The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Pursuant to the national security policy objectives the Civil Emergency Preparedness and Strategies Division represents the Czech Republic in the NATO Civil Emergency Planning Committee (CEPC) and the Civil Protection Group (CPG). The division also coordinates policy across central administrative authorities within the NATO civil emergency planning framework.
- NATO Civil Emergency Planning
- NATO Civil Emergency Planning Committee (CEPC)
- The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC)
Since 1998 is the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) NATO’s principal civil emergency response mechanism in the Euro-Atlantic area. It is active all year round, operational on a 24/7 basis, and involves NATO’s 29 Allies and all partner countries. The Centre functions as a clearing-house system for coordinating both requests and offers of assistance mainly in case of natural and man-made disasters. Its mandate was gradually broadened to cover also support to countries in case of terrorist attacks. The EADRCC was so far involved in more than 60 operations like floods, forest fires and earthquakes. The EADRCC also organises annual international exercise and maintains a list of national capabilities in case of a CRBN attack against civilian population.
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