ABOUT
2 countries
17 months
1.474.450,00 € Budget
Main objectives of the project
The project overall objective is the minimization of the cross-border flood risks and disasters by strengthening the cross-border cooperation, organisationally, technologically and socially.” , “This objective will have a direct contribution to the programme SO 2.4: “Prevention, mitigation and management of natural disasters, risks and hazards”. The project implementation will result in more effective joint actions and coordination activities against floods, in terms of:
- Management: Establishment of a Joint management group in the field of flood risks, definition of the procedures needed to overcome the barriers in the cross border cooperation and elaboration of a cross border flood reaction strategy.
- Response: staff training of the authorities, services volunteer groups participating in the interventions during floods, mapping of flood risks and vulnerable sites, identification and accessibility modeling of means and equipment in the neighboring areas and operation of an Incident Management and Collaboration Platform for local Civil protection and other stakeholders to train, prepare and respond in case of flooding.
- Prevention: Introduction of an early warning system and implementation of awareness raising and information activities for citizen to protect themselves from flood hazards
- Mitigation: Measures for mitigation of flood risks will be included in the flood reaction strategy
In addition to the main objective, the project combines different aspects to achieve the following sub-objectives:
- Strengthening the flood risk governance at the Cross-border area to better assess, plan, monitor, prevent & react against floods
- Improving the technical capacity for effective cross-border flood risk assessment, monitoring, preparedness & response
- Promoting the role of citizens and voluntarism groups in the civil protection actions in case of flood disasters to protect themselves and actively involved in prevention and reaction activities.