Activities to increase the preparedness and response capacity of the Danube region

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1 Activities to increase the preparedness and response capacity of the Danube region Project co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF) and Hungary Károly Gombás EUSDR PA5 HU coordination , Brussels European Civil Protection Forum 2018

2 The Danube River Basin District within the European Union Characteristic numbers: 10% of Europe 801,463 km² 83 mil inhabitants 19 countries Most international river basin in the world.

3 Macro-regional strategies of the EU 3 NOs of EU communication in relation of macro strategies NO new institutes, NO new legislation NO new funding sources Objectives should be embedded into existing legal frameworks, programmes and financing tools (EU level, regional, national, preaccessing) Multi level governance should foster the cooperation between stakeholders from different levels without the creation of new decision making bodies Forrás:

4 Harmonization of territorial developments under 4 pillars and 12 priority areas Connecting the Danube Region Building Prosperity in the Danube Region PA 1/a To improve mobility and multimodality - Inland waterways Austria and Romania PA 7 Knowledge society Serbia and Slovakia PA 1/b PA 2 PA 3 To improve mobility and multimodality - Road, rail and air links Sustainable energy Culture and Tourisms Serbia and Slovenia Czeczh Republic and Hungary Bulgaria and Romania PA 8 PA 9 Competitiveness People and Skills Baden- Württemberg and Croatia Austria and Moldova Protecting the Environment Strengthening the Danube Region PA 4 PA 5 PA 6 Water quality Environmental Risks Biodiversity Hungary and Slovakia Hungary and Romania Germany and Croatia PA 10 PA 11 Institutional capacity and cooperation Security Austria and Slovenia Bulgaria and Germany

5 Actions of PA5 To develop and adopt one single overarching floods management plan at basin level or a set of flood risk management plans coordinated at the level of the international river basin To support wetland and floodplain restoration as an effective mean of enhancing flood protection, and more generally to analyse and identify the best response to flood risk (including green infrastructure ) To extend the coverage of the European Floods Alert System (EFAS) system to the whole Danube river basin, to step up preparedness efforts at regional level (including better knowledge of each other's national systems) and to further promote joint responses to natural disasters and to flood events in particular, including early warning systems To strengthen operational cooperation among the emergency response authorities in the Danube countries and to improve the interoperability of the available assets To continuously update the existing database of accident risk spots (ARS Inventory), contaminated sites and sites used for the storage of dangerous substances To develop rapid response procedures and plans in case of industrial accidental river pollution Anticipate regional and local impacts of climate change through research To develop spatial planning and construction activities in the context of climate change and increased threats of floods

6 Period PA5 project elements Output 2.1: Development of CCA Strategy-Update2018 A2.1: Cooperation with GWP CEE's IDMP: historic droughts event database, review of 5 EU policies from drought management point of view A2.2: Support of a special international issue of a scientific journal on climate change through research (PA5 Action7) A2.3: Contribution with expertise to the ICPDR Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2018 Update (participation on meetings, proofreading/comments) Output 2.2: Pilot study on coordination of OFMPs (operative flood management and civil protection plans ) in the DB A2.4: Pilot study on coordination of OFMPs in the Danube Basin, workshop and study tours (MD, UA) Output 3.1: Strategic network Cooperation with other EUSDR Pas and with other international organizations and EU institutes (ICPDR, JRC, CC, GWP, ISRBC, EC DGs, 3 macro-regional strategies)

7 Period Executed PA5 project elements so far Cooperation with other EUSDR PAs and with other international organizations and EU institutes (ICPDR, JRC, CC, GWP, ISRBC, EC DGs, 3 macro-regional strategies) International conference session on flood protection experiences, techniques and technologies 05/07/2017 Special issue on flood protection experiences of a scientific journal 18/10/2017 Workshop for higher education institutes for networking, curricula development, identifying funds/scholars 29/06/2017 E-learning material development in 2018 related to flood protection (+ InterFloodCourse, DAREFFORT) Letter of recommendations to new project ideas (23 international projects) tool to support macroregional importance and alignment of actions

8 Development of an international education/training network in the Danube basin Flood protection training in June 2015 for 70 Bosnian municipality and civil protection experts who have essential role to direct the protection in the event of floods. Workshop for universities on flood protection education network development and financial support in 2017 EUSDR PA5 event with the invitation of PA7 (Knowledge Society) and PA9 (People&Skills) Promoting together with the Danube Day 2017 (Budapest, 29/06/2017) Information about ERASMUS+, CEEPUS, HORIZON2020, DAAD funding possibilites Starting the discussion, networking possibilities 32 experts from 6 countries Common Findings

