The PPRD East 3 programme has the overall objective to increase the resilience to natural and man-made disasters in the Eastern Partnership Countries; Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
In this video, PPRD East 3 Team Leader Peter Glerum is explaining the overall programme objectives.
The PPRD East programme, initiated in 2010 under the EU Eastern Partnership policy initiative, has the purpose to strengthen disaster risk reduction and crises management in the Eastern Partnership countries and to promote regional cooperation with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The third phase of the programme will capitalise on previous work from the preceding two phases and addressing previously encountered challenges. The programme is designed to maximise its impact in each partner country by responding to the national needs and capacities, but will also to promote mutual learning, sharing of experiences and best practices among the partner countries. Thematically the programme focus on eight tightly linked and mutually reinforcing Work Packages (WP). (See section to the left)
Local ownership and participation is the key principle guiding implementation and ensuring sustainability of the expected results. The programme will ensure that the cross-cutting issues, i.e. gender, environment and human rights perspectives, are integrated in the programme implementation to enhance its impact, sustainability and relevance.
The implementation of the programme is based on a set of defined principles which guide all phases and processes within the programme and include the following: