Target audience

Member/Participating States civil protection/disaster management experts already trained in ODC Advanced (or equivalent) and experienced at national and international level wishing to deploy internationally in a coordination and assessment position as Safety and Security expert as part of an EUCPT.

Learning objectives

• Describe security reporting templates and formats
• Describe how to select and prioritise information relevant to safety and security briefings
• Describe European Commission, DG ECHO and ERCC security organisation
• Describe the mission’s safety and security environment, identify risks the team may face and describe the team’s vulnerability to those risks
• Describe how to develop strategies to reduce risk and vulnerability, including organisational approaches to risk management
• Describe how to develop and furnish a Security and Safety Plan
• Describe the role of UNDSS (The Department of Safety and Security is a department of the United Nations)
• Describe accommodation needs and associated risks
• Implement and adapt measures for safe travels

Offered by

This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.