Brussels, 03 February 2020 WK 1265/2020 INIT LIMITE API INF WORKING PAPER This is a paper intended for a specific community of recipients. Handling and further distribution are under the sole responsibility of community members. WORKING DOCUMENT From:                 General Secretariat of the Council To:                   Delegations Subject:              Presentation by the Commission (DG ECHO) - Communication strategy on Civil Protection Delegations will find attached copy of the presentation by the European Commission (DG ECHO) concerning point 3.c of the agenda of the WPI meeting of 31 January 2020. WK 1265/2020 INIT                            COMM       MV/ip LIMITE                                                                                             EN

EU Civil Protection: communication in partnership Communication Unit - DG ECHO WPI meeting, 31 January 2020

When an emergency overwhelms national response capacities, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism enables a coordinated assistance by all EU Member States 6 Participating States

Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)

Since its creation in 2001 until 2020, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated for more than 330 emergencies

EU Civil Protection Mechanism 20  activations in 2019 Floods              Earthquakes Medical             Forest fires emergencies Preparedness        Environmental & prevention        accidents Epidemics           Marine pollution Tropical cyclones

In 2019, the EU introduced an additional layer to its Civil Protection Mechanism rescEU Countries                                      European Commission share their national                           Complements national prevention & preparedness                      response capacities (rescEU) strategies to identify and                     Provides financial incentives to address possible gaps in                       strengthen the European Civil disaster response                              Protection Pool Finances adaptation, repair, and operational costs

The first rescEU fleet encompasses

Communication objectives • Enhancegeneralawarenessand endorsement for reinforcedEUcooperation • Createsenseof solidarityand ownership • Facilitateactiveinvolvementof civil protection communityin theMemberStates

Priority target audiences • General public   in EU Member States, with a focus ondisaster-prone regions       (2017-2019: areas affected by forest fires) • Civil Protection community     in all EU Member States: • National, regional, local civil protection authoritie • Volunteering associations, NGOs, citizens’ initia • Multipliers: editors of stakeholder media, resear and analysts