Streamlining cross-border cooperation: Joint approach in disaster resilience – STREAM 2 - ROBG00005
What is the purpose?
Specific Objective: 2.4 - Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches
Increasing the safety and protection of the population in the eligible area by improving and enhancing climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention resilience through the establishment of cross-border disaster response and situational operations centers, capacity building, and joint interventions of the institutions with responsibilities in the field of emergency situations.
What is the budget?
24.330.679,26 euro, from which 19.464.543,40 euro FEDR and 4.866.135,86 euro National Contribution
Who implements the project?
Lead beneficiary (LB): General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, Romania
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Directorate General Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Bulgaria
Beneficiary 3 (B3): “Dobrogea” Constanța County Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, Romania
Beneficiary 4 (B4): Territorial Inspectorate of Border Police Giurgiu, Romania
Beneficiary 5 (B5): Academy of Ministry of Interior – Bulgaria
Beneficiary 6 (B6): National Association of Volunteers in the Republic of Bulgaria
What is the implementation period?
Start date: 2024-12-05
End Date: 2028-12-04
Period: 48 months
Where it is implemented?
Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo – Bg,
Giurgiu, Constanța – Ro
What will happen?
- Setting up, construction and endowment of the Cross-border disaster response center in Constanta;
- Construction and purchase of equipment for a Cross-border Situational-operations center in Veliko Tarnovo;
- Refurbishment of premises and delivery of equipment for the Station for Respiratory Protection in the Academy of the Ministry of Interior, Sofia
- Construction of a zonal vessel base for intervention on the Danube river in Giurgiu;
- Procurement and installment of mobile pontoon /pontoons on Danube river;
- Procurement of special vehicles for intervention and vehicle for project implementation unit PP2;
- Procurement of special vehicles, inventories and equipments PP6 NAVRB;
- Communication and visibility;
- Updating the Joint intervention plan and common procedures;
- Elaboration of a common training curriculum for the management operational personnel;
- Joint training sessions for the management operational personnel;
- Joint exercises carried out with Romanian and Bulgarian professional firefighters and volunteers;
- Updating the common training curriculum for volunteers;
- Organizing trainings for volunteer staff from eligible area NAVRB + AMoI-BG
What will be the results (what is the contribution to the program)?
- RCO84 Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects: 2
- RCO26 Green infrastructure built or upgraded for adaptation to climate change: 0.1 ha
- RCO87 Organizations cooperating across borders: 6
- RCO24 Investments in new or upgraded disaster monitoring, preparedness, warning and response systems against natural disasters: 12,914,355.10 euro
- RCO122 Investments in new or upgraded disaster monitoring, preparedness, warning and response systems against non-climate related natural risks and risks related to human activities: 4,459,500 euro
- RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organizations: 1
- RCR35 - Population benefiting from flood protection measures: 500,471
- RCR84 - Organizations cooperating across borders after project completion: 6
- RCR37 - Population benefiting from protection measures against climate related natural disaster (other than flood and wildfires): 1,330,782
- RCR96 - Population benefiting from protection measures against non-climate related natural risks and risks related to human activities: 473,405
Status
The project is currently under implementation.