EU Civil Protection Full Scale Exercise
The ResponSEE full scale exercise will take place in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from 27 to 29 April 2022.
The ResponSEE full scale exercise will take place in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from 27 to 29 April 2022. The exercise will be based on a full mission cycle for national and international response to a major earthquake with cascading effects under a pandemic situation.
The response will involve an EU Civil Protection Team (CPT), a liaison officer and the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team (UNDAC) as well as Urban Search and Rescue and firefighting teams, mountain rescue, water purification, medical response, and dog handling teams, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Austria, Montenegro, Romania and Slovenia.
The international community and regional non-governmental organisations, namely UNDP, the EU Delegation, OSCE, EUFOR, World Vision, Save the Children, NATO, UNESCO/Blue Shield will be actively participating. This exercise will be a great training opportunity for the region and a supporting step to bring Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
