Paris, 12 May 2016
Fondation CNP Assurances has launched a new call for projects aimed at local authorities committed to installing defibrillators and training people in their use.
Created in 1993, the mission of Foundation CNP Assurances is to promote, support, and initiate all actions and projects if general interest in healthcare.
In 2009, as part of its commitment to key public health issues, Foundation CNP Assurances chose to contribute to improving the response to heart attack victims by encouraging French municipalities to install defibrillators in public places and offer first aid instruction to as many people as possible.
This action by Fondation CNP Assurances is perfectly consistent with its healthcare initiatives and completely in keeping with the company’s business and values (protection and assistance, lifelong prevention of hazards).
An area of commitment for Foundation CNP Assurances
Each year, 40,000 to 60,000 people die from a heart attack outside of a hospital. That is ten times more than the number of victims of road accidents. In France, the survival rate for victims of a heart attack is estimated at between 2% and 3%. It is as high as 40% in some European countries where the population is better informed about first aid techniques and where more public places are equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED). A quick reaction thanks to knowledge of first aid techniques and the use of a defibrillator would allow 5,000 to 10,000 lives to be saved each year.
To contribute to this effort, over the past seven years, Fondation CNP Assurances has launched several calls for projects and has funded the installation of more than 3,200 AEDs and public awareness-raising actions on how to use the equipment in more than 2,100 municipalities and local communities, representing a sum of €2,033,700.
Since the decree of 4 May 2007, all individuals are permitted to use a semi-automated or automated external defibrillator. Generalising the installation of defibrillators and providing first aid training to the public are a requirement of public health.
Eligibility conditions for the call for projects
The project must be conducted by a community of municipalities, an urban community, a joint association, an association of mayors, or a municipality and be supported by a project manager.
Any group project (projects of communities of municipalities, urban communities, associations of mayors, etc.) allowing resources to be optimised and offering volume discounts on equipment will be favoured by the foundation.
The project must:
- propose the installation of automated, semi-automatic, or fully automatic defibrillators,
- be accompanied by an action to inform and raise awareness amongst the population such as Alert Massage Defibrillate (AMD),
- be put into effect in the year following the decision by the board of directors of Fondation CNP Assurances to support the project.
Fondation CNP Assurances terms of funding
Fondation CNP Assurances may offer its financial support:
- For the purchase of one or more semi-automatic or fully automatic defibrillators for free access in public places (excluding installation costs). The funding offered by the foundation concerns the total number of defibrillators installed as part of the project;
- And towards the organisation of an informative and awareness-raising action such as Alert Massage Defibrillate (AMD).
Please note that Fondation CNP Assurances does not fund:
- Projects already conducted (no retroactive funding: invoices must be prepared after the date of the foundation’s board meeting when the project was selected)
- Expenditures related to the installation and maintenance of defibrillators,
- Official first aid training courses such as France’s PSC1 and others that exceed the level of information and awareness-raising actions such as Alert Massage Defibrillate (AMD).
To submit a project
Download the application at cnp.fr: https://www.cnp.fr/Nos-engagements/Fondation-d-entreprise/Arret-cardiaque-et-premiers-secours.
Or request it by e-mail at: fondation@cnp.fr.
Send the application to Foundation CNP Assurances:
• Send a paper copy by post to:
Fondation CNP Assurances – 4, place Raoul Dautry – 75716 Paris Cedex 15
• and an electronic version (unprotected version in Word format) to: fondation@cnp.fr
Applications must be submitted before 30 September 2016.
Group projects involving municipalities (projects of communities of municipalities, urban communities, joint associations, associations of mayors, etc.) allowing resources to be optimised and offering volume discounts on equipment will be favoured by the foundation.