EFIMES (ROBG-481)
Efficient management in emergency situations in the cross-border region Calarasi-Veliko Tarnovo
What’s the goal?
To improve joint risk management in the cross- border region Calarasi - Veliko Tarnovo by increasing the protection of environment and population against natural and man-made hazards.
What’s the budget?
949,799.45 euro, out of which 807,329.52 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit – Calarasi County
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Municipality of Pavlikeni
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Calarasi County Gendarmerie Inspectorate “Brigade General Barbu Paraianu” –
When is it happening?
Start date: 06.09.2018
End date: 31.12.2023
Duration: 63 months and 26 days
Where is it happening?
Calarasi
Veliko Tarnovo
How?
- repair and rehabilitation works to improve the conductivity of the riverbeds;
- purchasing of specialized intervention equipment;
- trainings;
- awareness raising campaigns;
- joint exercises;
- joint partnerships;
- information and promotional activities.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 325.000 people benefiting from actions of risk management, 325.000 people benefiting from flood protection measures, 9 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 for 300.000 citizens;
Project status
The project was finalized on 31.12.2023 achieving the following results:
1. The project beneficiaries purchased all the equipment necessary for the project implementation team;
2. 16 sessions (8 in Pavlikeni and 8 in Calarasi) were organized related to development of Joint Action Strategy, Joint action plan and to signing of joint partnerships;
3. Joint Action Strategy and Joint Action Plan have been developed by the project beneficiaries, translated in English language and printed;
4. Modern intervention equipment for emergency situations has been purchased by the project beneficiaries, as follows:
a) Vehicles with increase crossing capacity – 2 pcs. were purchased by the LB. The equipment was delivered on 20.12.2023;
b) Excavator for maintenance of the riverbeds – 1 pc. was purchased by B2. The vehicle equipped with specialized equipment has been delivered on 03.04.2020;
c) 4x4 off-road pickup truck, 5-passenger, 4-door – 1 pc. was purchased by B3. The equipment was delivered on 21.01.2020;
d) Inflatable boat (10 passenger recommended) with detachable engine - 1 pc. was purchased by B3. The equipment was delivered on 21.12.2023;
e) Intervention and rescue boats – 2 pcs. were purchased by B3. The equipment was delivered on 23.12.2019;
f) Boat trailer – 2 pcs. was purchased by B3. The equipment was delivered on 12.12.2019;
g) IT workstation - 1 pc. was purchased by B3. The equipment was delivered on 17.12.2020.
5. The Mihalska Reka river and Lomya river watercourses in Pavlikeni Municipality were cleaned. The implementation of the investment activities has been completed and in the period 03-04.12.2020 the Statements of findings for establishing the suitability for acceptance of both sites (Act 15) were signed. Permanent information billboards were placed at a location readily visible at each of the sites in the village of Butovo and the village of Mihaltsi.
6. A network of partnerships among territorial entities involved in civil protection activities was created by signing of 8 partnership agreements:
a) Partnership agreement “Exchange experience and good practices in the implementation of state policy of disasters and accidents and to exchange the best experience in prevention through raising the awareness of the population” signed on 02.03.2023 between Pavlikeni Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo District and Territorial Administrative Unit – Calarasi County.
b) Partnership agreement “Organized information events in schools, care actions in case of emergency situation, first aid” signed on 29.12.2023 between Calarasi County Council & Calarasi County School Inspectorate + Romanian Youth Red Cross Organization (RO) – Regional Education Management Veliko Tarnovo & Bulgarian Red Cross Youth Organization (BG).
c) Partnership agreement “Exchanging best practice, sharing expertise, informing the population regarding the behaviour in case of emergency situations, dissemination of information missions, notification of the population in the area of competence where there are no specialized means or they are not in operation” signed on 28.09.2023 between Calarasi County Gendarmerie & Calarasi County Council (RO) - Police Department - Pavlikeni Municipality & Pavlikeni Municipality (BG)
d) Partnership agreement “Awareness campaign in the public institutions, disseminate information regarding population behaviour in risk situation, organizing of preventing events – first aid” signed on 15.09.2023 between Calarasi Red Cross Organization & Calarasi County Council (RO) - Bulgarian Red Cross Veliko Tarnovo & Pavlikeni Municipality (BG)
e) Partnership agreement “Monitoring and early warning in order to diminish the disaster effects caused especially by floods” signed on 07.09.2023 between Calarasi County Council (RO) – Volunteers Service for Emergency Situation Calarasi (RO) & Pavlikeni Municipality (BG)
f) Partnership agreement “Cooperation and interaction in the field of prevention of the effects of adverse impacts on water” signed on 05.12.2023 between Administration of the Danube River Ports S. A. Giurgiu - Calarasi Agency (RO APDF) & Calarasi County Council (RO) - Danube River Basin Directorate Pleven (BG)
g) Partnership agreement “To reduce the risks caused by floods and other hydro-meteo dangerous phenomena, towards the flora and fauna of sites Natura 2000, controlling and monitoring of the environmental components on the territory of two regions” signed on 16.10.2023 between Calarasi Environmental Protection Agency & Calarasi County Council (RO) - Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water Veliko Tarnovo & Pavlikeni Municipality (BG)
h) Partnership agreement “Enhancing the population safety – organizing awareness campaign, preventing actions in case of natural disasters” signed on 20.09.2023 between Calarasi County Ambulance Service & Calarasi County Council – Center for Emergency Medical Assistance – Veliko Tarnovo & Pavlikeni Municipality.
