Brussels, 17/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Under the recently adopted Civil Protection Financial Instrument the European Commission has awarded grants worth €4.07 million to projects and large-scale pan-European simulation exercises for 2008-2009.
In a press release, the Commission outlines that these exercises are devised according to a variety of scenarios involving natural disasters and aim to promote a common understanding of co-operation in civil protection assistance interventions, test...