The main agenda for the 3 days included the Lessons Learnt and Way Forward Workshop.
Representatives from all 7 partners travelled in Larnaca, Cyprus along with representatives from Jordan, Israel and Palestine, the DG ECHO Project Officer, Vlad Petre along with representatives of the UN OCHA, the Union for the Mediterranean and PPRD Med.
PDEX (Professional Dialogue Exercise), a key project funded by the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) with the aim to strengthen disaster preparedness in the region was successfully completed. CERIDES – EUC was the coordinator of this important project which was the first ever large-scale PDEX – JIP project in the Middle East with dozens state actors from Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
The Lessons Learnt and Way Forward Meeting of PDEX took place between the 9th – 10th of May 2023 in Larnaca, Cyprus. It was co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cyprus and CERIDES – EUC.
PDEX project was a key milestone in developing a regional framework for disaster response and an important step to finalise the project phase one of the Professional dialogue. It was the first time since the beginning of the PD, that guiding principles for SOPs in Disaster Situations for Jordan, Palestine, Israel were created and implemented.