High Contrast
  • en
High Contrast
  • en
High Contrast
  • en

Knowledge Network Partnership

SEARCH - Find the Call that interests you
Print

All results

Content type
Programme Categories
Thematic category
Beneficiary
Programme category
Call status
Closed

Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Union Civil Protection Mechanism

Programme Description

The general objective of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (‘Mechanism’ or ‘UCPM’) is to strengthen the cooperation between the Union and the Member States and to facilitate coordination in the field of civil protection in order to improve the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made disasters.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

UCPM-2022-KN-NGEU

Call

Knowledge Network Partnership

Summary

The Knowledge Network’s vision is that the UCPM and its community have the knowledge and expertise to effectively prevent, prepare for and respond to current and emerging risks and challenges in disaster management. Its mission is to:

  • Bring together civil protection and disaster management experts and organisations,
  • Make relevant knowledge on civil protection and disaster management accessible to all, and
  • Foster innovation for more efficient and effective civil protection.

Detailed Call Description

The Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network was established as UCPM’s key tool for better flow of information, boosted innovation, improved knowledge, enhanced expertise and skills and consolidated scientific evidence through cooperation, exchange, partnership and networking.

Objective:

  1. Design, develop and implement multi-disciplinary, risk-based thematic communities/centres of expertise for civil protection and disaster management stakeholders.
  2. Design, develop and implement capacity-development and applied science activities that contribute to building and sharing of knowledge, expertise and skills in civil protection and disaster management.

It aims to contribute to the consolidation and operationalisation of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network through financing of projects that will directly support the development of its key activities.

Projects under the Call for Proposals will establish thematic communities/centres of expertise that will generate, promote, test, exchange and disseminate knowledge, skills, expertise, innovation, and scientific evidence in support of the Capacity-Development and Science Pillars of the Knowledge Network.

The thematic communities/centres of expertise will be multinational and multidisciplinary specialised groups with organisational environments that strive for developing high standards of conduct in the fields of capacity-development, learning, research and innovation in civil protection and disaster risk management. The thematic communities will bring together individuals (practitioners, researchers and experts) from institutions (national and local civil protection authorities, research centres, policy institutes, centres of excellence etc.) engaged in disaster prevention, preparedness and response. Thematic communities/centres of expertise will focus on a specific natural or human-induced hazard (earthquakes, forest/wildfires, floods, medical emergencies/pandemics, CBRN threats etc.), cluster of hazards (meteorological, geophysical, hydrological, climatological, technological etc.), or a particular preparedness and response scenario (emergency medical response, search and rescue operations etc.).

Call Total Budget

€2,500,000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

85%

Thematic Categories

  • Public Administration
  • Social Affairs & Human Rights

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • International Organisations
  • Local Authorities
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    •  EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
    • UCPM Participating States: Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Turkey
    • Eligible non-EU countries, i.e.:
      • Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) beneficiaries not participating in the UCPM: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo
      • European Neighbourhood Policy countries:
        • Eastern Neighbourhood: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine;
        • Southern Neighbourhood: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.

Call Opening Date

17/03/2022

Call Closing Date

09/06/2022

National Contact Point(s)

Civil Defence, Ministry of Interior Affair
Name: Kyriakos Hadjigeorgiou
Title: Senior Civil Defence Officer
Telephone: +357 22 403448
E-mail address: khadjigeorgiou@cd.moi.gov.cy

(Publish Date: 23/03/2022-for internal use only)

EU Contact Point

DG Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection:

Website