CIVILSAFETY (ROBG-393)
Integrated risk management and efficient reactions of authorities for civil safety
What’s the goal?
| The main overall objective of the project is to increase cross border cooperation in emergency prevention and intervention of authorities and to develop infrastructure and joint services to prevent natural and technological disasters, in the same time with developing the capacity to react quickly to threats to the health and integrity of citizens and goods, in order to ensure a safe area, a sustainable development and an increase in the standard of living of the population. |
What’s the budget?
988,827.18 euro, out of which 840,503.09 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit Ovidiu Town (Romania) - 420,897.40 euro
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Shabla Municipality (Bulgaria) – 409,407.64 euro
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Idein Development Foundation (Bulgaria) – 158,522.14 euro
When is it happening?
Start date: 24.07.2018
End date: 23.04.2021
Duration: 33 months
Where is it happening?
Ruse, Dobrich, Constanta
How is it going to happen?
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What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 18,711 people benefiting from actions of risk management; 18,711 people benefiting from flood protection measures; 5,580 people benefiting from forest fire protection measures
Programme results: increase of the quality of the joint risk management in the CBC area
Project status
The Project has been finalized and the main achievements are as follows:
- A vehicle for fire intervention, an ambulance, a vehicle for the transport of 10 or more persons and a rescue boat have been delivered to the LB along with a special equipment for alerting the population in emergency situations, such as earthquakes and fires, all of the equipment is foreseen to be used in case of emergencies, such as floods fires earth quakes, by the volunteers on behalf of LB;
- A rescue boat and a special vehicle for intervention in snowstorms and floods have been delivered to B2, all of the equipment is foreseen to be used in case of emergencies, such as floods fires earth quakes, by the volunteers on behalf of B2;
- The Hazard Maps has been fully developed and can be found at www.hazmaps.eu;
- The volunteers team of 10 persons has been appointed at LB and B2 level and the equipment foreseen within the project for them, in order to be able to communicate between them, receive alerts on cell phones from the warning system, observe and store data from the hazard maps, as well as to be used in trainings and workshops, have been delivered. The trainings of the teams have been organised and performed by the B3.
JRMFERLAES (ROBG-458)
“Joint risk management for efficient reactions of the local authorities in the emergency situations”
What’s the goal?
The main objective of the project is to improve the common risk management in the cross-border area covered by the two municipalities: Călărași and Belene.
What’s the budget?
987,468.06 euro, din care 839,347.84 euro FEDR
Who is doing it?
Beneficiar Lider (BL): Municipalitatea Belene (Bulgaria)
Beneficiar 2 (B2): Municipalitatea Călărași (România)
When is it happening?
Start date: 15.09.2018
End date: 14.03.2021
Duration: 30 months
Where is it happening?
Pleven (Bulgaria)
Calarasi (Romania)
How is it going to happen?
- Preparation of the workshop "Best practices in crisis prevention in the cross-border region";
- Development of an online platform to provide information for crisis prevention and management;
- Creating the risk management capacity in Belene and Călărași.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Program achievements: 82,891 people benefiting from risk management actions, flood protection measures and forest fire protection measures, 1 joint partnership in the field of joint rapid prevention and emergency response
Program results: Improving the quality of joint risk management in the cross-border area
Project status
The project obtained the following results:
Both project partners purchased during the implementation period of the project the necessary equipment for dealing with emergency situations caused by fires, natural disasters, accidents and floods:
Belene Municipality
- 1 Work platform;
- 1 Backhoe loader;
– 3 phase diesel aggregate AKSA;
- 1 Drone with camera;
– 5 Motor;
– 1 Garbage Transportation Machine;
– 5 Manual snow removal machine;
- 1 Tractor with trailer;
– 5 Motor Brush cutters.
Calarasi Municipality
– 1 Work platform;
- 3 Bobcats;
- 1 Frontal loader;
- 2 Snow removal vehicles;
- 1 Water removal vehicle.
A joint partnership agreement between Belene Municipality and Calarasi Municipality was drafted in Belene during the workshop held in the period 28-29.08.2019 and signed by the mayors on 05.12.2019. The partnership concluded between both project partners does not include actions and procedures for collaboration in the field of “early warning and joint intervention” during the sustainability period.
