The
Introductory Module «The EU Civil Protection Mechanism» describes the European Civil Protection Mechanism and
the national Civil Protection systems of the
partner countries involved into the Project (Greece, United Kingdom, Italy and
Portugal). The objective is to provide an overview of the EU Civil Protection
Mechanism and the various institutional and operational set-ups of the Civil
Protection systems in Europe. In particular, the general characteristics of the national
Civil Protection and Civil Protection Volunteering systems will be
described as well as the role of Civil Protection volunteering training. The
data and information included into this Module are the result of the field and
desk researches conducted by the Partners in their countries during the first phase
of the “CiProVoT-Civil Protection Volunteers Training” project
co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme: Key Action
2, Strategic Partnership in the field
of Adult education.
