Full Scale Exercises

The consortium must be composed, in all cases, of at least three legal entities from three eligible countries.

Eligible countries under topic 1 Prevention and Preparedness are EU Member States, EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) Participating States, Instrument for Pre-Accession beneficiary countries not participating in the UCPM and certain European Neighbourhood Policy countries.

For topic 2, European Neighbourhood Policy countries may participate with teams and capacities in the field exercise but not as a member of the consortium.

The consortium coordinator for topic 1 must be a public or private entity from an EU Member State or UCPM Participating State, while for topic 2 the consortium coordinator must be a civil protection public entity from an EU Member State or UCPM Participating State.

The EU contribution is up to EUR 1 000 000 per project co-financed under all topics. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested, with a minimum of EUR 400 000 for topic 1 Prevention and Preparedness, and EUR 500 000 for topic 2 Full-scale exercises.

Applying the funding rate of 90% to the total budget of the proposal should not result in an amount lower than EUR 400 000 for topic 1 Prevention and Preparedness or EUR 500 000 for topic 2 Full-scale exercises.

Projects must budget with unit costs for travel, accommodation and subsistencePDF, as well as for small and medium sized entreprise owners’ remuneration without salaryPDF.

These tables lay down the amounts and calculation methods that must be used. Only travel costs not foreseen in the annex may be included as actual costs.

The signatory of the letter of support must be, in all cases, the competent national civil protection authority of each country participating in the consortium that will benefit directly from the action’s results. The only case when the letter of support is not needed is when the participant is a national civil protection authority itself.

The Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network platform is the hub for prevention and preparedness activities under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. It can be a very useful channel to increase the visibility of your project and a place to share good practice with others.

We ask as a minimum requirement that all projects (including those funded under KAPP) use the project page as a communication tool.

Depending on the project content, other functions being rolled out in the coming year may also be helpful to your project. This could include: discussion groups, thematic communities and the Knowledge Library. The UCPKN team will work with willing consortia to identify appropriate avenues of contribution.

The Commission project officers will be available to answer project-specific questions about the platform once the project implementation phase begins.

An organisation registered in the United Kingdom or Switzerland cannot participate as a beneficiary or an affiliated entity, unless it is an international organisation. An organisation registered in the United Kingdom or Switzerland could be an associated partner, meaning that it could participate in the project without the right to receive a share of the grant.