On 6 June 2023 in Rome, Italy the project “Prevention, Preparedness, Response to natural & man-made Disasters in the Southern Neighbourhood countries” was officially launched. The project is sponsored by the European Union and will last for 36 months, the volume of the funding is 3,000,000 €.

PPRD Mediterranean aims to support partner countries in deepening the engagements and priorities identified under the last phase, including reinforcement of national situational rooms and inter-sectoral cooperation for emergency response, Host Nation Support, the link between risk assessment and emergency planning, and information-sharing tools to support decision making, with the ultimate goal of enhancing cooperation and partnership between the EU and Mediterranean nations via the Union for the Mediterranean.

Participating countries are: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia. 

Main objectives of the project are:

• Build sustainable capacities of Partner Countries' respective civil protection institutions for disaster risk prevention, preparedness and response to natural and man-made disasters.
• Strengthen interlinkages between all relevant governmental actors and civil society stakeholders as well as the scientific community.
• Enhance regional and sub-regional coordination, institutional and operational cooperation between the Southern Neighbourhood countries, the UCPM and UfM

More information about PPRD Med you can find here.  

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