PPRD East 2 programme

Overview

Description

The overall objective of the second phase of PPRD East programme was to strengthen the Eastern Partnership countries resilience, preparedness and response to man-made disasters and disasters caused by natural hazards. The main beneficiaries of this action were: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Based on the results of the PPRD East 1 programme, the purpose of the PPRD East 2 was:

• to strengthen Partner Countries’ civil protection capacities for disaster prevention, preparedness and response,
• to strengthen regional cooperation and bringing the Partner Countries progressively closer to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

The programme focused on:

• improving the institutional and legal framework on disaster management and prevention, in live with EU acquis and best practices,
• strengthening cooperation between Partner Countries and EU Civil Protection Mechanism through regular exchanges of information, expertise and best practices, trainings, table-top exercises and a joint regional exercise,
• further developing and operationalisation of the Electronic Regional Risk Atlas,
• raising awareness about disasters (natural and man-made), their prevention and response amongst civil protection professionals, volunteers and within the population in general.

Outputs & results