Annexes to COM(2012)514 - European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps - EU Aid Volunteers

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dossier COM(2012)514 - European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps - EU Aid Volunteers.
document COM(2012)514 EN
date April  3, 2014
ANNEX

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES, THEMATIC PRIORITIES AND PERCENTAGES FOR ALLOCATION OF THE FINANCIAL ENVELOPE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REGULATION

Thematic priority 1

Deployment of EU Aid Volunteers to support and complement humanitarian aid.

This thematic priority shall address the operational objective under point (a) of Article 7(1) (Contribute to increasing and improving the capacity of the Union to provide humanitarian aid):

—Resilience building and disaster risk management in vulnerable, fragile or disaster affected countries and forgotten crises, including capacity building by EU Aid Volunteers and actions in the following stages of the disaster management cycle: disaster prevention, preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery from natural and man-made disasters: 31 % +/- 10 percentage points,

—Support for emergency response operations, including capacity building by EU Aid Volunteers and activities in logistics and transport, coordination, project management, finances and administration, communication and advocacy: 10 % +/- 8 percentage points;

Thematic priority 2

Capacity building of EU Aid Volunteers and implementing organisations: 55 % +/- 10 percentage points

This thematic priority shall address the operational objective under point (b) of Article 7(1) (Improvement of the skills, knowledge and competences of volunteers in the field of humanitarian aid and the terms and conditions of their engagement); point (c) of Article 7(1) (Building the capacity of hosting organisations and foster volunteering in third countries); and point (e) of Article 7(1) (Enhancement of coherence and consistency of volunteering across Member States in order to improve opportunities for Union citizens to participate in humanitarian aid activities and operations):

—Training and apprenticeship placements for candidate volunteers

—Capacity building of hosting organisations for humanitarian aid, including support to undergo certification

—Certification/Technical assistance for sending organisations;

Thematic priority 3

Support measures: 4 % +/- 2 percentage points

This thematic priority shall address the operational objective under point (d) of Article 7(1) (Communication of the Union's humanitarian aid principles as agreed in the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid).