Union Civil Protection Mechanism
Norway participates in the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, which aims to strengthen cooperation between the EU Member States and other Participating States (including Norway) in the fiel...
EU Cooperation
EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)
The Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) is the heart of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
EU Civil Protection Pool
The Civil Protection Pool was established to advance European cooperation in civil protection and enable a faster, better-coordinated and more effective European response to man-made disasters and...
EU Exchange of Experts
The Union Civil Protection Mechanism's exchange of experts programme allows for the secondment of civil protection experts covering a geographical area that encompasses 52 states.
Experts training
Effective crisis response requires that people involved in the relief operations are well-trained. At European level, it is mutually beneficial for civil protection experts to learn from each other...
EU Exercises
Civil protection exercises are fundamental to prepare civil protection teams to react fast and in a coordinated manner when disasters occur.
Prevention and Preparedness projects
Every year the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) publishes a number of calls for proposal concerning a range of relief and civil protection efforts (thes...
RescEU
In March 2019, the EU reinforced and strengthened all components of its disaster risk management by upgrading the Union Civil Protection Mechanism.
Union Civil Protection Committee (CPC)
DSB participates in the Union Civil Protection Committee (CPC). The committee makes decisions regarding the further implementation of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM).