Partners Information
EVA is the European Virtual Academy portal addressed to all the Civil Protection institutions and operators involved into training and educational activities. The portal intends to be a common platform to support the creation of a living network made of people working in cooperation in the field of Training and Education for Civil Protection.
The portal is the joint platform of 2 projects co-funded by the European Commission, DG Environment, Directorate A, Unit 5 - Civil Protection within the 2005 Call for Proposals in the field of Community co-operation as regards civil protection (OJ 2005 C 125 24.05.2005). The platform is managed, in content and services, by the following organizations:
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CEFRIEL
Mission
To fill in the gap between the University research activities and the needs of innovative projects in business and public administrations.
Applications of research
CEFRIEL carries out its mission through:
- Scouting for innovative solutions.
- Transferring control and monitoring projects to businesses through initiatives of assistance and supervision.
- Development and patenting of innovative technological components, prototypes and pre-competitive research.
To develop a network of excellence among the partners of the center through:
- Circularity of expertise - to establish access to our body of expertise, and to guarantee its transfer to our partners.
- Osmosis - to maximize mutual knowledge transfer through participation in projects of research and innovation.
- Cross-fertilization - to circulate expertise by getting partners involved in themes of mutual interest.
- Enterprises hub - to stimulate the collaboration among partner companies by means of proposals for ideas and projects.
- Network orchestration - to improve the communication between actors and partners in a network of excellence to identify unexplored opportunities.
Web site: www.cefriel.it
Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department of Civil Protection
Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department of Civil Protection is a public institution. Italian legislation (Law n°. 225/1992 and Law n°.401/2001) entrusts the Department of Civil Protection with the following aims:
- to safeguard the integrity of life, goods, buildings and environment from any damage or risk of damage arising from natural disasters, catastrophes and any other hazardous event.
Co-ordination of the following tasks and activities:
- forecast (activities aimed at studying and finding out the causes of disasters, identifying the risks and determining the areas of the territory subject to risks);
- prevention (activities aimed at avoiding or minimizing the possibility of damage resulting from disasters);
- relief operations (activities aimed at ensuring early assistance to the population struck by a disaster);
- early rehabilitation (activities aimed at removing obstacles to rehabilitation);
- emergency planning, training, and life size exercises.
Web site: www.protezionecivile.it
THW - German Federal Agency for Technical Relief
THW is a governmental organisation (GO) under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. It is a non-profit organisation.
THW was founded as the German governmental disaster relief organisation in 1950. Its tasks are defined by federal law and include technical relief in the sectors of civil defence, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief.
As a federal agency THW consists of its headquarters in Bonn, 8 state offices, 66 regional offices and 668 volunteer local sections across Germany. Among THW's staff are about 890 employees and more than 76.000 volunteers, most of them technicians trained in the sector of disaster preparedness, management, response and reconstruction.
Upon request of the German government (Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs) as well as of the United Nations, THW has been providing manifold assistance in a large scope of emergencies in Germany or abroad since its creation in 1950.
This assistance may range from water purification, the construction of complete refugees camps, search and rescue (SAR) operations, the reconstruction of dwellings and the rehabilitation of technical & social infrastructure for the repatriation of refugees, as well as of an advisory service for foreign authorities during emergencies or in the sector of disaster preparedness.
Furthermore, in the field of civil protection, THW plays an active part in the EU Community Mechanism and continuously extends and intensifies its international relations.
For THW training in civil protection is of a very high priority. As the work of THW is based on volunteer engagement, the training methods and contents are focused on volunteers. The national and international training programs are carried out at the two federal training centres of THW in Neuhausen and Hoya.
Web site: www.thw.de
The Main School of Fire Service
SGSP is the only one in Poland and one of the few state technical universities in the world, which trains fire service officers and educates specialists in fire safety and civil safety engineering at the same time. SGSP reports to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration. It has full academic rights and constitutes an organisational unit of the State Fire Service (PSP). SGSP's history as a higher educational enterprise started in 1971 when The School for Fire Service Officers was transformed into The Higher School for Fire Service Officers (WOSP). In 1982 in place of WOSP, The Main School of Fire Service (SGSP) was created.
Administration
The head of SGSP is Commandant-Rector who manages and represents SGSP and is also the head executive of all the employees and students. Commandant-Rector co-operates with: Deputy Commandant for Research and International Cooperation, Deputy Commandant for Education and Deputy Commandant for Operations. The highest collective authority at SGSP is the Scientific Board.
Education
There are two faculties at SGSP: Faculty of Fire Safety Engineering and Faculty of Civil Safety Engineering and also Interfaculty Division.
SGSP offers two types of classes: daily and extramural, both of the same academic character. Graduates can obtain either bachelor's or master's degree. There is also a wide variety of postgraduate and specialised courses available. The classes are led by highly qualified academics, who have degrees in technical subjects and other fields of knowledge (e.g., economy, law, management, etc.) as well as by highly specialised commanding staff.
Web site: www.sgsp.edu.pl
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