EU and Tunisia sign agreement to boost cooperation in civil protection

Further information:

The agreement was signed during the 2018 edition of the European Civil Protection Forum. It outlines key areas of cooperation on disaster prevention, preparedness and response on issues such as forest fires, floods, and search and rescue missions.

The signature of this arrangement was seen as an important step in the reinforcement of the EU-Tunisia Privileged Partnership.

Background information:

Whenever the scale of an emergency overwhelms the response capabilities of a country, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism enables coordinated assistance from its Participating States. These include all EU Member States, as well as Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia and Turkey. Cooperation arrangements signed with additional countries, such as Tunisia, formalise cooperation and thereby strengthen joint response to natural and man-made disasters.

The European Commission and Tunisia signed on 6 March 2018 an administrative agreement to boost ties in civil protection and disaster risk management.

• Primary Source

European Commission: European Civil Protection Forum https://ec.europa.eu/echo/partnerships/civil-protection-partners/civil-protection-forum

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