The Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (APELL) programme improves the community level emergency preparedness efforts, and supports governments and community initiatives, in particular in developing countries, to minimize the occurrence and harmful effects of technological hazards and environmental emergencies.
The APELL methodology is contained in a structured 5 phases and 10-elements process and aimed at creating a cohesive and resilient community to technological or natural hazards through raising awareness and agreement on roles and responsibilities of all community stakeholders to develop measures for preparedness and emergency response.
The programme provides the basic concepts for initiating and organizing the APELL Process with the aim of helping countries minimize the health, environmental and economic costs of disasters through building preparedness and community awareness of the risks.