The online platform (https://sos-robg.eu/) for providing information for crisis prevention and management - fires, natural disasters, accidents and floods has been implemented and is populated by the two municipalities, Belene and Calarasi.
The workshop "Best practices in crisis prevention in the cross-border region" was organized in Belene.
Financial status:
According to the information available in the system, after the project implementation period ended, the progress of the project towards its financial objectives is:
• LB requested from FLC the amount of 497,186.49 euro, out of which FLC certified the amount of 382,245.97 euro, representing 76.18% from LB’s total partner budget of 501,778.87 euro.
• B2 requested from FLC the amount of 468,884.31 euro, out of which FLC certified the amount of 349,489.96 euro representing 71.96% from LB’s total partner budget of 485,689.19 euro.
Considering the amounts certified by FLC, the financial execution for the project is 74.10% from the total project’s budget of 987,468.06 euro having certified expenditures for the total amount of 731,735.93 euro.
CULGREEN (ROBG–337)
“Culture Green”
What’s the goal?
| To develop and promote the cultural heritage of Vratsa – Piatra Olt region. |
What’s the budget?
1,478,322.87 euro, out of which 1,256,574.43 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Cultural House “Razvitie-1869”- Vratsa (Bulgaria)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Territorial Administrative Unit – Piatra Olt Town (Romania)
When is it happening?
Start date: 07.08.2018
End date: 06.11.2022
Duration: 51 months
Where is it happening?
Calarasi, Constanta, Giurgiu, Teleorman, Dolj, Mehedinti, Olt in Romania
Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Ruse, Silistra, Veliko Tarnovo, Dobrich in Bulgaria
How is it going to happen?
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What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:4 integrated tourism products created; increase in expected number of visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attraction
Programme results: 23.850 tourist overnights in the CBC area
Project status
The Project implementation was finalized.
The following were achieved:
- 3 tourist routes have been developed and can be found on the project web site : https://tour-vratsa-piatra.com/ and viewed in the Tour Vratsa Piatra application, available in Google Play;
- During 22-24.10.2019, the first workshop (of the 2 provided) of old crafts - POTTERY and WOODEN SCULPTURE was organized in Vratsa;
- Between 12-14.05.2022, a second workshop for the following crafts took place in Vratsa: fabrics and glass. Participants from Romania arrived at this workshop;
- Was organized the Festival of Culture in Vratsa on 7-9 May 2022;
- The modernization of the Cultural House Razvitie 1869 – Vratsa have been completed;
- The modernization of the House of Culture of the city of Piatra Olt have been completed.
SPOCO (ROBG-139)
Borderless Health through sport and Cooperation – United in the battle against diseases
What’s the goal?
To increase the efficiently of cooperation between local public administrations/governments in the cross-border area Hârşova- Shabla, regarding public health services focused on prevention and improvement actions.
What’s the budget?
1,489,666.82 euro, out of which 1,266,216.78 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit- Hârşova Town (RO)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Municipality of Shabla(BG)
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Romanian Oina Federation (RO)
When is it happening?
Start date: 04.04.2017
End date: 03.08.2022
Duration: 64 months
Where is it happening?
Dobrich in Bulgaria
Constanta in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- 1 modernized and properly equipped sports field – stadium and locker room in Harsova Town;
- 1 modernized and properly equipped sport hall/rehabilitation center in Shabla Municipality;
- The community of CBC area Harsova- Shabla well informed and motivated to practice physical activities/exercises for the benefit of their health;
- 1 joint action plan to combat sedentary lifestyle and increase good health.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 18 supported cross border mechanisms - 2 cooperation networks, 1 common policy, 1 common study, 3 meetings for information exchange, 1 strategy, 10 agreements between local actors signed in “Choose to be healthy programme”
Programme results: improved cross-borders cooperation between stakeholders for the implementation of a common policy in the sphere of health.
Project status
The project was finalized on 03.08.2022.
