THE SIPROCI PROJECT&

ITS RESULTS

Brussels, 17 April 2007

SIPROCI & RESCUE CONFERENCE

“Disasters Cross Borders- A Union-wide approach to

disaster preparedness”

AGENDA

GENERAL INFORMATION

PARTNERSHIP

OBJECTIVES

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

RESULTS

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title (Acronym & Index No.)

Interregional response to natural and manmade catastrophes(SIPROCI-2E00531)

Programme INTERREG IIIC

Type of Project: “Individual Project”

Topic: “Other appropriate subjects”

Duration: January 2004 – June 2007

Overall Budget: 1.543.186 EUR(ERDF: 985.601,50 EUR)

               

City of OldenburgCity of Oldenburg

Fire DepartmentFire Department

GERMANYGERMANY

               

Autonomous Autonomous

Province of TrentoProvince of Trento

ITALYITALY

MarcheMarche

RegionRegion

ITALYITALY

Province ofProvince of

MacerataMacerata

ITALYITALY

               

Cordoba’s CountyCordoba’s County

CouncilCouncil

SPAINSPAIN

               

The Region of South The Region of South Bohemia Bohemia

CZECH REPUBLICCZECH REPUBLIC

               

Bielsko-BialaBielsko-Biala

DistrictDistrict

POLANDPOLAND

               

Foundation for CivilFoundation for Civil

Protection - BudapestProtection - Budapest

HUNGARYHUNGARY

               

ADEP - Patras Municipal ADEP - Patras Municipal Enterprise for Planning and Enterprise for Planning and

DevelopmentDevelopment

GREECEGREECE

Research Academic Research Academic Computer Technology Computer Technology

InstituteInstitute

GREECEGREECE

Prefecture ofPrefecture of

Eastern AtticaEastern Attica

GREECEGREECE

Province ofProvince of

Pesaro and UrbinoPesaro and Urbino

ITALYITALY

Regional Development Regional Development AgencyAgency

Bielsko-Biala Bielsko-Biala

POLANDPOLAND

OBJECTIVES

To improve local and regional response to disasters through interregional collaboration across Europe Exchange and develop methods and good practices to

improve the organisational model with regards to the coordination and management of information, human and material resources

Share the use of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Improve communication and information to the public to increase the level of preparation and self-protection of citizens

Enhance the coherence and integration of actions in the field of Civil Protection between regions across Europe, especially by the participation of the Eastern European countries considering their (imminent) EU entry

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

AREAS OF COOPERATION Mechanisms for coordination, management and

organisation of the civil protection system The use of new information and communication

technologies Methods, techniques and instruments for how to

monitor and map risks Methods and tools for efficient information and

preparation of the citizens

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

ACTION PHASE I – EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

ACTION PHASE II – EXCHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS AND GOOD PRACTICES

ACTION PHASE III – TRANSFER & APPLICATIONTO THE LOCAL SYSTEM

ACTION PHASE IV – COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION

AP IIIAP IIIAP IIIAP IIIAP IIAP IIAP IIAP II

JU

NE

200

7JU

NE

200

7

AP IVAP IVAP IVAP IV

JAN

JA

N 2

004

2004

AP IAP IAP IAP I

OCT 2004 OCT 2005MAY 2004 NOV 2006

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHACTION PHASE I:EXCHANGE OF INFORMATIONMay 2004-October 2004 (6 months)

Exchange of Information of each-others CP system

– Analysis of the different CP systems, local mechanisms, plans, ICT systems used, types of risks, methods for informing citizens, etc.

– Constraints, interests and opportunities.

Outcome

Factfinding Reportwww.siproci.net

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHACTION PHASE II: EXCHANGE & DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS AND GOOD PRACTICES Oct. 2004–Sept. 2005 4 TRANSNATIONAL WORKING GROUPS

- WG1: Mechanisms for coordination, management and organisation of the civil protection system - WG2: The use of new ICT - WG3: Methods, techniques & instruments for how to monitor and map risks- WG4: Methods and tools for efficient information and preparation of the citizens

Outcome

4 WG Reports: methods, strategies,

good practices

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHACTION PHASE III:TRANSFER & APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL SYSTEMOctober 2005-November 2006 (14 months)

Establishment of “task-forces” in each partner country responsible to test and try out results and outcomes through pilot activities in the territory

Target Groups:- Experts, volunteers, actors involved in various CP activities- Population - Local CP system

Activities carried out:– Seminars, conferences, exhibitions, Info Days– Training sessions, lectures and practical exercises – 7 Full-scale disaster simulations (forest fire, tornado, earthquake,

indusrtrial accidents) – Staff exchanges and study visits

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHACTION PHASE IV: COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION During entire project

CHANNELS: Dissemintaion & communication activities in connection with

various project actions carried out (seminars, info days, simulations, etc.)

