1. Seminar on Strenghtening Cooperation with the Candidate Countires and Western Balkan Countries in the Field of Civil Protection Cooperation between EU Member States, Candidate Countries and Western Balkan Countires Ms Zóra Hlinka National Directorate General for Disaster Management Department for International Relations Bled, 25-26 February 2008

2. Cooperation with countries of the region Bilateral agreements Trilateral agreement EU Regional cooperation

3. Bilateral agreements- cooperation and mutual assistance in the event of disasters Early warning Information exchange Assistance (teams, capacities, humanitarian relief) Other forms of cooperation

4. Bilateral agreements – cooperation and mutual assistance in the event of disasters GR, RO, SI CRO, TR Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - under development Central level Regional/local level

5. Trilateral, multilateral cooperation Trilateral: Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia -Information exchange -Prevention -Education -Exercises Multilateral: DPPI

6. EU projects Interreg Community Civil Protection Mechanism – EU- HUROMEX 2008

7. EU-HUROMEX 2008 Objective: to test and improve the procedures of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism in case of a need for assistance Scenario aims at: mitigating and eliminating the transboundary consequences of natural disasters, radiological and chemical incidents as well the potential consequences of deliberate criminal actions with the help of internatinal teams

8. EU-HUROMEX 2008 Beneficiray: Hungary Partner: Romania Participants: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia DPPI countries: invited with team, as observers

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