The establishment of the Central European Regional Mobile CBRN-E/Dirty Bomb First Responder Unit

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The CERBERUS project aims to establish the Central European Regional Mobile CBRN-E/Dirty Bomb First Responder Unit. This initiative will create and maintain a regional, mobile, first responder capability to address the threats posed by the illicit use of chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear (CBRN) materials especially when they are combined with explosives devices (hereinafter: dirty bomb). Project CERBERUS will create a response capability and develop a unique cross-border and cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination mechanism for CBRN-E/dirty bomb first responders that currently does not exist within the European Union. This proposal is initiated by the dedicated agencies of Member States cooperating within the framework of the Central European CBRN-E Training Centre (hereinafter: Centre) namely: EKO Cobra of Austria, the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic, the Hungarian National Police Bomb Disposal Unit, the Presidium of the Police Corps of the Slovak Republic. In the Centre, consortium members have already maintained trusted professional relationship and having a mutual understanding in the current targets. The project also focuses on the professional CBRN-E knowledge maintenance as well, that includes the improvement of the training facilities of the Centre. The short-term beneficiaries of the project are CBRN-E experts who are involved in the establishment of the Unit. Mid-term beneficiaries are the police forces of the Central European countries cooperating within the Centre and will be trained and prepared for operating as Unit members. The long-term beneficiaries are the citizens of the EU Member States because the Unit will establish a CBRN-E/dirty bomb response capability that is currently missing within the EU and the availability of such asset highly contributes to the increased security of EU citizens.