Integrated actions for joint coordination and responsiveness to flood risks in the Cross Border area
Acronym |
FLOODGUARD |
| Project Number – MIS | 5017322 |
| Priority axis | 2 - A Sustainable and Climate adaptable Cross-Border area |
| Investment priorities | 5b - Promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring disaster resilience and developing disaster management systems |
| Intervention fields |
087. Adaptation to climate change measures and prevention and management of climate related risks e.g. erosion, fires, flooding, storms and drought, including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems and infrastructures |
| Call | 4th CALL FOR PROPOSALS: RESTRICTED CALL FOR STRATEGIC PROJECT PROPOSAL |
| Lead Beneficiary | Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate General, Ministry of the Interior of Bulgaria |
| Beneficiaries |
Decentralised Administration of Macedonia-Thrace District Administration of Blagoevgrad East Aegean River Basin Directorate Plovdiv National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Special Secretariat for Water, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy West Aegean River Basin Directorate Blagoevgrad |
| Start Date | Apr 01, 2019 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 2023 |
| Budget | 3.185.992,39 € |
| ERDF Contribution | 2.708.093,53 € |
| National Contribution | 477.898,86 € |
| Website | https://interreg-floodguard.eu/ |
The project will focus on challenges of flood risk management via integrated actions for joint coordination and responsiveness to flood risks in the CB area. This area is vulnerable to climate change and its negative impacts, which need adequate coordination and cross-border management. The territories covered by the project need to significantly increase their adaptive capacity to climate change, i.e. the international river basins of the cross-border rivers - Strymon-Struma, Nestos-Mesta, Ardas-Arda and Evros-Maritsa. The effective management of flood risks is of high importance and affects a high number of the population and surface area. The proposed actions will be directly oriented to joint coordination of five flood risk management plans (FRMPs) for international rivers - two plans for Bulgarian territory (FRMPs of East Aegean and West Aegean) and three plans for Greek territory (FRMP of Eastern Macedonia, Thrace Water District and Evros river).
The project's main objective is to strengthen the capacity of authorities to ensure effective, integrated joint coordination and responsiveness to flood risks in the Cross-Border area. The project addresses different aspects of flood risk management to provide integrated results. The following sub-objectives have been defined:
(1) introducing a joint institutional approach for assessment, planning, prevention and fighting against floods of authorities;
(2) increasing the technical and administrative capacity of civil protection services for joint actions in the field of preparedness and response in cases of floods;
(3) introduction of effective information exchange structures and systems for flood risk assessment, mitigation and management;
The project will introduce the latest achievements in information systems and will add value by combining the capacity, planning and future development of national policies from the two countries in the field of flood risk management.
The project's main objective is to strengthen the capacity of authorities to ensure effective, integrated joint coordination and responsiveness to flood risks in the Cross-Border area. The project addresses different aspects of flood risk management to provide integrated results. The following sub-objectives have been defined:
(1) introducing a joint institutional approach for assessment, planning, prevention and fighting against floods of authorities;
(2) increasing the technical and administrative capacity of civil protection services for joint actions in the field of preparedness and response in cases of floods;
(3) introduction of effective information exchange structures and systems for flood risk assessment, mitigation and management;
The project will introduce the latest achievements in information systems and will add value by combining the capacity, planning and future development of national policies from the two countries in the field of flood risk management.
