Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state from human-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency management:prevention,mitigation,preparation,response,or emergency evacuation and recovery. Programs of this sort were initially discussed at least as early as the 1920s and were implemented in some countries during the 1930s as the threat of war and aerial bombardment grew. Civil-defense structures became widespread after authorities recognised the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) is the chief co-ordinator and representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) within the European Union (EU). The position is currently held by Josep Borrell Fontelles.
The Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations,formerly known as the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office,is the European Commission's department for overseas humanitarian aid and for civil protection. It aims to save and preserve life,prevent and alleviate human suffering and safeguard the integrity and dignity of populations affected by natural disasters and man-made crises. Since September 2019,Janez Lenarčičis serving as Commissioner for Crisis Management in the Von der Leyen Commission,and since 1 March 2023,Maciej Popowski leads the organisation as the Director-General.
Humanitarian assistance is aid and action designed to save lives,alleviate suffering,and maintain human dignity during and after man-made crises and disasters. It encompasses a wide range of activities,including providing food,water,shelter,medical care,and protection. Humanitarian assistance is grounded in the principles of humanity,impartiality,neutrality,and independence.
Directorate-General for Environment is a Directorate-General of the European Commission,responsible for the Environmental policy of the European Union. In 2010 "relevant [climate change] activities in DG Environment" were moved to the new DG Climate Action. At the same time the DG Energy (ENER) was also established. The 2022 commissioner was Virginijus Sinkevičius.
The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the European Commission,also called the financial perspective,is a seven-year framework regulating its EU annual budget. It is laid down in a unanimously adopted Council Regulation with the consent of the European Parliament. The financial framework sets the maximum amount of spendings in the EU budget each year for broad policy areas ("headings") and fixes an overall annual ceiling on payment and commitment appropriations.
The European Commissioner for External Relations was a member of the European Commission with responsibility over the Commissions external representation in the world and the European Union's (EU) Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The responsibility was shared though between other Commission posts and the High Representative.
The Directorate-General for International Partnerships is the European Commission department responsible for international development policy. It operates under the authority of the European Commissioner for International Partnerships,currently Jutta Urpilainen.
The Directorate-General for Interpretation is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. It is the European Commission's interpreting service and conference organiser and provides interpreters for around 11,000 meetings every year,thus being the largest interpreting service in the world.
The European Commissioner for Crisis Management is a member of the European Commission. The portfolio was previously titled Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. The post is currently held by Janez Lenarčič.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the diplomatic service in charge of executing all international relations of the European Union. The EEAS is led by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP),who is also President of the Foreign Affairs Council and vice-president of the European Commission,and carries out the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),including the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
Noeleen Heyzer is a Singaporean social scientist,diplomat,and United Nations official who was the United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar from October 2021 until June 2023.
Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova is a Bulgarian economist serving as the 12th managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019,and the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the institution. Born in Sofia,her university education was at London School of Economics (LSE),followed by a return to her native Bulgaria where she witnessed some of the economic hardships of the post-Communist transition. She began her career by teaching economics,becoming a prominent figure in the field.
The Global Governance Institute (GGI) is an independent,international non-profit think tank based in Brussels. It was founded in 2010 and brings together senior policy-makers,scholars and practitioners in order to devise,strengthen and improve forward-looking approaches to global governance through research,education and policy advice.
The United Nations World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) was held in Istanbul,Turkey,on May 23 and 24,2016. The summit was an initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and was organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
This article outlines the defence forces of the European Union (EU),which implement the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in CSDP missions. There are two categories of EU multinational forces:ones that have been established intergovernmentally and made available to the CSDP through Article 42(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),such as the Eurocorps;and the EU Battlegroups,established at the EU level.
The European Union Maritime Security Strategy is a maritime security strategy of the European Union. It was unanimously adopted by EU member states in June 2014. The EUMSS provides a framework for the EU's actions within maritime security in order to promote broader and more coherent approaches to identified maritime security challenges. Maritime security strategies have been adopted by a number of countries like France,India,United Kingdom and United States of America. Such strategies are used to organise a country or region's actions within maritime security by identifying maritime security challenges and relevant actors.
Androulla Kaminara is a former European civil servant who from September 2019 to May 2022 served as the Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. As such,she was the first female ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan. Before her appointment to the European External Action Service,she joined the European Commission in 1991,where she has served in various Directorates General,including those dealing with technology,communications,development cooperation,international relations,and humanitarian aid.
In the realm of humanitarian aid,Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) is recognized as an umbrella term for two of the common modalities of assistance for delivering swift and flexible humanitarian aid support to populations affected by various crises,the third being in-kind assistance.
