Project S I.PRO.C I * *(Italian acronym)

1. INTERREG IIIC Project SI.PRO.C I* *(Italian acronym) “Interregional Response to Natural and Man-made Catastrophes” Presentation by: Ms Paola Amato, R&D expert, Province of Macerata, Italy RESCUE – INTERREG IIIC – FINAL CONFERENCE Tessaloniki, Greece 11 December 2006 Paper by Ms Paola Amato, Mr Giordano Piancatelli and Mr Luigi Vissani

2. GENERAL INFORMATION • Type: Individual Project • Total Budget: 1.543.186 EURO • