(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 27 - Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian experts will conduct a study tour of European operational crisis management centres from 1 to 5 December 2014.

This is the third of a series of ten expert exchanges organised by the EU-funded Civil Protection PPRD South II project (Prevention, Preparedness, and Response to natural and human Disasters).

Palestinian officers will visit the Incident Management Centre in Brussels (Belgium) and the Governmental Coordination Crisis Centre. Egyptian and Jordanian officials will visit the National Operational Centre (COGIC) in Asnieres-sur-Seine (France) and the two groups will meet at the ERCC (Emergency Response Coordination Centre) in Brussels.

According to the Enpi website (www.enpi-info.eu), the expert exchanges will allow in total 45 participants from partner countries to share experiences, strengthen networks of experts and structures between Europe and partner countries, and improve knowledge on the structures and procedures of the European crisis management centres. PPRD South II is a three-year programme with a 5 million euros budget which aims at raising national resilience of southern Mediterranean partner countries (targeted by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) affected by a natural or man-made disaster, mainly through risk reduction (prevention, mitigation, public awareness) and preparedness (capacity building, contingency planning), including better cooperation at the international level. (ANSAmed)