Information day: Knowledge for Action in Prevention and Preparedness call for proposals, 28 January 2025

Agenda Info Day KAPP - 28 January 2025.pdf

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID

OPERATIONS (ECHO) Prevention and Preparedness Capacity Building

Civil Protection Emergency Response Capabilities

UNION CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM

MULTI-ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMME 2021-2027

KNOWLEDGE FOR ACTION IN PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

- INFORMATION DAY -

TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2025

ONLINE - LIVE STREAMING

10:00 Welcome of participants and preliminary remarks

• Gaetano Vivo, Deputy Head of Unit B.3 Prevention and Preparedness Capacity

Building

10:10 Knowledge for Action in Prevention and Preparedness (KAPP) Call for

Proposals

Introduction

• Cristina Brailescu, Team Leader, Unit B.3 Prevention and Preparedness Capacity

Building

10:20

10:30

10:50

11:20

11:35

Overview of the call

• Juan Francisco Galván Montero, Planning and Programming Officer, Unit B.3

Prevention and Preparedness Capacity Building

Topic 1: Prevention and Preparedness

• Teresa Capula, Project Officer, Unit B.3 Prevention and Preparedness Capacity

Building

Topic 2: Full-Scale Exercises

• Mariangela Pelliccia, Project Officer and Per Oyvind Semb, Project Officer, Unit A.4 Civil Protection Emergency Response Capabilities

Financial and legal issues and recommendations for good proposals

• Juan Francisco Galván Montero, Planning and Programming Officer, Unit B.3

Prevention and Preparedness Capacity Building

Presentation of the Funding & Tenders opportunities platform

• Vladlena Doroshenko Salatenko, Project Officer, Unit B.3 Prevention and

Preparedness Capacity Building

11:45 Questions and answers

12:15-

12.30 Closing remarks

Livestream link will be published on the Knowledge Network page.

KAPP call for proposals is published on 23 January 2025 here:

Funding & Tenders Portal

Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network

Correspondence Slip Info day KAPP call for proposals.pdf

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID

OPERATIONS (ECHO) Prevention and Preparedness Capacity Building

Civil Protection Emergency Response Capabilities

Head of Unit

Brussels, ECHO B.3/EM

ECHO A.4/MP

CORRESPONDENCE SLIP

Addressees: Directors-General for Civil Protection of the Member and Participating States to

the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; Directors-General for Civil Protection

and National Civil Protection focal points from the Eastern and Southern EU

Neighbourhood and Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance countries;

Members of the Civil Protection Committee; Member States’ Permanent

Representations and Participating States’ Permanent Missions to the EU;

Marine Pollution Contact Points of the Member and Participating States to the

Union Civil Protection Mechanism; National Training Coordinators of the

Member and Participating States to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism;

Disaster Prevention Expert Group; Members of the Union Civil Protection

Knowledge Network Board; Members of the Early Warning Expert Group

Subject: Invitation to the information day on the Knowledge for Action in

Prevention and Preparedness (KAPP) call for proposals

Remarks: The Information Day will take place on:

Tuesday, 28 January 2025

10:00 – 12:30 (CET)

Dear Directors-General,

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of the information day is to familiarise potential applicants with the Knowledge

for Action in Prevention and Preparedness (KAPP) call for proposals and to provide

useful guidance on the preparation of applications for this call, which will be published

on 23 January 2025.

The agenda and other practical details on the live streaming event will be available on the

Knowledge Network.

The KAPP call for proposals will be published on the Commission’s Funding & Tenders

Portal, as well as in the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network website.

The KAPP call for proposals aims to identify projects strengthening cooperation among

eligible countries on disaster prevention and preparedness, as well as providing a testing

environment and a learning opportunity for all actors involved in civil protection

assistance interventions, through full-scale field exercises. This approach is structured

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around two topics, namely, Prevention and Preparedness projects and Full-Scale

Exercises.

Prevention and Preparedness projects focuses on enhancing collaboration and

cooperation on these phases of the DRM cycle among Member States and between the

UCPM and third countries. These projects should seek to strengthen efforts in preventing

disasters while improving the overall preparedness of the UCPM, its stakeholders, and

the wider population. Through initiatives that address both ongoing challenges and

emerging systemic issues, these projects should aim to build resilience and foster a more

coordinated response framework. This topic comprises four priorities, namely, improving

risk assessment, anticipation, and disaster risk management planning; increasing risk

awareness and preparedness of the population; enhancing early warning and ensuring a

robust civil protection system by strengthening institutional preparedness and individual

capacity.

The Full-Scale Exercises topic focuses on simulating real-life emergencies, through

which the participants can test, practise and review procedures in a realistic setting. The

UCPM full-scale exercise projects also include all the preparatory actions as well as

activities after the exercise to build on the learning.

All KAPP call topics support the implementation of the Union disaster resilience goals.

I would be grateful if you could circulate this information within your organisations and

to all potentially interested stakeholders (including non-governmental organisations,

universities, research centres, regional authorities, etc).

For any further queries, please contact: [email protected]

Yours faithfully,

Erwan MARTEIL Marco PANIGALLI

Enclosure: Agenda of the Information Day

Copy: EFTA Secretariat, Council Secretariat.

Electronically signed on 16/01/2025 18:04 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121

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Dear Directors-General,

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached an invitation and practical information regarding an information day on the Knowledge for Action in Prevention and Preparedness call for proposals, which will be organised online on 28 January 2025 from 10:00 to 12:30.

Best regards,

The Prevention and Preparedness Programme team