МЕХАНІЗМ ЦИВІЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ ЄС В УМОВАХ ПАНДЕМІЇ COVID-19

Abstract

The general articulation of the issue and its connection with the important research and practice tasks. The given article provides a general overview of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism functioning, describes its features under modern conditions, characterized by the global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. It actualizes the subject matter of consolidating the efforts of all countries worldwide in counteracting this negative phenomenon, which became nowadays an unexpectedly growing, protracted character and the solution of which requires immediate decisions, because it may have unpredictable humanitarian, medical, social and economic consequences in short-term as well as in long-term prospects.The analysis of the recent publications regarding the issues this article deals with; identification of parts of the general problem that have not been previously addressed. The subject matter of establishing effective and efficient administration in the field of preparedness, prevention and response to various emergencies was previously described by many native and foreign scientists. However, the study of foreign experience in organizing these processes, unfortunately, did not become the subject of broad scientific discourse. Modern conditions of social development are characterized by the newest phenomena, the answers to which world science is able to present only later, after a deep multifactor analysis and evaluation of its dynamics. However, during the latest decades appeared some researches, the authors of which aim either to shed light on general issues raised by us, or situational describe the current state of affairs in the given field.The purpose (the objective) of this article is to characterize the theoretical and applied aspects of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism functioning in the context of global challenges and threats caused by the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as to demonstrate the possibilities of the consolidated approach of states to resist this humanitarian crisis.The key results and the background. The paper characterizes activities of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre, which is a key administrative element and the basic driver of activities aimed at preparing, monitoring, evaluating and providing assistance in case of natural and man-made emergencies’ rise in any country of the world. The functional aspect of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism under modern conditions of social development is shown, technological features and cases of its activation in response to requests from the countries inside as well as outside the European Union are demonstrated, what is related to their inability to overcome or minimize the consequences of natural or man-made emergencies’ rise unassisted and independent. The role of Ukraine in functioning of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism in accordance with its commitments is elucidated, likewise the extent of its readiness in counteracting the negative consequences caused by the global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic within the cooperation bounds with certain institutions in the directions of humanitarian assistance providing, preparedness and monitoring, financial support, consulting, immediate response to emergencies, etc.Conclusions and the prospects of the further research. We can therefore conclude that the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism was established to strengthen cooperation between its member states and participating states in preparedness, prevention and response to the spread of natural and man-made emergencies inside and outside EU. Today, in the context of a global humanitarian crisis – the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 – the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism is used for coordination and respond to requests from countries around the world in order to provide appropriate assistance for minimizing the humanitarian, medical, social and economic consequences of its spread. Ukraine’s accession to the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism will allow an integration of its united state civil protection system into the pan-European system of emergency prevention and response, which is especially relevant in the times of the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 global spread. That is why we consider as prospects of further research intensification of Ukraine’s cooperation with international institutions, the main task of which is joint and coordinated counteraction and resistance to the negative factors of the modern world, its organizational, functional, technological and other aspects as continuation of our subject matter.