7. Joint Forces Exercise was organized in Calarasi in the period 15-17.12.2023 with participation of the representatives of all the project beneficiaries as well as of the Calarasi Emergency Situation Inspectorate “Barbu Stirbei” and District Office "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" in Pavlikeni Municipality and other relevant institutions.
8. Awareness raising campaign was performed. The population living at the territory of Pavlikeni Municipality and Calarasi County was informed and educated on the reaction in case of emergency situation, including floods through the developed and printed following materials:
a) 2.000 leaflets with main information about the project developed by LB, which were distributed to Calarasi Emergency Situation Inspectorate “Barbu Stirbei” and Calarasi County Gendarmerie Inspectorate ”Brigade general Barbu Paraianu”, each institution has the responsibility to disseminate the leaflets among the population of Calarasi County;
b) 3.000 brochures and 3.000 leaflets developed by B2, which were distributed to the people with the aim to inform them about the topics tackled by the project and to involve them in the process of joint efforts against natural disasters. The materials were placed in areas where the flow of citizens is greatest.
HERCULT – ROBG 491
"Developing common tourism products and rehabilitation of cultural heritage",
What’s the goal?
To promote the cross-border region of Silistra and Călărași as a tourist and cultural destination by developing the cultural infrastructure and creating attractive tourist packages.
What’s the budget?
1,499,992.54 euro, out of which 1,274,993.65 euro ERDF
Target at the half of the implementation period: 12,882 euro for LB and 11,826 euro for B2. Both partners avoided decommitment at the decommitment deadline (LB executed 99.23% from the target, B2 executed 75.31% from decommitment target).
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Silistra Municipality
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Territorial Administrative Unit – Călărași County
When is it happening?
Start date: 08.08.2018
End date: 31.12.2023
Duration: 64 months and 24 days;
Where is it happening?
Calarasi (Romania)
Silistra (Bulgaria)
How is it going to happen?
v Rehabilitation of the building of the Art Gallery owned by Silistra municipality;
v Rehabilitation of the old building known as “Demetriade House” in Călărași;
v Joint strategy for tourism development;
v Tourism products and services;
v Touristic route “The cultural heritage of Old buildings in Silistra-Călărași;
v Website;
v Information and publicity activities.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 3 integrated tourism products/services created, 1 strategy for valorizing the cultural and natural heritage
Programme results: increase of the number of overnights in the CBC area with 2.000.
Project status
The implementation period of the project ends on 31.12.2023, but due to the delays recorded in the rehabilitation of the "Art Gallery" in Silistra, the project was included in the list of un-finalized projects, according to the provisions of Romanian Government Decision no. 36/2023, following the decision of the Interreg V-A Ro-Bg Program Monitoring Committee no. 313/14.11.2023. The new project completion date is 31.12.2024.
LB - Municipality of Silistra - the works for the rehabilitation of the "Art Gallery" in Silistra started on 11.05.2022. As a result of the work supervisor's declaration regarding the non-conformity of the artistic elements made on the roof of the Art Gallery, BL decided to initiate legal action on the basis of the poor execution of the construction works and the delay in the execution of contract no. 2022-C-004 of May 11, 2022 and carry out a negotiation procedure with a company to complete the standard construction and installation works on the roof of the Silistra Art Gallery. According to the LB statement, between January and May 2024, the artistic elements on the roof will be completed.
B2 - Călărași County Council - the execution of the investment objective “Rehabilitation of the old building known as“ Casa Demetriade” from Călărași” has been finalized. The reception of the works has been done on 05.04.2022.
