Commission recommendation on Union disaster resilience goals

The European Commission adopted a Recommendation to establish common goals to boost disaster resilience in the areas of civil protection. This includes ways to better prepare European countries for natural hazards, including earthquakes, floods, and wildfires to name a few. In view of the rapidly changing risk landscape, the European disaster resilience goals aim to improve the capacity of the EU, its Member States and participating states in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to anticipate and withstand the effects of future major disasters and emergencies.

To this end and in close cooperation with Member States, the European Commission identified 5 goals to pursue collectively. The 5 European Disaster Resilience Goals are:

1. Anticipate – To improve risk assessment, anticipation, and disaster risk management planning.
2. Prepare – To increase risk awareness and preparedness of the population.
3. Alert – To enhance early warning.
4. Respond – To enhance the EU Civil Protection Mechanism response capacity.
5. Secure – To ensure a robust civil protection system