9 EUSDR PA5 supported projects in 2017 Ongoing/finalized supported projects DriDANUBE, Danube Sediment, JOINTTISZA (e.g. peer review group), CAMARO-D, EUCPM (Advisory Mission to Solotvyno, Ukraine) Project development: InterFloodCourse (subsidised DSPF project) LP: National University of Public Services Partners: DE, SK, SRB + UA Budget: cca EUR Project duration: 1 year (2018) Aims to develop e-learning material in flood protection DAREFFORT (submitted to DTP 2nd call) Focuses on better data share among countries, HU-LP ICPDR DanubeHIS system elaboration support Support for projects DTP 2nd call: Danube Floodplain, DAMWARM

10 Ongoing DTP projects related to climate change JOINTISZA Strengthening cooperation between river basin management planning and flood risk prevention to enhance the status of waters of the Tisza River Basin Contains a drought and climate change pilot action and an urban hydrology pilot action DRIDANUBE Drought risk in the Danube region Aims to increase the capacity of the Danube region to adapt to climatic variability by enhancing resilience to drought CAMARO-D Cooperating towards advanced management routines for land use impacts on the water regime in the Danube river basin One of the main goals is harmonizing and improving the protection of water resources against negative impacts of land use and climate change as well as reduction of flood risk.

11 DAREFFORT project WMO JRC

12 PA5 topics for Seed Money Financial support to work out projects for further submission; PAs were nominated to define the main priorities (6 submitted application) Coordinate the operative flood management and civil protection plans considering the benefits of the civil protection mechanisms for the shared flood basins or stretches of common interest to better use the available resources. Safety of the critical water infrastructure on shared river basins, contingency planning for failure (havaria management) Basin/Sub-basin wide (technical/professional) resource management masterplans to facilitate adaptation of the Danube countries to climate change and to support anticipating local and regional impacts of climate extremities Improve the capacities to tackle accidental pollution risk at the transboundary, regional and basin level, including development and/or modernization of plans, equipment (including monitoring capacities), information and warning systems and joint trainings, taken also into account the effects of climate change

13 Story of the EU assistance in solving the Solotvyno Salt Mine problem On 12 January 2016, the Hungarian and Ukrainian civil protection authorities addressed a letter to Commissioner Stylianides concerning a cross-border environmental pollution originated from the Solotvyno salt mine complex The EU Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM) was activated on 17 June by the deployment of a scoping mission between the 3 to 8 July to support the national authorities. As a 2nd phase, an EUCPT Advisory Mission consisting of 17 independent experts were deployed for a 24-day mission The EUCPT Advisory Mission s objective was to elaborate a report on Risk Assessment of the Solotvyno mine area

14 The spot of the Solotvyno Salt Mine disaster PL SK UKRAINE RO MD Flow paths of surface & shallow groundwater

15 Solution of the Solotvyno Salt Mine problems Aim To protect water quality of the Tisza River since the salt mine catastrophe site is very close to the Tisza River and the progress not finished yet Findings Salt water discharge is continuing despite the limited salt concentration currently Urgent and utmost act is needed to design and operate a complex monitoring system for protecting Solotvyno and the Tisza River manage the harmful progress (sinkholes, ground moving, building damages, etc.,) start the spatial planning and rethink the mining activity Achievements EU DG ECHO (Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection) accepted the request of the PA 4 to disclose the situation (with help Commissioner Johannes Hahn) DG ECHO organized two missions onto the spot (a Scoping Mission on 3-8 July and an Advisory Mission on 14 September -7 October) The Advisory Mission prepared a Risk Assessment Report (containing short-, middle- and long term measurements) which was formally submitted to the Ukrainian Government and handed over to the DG REGIO Works following the missions are continuing in frame of the EUSDR (projects!!! - HUSKROUA)

16 Solution of the Solotvyno Salt Mine problems HUSKROUA follow-up projects Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-border Cooperation Programme Developing and upgrading the joint Hungarian-Ukrainian hydrographic telemetering system to improve water quality monitoring in the Upper-Tisza River Basin The project would target upgrading the hydrometric stations and water quality monitoring related development of the existing telemetering system both on the Ukrainian and Hungarian side, with particular regards to establishing a water quality monitoring system in the area of the abandoned salt mine in Solotvino. REVITAL I Environmental Assessment for Natural Resources Revitalization in Solotvyno to prevent the further pollution of the Upper-Tisza Basin through the preparation of a complex monitoring system The REVITAL I is the first activity that aims gradually bringing the environmental proposals into practice. The main goal of the REVITAL I. is to set the foundation for the establishment of the revitalization process of the Solotvyno mine and surrounding area through deepened crossborder cooperation. 3 specific objectives are identified: 1. to examine and evaluate the current environmental state, 2. to set up an investigative monitoring and to prepare a future complex monitoring system. 3. to raise awareness and promote the results of the project on different levels.

17 Komac et al Natural hazards in Education Content analysis of 166 secondary-school geography textbooks from 36 countries including 12 from the Danube basin was conducted in 2013 by Komac et al.

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