Critical Infrastructure ProtectionPolicy Priorities

Sara PinheiroEuropean Commission

DG Home Affairs

Critical Infrastructure means an asset, system or part thereof, essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being

Its destruction or disruption would have a significant impact as a result of the failure to maintain those functions.

Definition - Critical Infrastructure (CI) (following Directive 2008/114)

Directive 2008/114/EC: identification and designation of European Critical InfrastructuresAssessment of EU vulnerabilities, threats and risks

Contingency Planning, Resilience Measures

Information sharing, expert groups

Support to National Programmes

External dimension

Research, testing and validation of CIP tools

Accompanying financial measures

EPCIP 2006 – Framework

Financial Measures - CIPS

Basic Act: Council Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom establishing for the period 2007-2013, as part of the General Programme "Security and Safeguarding Liberties", the Specific Programme "Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security Related Risks" (CIPS).

Main objective: to financially support Member States efforts to prevent, prepare for, and protect citizens and critical infrastructures from terrorist attacks and other security incidents.

CIPS General ObjectivesFinancial support to two main areas

Prevention and Preparedness: measures aimed at preventing/ reducing risks linked to terrorism and other security related risks.

Consequence Management: coordination of measures to react to/reduce the impact of a security related incident, in particular resulting from terrorist attacks, to ensure a smooth coordination of crisis management and security actions.

Actions funded all-hazards approach, while countering threats from terrorism as a priority.

CIPS Priorities 2013

CIPS Priorities 2013 cont.

Future approach to EPCIP implementation

"Development of concepts and implementation of a reshaped European initiative on CIP"

•- Communication foreseen in the Q1 2013

•- Objective: improve the overall protection and resilience of EU CIs•- Cross sectoral application•- Step by step practical approach, based on three main pillars:

• Prevention • Preparedness

• Response

Possible activities under the 3 pillars

• I. Prevention • Cont. identification of European criticalities and interdependencies• Common risk assessment and risk management methodology

• II. Preparedness• E.g. contingency planning, stress tests, awareness raising, training,

incident reporting, etc.

• III. Response• Info sharing on major CI failures that affect other MS• Civil Protection Mechanism could include cover specific CIP

expertise in modules

Application to selected pan-European infrastructures

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