The strategy for valuing the cultural and natural heritage has been finalized, being available on the website of both beneficiaries:
1.http://www.silistra.bg/files/2022/26.04.20221034898a06888d2031cbb08fe031d38a1.pdf
Within the project, a web portal was developed through which all cultural events, natural beauty and tourist products will be promoted. It can be accessed at the following address: http://tourism-silistra-calarasi.com/en/home/
TourDev Giurgiu-Ruse (ROBG-501)
The Joint Strategy for the Touristic Development of the Giurgiu-Ruse Area
What’s the goal?
The main objective of the project is to contribute to the touristic development of the Giurgiu-Ruse area by providing local stakeholders with a comprehensive strategy to enhance the visibility of the two counties as visiting destinations and by facilitating the formation of a network of interested actors that would provide their input to the development of the strategy.
What’s the budget?
416,588.17 euro, out of which 354,099.94 euro ERDF
Who?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): “CEDCA” Association
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Business Support Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises – Ruse
When?
Start date: 08.09.2018
End date: 07.11.2019
Duration: 14 months
Where?
Ruse in Bulgaria
Giurgiu in Romania
How?
- Documentation of cultural and natural heritage in the Giurgiu-Ruse area;
- Sustaining and promoting tourism in the Giurgiu-Ruse area;
- Realization of studies, research, information system, tourism development strategy;
- Organization of stakeholder workshops;
- Development, elaboration and dissemination of Joint Strategy.
Results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:
- 1 integrated tourism product/service created;
- 1 common strategy, policy or management plan for valorizing (including raising awareness) the cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion for sustainable economic uses;
Programme results: 500 tourist overnights in the CBC region.
Project status
The project implementation was finalized on 07.11.2019 and the following objectives have been achieved:
Two launching conferences of the project on behalf were organized.
The web site has been developed and its available at the link: www.tourdev.eu .
A final “Study for popularisation of landmarks and locations in the Giurgiu-Ruse region and for documentation for cultural and natural heritage in the Giurgiu-Ruse area” was completed from LB and B2 and is available in all three languages on the project web site: www.tourdev.eu/joint-study/ .
In addition, both beneficiaries organized and performed in total 6 workshops – 3 in Ruse and 3 in Giurgiu, dedicated on the development and content of the Joint Strategy for the Touristic development of the Giurgiu-Ruse area, attended from 255 stakeholders, The elaborated Joint Strategy and management plan for valorizing (including raising awareness) the cultural and natural heritage is uploaded and is available on the project web site: www. http://tourdev.eu/joint-strategy/ .
B2 elaborated 10 videos for promoting the natural heritage in area Giurgiu – Ruse available on the web site: www.tourdev.eu/videos/ .
Furthermore, promotional activities were carried out by the project partners, including elaboration one travel guidebook and one photo album.
Following the implementation of the project activities, 1 integrated tourism product was created, represented by the developed joint study, the project website and the printed travel guidebook and photo album.
LIVE (ROBG-499)
Live, interactive and virtual environments for the museums of the lower Danube cross-border area between Romania and Bulgaria
What’s the goal?
The aim of the project is to show that the modern ICT technologies can be used for the wider popularization and the attraction of more tourists in the museums and the CBC area.
What’s the budget?
479,655.05 euro, out of which 407,706.78 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): University of Ruse Angel Kanchev (Bulgaria);
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Rousse Regional Museum of History (Bulgaria);
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Regional Historical Museum - Silistra (Bulgaria);
Beneficiary 4 (B4): Lower Danube Museum Calarasi (Romania);
Beneficiary 5 (B5): Iron Gates Region Museum (Romania).
When is it happening?
Start date: 08.12.2018
End date: 07.10.2021
Duration: 34 months
Where is it happening?
Ruse and Silistra in Bulgaria
Calarasi and Mehedinti in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- State of the art virtual reality cameras with LIVE streaming capabilities will be used in museums;
- Touch screen terminals will be deployed in the museum;
- A special game application will be developed (NFC/QR codes in the museums);
- 3D mappings shows in Romania and Bulgaria;
- Development of developing of the “Path of the Danube museums” strategy.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:
- 2500 more visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attraction;
- 6 integrated tourism products/services created;
- 1 common strategy, policy or management plan for valorizing (including raising awareness) the cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion for sustainable economic uses;
Programme results: 2500 tourist overnights in the CBC region.
Project status
The project implementation was finalized on 07.10.2021.
All five beneficiaries finalized the technical specifications of the Live Streaming equipment and acquisitioned the systems for LIVE streaming.
