EU inaugurates regional excellence office in Jordan


26-06-2013 04:29 PM

Ammon News - AMMAN (Jordan Times) — The Middle East Regional Secretariat of the EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Centres of Excellence (EU CBRN CoE) Risk Mitigation Initiative was inaugurated on Tuesday in Amman, according to an EU statement.

Representatives from the government, EU member states and several regional partners attended the inauguration ceremony at the premises of the Middle East Scientific Institute for Security, at the Royal Scientific Society.

The EU CBRN CoE is a worldwide EU initiative jointly implemented with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute with a budget amounting to 95 million euros for 2009-2013, according to the statement.

The initiative aims to mitigate chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks of criminal, accidental or natural origin by promoting a coherent policy, improving coordination and preparedness at national and regional levels and by offering a comprehensive approach covering legal, scientific, enforcement and technical issues, the statement said.




  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :