In response to the floods and landslides in Burundi, and following a request by @MAEBurundi, the EU sent a team of experts to evaluate the situation and provide recommendations.
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With climate change and other emerging risks, the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) plays a key role in protecting EU citizens, infrastructure and biodiversity.
Hear more from our colleague, Ionut. 👇
#10yearsERCC#EUCivilProtection
What is it like to lead the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)? 🤔
Is it open every day? 🕒
Does it operate like a fire station? 🚒
See our interview with the ERCC's Director, Hans Das, to find out this and more! 🎤
#10yearsERCC#EUCivilProtection
@EUintheUAE features @Reem_Binkaram and @SlavchevaS to discuss building gender equality resilient workplaces in the complex word we live in #COVID19
See the full videos and all those of the other interviewees: https://t.co/qOYwLdJ2hs
More to come. Stay tuned!
While the needs of people affected by the earthquake in Syria continue to grow, aid continues to arrive. Today the @SYRedCrescent received a new shipment of much-needed relief items thanks to the support of @ifrc and @ECHO_MiddleEast
Local and rapid response is what's needed the most. But often the IFRC network teams in disaster-hit countries lack the resources or capacity to respond, especially when tackling multiple crises. That's where the @IFRC_DREF makes all the difference.
Director Andrea Koulaimah of @echo recalled EU’s strong support to @IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) at the today‘s pledging conference in Geneva which ECHO 🇪🇺 co-hosted.
The EU greatly values the role that the @ifrc and the National Societies play in emergency response - when a disaster strikes, first responders are key.
For more than 10 years, the EU has been one of the major donors to the @IFRC_DREF. We will continue to support it as needed.
Leading donors gather today to pledge new or renewed funding to the IFRC's Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF).
@IFRC_DREF is the quickest, most efficient & most transparent way of getting global funds directly to local humanitarian actors, both before & after a crisis hits.
Today, @IFRC and @eu_echo are co-hosting the 2022 @IFRC_DREF pledging conference.
This year's goal is to gradually grow the funding for the DREF to reach the target of CHF 100 million per year by 2025 - increasing our capacity to channel funds directly to local actors.
Thank you Austria and Czechia for the delivery of emergency assistance for #Ukraine, in the EU's logistics hub in Slovakia.
The items include:
💊 medical supplies
🥫 food
More than 16,000 tonnes of aid have already been shipped to 🇺🇦 via the hubs in neighbouring 🇵🇱, 🇷🇴 and 🇸🇰.
#COVID19 has exposed the lie that free markets can deliver healthcare for all, the fiction that unpaid care work isn't work, the delusion that we live in a post-racist world.
We are all floating on the same sea, but some are in superyachts & others clinging to drifting debris.
#COVID19: grâce à la France et l'Italie, la Commission contribue à l’envoi d’équipement de protection en Chine et les efforts de rapatriement. #coronavirus#eucivpro@JanezLenarcic
#Chine#Solidarité | La France 🇫🇷 achemine 17 tonnes de matériel médical à destination des équipes soignantes de #Wuhan.
Opération @francediplo@CdCMAE soutenue par le @MinSoliSante, l’UE 🇪🇺, @LVMH et société civile.
#Coronavirus
Communiqué 👇
https://t.co/H9wnbsslA1
@francediplo Je remercie tous les agents du Ministère à #Wuhan, à #Pékin et à #Paris pour leur engagement, leur dévouement et leur efficacité qui a permis à tous nos ressortissants qui le souhaitaient de rentrer en #France.
#Coronarivus
@francediplo Je remercie les autorités chinoises pour leur bonne coopération et je me félicite que la coordination au niveau européen et international pilotée par la #France ait permis le retour de passagers de 30 nationalités.
@eu_echo@MoniquePariatEU@UNmigration@labovitz@UNinBrussels @HenriksonOla IOM's Jeff @labovitz with Johannes Luchner, @eu_echo Director for Emergency Management and rescEU & (acting) Director for Disaster Preparedness + Prevention.
Strengthened IOM-EU collaboration is important for a well-coordinated response to disaster response in Europe and beyond.
.@eu_echo Director General @MoniquePariatEU and @UNMigration Director of Operations & Emergencies Jeff @labovitz sign an agreement to formalize IOM collaboration w/ the ECHO Emergency Response and Coordination Center.
Pleased to meet Jeff @labovitz in Brussels today. Strengthening the partnership between @eu_echo and @UNMigration is an important step towards saving more lives. Looking forward to seeing our enhanced collaboration in action.