Title /Beneficiary |
Objective |
Alpine Search and Rescue for Slovenia and Italy (ALPSAR)
HITEC Luxembourg S.A.
5, Rue de l'Eglise
L-1458
LUXEMBOURG
Website:
www.hitec-luxembourg.com
Partners : SI + IT |
There is an existing Protocol for cooperation for Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Alps along the common border between Slovenia and Venice (IT) for Mountain Rescue since 2006 and this project will enhance cross border cooperation, as it aims to improve tracking, localisation and provision of pictures via 2-D and 3D maps to rescue teams via a tool set. An international cooperative exercise with Italy and Slovenian SAR teams will test the web based tool and procedures.
EC Contribution: €312.455,25
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Friends for Emergencies (F4E)
Prefettura/Government Territorial Office
Piazza dell'unita d'Italia 8
I-34100 Trieste
ITALY
Website : www.prefettura.trieste.it
Partners : SI + IT |
Aims at increasing the skills and awareness of the fire fighter teams in the cross border area of Trieste (IT) and Koper (SI) for joint interventions and rapid deployment in case of fire emergencies in woods, ships or industrial sites. The project will focus on overcoming technical and communication obstacles such as losing radio signals during interventions or language barriers via extensive training.
EC Contribution: €323.510
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Cross border Exposure characterisation for Risk Assessment in Chemical Incidents (CERACI)
Dutch National Institute for Health and Environment
9, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan
Bilthoven
NL-3720 BA
THE NETHERLANDS
Website : www.rivm.nl
Partners : UK + PL |
This cross border project aims to strengthen the public health risk assessment for the acute phase of chemical incidents by improving the exposure assessment.
The outcome of this study will contribute to improve planning, preparedness and response capabilities and enhance transnational cooperation and interoperability of organisations involved in health risk assessment.
EC Contribution: €313.837
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Tsunami information centre for the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean (NEAMTIC)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
7, Place de Fontenoy
F- 75352 Paris 07 SP
FRANCE
Website : www.unesco.org
Partners : FR + IT +PT + GR |
Aims at raising public awareness, dissemination of good practices and intergovernmental coordination pursued through support to the Tsunami Information Centre for the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. In particular, the project will raise awareness among civil protection authorities on good practices in tsunami preparedness and other sea-level related risks and knowledgeable of safe behaviour, updating in parallel the Register of Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points.
EC Contribution: €325.439
Financing rate: 74.40%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Raising earthquake Awareness and Coping Children's Emotions (RACCE)
University of Crete
Department of Natural History Museum of Crete
(Campus Gallos)
GR-74100 Rethymno
CRETE
GREECE
Website : www.nhmc.uoc.gr
Partners : IT + BG + FR |
The project is addressed to children, including those with movement difficulties, aiming to reduce the emotional burden and help them cope in case of a serious natural hazard by raising awareness, improving knowledge on earthquakes and simultaneously, educating relative groups (training teachers, parents etc.) on the good practices and state of the art responses.
EC Contribution: €430.163
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Psychosocial support for civil protection forces coping with CBRN (CBRN incidents and PSS)
Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW)
Provinzialstr.93
D-53127 Bonn
GERMANY
Website : www.thw.de
Partners : NL + IT |
Civil protection forces deployed in disaster response operations under CBRN conditions are exposed to additional risks and pressures that may constitute a heavy psychological strain. This project will develop and test a training programme for operational forces (including volunteers) that have to cope with CBRN incidents, with the aim to enhance competences in psychosocial support and to contribute to optimized procedures during crisis response.
EC Contribution: €371.271
Financing rate: 74.96%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Mountain Patrols Safe System for Integrated Disaster Management System
Centro Regionale di Studio e Formazione per la Previsione e la Prevenzione in Materia di Protezione Civile (CRPC)
Veneto Region
Via Roma 60
I-32013 Longarone (BL)
ITALY
Webpage : www.centroprociv.it
Partners : GR + BG + HU |
During the winter season civil protection is often called to play an active role in relation to risks and factors of unpredictability in mountain areas, regarding avalanches, land slides and flooding, which constitute significant risks for persons, material and the environment.
The project aims to build up Integrated Disaster Management Systems (IDMS) in the civil protection organisations connected to each of the beneficiaries, to establish local and transnational networks and to carry out training course module for civil protection volunteers.
EC Contribution: €247.857
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Improving flood prevention and flood hazard awareness through the development of a standardized approach for small dams risk assessment and management based on European best practices and shared experience (DamSafe)
Ministry of Interior
DG Civil Protection
29 ''Shesti Septemvri'' Street
BG-1000 Sofia
BULGARIA
Website : www.mvr.bg
Partners : DE + AT |
Aims at developing criteria and guidelines for assessing the risk and damage of catastrophic floods and it will offer opportunities to reduce the risk of floods due to dysfunctions of potentially dangerous facilities.
The project will perform surveys and on site visits to selected areas to create a database of geographical information.
Moreover the project will develop a Manual for small dams with a methodology which will assist project partners to implement activities and responsibilities of Member States for the assessment and management of flood risks.
EC Contribution: €392.534
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Return of experience for enhanced integrated prevention (REX)
German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV)
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40
D-53113 Bonn
GERMANY
Website: www.dkkv.org
Partners : FR + CZ + PL |
Aims to provide indications how to redesign the criteria for thresholds against weather induced extreme events in Europe. The added value of the project originates from the comprehensive use of international lessons learned and synthesized data from the case studies.
The project will result in synthesized and homogenized European information on lessons learned.
EC Contribution: €44.683
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Good on Emergency Situation (GOES)
Provincia di Ancona
Via Ruggeri No.5
IT-60131 Ancona
ITALY
Website : www.provincia.ancona.it
Partners : ES + BG |
Aims to create an optimizing system for collecting daily all relevant information on road conditions which will be sorted and conveyed to the regional civil protection structures and to the main network in order to promptly inform the citizens.
The system will be tested and training will be provided to its operating staff.
EC Contribution: €393.750
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Policy relevant assessment of socio-economic effects of Droughts and Floods (PREEMPT)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Corso Magenta, 63
I-20123 Milano
ITALY
Website : www.feem.it
Partners : DE + BE + ES |
This project is a policy-directed assessment exercise, to assist the relevant authorities to better appreciate the risks posed by droughts and floods by collecting the data about past disasters, filling the knowledge gaps – in particular the indirect and intangible economic and social losses – and by improving risk assessment methods and approaches in place in the participating countries.
The data collection will be performed in selected river basins of the 4 participating countries to create a catalogue of hydro-meteorological disasters of droughts and floods.
EC Contribution: €496.358
Financing rate: 74.50%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
Modern approaches for prevention amongst children in Europe (YOUTHPREVENTION.PRO)
National Training Centre at Bulgarian Red Cross
James Boucher st.76
P.O.Box 1407
BG-1151 Sofia
BULGARIA
Website : www.trainingcenterbg.eu
Partners : FR + GR |
Aims at creating an integrated school prevention curricula (fire prevention, first aid, civil protection from floods, chemical intervention and terrorist attacks) adopting the EU prevention policy and the national requirements of the involved partner countries.
The project will involve professionals (teachers, headmasters, researchers and public authorities' staff in charge for early prevention) and children and young volunteers.
EC Contribution: €147.622
Financing rate: 75%
Presentation of the project at the kick off meeting |
