Details
- Status
- Open
- Publication date
- 15 January 2025
- Opening date
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Deadline date
- 14 March 2025, 17:00 (CET)
Description
The Technical Assistance Financing Facility for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness (TAFF) is a partnership between the European Commission through its Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
Its overall objective is to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of countries under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) for disaster prevention and preparedness with a focus on:
- Strengthening the capacity of civil protection and other relevant competent authorities in scaling up disaster and climate resilience in line with the Union Disaster Resilience Goals and the European Green Deal, as well as the countries’ national priorities;
- Supporting investments in disaster prevention and preparedness through the development of a project pipeline and enhanced administrative capacity; and
- Improving the knowledge base on disaster risk management, and facilitate the sharing of knowledge, good practices and information.
TAFF is a mechanism which allows national civil protection and disaster risk management authorities to access technical assistance and global knowledge on prevention and preparedness to support country efforts on disaster risk management. Eligible countries include EU Member States, Participating States of the UCPM, and Georgia and Kosovo* in view of their ongoing efforts to join the UCPM. (*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.)
The 2025 call for expressions for interest is opened on 15 January 2025. Expressions of interest should be sent to UCPM_TAFFworldbank [dot] org (UCPM_TAFF[at]worldbank[dot]org). Further details and the mandatory application form, the guide for applicants, the indicative list of activities, and the evaluation criteria are available on this web page.
DG ECHO will organise an online information session about this call for expression of interest on 4 February 2025.
More information can be found here.