ITALY CROATIA CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROGRAMME
START DATE
Nov 11, 2021 h.
On 11 November 2021 took place the Work Cafè organised by Agencija za ruralni razvoj Zadarske zupanije AGRRA.
On 11 November 2021 took place the Work Cafè organised by Agencija za ruralni razvoj Zadarske zupanije AGRRA.
From 11 November, in fact, the AGGRA started organizing a series of meetings aimed at engaging both local civil protection and citizens into informally discussing the role of Civil Protection as well as how to cooperate with it in case of hazardous situations.
This first Work Café focused on:
START DATE
May 03, 2022 h.
On 3- 7 May 2022 a Work Cafè was organized in Molise by Regione Molise, Lead Partner of the ECITIJENS project, in collaboration with its Civil Protection Department.
On 3- 7 May 2022 a Work Cafè was organized in Molise by Regione Molise, Lead Partner of the ECITIJENS project, in collaboration with its Civil Protection Department. It was aimed at improving the expertise of professionals on decision-making and management tools, such as the ECITIJENS EDSS platform, as an innovative technology for crisis management in Molise, a region particularly vulnerable to natural risks.
The work café was held with professional accessibility certifiers and it saw the participation of some journalists, architects, engineers, surveyors, geologists, agricultural experts, as well as regional officials of the Civil Protection Service who participated in the training that took them to receiving a professional qualification for the assessment of building accessibility after seismic occurrences.
During the event, a specific section was organized only for journalists, in collaboration with the regional branch of the journalists’ association (Ordine dei Giornalisti), with the aim of:
- informing the journalists about the ECITIJENS project,
- presenting the EDSS platform as a result of 3-years of transnational cooperation
- discussing a possible regulatory framework for its adoption.
The journalists learned how the E-CITIJENS Emergency Decision Support System is designed as to support emergency management by collecting information from social media networks, institutional sources as well as sensors and swiftly identify critical situations with respect to three target risks: floods, forestfires and earthquakes.
The growth of social media technologies has increased the public’s ability to mobilize and share information with each other. The ECITIJENS project is taking this as an opportunity for a better involvement of citizen in contributing to the management of crises, which, could be usefully channeled also towards a better cooperation with journalists as well.
With this training, they enhanced their knowledge of an innovative tool to allow citizens journalism as well, as a way to help officials and first responders gather up-to-date emergency-related information and optimize their response efforts.
With these events the ECITIJENS Awareness Raising Campaign moves forward with more Civil Protection insiders aware of the potential of the EDSS and of interregional cooperation.
START DATE
Jul 31, 2020 h.
The E-CITIJENS project finances the procurement of a SAR Boat.
Within the framework of the Interreg E-Citijens project, the Split-Dalmatia County continues to increase the safety and resilience to natural and man-made disasters, to the benefit of all citizens, residents and tourists. The County has in fact procured and equipped a multipurpose vessel Sv. Jeronim (fast rubber speedboat; SAR - Search And Rescue), which will primarily be used by the Specialist Civil Protection Unit of the Split-Dalmatia County for protection and rescue from water. If necessary, it will be used by other emergency services from the area as well.
Sv. Jeronim (vessel RM-750) was purposely made in the Republic of Croatia by the domestic manufacturer Ris Marine d.o.o. The boat is 7.5 meters long, 3 meters wide and has an outboard engine of 250 hp. The total value of the motor boat is 380,000.00 kn and with additional rescue equipment mounted on the boat the price climbs over 435.000kn.
The Specialist Civil Protection Unit of the Split-Dalmatia County for water rescue was founded in 2011 by diving clubs from the county (Špinut, HVIDR, Crveno jezero, Saldun and Calypso) and has a full staff of 36 members. Its headquarters are RK Špinut, which also houses a warehouse for equipment. As a reserve unit, it participates in cases of disaster or major accidents that exceed the capabilities of regular forces such as firefighters and state intervention units or the HGSS, and is an essential part of the overall civil protection force. As such, the unit is constantly conducting training for the most demanding rescue scenarios and actions.
With this activity, the Split and Dalmatia County will not only enhance its emergency management capacities, but it will contribute to the implementation of the E-CITIJENS- The boat will be deployed in ad hoc pilot exercises and simulations that will allow the Project Consortium to test an innovative “social media based” Emergency Decision Support System (EDSS).
