Natural hazards research is an elementary component to guide and support the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and its framework for actionPRIOPOSAL PREPARTAION (2005-2015), using a multidisciplinary and integrated approach. At European level, research will contribute to related environmental Commission
activities, such as the European civil protection programme, and to other European Commission research programmes more related to crisis management for natural disasters. It is therefore necessary to consider a robust and comprehensive framework that enables, for individual hazards and for multi-hazards, the integration of the risk reduction chain. Such an approach is necessary for any risk management as well as for the development of prevention and mitigation strategies.

III IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS
• Call identifier: FP7-ENV-2008-1
• Date of publication: 30 November 2007
• Deadline: 25 February 2008 at 17.00.00, Brussels local time
• Indicative budget: EUR 212 million22
The budget for this call is indicative. The final total budget awarded to this call, ollowing the evaluation of proposals, may vary by up to 10% of the total value of the all.
All budgetary figures given in this call are indicative. The repartition of the subbudgets warded within this call, following the evaluation of proposals, may vary by p to 10% of the total value of the call.

PROPOSAL PREPARATION (restricted to the core-team)