The Constitutive Act and the Statute of the AssociationTRANSPOCOwas approved by the Harsova Local Council, Federal Office of Romanian Oina Federation and by Shabla Municipality. TRANSPOCO main headquarters were established at Harsova and the secondary headquarters at Shabla. The TRANSPOCO Association gained its legal status, the official name being “Asociatia Romano-Bulgara Transpoco - Choose to be healthy”.
LB concluded the works contract for rehabilitation of the sports field (stadium) and locker on 24.06.2020. The construction works have been finalized and the reception of the construction works at the investment object "Modernization of sports field (stadium) and locker room" was carried out by the LB on 15.12.2021. All the foreseen equipment necessary for the modernized stadium and organization of the introductory courses, the Caravan “Sports – a never-ending spring of health”, the “Back to school” event and the SPOCO Cup, has been purchased by the LB.
B2 concluded the works contract forReconstruction of Multifunctional Sport Hall. The construction works for the investment objective “Reconstruction of multifunctional sports hall, town of Shabla, Shabla Municipality, Dobrich district” were completed on 07.06.2019 and the necessary permits were obtained: Technical passport no. 17/03.12.2019 for the construction, according to the Bulgarian legislation and Permission for use no. DK-07-D-46/05.06.2020. In addition, the contracts for supply of equipment necessary for the Rehabilitation center were concluded and the equipment was delivered.
1 common study and 1 strategy (Joint action plan) were developed. LB concluded a service contract on 26.01.2018 for elaboration of study for fighting physical inactivity to improve people’s health in the cross-border area on Romanian side. B2 concluded a contract on 09.01.2018 on Bulgarian side. The two companies subcontracted by LB and B2 produced a joint questionnaire to be applied to the population during the first workshop organized in Harsova on 22.02.2018 with 24 participants. The data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed, centralized and consolidated at the level of the cross-border area during the second workshop organized in Shabla on 06.06.2018 with 25 participants. A common study and a Joint Action Plan for fighting physical inactivity to improve people's health in the cross border area have been developed. The documents were published on the websites of the three partners for analysis and public debate. The public debate event was organized in the period 25-26.10.2018, with participation of 106 persons, during which the both documents were presented to the public.
The both documents are published at the LB website www.primaria-harsova.ro, available at the following link:
https://primaria-harsova.ro/anun%C8%9Buri%20generale.
1 common policy was created – the program CHOOSE TO BE HEALTHY. The program was launched during the SPOCO Cup organized in the period 21-23.07.2022 in Harsova.
3 meetings for information exchange were organized:
a) The first workshop was organized in Harsova on 22.02.2018 with 24 participants; during which it was developed a joint questionnaire to be applied to the population in the project area;
b) The second workshop was organized in Shabla on 06.06.2018 with 25 participants, during which the data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed, centralized and consolidated at the level of the cross-border area;
c) The public debate event was organized in the period 25-26.10.2018, with participation of 106 persons, during which the study and the joint action plan were presented.
10 agreements for implementation of the CHOOSE TO BE HEALTHY program were signed between local actors in Harsova and Shabla.
During the project implementation, the project partnership organized various events related to physical activities, by coordinating actions for achievement of the project objectives:
1. There were organized introductory courses for initiation in oina game, as a non-aggressive sport, accessible at any age: in the period 29.04.2022 – 29.05.2022 in Harsova and in the period 14-16.06.2022 in Shabla.
2. There were organized demonstrations of oina game in the CBC area - caravans:
a) 10.06.2022 – Curcani, Calarasi, Romania – 48 participants;
b) 11.06.2022 – Chirnogi, Calarasi, Romania – 46 participants;
c) 12.06.2022 – Baduleasa, Teleorman – 49 participants;
d) 07.07.2022 – Kainardja, Bulgaria – 33 participants;
e) 08.07.2022 – Ruse, Bulgaria – 28 participants.
3. The “Back to School” event was organized by Shabla Municipality on 14.06.2022. The contest was performed in several categories in order to encompass students and relatives of all ages. The teams consisted of parents and students, only parents against only students, grandparents against parents and etc.
4. The sports competitions – SPOCO Cup was organized in the period 21-22.07.2022 in Harsova, on the modernized sports field, with 175 participants.
