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Conception of elements of doctrine, namely of notions enabling activities in favour of populations and the safeguard of property and the environment to be oriented or directed.

  • Guidelines for the development of civil defence structures
    pdf    English | French

  • The role of the State in the field of protection and assistance
    in case of disasters
    pdf    English | French

  • The challenges for civil defence in the face of globalization
    pdf    English | French

  • Basic elements of Civil defence
    pdf    English | French


International Charter for Volontary service in civil defence


Considering the Tunis Declaration (pdf English, French) adopted in 1999 in the course of the International Conference on Voluntary Service in Civil Defence, the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO) recommends to States that Voluntary Service be inscribed within national civil protection, civil defence, civil security and emergency situationsí management structures as a means for contributing to the Protection and Assistance of populations and to the safeguard of property and the environment from natural and man-made disasters. To this end, the present Charter lays down a set of directives likely to favour the adoption by States of a legal and political framework for voluntary service.

Preamble


CONSIDERING the scope and severity of disasters which have struck the planet in recent years,

CONSIDERING that national civil protection, civil defence, civil security and emergency situationsí management structures are ever increasingly solicited

CONSIDERING the necessity of reinforcing relations between the State and the citizens in view of implementing the sustainable development of our societies

CONSIDERING that voluntary service is a human beingís natural aspiration

CONSIDERING that voluntary service is an essential component for the effectiveness of national civil protection, civil defence, civil safety and emergency situationsí management structures

Article 1: Volunteer means every person who makes herself voluntarily available to the community for assistance and rescue services, not excluding possible pecuniary indemnisation.
Article 2 : The State must organise the social recognition of volunteers at the service of civil defence and promote the spirit of solidarity.
Article 3 : The State must support the development of voluntary service in civil defence by facilitating voluntary commitment and implementing a policy of support to voluntary service through school programmes and in collaboration with the associations concerned.
Article 4 : Volunteers must benefit from a special legal status defining the conditions of their admission to the ranks of civil defence (age, intellectual, physical and moral aptitude, motivation..) together with their rights and obligations.
Article 5 : A volunteerís vocation is to participate in all civil defenceís missions (safeguard of individuals, property and the environment)
Article 6 : A volunteer has the right to an initial and ongoing training . The State will see to the uniformity of civil defence volunteersí training across all its territory.
Article 7 : The State will agree with the private and public sectors the modalities of the volunteerís availability.
Article 8 : The volunteer is entitled to compensation for his activities in favour of civil protection (social benefits, indemnity, pension, allowance...)


Pledge
of the Civil Defence Volunteer

I share the Civil Defence's ideal:
"Protection and Assistance for All".


I promise to fulfil all missions
which will be entrusted to me in the spirit of
Civil Defence's fundamental values which are:
Humanity, Solidarity, Impartiality.

I pledge myself to act always in a selfless manner.

I commit myself to respect the length of my enlistment
in the service of Civil Defence.
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