ASIS Foundation Supports European Civil Protection Project

The European Union has requested the British Red Cross Society (BRCS) to examine how the best use can be made of voluntary organisations in civil protection. Thanks to the support of Peter French SRVP, the project is being backed by the ASIS Foundation with a grant of $15,000.

Three seminars are taking place in France, Austria and Estonia with delegates from Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Lichtenstein, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden.

The U.K. seminar was held at the Home Office Emergency Planning College at Easingwold between the 10th and 11th of May with delegates from Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, and the Netherlands. ASIS member Ray Williams was invited to attend and it was readily apparent from the presentations and workshops that the business community will both contribute to and benefit from the venture.

The project is scheduled for completion in early 2008 and is led by Martin Annis of the BRCS who spoke on ‘The Human Aspects of a Disaster’ at the 2006 ASIS European Conference in Nice.

Ray Williams
Managing Director
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