The Digital Corners, basic milestones of the Integrated system for LIVE streaming were fully equipped. Each Digital Corner on behalf of all five project beneficiaries consists of an Interactive information kiosk, photo-booth, hologram projector display, visitor chairs, multimedia projector and white screen. Thus, a total of four 360-degree hologram projector displays (LB, B2, B3 and B4) and thirteen 270-degree (LB, B2, B3, B4 and B5) displays are in use and presenting a limited amount of 6 3D models at the premises of each project beneficiary. Nevertheless, the Integrated VR system is now operational and can be used as tourist attraction at the premises of all 5 project beneficiaries.
A contract for the development of the project webpage was signed by the LB and the webpage was elaborated and is available at https://live.robg.eu/ . Further on, a Project Facebook profile was created and information about all project events was posted: https://www.facebook.com/liverobg .
LB, with the assistance of all partners, finalized the development of the "Path of the Danube Museums" joint strategy. The main aspects of the strategy were presented during the 1st Project Round Table in Ruse, as well as during the 2nd Round Table in Calarasi. The developed joint strategy is available at the project webpage – https://live.robg.eu/strategy/ .
The following events were organized:
- First Project Round Table on the 16th and 17th of June 2021 in Ruse. The event was attended by representatives of all project partners and representatives of many culture organizations and museums from Bulgaria and Romania, the local administration of several municipalities, business organizations, etc. Achievements and activities of the projects were promoted through this event to the Bulgarian audience.
- The second Project Round Table in Calarasi, Romania was organized and conducted on the 23rd and 24th September 2021. The event was attended by representatives of the local and national administrations, museums, cultural and educational organizations from Bulgaria and Romania. Achievements and activities of the projects were promoted through this event to the Romanian audience.
- The Project Final Press-conference was organized on the 24th of September 2021, in Calarasi, Romania;
- LB held a project closure press-conference on the 2nd October 2021, in Ruse, Bulgaria,;
- on the 1st and 2nd of October 2021, LB and B2 organized and implemented the planned 3D mapping projection show in Ruse, Bulgaria. The event was held in the evenings both days and was attended by many spectators. The huge media coverage of the event helped promote the project and its activities, with moments from the mapping shows being shown in the national televisions.
-on the 4th and 5th of October 2021, a 3D mapping projection show in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania was organized by the LB and B5. The event was successful and was attended by several hundred people. The Final Project press-conference was held on the 5th of October 2021 in Drobeta - Turnu Severin;
The implementation of the project resulted in the development and integration of six integrated tourism products, represented by the online platform and camera setups for streaming of recorded video and live events, the establishment of the digital corners with a total of 18 information kiosks, 5 photo-booths, etc., the development and installation of 13 270-degree and 5 360-degree hologram displays with 40 3D models from all partners, the interactive online information system (https://info.robg.eu), the Museum Quest 3D interactive mobile game and both 3D mapping projections.
RTD Giurgiu-Ruse (ROBG-502)
Sustaining Rural Tourism in the Giurgiu-Ruse Area Through its Cultural Heritage
What’s the goal?
| The project has as overall objective the development of an integrated approach to the promotion of the cultural intangible and tangible heritage of rural communities from both Giurgiu and Ruse in order to support local economic development and the evolution of rural tourism. |
What’s the budget?
360,279.12 euro, out of which 306,237.24 euro ERDF
Target at the half of the implementation period: 65,000 euro for LB and 104,500 euro for B2
Who?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Eastern Danube Convention &Visitors Bureau Association
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Business Support Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises – Ruse
When?
Start date: 14.09.2018
End date: 13.11.2020
Duration: 14 months
Where?
Giurgiu in Romania
Ruse in Bulgaria
How?
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Results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:1 integrated tourism product/service created, 1 common strategy, policy or management plan for valorising (including raising awareness) the cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion for sustainable economic uses
Programme results: 500 tourist overnights in the CBC region
Project status
The project implementation was finalized in November 2019 and the project results are currently being assessed at progarmme level.
Project Management Team was set up and the opening press conference was held in Giurgiu on 26.11.2018 and in Ruse on 13.12.2018. All the services and equipment were subcontracted.
Based on a common methodology the two partners selected 10 villages in Giurgiu County and 10 villages in Ruse district with the highest potential for rural tourism, which was assessed in a Joint Study of Rural Communities with Touristic Potential. Based on the joint study Beneficiary 2 developed a Joint Valorisation Strategy exploring the potential of the wider Giurgiu-Ruse area to attract touristic demand and develop a strong quality brand and regional label through the experiences and products that can be offered. To promote the Joint Valorization Strategy that was developed, the project partners planned a series of roundtables with stakeholders in each of the selected 20 villages. Also, a series of communication activities and promotional materials, as well as promotional videos for each of the 20 villages were realized. More information is available on the project website http://rtdgiurgiuruse.eu/.
