European Emergency Circle Commitment
The European Emergency Circle Commitment has the goal of promoting the democratization in access to training to act in medical emergencies and risk reduction. For this purpose, we facilitate a number of courses on related topics.
Description
The European Emergency Circle began its activities in 2016 with the mission of providing training opportunities to help its members and civil society to develop their skills, knowledge and confidence to assume responsibilities to serve humanity and safeguard human life and dignity human. Our vision is to offer our assistance and projects in health, training and humanitarian assistance.
We contribute to solving some of the main problems facing civil society in response to disasters and emergencies, helping to find local and global solutions to the challenges and covering them with durable exchanges.
Due to the Pandemic we had to restructure our teaching methodology, offering online courses to the community through our representatives in Latin America. We have a team formed in Ecuador and in training in Argentina and Peru.
Did the Sendai Framework change or contribute to changes in your activities/organization? If so, how?
The Sendai Framework stated that to build the knowledge of government officials at all levels, civil society, communities and volunteers, as well as the private sector, training and education on disaster risk reduction is strongly needed. Furthermore, it highlights the role of sharing lessons learned, good practices, and peer-learning, among others, for effective training. With this in mind, we started training in order to form teams to help the government and the community to act in disaster risk reduction
What led you to make this commitment/initiative?
What was your position before making this Voluntary Commitment / prior to the Sendai Framework?
Before the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, we did not focus on the topic of risk reduction. But, often observing the inability of the government to respond to emergencies and carry out information campaigns for the community, we and our professionals are committed to helping to this purpose so that disaster risks are minimized
Deliverables and Progress report
Deliverables
Deliverables are the end-products of the initiative/commitment, which can include issuance of publications or knowledge products, outcomes of workshops, training programs, videos, links, photographs, etc.
Medical Emergency and Disaster Response Course for the European Emergency Cricle Brigade in Argentina. This training brought together brigade members for practical exercises.
Medical Emergency and Disaster Response Course for the European Emergency Cricle Brigade in Peru. This training brought together brigade members for practical exercises.
Medical Emergency and Disaster Response Course for the Ghana Red Cross. The Ghana Red Cross partners the European Emergency Circle in responding to Medical Emergencies and Disasters in Ghana
Second Period of training and creation of Emergency and Disaster Response Brigades in Latin America.
Porgress report
We have conducted disaster response courses, including hands-on exercises in Peru, Ecuador, Mexico and Brazil. Each response brigade has more than 30 members properly trained to respond in the event of disasters, medical emergencies, pandemics and chemical weapons attacks. Our brigades are trained in accordance with our commitment to UNDRR SENDAI with a focus on mitigating the impacts of disasters, pandemics and other topics that are contained in our commitment. Our brigades are also facilitators sharing the mission of UNDRR and SENDAI Framework with civil society through lectures and events.
Disaster Response and First Aid Training for Children - Minas Gerais Brazil
Disaster Response Lecture for Girasoles Lions Club - Lima Peru
Disaster Response Brigade Training - El Guabo Ecuador
Disaster Response Brigade Training - Guadalajara Mexico
Participation in the National Simulation Event on Grade 8.0 Earthquakes on the Richter Scale promoted by the Government of Peru - Escuela Maria Imaculada - Lima Peru
Disaster Response and First Aid Training for the National Secretary of Defense - Guadalajara Mexico
More photos from the training courses can be found in our Facebook page
Organizations and focal points
Implementing Organization(s)
Focal points
Partners