Downloads
D.2.1.3_Floodguard Activities_BG (EN subs)D.2.6.3_Project leaflet_EN / GR
D.2.7.3_Project Brochure_EN.GR
D.2.7.3_Project Results_Flyer_EN.GR
D.2.6.3_Booklet_project results_EN (GR summary)
Operational Forecasting System for Flood Early Warning in Evros_Ziogas et al. _EN
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
D.2.1.4_Flood response_presentation_BG
D.2.3.2_Workshops_flood risk management_presentations_BG (EN report)
D.4.7.3_Training material_presentations_GR
D.3.2.2_Studies & analyses on flood issues & flood management approaches_presentations_EN
D.3.3.3_Integrated actions for joint coordination & response to reduce flood risk in the transboundary area _EN
D.3.4.2_Studies & comperative analysis_EN
D.3.6.2_Elaboration of a detailed study 1_EN
D.3.6.3_Elaboration of a detailed study 2_EN
D.3.3.4_A_Strategy for the interrelationship between prevention & response for flood protection of institutions_BG territory_EN
D.3.3.4_B_Analysis of functionality, feasibility & effectiveness of the strategy & correction after 1 year testing period_BG territory_EN
D.3.6.4_Elaboration of a detailed study on the pilot testing of the JWG_3_EN
D.3.6.4_FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN _Evros River Basin (GR1210) & Thracian River Basin District (GR12)_EN
D.3.6.4_FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN_Flood Risk Management Plan of the Thracian River Basin District _EN
D.3.6.4_FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN_For the Eastern Macedonian River Basin District_EN
D.3.6.4_RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN of the Eastern Macedonian Water District (EL11)_EN
D.3.6.4_RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN of the Thracian Water District (EL12)_EN
D.4.2.3_Planning & Standards_EN
D.4.2.5_Development of information tools for flood risk mitigation_EN
D.4.2.5_Video_software use demonstration_BG
D.4.4.1_Analysis of available climate change data for flood risk_EN
D.4.4.5_Upgrade & further development of existing FFS for Maritsa & Arda Rivers_EN
D.4.6.1_Climate Change Assessment_EN / GR summary
D.4.6.1_High resolution Digital Elevation Model_report_EN / GR summary
D.4.6.5_A_Meteorological Forecasting_EN / GR summary
D.4.6.5_B_Hydrological and Hydraulic modelling_EN / GR summary
D.4.6.5_C_Automated web-based system for EW in case of floods_EN / GR summary
D.4.7.1_Data collection, assessment & analyses of current and new monitoring systems in transboundary basins _EN / GR
D.4.7.5_Web-GIS platform_common regional database management system
Integration of the monitoring systems in the 3 transboundary river basins in Greece under the umbrella of a common regional management system (web-GIS platform). Publishing the results and monitoring data through a map portal and a dashboard to the national and regional authorities. The Web-GIS platform and the data are saved in the G-Cloud, a cloud space in a government data centre.
Map portal: http://floodguard.m-t.gov.gr/evrymap/map
Dashboard: http://floodguard.m-t.gov.gr/superset/dashboard/11/?permalink_key=kQwPznNPd7W#TAB-DpWVvvnUBp
User Manual: http://floodguard.m-t.gov.gr/manual/INTRODUCTION.html
D.4.4.2_Software for the Early Warning System for Floods and purchase of a server for a technology line to the communication centre of FSCPDG
For the "FloodGuard" project, the software MIKE HYDRO River was purchased through the public procurement "Purchase of a perpetual license for a software package for numerical modelling and forecasting of runoff and water levels in rivers". The software is adapted to simulate the river flow of the Maritsa River watershed up to the town of Svilengrad. Water levels and discharges can be systematically set-up as initial conditions and used as a “hot-start” for the model. MIKE HYDRO River computes the analysed simulation of water flow. It produces forecasts for the main river “hot-points” and some Maritsa tributaries’ “hot-point” situated at towns near the river bed (Fig. 1) for 5 days ahead with a 1 h step. Additionally, a server for the technology line to the FSCPDG communication centre was purchased.
D.2.1.4_Demonstrations
D.4.1.2. Supply of equipment and software (text & photos)
D.5.1.1_Construction and equipment of a joint training center (text & photos)
D.5.1.2_Supply of equipment of a training ground (photos)
D.3.7.1_Construction works & equipment (furniture, machines, fiber connextion, GIS license)
Renovation for the room to host the Joint Working Group (JWG) operations (retrofitting construction works, plasterboard constructions, new masonry, suspended ceiling construction, internal folding railings, installation of self-adhesive vinyl flooring, electrical installations, ceiling lights, fire safety equipment).
D.4.7.2_Equipment for Early Warning System (EWS); new monitoring stations; upgrade of monitoring network and vehicles
Supply of equipment for the installation of new telemetry monitoring stations of waters in the cross-border basin of the river Evros/Maritsa. The new monitoring stations were installed at the locations Ardas, Erytrhopotamos, Pithio. Specifically, the supply concerns set of 3 NON-CONTACT RADAR DELIVERY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS HOUSE SOMMER, MODEL RQ-30, and 3 TELEMETRY UNITS OTT HydroMet HOUSE, MODEL A760
Update and upgrade of the existing infrastructure of the early warning system of the transboundary river basins Nestos - Mesta, Strymon – Struma witch had been established by the previous Interreg Projects (Autonest and Riveralert). Maintained and upgraded telemetry stations are at the locations Trimeristis, Aggitis, Peponia (Srymon/Struma) and Paranesti, Platanovrisi, Stavroupoli (Nestos/Mesta). Specifically, the supply concerns set of 5 systems SOMMER HOUSE RADAR NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT, MODEL RQ-30 and 2 MULTISENSORS FOR MEASURING WATER QUALITY and in situ HOUSE SENSOR STATION, MODEL aqua TROLL 400 s.
Supply of three on-road and off-road vehicles with four-wheel drive, one to meet the needs of the Civil Protection Directorate and two to meet the needs of the Water Directorate of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia – Thrace to ensure the possibility of movement to deal with flood risks in the cross-border area of Greece - Bulgaria under their jurisdiction.