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Emergency Response

The project will consistently contribute to the EU border protection. The Emergency Response Training will build capacities of the relevant administrations (hospitals, police, public administration, border police), and train future trainers who should ensure the dissemination of the know how at a later stage.
Theme/Focus Area
Security/ Stability/ Reforms
Measures for Securing Borders
Target Group
Employees of the district and municipal emergency response management teams of Police Border Guards, rescue and medical services and local managers of system of emergency infrastructures from the area of eastern border of Poland.
Context
The eastern border is for Poland the most important borderline to be secured. An increased security threat coming from the neighbouring countries has been monitored and can impact on EU security as well. If a security accident is not properly managed by all security operators involved it could rapidly turn into a catastrophe with dramatic consequences for the population. Trainings on crisis management (terrorism attacks, epidemiological threats, etc.) to relevant local decisions makers and operators at the borders are impellent in order to coordinate and harmonize procedures and standards in crisis response.
Goals

Streamline the functioning and closer cooperation pertaining to the emergency response between appropriate services and entities of both government and local government administration in the EU eastern border areas:

  • Streamline cooperation between services
  • Expanding coordination mechanisms
  • Strengthening cooperation and know-how knowledge
  • Formulating needs as regards updating
Activities
The Polish General Police Headquarters as the executing agency shall be responsible for the content-related and financial property of the project. The Polish Police Headquarters will launch an open tender to select a training specialist. The specialist will be asked to prepare the training programme and deliver it. In addition to the training the specialist will prepare 4 broader promotional events.
Results

Within the 22 months of the project duration 2100 persons will be trained:

  • on average 24 persons per local government unit will participate to the trainings
  • In total 87 trainings of 2 days will be delivered. Participant will learn how to define, harmonize, standardize response procedures in crisis situation in order to minimize the possible consequences for the people involved
  • 4 broader events focusing on knowledge exchange will be organized
  • 66 municipal security plans updated.

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Key data of the project
Country:
Poland Poland
Amount of the Swiss grant:
CHF 1'006'995
Total budget of the project:
CHF 1'184'700
Date of grant approval:
10.09.2010
Status:
ongoing
Responsibility for project implementation:
  • Executing Agency: Polish General Police Headquarters
Swiss contact:
Project number: 7F-06891.01