Bilateral agreements that give a legislative framework for cooperation in the field of protection and rescue (HR – SLO – HU – BiH – ME)

• facilitation in providing international disaster assistance
• exchange of scientific data and organization of meetings, research programs, expert seminars and exercises for relief operations in the respective territories of the signatories
• exchange of information on threats and damages that may arise and affect the territory of other Contracting Parties. Mutual exchange of information also includes the transfer of established measurement values
• joint  training and exercises- cooperation in the field of education in the form of expert meetings, through participation at expert seminars or exchange of experts

Pursuant to the provisions of the agreement meetings of the Permanent Joint Committees are held annually. Bilateral Permanent Joint Committees consist of representatives of the National Protection and Rescue Directorate of the Republic of Croatia and the responsible agency of the other signatory State. Their primary role is to define annual programs of joint activities, most of which  are aimed at disaster prevention. Joint disaster preparedness exercises are important as thye enable a timely and efficient response. The Republic of Croatia has hosted several bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional authorities, and there is Croatian participation in similar exercises in neighboring countries.

It should also be stressed that bilateral agreements enable Croatian aerial firefighting forces to intervene in the case of wildfires in the neighboring states (especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro).

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