- Project Leader:
- DPC
- Project Start:
- August 2013 (18 months total duration)
- Contingent:
- 18 EU Aid Volunteers
- Volunteers Selection:
- end of September/ October 2013
- Deployment Period:
- up to 4 weeks missions from January to October 2014
- Deployment Countries:
- Barbados and Grenada
- Focus of the Project:
- Emergency management operations and strengthening of Disaster Risk Reducation capacities
Project funded by
Facts & Figures
The Project
The Italian Civil Protection Department is coordinating the capacity building project 'EVRECA! - European Volunteers for Response of Emergencies in the Caribbean'.
Participating partner organisations are:
- Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale (CIMA) - Italy
- Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze (ANPAS) - Italy
- Corpo Italiano di Soccorso dell'Ordine di Malta (CISOM) - Italy
- Asociația Serviciul de Ajutor Maltez în România (SAMR) - Romania
- Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland e.V. (ASB) - Germany
- Croce Rossa Italiana (CRI) - Italy
- Societatea Naṭională de Cruce Roṣie din România (CRR) - Romania
- Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat (MMSZ) - Hungary
Participating Caribbean Associate Organizations are:
- The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)
- The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) of Grenada
- The Department of Disaster Management of the British Virgin Islands (DDM)
The main objective of this project is to define guidelines and standards for the recruitment and training of volunteers in the field of emergency management and disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities. This project deploys volunteers in third countries with the aim of strengthening local authorities preparedness, early warning systems, response and hosting of volunteers. The EU volunteers will enhance the level of preparedness and awareness of institutional stakeholders and of local volunteering organisations in order to better respond to hydro-meteorological disasters.
Partners
The Volunteers
- 18 technical and scientific experts with significant experience in civil protection volunteering in one of the partner organisations
- Deployments: up to 4 weeks missions in the Caribbean region