European Conference

www.siproci.net

TOOLS: SIPROCI leaflet, Newsletters, Factfinding Report, WG Reports,

Vademecum Pack and DVD of final publications (8 language versions)

RESULTS

A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, STANDARDS AND A COMMON LANGUAGE AIMED AT BRINGING THE DIFFERENT CP SYSTEMS CLOSER TOGETHER

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

C) EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CP EXPERTS

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS

A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, STANDARDS AND A COMMON LANGUAGE AIMED AT BRINGING THE DIFFERENT CP SYSTEMS CLOSER TOGETHER

Local Plan of Civil Protection: suggesting minimumstandards or contents of one of the most important command-control mechanisms of CP

Glossary of CP for EU citizens: terms and definitions and visual signs of Civil Protection (pictograms)

Risk Mapping – A proposal for a common European methodology

A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, STANDARDS AND A COMMON LANGUAGE AIMED AT BRINGING THE DIFFERENT CP SYSTEMS CLOSER TOGETHER

Main reference to EU actions – EU legal framework

Community Mechanism of Civil Protection Council Decision 23 October 2001 – current recasting

Treaty for an EU Constitution

Solidarity (Art. I – 43)

Subsidiarity (Art. I – 11)

Role and strength of local administrations and their activities/ tools/ methods to prevent and manage disasters

Bottom-up approach

A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, STANDARDS AND A COMMON LANGUAGE AIMED AT BRINGING THE DIFFERENT CP SYSTEMS CLOSER TOGETHER

A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, STANDARDS AND A COMMON LANGUAGE AIMED AT BRINGING THE DIFFERENT CP SYSTEMS CLOSER TOGETHERRationale

Recasting of the 2001 civil protection mechanism highlights the importance of reinforcing preparedeness:

– The assessment of civil protection capabilities (build scenarios to help identify available resources)

– A modular approach (rapidely deployable and self-sufficient modules)

A) WHY A PLAN? CONTENTS AND AIMS OF A LOCAL PLAN OF CIVIL PROTECTION

A local Plan of Civil Protection can be defined as: A plan drawn up by a local authority providing a set of organic data (territory’s main characteristics, risks, human and material resources, etc.) and procedures (command-control system, alarm system, model of intervention) related to the overall organisational arrangement of Civil Protection aiming to best respond to a given event and its consequences.

Forecast ProtectionPrevention

System of CP

main activities

A) WHY A PLAN? CONTENTS AND AIMS OF A LOCAL PLAN OF CIVIL PROTECTION

A) LOCAL PLAN OF CIVIL PROTECTIONSUGGESTED MINIMUM CONTENTS

A) LOCAL PLAN OF CIVIL PROTECTION

RESULTS/OUTPUTS:

A) GLOSSARY

ObjectivesObjectives

• To provide citizens with useful terms that, together with a set of essential signs, will help guide peoples’ behaviour in emergency situations

• To make citizens aware of the role played by CP which goes far beyond merely dealing with emergency situations but in addition encompass complex activities of forecasting, prevention and protection.

• To make people aware of the main mechanisms, tools and procedures developed by local authorities, the prime actors called in to manage emergencies and safeguard people’s security and safety

A) GLOSSARY

Glossary and visual signs of Civil Protection for EUcitizens

Target Target groupgroup

EU citizens

European signs of Civil Protection

Glossary of Civil Protection

3 pictograms (pilot activity)

Terms and definitions provided in 7 bilingual versions

A) GLOSSARY: CLASSIFICATION OF TERMINOLOGY OF CP

Relevant emergency Organisation of spaces and shelters Civil Protection

International consolidated terminology

- ALERT SIGNAL - AREA FOR THE STORAGE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT (*) - ASSEMBLY POINT (*) - LIMITED ACCESS POINT (*) - REST CENTRE (*) - RED AREA (*) - ORANGE AREA (*) - GREEN AREA

- CRITICAL LEVEL - EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTRE - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN - PLAN OF CIVIL PROTECTION - PREVENTION (ACTIVITY) - FORECASTING (ACTIVITY) - PROTECTION (ACTIVITY)

- DISASTER - EVENT - EXPECTED EVENT - UNPREDICTABLE EVENT - HAZARD - RISK - RISK ASSESSMENT - RISK MAPS - THRESHOLD - VULNERABILITY

A) PICTOGRAM

ASSEMBLY POINT 6

A) PICTOGRAM

REST CENTRE 20

A) PICTOGRAM

LIMITED ACCESS POINT 16

A) GLOSSARY

RESULTS/OUTPUTS:

A) RISK MAPPING – A PROPOSAL FOR A COMMON EUROPEAN METHODOLOGY

WG3 analysed and compared methods for Risk Mapping among different countries, selecting and proposing one best method, mainly based upon the one already successfully applied in the Province of Macerata

Risk Mapping is the process of identifying areas and their different risk exposure

