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Die herausragende Rolle von Kristalina Georgieva, Kommissarin für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, humanitäre Hilfe und Krisenreaktion ist von großer Bedeutung für die diesjährige Konferenz. Anbei finden Sie aktuelle Informationen zur politischen Agenda der Europäischen Kommission im Originaltext:
Towards a stronger European disaster response
The number of natural and man-made recorded disasters has risen fivefold since 1975 and the damages caused have increased similarly. This trend is largely due to climate change and population growth (combined with increasing urbanization). Other factors including increased industrial activity and environmental degradation also play a role. These underlying "drivers" of disasters are going to increase and it follows that the frequency and intensity of disasters is also likely to continue increasing.
Effective implementation of sensible disaster management policies means fewer deaths and less damage. And as the risks we face increase and become ever more apparent it is essential that local, national and European policies are reinforced to deal with these threats.
In its Communication "Towards a Stronger European Disaster Response" of October 2010 the European Commission put forward a set of proposals aimed at strengthening coordination in the EU disaster response system with a view to better contribute to alleviating the suffering of the victims of disasters inside the EU and across the world.
With the Communication the Commission proposes two key measures.
The first concerns the creation of a voluntary pool comprised of Member States' experts and assets which will be placed on standby for deployment in EU operations.
To enhance the availability of those key assets, various arrangements have been tested through the Preparatory Action on an EU Rapid Response Capability. This included standby arrangements for field hospitals, emergency shelter, high capacity pumping, water purification and other assets based in the majority of Member States. Based on this initial experience, the Commission proposes to establish a European Emergency Response Capacity in the form of a pool of pre-identified civil protection assets from the states participating in the Civil Protection Mechanism. These assets would be voluntarily made available for EU disaster relief operations both inside and outside the EU.
The second key proposal concerns the creation of a European Emergency Response Centre which will be responsible for the coordination of the EU's civilian disaster response. In practical terms this will imply:
- Merging the Civil Protection and the humanitarian crisis rooms to create a genuine 24/7 European Emergency Response Centre.
- Developing the Emergency Response Centre, over time, into a platform providing support for other services dealing with major disasters.
- Setting up working arrangements with the European External Action Service (both headquarters and EU Delegations).
The Commission also intends to use contingency planning to identify whether there are gaps in the civil protection response capacities We are working together with Member States to develop reference scenarios for the main types of disasters. Several meetings will take place by the end of the year to bring the scenario planning of different national authorities together. The overall objective is to put in place systems that allow Europe to be better prepared to tackle disasters that overwhelm national capacities. And it is encouraging that since the Commission's proposals were tabled at the end of last year Member States have welcomed the approach set out and
We are now working together with them to elaborate the concrete steps that will translate the ideas outlined in the Communication into reality. The next step will be draft legislation that we aim to present by the end of this year.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/georgieva/index_en.htm
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