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Every year the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) publishes a number of calls for proposals concerning a range of relief and civil protection efforts. These calls for proposals are not for humanitarian funding which can be found under the Financing decisions.
2023 calls
- ECPP adaptation grants 2023
The action aims to upgrade or repair response capacities to a state of readiness and availability that makes them deployable as part of the European Civil Protection Pool (ECPP) under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Entities established in a Member State or participating state of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, and Türkiye) are eligible.
Please note that all grant applications must be submitted (i) either by the national civil protection authorities and their affiliated entities or (ii) by other entities with the compulsory endorsement of the national civil protection authority.
Deadline: 20/04/2023 at 17:00 CETDescargarECPP adaptation grants 2023: Conditions for awarding grants and annexesEnglish
2022 calls
- Single Country Grants for Disaster Risk Management (Track 1)
NEW! The CORRIGENDUM to the Conditions for application (Annex II) has been added.
This action aims to help civil protection authorities fill technical and/or financial gaps to preparing investments or to strengthening their institutional and policy framework for disaster risk management.
Please note that the section 4: Budget availability (p.4) now includes a reference to the maximum amount of €750,000 per grant awarded.
Deadline: 27/06/2022 at 17:00 CETDescargarSingle Country Grants for Disaster Risk Management (Track 1): Supporting documents for applicationEnglish
- ECPP adaptation grants 2022
The objective of the action is to upgrade or repair response capacities to a state of readiness and availability that makes them deployable as part of the European Civil Protection Pool (ECPP., under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM).
Entities established in an EU Member State or UPCM participating state (Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey) are eligible.
Please note that all grant applications must be submitted i) either by the national civil protection authorities and their affiliated entities or ii) by other entities with the compulsory endorsement of the national civil protection authority.
Deadline: 10/06/2022 at 17:00 CETDescargarECPP adaptation grants 2022: Conditions for awarding grants and annexesEnglish - Call for Proposals on Knowledge Network Partnership 2022
- Call for proposals for Prevention and Preparedness Projects on Civil Protection and Marine Pollution.
DescargarRecommendation for minimum project description to be submitted to the National AuthorityEnglishDescargarCross-border risks and marine pollution: Logical frameworkEnglishDescargarCommon Project Indicator TableEnglish
2021 calls
- ECPP adaptation grants 2021
The objective of the action is to upgrade or repair COVID-19 and other health related response capacities to a state of readiness and availability that makes them deployable as part of the European Civil Protection Pool, under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Entities established in an EU Member State or EU Civil Protection Mechanism participating state (Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey) are eligible.
Please note that all grant applications must be submitted i) either by the national civil protection authorities and their affiliated entities or ii) by other entities with the compulsory endorsement of the national civil protection authority.
New Deadline: 14/01/2022 at 17:00 CET.DescargarECPP adaptation grants 2021: Conditions for awarding grants and annexesEnglish
- rescEU: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear decontamination
The objective of the action is to develop chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) decontamination capacities to be made available under rescEU, as part of a European safety net to be used when other existing response capacities are overwhelmed.
Entities established in an EU Member State or EU Civil Protection Mechanism participating state (Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey) are eligible.
Please note that all grant applications must be submitted by Member States' competent authorities or other entities authorised by the Member State to develop rescEU capacities and to request and receive financial support from the Commission on behalf of that Member State.
Deadline: 30/09/2021 at 17:00 CET.
Call Document – CBRN decontamination
- rescEU: Medical stockpiling
The purpose of the action is to develop rescEU stockpiles of medical countermeasures and/or personal protective equipment, aimed at combatting serious cross-border threats to health. These capacities will be available under rescEU, as part of a European safety net to be used when other existing response capacities are overwhelmed.
Entities established in an EU Member State or EU Civil Protection Mechanism participating state (Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey) are eligible.
Please note that all grant applications must be submitted by Member States' competent authorities or other entities authorised by the Member State to develop rescEU capacities and to request and receive financial support from the Commission on behalf of that Member State.
Deadline: 30/09/2021 at 17:00 CET.
Call Document – medical stockpiling
- ECPP adaptation grants 2021
The objective of the action is to upgrade or repair response capacities to a state of readiness and availability that makes them deployable as part of the European Civil Protection Pool, under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM).
Entities established in an EU Member State or UPCM participating state (Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey) are eligible.
Please note that all grant applications must be submitted i) either by the national civil protection authorities and their affiliated entities or ii) by other entities with the compulsory endorsement of the national civil protection authority.
Deadline: 24/09/2021 at 17:00 CET.
Conditions for awarding grants and annexes.
- Single Country Grants for Disaster Risk Management (Track 1)
This action aims to help civil protection authorities fill technical and/or financial gaps to preparing investments or to strengthening their institutional and policy framework for disaster risk management.Please note that this action is only for National Civil Protection authorities.
Deadline: 24/09/2021 at 17:00 CET.
Application supporting documents.
UPDATED! Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), version 2, 09/09/2021
- Call for proposals for Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network: Network Partnership
- Call for proposals for Union Civil Protection Mechanism full scale exercises
- Call for proposals for Prevention and Preparedness Projects on Civil Protection and Marine Pollution
- Logical framework (illustration)
Previous years are available in the archived web page