This process shows the level of expected losses which can be expected in a given area, during a particulr time span, when struck by a set of hazards

A) RISK MAPPING – A PROPOSAL FOR A COMMON EUROPEAN METHODOLOGY

AVALANCHES

EARTHQUAKES

FLOODS

FLOODS ASSOCIATED TO DAMS BURST

FOREST FIRES

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

LANDSLIDES

SNOW STORMS AND SNOWFALL

WINTER STORMS (WIND STORMS)

HAZARD VULNERABILITY

POPULATION

BUILDINGS

PRODUCTIVE AREAS

CULTURAL GOODS

INFRASTRUCTURAL NETWORKS

TECHNOLOGICAL NETWORKS

ENVIROMENTAL GOODS

WG3

Simplified Risk Equation: RISK = HAZARD * VULNERABILITY

2

FLOWCHART: “HVA PROCESS” (Hazard Vulnerability Analysis)

WG3

A) RISK MAPPING – A PROPOSAL FOR A COMMON EUROPEAN METHODOLOGY

WG3

X

“HAZARD INDEX” Hn “VULNERABILITY INDEX” Vn

“RISK INDEX” Rn

A) RISK MAPPING – A PROPOSAL FOR A COMMON EUROPEAN METHODOLOGY

A) RISK MAPPING – A PROPOSAL FOR A COMMON EUROPEAN METHODOLOGY

RESULTS/OUTPUTS:

RESULTS

A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, STANDARDS AND A COMMON LANGUAGE AIMED AT BRINGING THE DIFFERENT CP SYSTEMS CLOSER TOGETHER

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

C) EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CP EXPERTS

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATIONRESULTS/OUTPUTS:A handbook/manual addressed to those involved ininforming the public

Communication to the population at risk (focus both on preventive communication and emergency communication)Communication according to different target groupsNorms of behaviours when faced with specific risks

- Do you know what to do in case of flooding?

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

RESULTS/OUTPUTS:

Implementation of a series of information activities,lessons, practical exercises and competions involvingthe public (volunteers, teachers, young people,children, students, etc.).

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

The Region of South Bohemia (CZ)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

The Region of South Bohemia (CZ)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

The Region of South Bohemia (CZ)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

The Region of South Bohemia (CZ)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATIONThe Region of South Bohemia (CZ)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

Bielsko-Biala District (PL)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

Bielsko-Biala District (PL)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

Bielsko-Biala District (PL)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATIONFoundation for Civil Protection (HU)

B) BETTER PREPARATION AND SELF- PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION

RESULTS/OUTPUTS:

Tools and instruments used for effective communication & information to citizens:

- Glossary and pictograms – Booklet 2- Instruction manual for teachers- info leaflets for the public- a set of 23 educational posters- equipment and instruments related to civil defence and practical exercises, etc.)

C) EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CIVIL PROTECTION EXPERTS

European network of CP experts willing to share knowledge and experience and to transfer and apply new methods as well as to

generate new ideas and cooperation patterns

Transnational WGs, training sessions, seminars, simulation exercises,

exchange of staff, etc. RESCUE/SIPROCI cooperation

Important n° experts & CP actors

Increased knowledge,beyond local context

Integrated platform:Knowledge, Good practices,

New projects Bottom-up approach

C) EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CIVIL PROTECTION EXPERTS

Good Practices of using ICT applied in the fieldof crisis management:

Crisis management system used in the Czech Republic

- Crisis Mobile’s Phone Project

- Network of emergency call centres – 112

Study on “Hazard Risk & Crisis Management Systems

based on Information Technology around the world”

www.siproci.net

New common projects and initiatives:e.g. “ICT in Civil Protection” approved under the Community Action Programme in the field of CP

European Workshop – 18/19 June 2007 in Ancona Italy

s.cammarota@regione.marche.it

Integrated platform:

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS CITIZENS:

- active participation in info activities, exercises better consciousness, correct behaviour,

how to act and where to go- strategies, tools and instruments designed and tested

powerful instruments to involve citizens

EXPERTS & ACTORS of CP:- participation in WGs, training sessions, simulations,

study visits, etc.improved professional skills, better

knowledge of different risks and organsiational models, improved capacity to cooperate & interact with other actors of the CP system, local & European level

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSORGANISATIONS MAKING UP THE CP SYSTEM:- Establishment of links and relations among authorities &

organisations at local and European level - Preparation of new joint initiatives and cooperations- Implementation of several full-scale disaster simulations,

which have brought an important number of key actors together

Better capacity to interact with eachother, to cooperate and to respond to

natural and manmade disaters

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSItaly Forest Fire

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSPolandTornado

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSHungaryEarthquake

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSSpainEarthquake

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSCzech Republic ICT systems which is used by FD operating centre (OC) inSouth Bohemia Region

D) BETTER LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERSGermanyIndustrial accidents

www.siproci.net

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