CERIDES is happy to announce that the Final Planning Meeting of the DG-ECHO project PDEX-JIP (Professional Dialog Exercise) took place in a hybrid mode during the 6th and the 7th of February 2023 in Tel Aviv. The meeting was co-organised by EUC / CERIDES in cooperation with Civil Defense Cyprus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, PPI, Johanniter, DMAT, and RSI. The three beneficiaries of the project (Jordan, Israel, Palestine) also participated in the meeting’s implementation.
The DG-ECHO Project Officer Mr. Vlad Petre attended the meeting physically. High-level representatives from UN-OCHA also attended the event online.
The Objectives of this Final Planning Meeting were to:
– Discuss the outcomes of the project’s Table Top Exercise, which was held during the 8th and the 9th of January 2023, as well as the corresponding lessons learnt with regards to the design and implementation of the Full Scale Exercise (FSX)
– Finalize the design of the FSX, including the scenario and injects
– Discuss the logistical details of the FSX implementation
– Provide a description of the FSX Evaluation Process
– Discuss publicity and visualisation Issues with regards to the FSX implementation
PDEX is a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) Full Scale Exercise of particular political and societal importance for the Middle East Region. It is funded under the call UCPM-PJG. The aim of the project is to strengthen disaster preparedness in the Jordan – Israel – Palestine (JIP) region, increase interoperability, and enable Host Nation Support (HNS) and cooperation for international disaster response. The project supports the JIP region in analysing their Civil Protection (CP) situation, and prepare a specific regional, cross border Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for a closer operational cooperation in the case of a complex emergency. The project also trains all parties in the detailed implementation of HNS procedures related to the deployment of international support from various organisations and mechanisms (UCPM, UNDAC, WFP, etc.) in the case of an emergency.
The total budget of the project is in the region of 800K Euros. The total duration is 18 months. The project consortium consists of the following members:
European University Cyprus / CERIDES (Cyprus) (Project Coordinator)
D.M.A.T. CONSULTING KG (Austria)
PPI – PREPARED INTERNATIONAL UG (Germany)
Resilience Solutions (Austria)
JOHANNITER-UNFALL-HILFE EV (Germany)
Ministry of Interior / Civil Defense (Cyprus)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cyprus)