National Participation in EU Civil Protection

90 kr

Tillgänglighet: 20 i lager

The devastating impact and trauma that cataclysmic events cause in an interdependent and globalized society set the backdrop of increasing civil protection cooperation in the European Union. In order to prevent and respond to future natural and manmade crises a number of initiatives have emerged such as sophisticated early-warning response systems to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, and a Monitoring and Information Centre to warn and facilitate national responses on major crises. These mechanisms have been used in several crises ranging from the Prestige tanker oil spill in 2002 to the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Key to a successful EU performance has been an active and efficient participation of EU member states. So far research has mainly paid attention to the functioning of the Brussels based organs. This fifth report from the European Societal Security Research Group (ESSRG) complements this focus with an in-depth study on the participation of member states in the EU Community Mechanism for Civil Protection. It gives an overview of variations in national engagement and investigates the ways the Union is strengthening participation through programmes for training, exercises and exchanges of experts. This report will be highly useful for practitioners who wish to obtain an overall vision of the current status of civil protection cooperation and encourages further and much needed research for scholars on European security, integration and crisis management. The research conducted for this report was funded by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and carried out by Simon Hollis of the ESSRG, including scholars from the Swedish National Defence College, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, and Louisiana State University.

Utgivningsår: 2010
ISBN: 978-91-89683-24-2
ISSN: 1402-7593
Format: Mjuk pärm
Sidomfång: 130
Artikelnummer: FHS-05967

Serie: Försvarshögskolans acta. B
Nummerserie: 42
Serie 2: Swedish National Defence College acta. B