Press Release: The European Commission awards funding to new civil protection simulation exercises and projects

The European Commission awarded grants worth €4.07 million to projects and large-scale pan-European simulation exercises proposed under the recently adopted Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The exercises involve earthquake and flooding simulations, and will be led by organisations from five European countries. An information day is being organised on 14 January in Brussels for the 2008 call for proposals, for projects and exercises to take place in 2009.