The IFRC’s European Regional Office works in support of 53 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Through its Country Cluster Support Teams and Country Offices, it provides coordination, financial and technical support for disaster operations and longer term development programmes throughout the region.
Latest news from Europe
By Ainhoa Larrea, IFRC Violence and poverty drive millions of people from their homes every year. Thousands end up in the Balkans after long and dangerous journeys over land and across the Mediterranean. “Many flee conflict ravaging their countries of …
Miguel Vela has been a Spanish Red Cross volunteer since 2009, witnessing horror and desperation on a regular basis. A trained nurse, he is currently part of the Immediate Response Team in Humanitarian Assistance to Migrants (ERIE) in the Canary Islands – something he combines with his job in a hospital and the 112 emergency service.
By Ainhoa Larrea, IFRC Arlen Matkasimov, a volunteer of the mobile brigade of the Kyrgyzstan Red Crescent, has been confronted with multiple life and death situations over the last months. “Once, following an emergency call, I saw a patient with oxygen …
Rebeka Szilágyi was working as a midwife in a hospital in Budapest when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and she decided to join the Hungarian Red Cross’ H-HERO Health Emergency Response Unit. Her story illustrates the struggles and rewards of frontline volunteers.
Two women from Syria and Congo are living together with their children in a small apartment in Skopje. Their husbands are working abroad, and the women are both volunteering for the Red Cross while waiting for their families to be reunited.
Regional Director: Birgitte Bischoff Ebbesen
Deputy Regional Director: Elkhan Rahimov
Heads of Country Cluster Delegations:
Central and South Eastern Europe:
- Southern Caucasus: Olga Dzhumaeva
- Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova:
- Central Asia: Bayarmaa Luntan
Heads of Country Delegations:
- Turkey: Ruben Cano
- Ukraine: George Gigiberia
- Greece: Léon Prop
- EU Red Cross Office:: Mette Peterson
Recent press releases
Recent documents
Europe in focus
Almaty Commitments
The Almaty Commitments is a declaration of our shared goals and objectives in Europe and Central Asia, agreed upon by leaders of National Societies in the region, focusing on Migration, Coordination and Sustainability.
Refugee integration projects
Learn more about how Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in Europe support the orientation and integration of refugees as they establish their new lives on a longer term basis.
Florence Call for Action
The Florence Call for Action is a set of commitments made by the 54 National Societies in the Europe Region to find new solutions to the long-term humanitarian impact of the economic crisis.
Youth in Europe
The Red Cross Red Crescent European Youth Network (EYN) facilitates sharing of good practices, exchange of experiences and advocates on behalf of its members since 1975.
- Albanian Red Cross
- Andorran Red Cross
- Armenian Red Cross Society
- Austrian Red Cross
- Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan
- Belarus Red Cross
- Belgian Red Cross
- The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- British Red Cross
- Bulgarian Red Cross
- Croatian Red Cross
- Cyprus Red Cross Society
- Czech Red Cross
- Danish Red Cross
- Estonian Red Cross
- Lithuanian Red Cross Society
- Luxembourg Red Cross
- Malta Red Cross Society
- Magen David Adom in Israel
- Red Cross Society of the Republic of Moldova
- Red Cross of Monaco
- Red Cross of Montenegro
- The Netherlands Red Cross
- Norwegian Red Cross
- Polish Red Cross
- Portuguese Red Cross
- Red Cross of The Republic of North Macedonia
- Red Cross of the Republic of San Marino
- Romanian Red Cross
- The Russian Red Cross Society
- The Red Cross of Serbia
- Slovak Red Cross
- Slovenian Red Cross
- Spanish Red Cross
- Swedish Red Cross
- Swiss Red Cross
- Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan
- Turkish Red Crescent Society
- Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan
- Ukrainian Red Cross Society
- Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan
CEA Assessment Report – Community Based Migration Programme in Turkey
This assessment report on community engagement and accountability (CEA) provides an analysis of refugees and host communities under the Turkish Red Crescent Community Based Migration Programme. It provides an insight into the information needs, access to and preference in using communication channels, community structure, social cohesion and behaviour, as well as the preferred mechanism to raise concerns or share feedback.
The report also gives an overview of the capacities of staff and volunteers at the Community Centres who provide information on registration and services, protection-related prevention activities, psychosocial support, vocational training and livelihood programmes, language courses and health and hygiene promotion.
