CARIBBEAN COAST 3
Programme Caribbean Coast 3 (CC3) marks an important step in strengthening crisis and disaster preparedness and cooperation between Europe and the Caribbean,.
Overview
Status
Ongoing
Start
End
- Type
- Full-scale exercises
- EU contribution amount
- EUR 1 400 000.00
- Geographic focus
- all Europe/EU
- Contact email
Description
Caribbean Coast (CC) 3 strengthens the Union Civil Protection Mechanism’s (UCPM) core mission: improving prevention, preparedness, and response to disasters within and beyond Europe. The Caribbean region has undergone institutional, operational, and risk‑environment changes since the last CC UCPM exercises in the Dutch Caribbean in 2019, making renewed engagement essential. CC3 provides a realistic, multi‑hazard full‑scale exercise that allows the UCPM to validate its interoperability with updated regional systems, enhance Host Nation Support (HNS) arrangements, and test the deployment readiness of EU response capacities in a complex and logistically challenging environment.
The exercise addresses persistent gaps identified during previous UCPM deployments in the Caribbean, such as fragmented coordination, limited HNS capacities, and challenges in civil‑military and civil‑humanitarian interoperability, while responding to emerging risks, including hybrid threats and increasing hazard intensity. By integrating EU‑level tools (CECIS, Copernicus EMS, ADAM, RAPID‑N, Virtual OSOCC) and engaging new regional actors, CC3 operationalises key priorities of the UCPM-2025-KAPP-EX call and the European Preparedness Union Strategy. It offers a unique platform to apply lessons learned, strengthen transboundary cooperation, and advance the “prepare together, respond together” ethos across EU Member States and Caribbean partners.
In this way, CC3 strategically ensure that the Mechanism remains interoperable, future‑ready, and capable of supporting partners in one of the world’s most hazard‑exposed regions.
DRM phases
Preparedness