Introduction to EVA – European Virtual Academy
Project
1.1 Project overview
EVA – European Virtual Academy is a project co-funded by the EU Commission
(Directorate General Environment, Civil Commission) as part of the Fourth Civil Protection
Action Programme, which was published in May 2005.
The proposal was submitted by CEFRIEL jointly with the Italian Department of Civil
Protection – Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
The project aimed:
- To build up an innovative and flexible system for strengthening networking and
coordination among Civil Protection training centres and schools at European level
for favoring exchange of existing experience, curricula and best practice among
European Civil Protection operators and professionals. Particular focus is put on the
Community Mechanism Training Programme.
- To design, develop and implement a set of tools based on web technologies and
internet, to be used for create a living network among Civil Protection operators in
Europe, giving them the opportunity to know each other, exchange information,
experiences and ideas on their competences and expertise, and in general on their
activities in the area of training for Civil Protection;
- To identify and focus on a number of topics of potential interest for the community
of Civil Protection in Europe, the Thematic Areas, opening a discussion within study
groups to
derive recommendations and guidelines for the Commission for improving
the existing scenario, to facilitate the convergence towards a European
training development path, for the different levels of civil protection
professionals and volunteers;
- To analyze the European Civil Protection training system as a self-being structure
independently from any specific content, considering, for example, the number of
schools, the way they coordinate each other and with the Commission, their
training offers and any other information helpful to depict the actual situation in
Europe.
The Virtual Academy was built as a solid but flexible structure based on the web EVA
1. on one hand, the it is a reference point for the community of Civil Protection
operators in Europe as it periodically provides news, updates and any kind of
information on activities in the field of training for Civil Protection in Europe
and in the world.
2. on the other hand it provides the support tools to concretely networking
people in order to carry on the work within the study groups on specific
identified Thematic Areas, offering a set of available services like, for
example, blog or forum.
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