Joint investments for emergency situations in Olt County Council and Dolna Mitropolia Municipality (ROBG–244)
What’s the goal?
The overall objective of the project is to improve the emergency preparedness and risk prevention capacity in the cross-border area of Olt and Pleven districts, namely Dolna Mitropolia Municipality.
What’s the budget?
915,031.14 euro, out of which 777,776.46 euro ERDF
Who?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit – Olt County (Romania)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Dolna Mitropolia Municipality (Bulgaria)
When?
Start date: 25.08.2018
End date: 24.12.2023
Duration: 64 months
Where?
Olt in Romania
Pleven (Bulgaria)
How?
- Acquisition of specialized equipment
- Common analysis and plan for joint coordinated actions
- Joint trainings and a demonstration in the cross-border area.
Results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 454,911 people benefiting from actions of risk management; 454,911 people benefiting from flood protection measures and4 joint partnerships in the field of joint early warning and emergency response
Programme results: increased quality of the joint risk management in the CBC area through the joint partnerships created.
Project status (reflected in progress reports)
The project is finalized.
The joint action plan was concluded between the two partners on 06.03.2021.
The study of "Status analysis of scale, frequency, geographical concentration, seasonality and preconditions for disasters and accidents in the target region" was carried out on 22.08.2019. During the implementation period of the project, 4 partnership agreements were signed between the institutions involved, namely:
1. Partnership agreement signed between the Olt Gendarmerie Inspectorate "General Constantin Dumitrescu Army Corps" and the Municipality of Dolna Mitropolia on 20.05.2019;
2. Partnership agreement signed between the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Directorate for Emergency Situations - the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations "Matei Basarab" of Olt County and the Voluntary Organization Dolna Mitropolia Municipality on 20.05.2019;
3. Partnership agreement signed between the Olt County Council and the Municipality of Dolna Mitropolia on 20.05.2019As for the demonstration actions, they will be carried out following the receipt of the equipment by the beneficiaries;
4. Partnership agreement signed between the Department for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations "Matei Basarab" of Olt County and the Municipality of Dolna Mitropolia on 20.05.2019.
LB purchased 3 ATVs already in the custody of the Olt Gendarmerie Inspectorate "Corpul General al Armatei Constantin Dumitrescu" and the jeep pick-up, which is already in the custody of the Olt Emergency Situations Inspectorate. Also, LB purchased a firefighting van with an increased tank capacity of 9000 liters which is already in the custody of the Olt Gendarmerie Inspectorate "Corpul General de Armată Constantin Dumitrescu". Also, LB purchased 3 vehicles - The vehicle (maximum capacity 1600cm²).
B2 purchased the following equipment: an all-terrain vehicle, backhoe with telescopic arm with hydraulic line for attachments and air conditioning with pallet forks, a mini front loader and added to it a new rotary snow blower and litter brush with water container , a wood chipper, a wheeled tractor with additional equipment attached to it, including a chipper for crushing branches, a front loader with a snow bucket and shovel, an aerial platform and 3 professional brush cutters.
