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1 Ministry of Defence Sweden SWEDISH CIVIL PROTECTION

2 Ministry of Defence Sweden Civil Protection in Sweden The responsibility lies with the Ministry of Defence Not only military

3 Ministry of Defence Sweden Three democratic levels

4 Ministry of Defence Sweden Emergency services Municipality - kommun - Fire and rescue service County Council - landsting - Ambulance service County Adm Board - länsstyrelse - Emergency service for leakages and subsequent decontamination of radioactive substances Police - Mountain rescue service, general missing persons searches and ”general police tasks” (crime, protection, security) ( 20 Command and control centers)

5 Ministry of Defence Sweden 26 December 2004 Tsunami More than 500 Swedish citizens died 28 September 1994 M/S Estonia 989 passengers 852 dead, mostly Swedish and Estonian citizens

6 Ministry of Defence Sweden New developments Consular contingency planning section at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Developed during 2006 and after Rapid Consular response Team (MFA) and 21 consular support offices National Joint response Team

7 Ministry of Defence Sweden New developments 1 April 2008 Crisis coordination in the Governmental Offices New secretariat with the Prime minister: Crisis Management Coordination Secretariat

8 Ministry of Defence Sweden New developments 1 January 2009 New Agency Swedish civil contingencies agency (MSB) Based on: The Swedish Rescue Services Agency, The Swedish Emergency Management Agency and The National Board of Psychological Defence

9 Ministry of Defence Sweden Civil Protection mechanism, Sweden's participation Active development of the mechanism So far, five modules reported to the MIC Active part in interventions by the mechanism Active support to the MIC during interventions Offer for flight space to other Member States Training Exercises

10 Ministry of Defence Sweden Civil protection/Humanitarian aid interventions by Sweden Via the United Nations Via the EU Bilaterally Via Nato

11 Ministry of Defence Sweden Swedish interventions via the MIC the last 12 months Greece Ukraine/Black sea South Korea Kirgizstan Bolivia Ecuador Burma China

12 Ministry of Defence Sweden Climate adaptation Disaster risk reduction International development aid Civil Protection


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