Danube Safety Net (ROBG-522)
Improvement of the transport safety in the common Bulgarian-Romanian stretch of the Danube River through development of the emergency response by cross-border cooperation
What’s the goal?
The overall objective of the project is to improve the safety of river Danube navigability for the whole length of the CBC area.
What’s the budget?
5,699,612.87 euro, out of which 4,844,670.93 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Executive Agency "Maritime Administration" (Bulgaria)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): ROMANIAN NAVAL AUTHORITY (R.N.A.) (Romania)
When is it happening?
Start date: 15.09.2018
End date: 14.10.2022
Duration: 49 months
Where is it happening?
Montana and Ruse in Bulgaria
Constanta, Giurgiu and Teleorman in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- Development of preliminary study and data collection
- Development of common technical specifications for transport safety IT tool
- Establishment of Emergency response centers in Bulgaria and Romania
- Development of action plan joint based on reciprocity and competencies between EAMA and RNA. The action plan will cover the processes of cooperation and collaboration between the two partnering institutions in the scope of their competencies. The action plan will improve the time for reaction and will increase the level of coordination between partners in risk situations disturbing the transport safety on the Danube river including the area were getting in to the Black sea.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:
1 study, strategy, and action plan to improve safety of the navigation on the Danube and the Black Sea supported;
470 km total length of new and improved inland waterway;
Programme results: 100 % of the RO-BG CBC Danube length and Black Sea where safety of the navigation has been improved.
Project status
The project is finalized.
LB finalized the public procurements for supply of multipurpose non-self-propelled crafts in Bulgaria and the equipment is delivered. On 12th February 2021, a final acceptance certificate was signed between EAMA and Consortium Dunav GIS for the establishment of “Emergency response centers in Bulgaria" in Lom and Ruse, Bulgaria. On 6th and 7th October 2022 was organized the final meeting on behalf of LB in Ruse.
B2 purchased two vessels (multipurpose and multifunctional crafts) in May 2021. One vessel is located in Bechet and the other one is located in Giurgiu and also finalized the establishment of “Emergency response center in Romania” in Constanta, Romania.
The Action Plan for Joint Emergency and Rescue Operations between the "Maritime Administration" Executive Agency and the Romanian Naval Authority in the Bulgarian-Romanian area of the Danube was developed. The joint action plan addresses the specific incidents occurring in the common Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube river, which require joint actions with the use of delivered equipment under the project to BL and B2.
