
Scenarios include organisations and teams that would naturally be involved in a real emergency:
- Multi-sectorial (horizontal): government sectors, i.e. civil protection, police, health, consular authorities, humanitarian aid, etc.
- Multi-level scenario (vertical): local, regional, national, EU/international actors and teams.