Our participation in EU projects
Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency participates in several different EU funded projects. Here, you can read more about the projects.
Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency participates either as a partner or a so-called LEAD. LEAD means that the authority is the project manager, in a so-called consortium made up of several partners, and usually of different EU Member States.
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RescEU Shelters UA
Project: RescEU Shelters UA
Funded: The project is funded primarily by the European Commission (DG ECHO)
Budget: About EUR 40.4 million (EUR 22.6 million + EUR 17.8 million for winter adaptation). Some of the administrative costs are met by the agency itself
Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency contact person: Gunilla Fallqvist
About the project: In March 2022, former MSB was tasked with developing a temporary emergency shelter capacity to provide immediate help to the victims fleeing the war in Ukraine, for the protection of their life and health. This applies in particular to the most vulnerable, including the elderly, women and children.
The need for such adaptation became apparent after the summer of 2022, when the original temporary emergency shelter capacity had been finalised and was ready to be deployed. Former MSB received additional funding from the EU to adapt the capacity for winter use, to handle low temperatures in Ukraine and other parts of Europe. This adaptation included insulation material, wooden rules and heating units.
The project is led by the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency, who is responsible for the development and maintenance of the capacity as well as for transporting the material and assembling the temporary emergency shelters on request.
The project runs from 30 March 2022 until 6 April 2025 (including the complementary project for winter adaptation 7 October 2022–6 April 2025).
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RescEU shelters SE
Project: RescEU shelters SE
Funded: primarily by the European commission (DG ECHO). Some administrative costs are covered by the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency.
Budget: 25,2 million EUR.
Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency contact person: Sofie Ihlberg (project manager)
About the project: Within the EU civil protection mechanism there is an enhanced, common reserve of capacities at EU level called RescEU, aiming at boosting the preparedness and response capacity for different types of crises, including forest fires and pandemics. In December 2022 Former MSB was awarded funding by the EU to develop, establish and maintain a long-term emergency shelter capacity within the framework of rescEU. The capacity will focus on emergency shelter units and added components, such as sanitation facilities, beds and generators. The aim of the capacity is to increase long-term preparedness and capacity at the EU level to rapidly provide protection to populations in countries affected by an emergency. The project lasts for 45 months, with project start on the 1st of January 2023.
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Support for coordination and promotion of activities of the Policy Area Secure
Project: Support for coordination and promotion of activities of the Policy Area Secure
Financier: European Regional Development Fund INTERREG Baltic Sea
Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency contact person: Julia Fredriksson
About the project: In cooperation with the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat, the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency is coordinating Policy Area Secure within the EU’s Baltic Sea strategy. EU funds are used for the coordination task, which covers PA Secure steering committee meetings and the participation in the activities of the strategy.
