Improving the EU's capacity to react in the face of extreme events occurring outside its territory - Related links

European Commission/European External Action Service (EEAS)

• EU Civil Protection Mechanism (European Commission)
• Official Journal of the European Union (20 May 2021)
• Commission Communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles (European Commission, COM (2021) 110 final, 10.03.2021)
• ERCC - Emergency Response Coordination Centre
• European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
• European Civil Protection Pool
• Center for Strategy and Evalutation Services (CESS) - Evaluation Study of Definitions, Gaps and Costs of Response Capacities for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism

European Parliament:

• Union Civil Protection Mechanism 2021-2027
• European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 April 2021 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism
• European Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences 
• Union Civil Protection Mechanism(2020/0097(COD) - 27/04/2021)
• Procedure file - Legislative Observatory - Union Civil Protection Mechanism (

Council

• EU civil protection
• Civil protection: Council adopts new rules to strengthen disaster response (Press Release - 10.05.2021)
• Council Conclusions (21.07.2020)
• Presidency Report on the main achievements at EU level in the field of civil protection (11.12.2020)

Committee of the Regions

• Opinion Factsheet - A reinforced Union civil protection mechanism

Court of Auditors

• Union Civil Protection Mechanism: the coordination of responses to disasters outside the EU has been broadly effective

Other

• EU civil protection capabilities
• Mitigating Europe’s climate risks: EU Civil Protection Mechanism and its role in future climate risk management