Disaster response Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===European Union=== {{main article|Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations}} In addition to providing funding to humanitarian aid, the [[European Commission]]'s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) is in charge of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism <ref>{{Cite web|title=EU Civil Protection Mechanism|url=https://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/civil-protection/mechanism_en|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|publisher=[[European Commission]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310211751/http://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/civil-protection/mechanism_en |archive-date=2015-03-10 }}</ref> to coordinate the response to disasters in Europe and beyond and contributes to at least 75% of the transport and/or operational costs of deployments. Established in 2001, the Mechanism fosters cooperation among national civil protection authorities across Europe. Currently 34 countries are members of the Mechanism; all 27 EU Member States in addition to [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Serbia]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Turkey]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The Mechanism was set up to enable coordinated assistance from the participating states to victims of natural and man-made disasters in Europe and elsewhere. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page