European Commission THE EU'S ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL PROTECTION
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection The Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) is the service of the European Commission responsible for the administering of aid worldwide.
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection 2010 2004 1992 Civil ECHO became Creation of the Protection was the European integrated for Directorate- Community improved General for Humanitarian coordination and Humanitarian Office (ECHO) Disaster Aid Response inside and outside Europe
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Christos Stylianides Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
Field network
Why we act
Humanitarian Principles
Providing Humanitarian Aid
Aid delivery on the ground
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund?
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund? • FOOD ASSISTANCE
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund? • FOOD ASSISTANCE • SHELTER
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund? • FOOD ASSISTANCE • SHELTER • BASIC HEALTH CARE
What kind of humanitarian operations does ECHO fund? • FOOD ASSISTANCE • SHELTER • BASIC HEALTH CARE • WASH
Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness
Mr Christos Stylianides, the European Union’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, during his first visit to South Sudan
Ebola
Syrian Refugee Camp
Palestine refugees across Syria. Cash assistance
EU and UNICEF join efforts to help children affected by crisis in Ukraine
The EU Aid Volunteers' initiative
Integrating Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Civil Protection • The key instrument for European civil protection is the Civil Protection Mechanism (CPM) • The EU Civil Protection Mechanism is made up of 33 states which co-operate in the field of civil protection
What does it do ? The European Civil Protection covers three phases of the disaster management cycle : 1. PREVENTION 2. PREPARATION 3. RESPONSE
The Emergency Response Coordination Centre
How does it work ? 33 civil protection contact points Country ERCC hit by disaster 33 marine pollution contact points
Emergency Response Coordination Centre in action
How to get involved? • Work for the European Work with partners Commission EU Aid Volunteers • http://europa.eu/epso /index_en.htm • EPSO exams for permanent staff • Temporary opportunities • Internships
DG ECHO Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection • http://ec.europa.eu/echo/ European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO)-Like our page EU humanitarian aid @eu_echo – Follow us on twitter U tube-watch our videos Flickr- Our pictures from ECHO’s work all over the world
Questions? Marcia.kammitsi@ec.europa.eu
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