Ukraine National Platform

History

In October 2012, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament of Ukraine) adopted the Civil Protection Code of Ukraine, according to which, on January 9, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government of Ukraine) approved the Regulations on the Unified State Civil Protection System, and on March 11, 2015 - the Typical Regulations on Functional and Territorial Subsystems of the Unified State Civil Protection System.

 This decision was taken to team up all governing bodies, organisations, local authorities, private and public sector for providing consistent approach of prevention and elimination of any emergence situations, efficient protection of people, territories, national heritage against risks and threats.

Structure

Implementation of the state policy in the field of civil protection is performed by the Unified State Civil Protection System, which consists of functional and territorial subsystems and their branches.

Management of the Unified State Civil Protection System is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Direct management of the unified state civil protection system is carried by the State Emergency System of Ukraine.

Unified State Civil Protection System consists of permanent functional and territorial subsystems and their branches. Functional subsystems of the Unified State Civil Protection System (hereinafter - the functional subsystems) are created in the relevant areas of social life by the central executive authorities for the protection of population and territories from emergency situations in peacetime and in times of crisis, preparedness of the subordinated capabilities and assets to act for preventing and responding to emergencies. To ensure the management of everyday functioning of the administration and civil protection forces, coordinate their actions, implementation and operation of systems for collecting, processing, compilation and analysis of the situation in the areas of emergency function there are:

• at the state level: operational-duty service; operationalduty (duty and dispatcher) service of central authorities (in the case of creation);
• at the regional level: operational duty services of management points of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations;
• at the local level: duty services of district administrations and executive bodies of city councils;
• at the site level - duty (dispatcher) services of enterprises, institutions and organizations (in the case of education).

Budget

Budget is a flexible and updated each year.

Mandate 

The protection of people and territories against natural and man-made emergency situations.

Activities

Main tasks of the civil protection system:

• preparedness of ministries and other central and local executive authorities, subordinated forces and means of action to prevent and respond to emergencies; 
• implementation of measures to prevent emergencies; 
• education of population how to act in the event of an emergency; 
• implementation of national target programs aimed at the prevention of disasters, sustainable operation of enterprises, institutions and organizations to mitigate the potential financial losses; 
• processing of emergency information, publication of information materials on protection of population and territories from emergency situations; 
• prognosis and assessment of socio-economic consequences of emergencies, identification based on the prognosis of demand for forces, assets, material and financial resources; 
• creation, management, preservation and use of reserve material and financial resources needed to prevent and respond to emergencies; 
• alerting the public about threats and emergencies, timely and accurate information on the actual situation and the measures taken; 
• protection in the event of emergencies; 
• rescue and other urgent works on disaster relief organization lifelines affected people; 
• mitigate the potential consequences of emergency situations should they arise; 
• implementation of measures for the social protection of the affected population; 
• implementation of the specified legal rights in protecting people from the consequences of emergencies, including individuals (or their families) who were directly involved in the elimination of these situations;

The structure of the civil protection forces of the unified state civil protection system are:

• Operational-rescue service of civil protection (functions in the State Emergency Service of Ukraine); 
• emergency-rescue services; 
• formations of civil protection; 
• specialized civil protection services; 
• fire-fighting and rescue units (squads); 
•  voluntary formations of civil protection.

The involvement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations and law enforcement agencies, which are formed under the laws of Ukraine for emergencies management:

• For emergencies management in accordance with the law may be involved the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations and law enforcement agencies of special purpose, formed under the laws of Ukraine.
• Terms of involvement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations and law enforcement agencies of special purpose, formed under the laws of Ukraine for emergencies management determined in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine "On the legal status of emergency state", "The Armed Forces of Ukraine " and other laws.

Private sector: The private and business sector are responsible for:

• fulfilment of civil protection activities at the site of the entity; 
• provision of its employees with the individual personal protection equipment; 
• dissemination of information about safety and appropriate behaviour in the event of an accident; 
• organization and implementation during emergencies of evacuation measures for personnel and property of the entity; 
• creation of on-site civil protection units in accordance with this Code of Civil Protection and other legislative acts necessary for their operation, creation of logistics bade and ensuring preparedness of units to fulfil their duties; 
•  establishment of dispatching services to ensure the safety of high-risk; 
• to assess the risk of emergencies on the site of the entity, taking relevant measures of risks reduction;
• developing plans for localization of the accident of high risk; 
• exercising at their own expense of civilian protection activities, reducing the risk of disasters etc.

Volunteers: Voluntary formation of civil protection is a temporary voluntary association of citizens, resulting from the threat or occurrence of emergencies, whose task is to perform the support work.

Voluntary formation of civil protection is to be created by the decision of the central executive body, by the decision of Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local state administrations, local authorities.

The procedures of involvement of voluntary formations and scope of support work to be performed are determined by the body that created such formation or by the leader of emergency response operation if such formation is subordinated to him.

NGOs: NGOs with an appropriate level of training can be involved on a voluntary or contractual basis to work on prevention and emergency response, in the presence of supervisors (Code of CP, Art. 29).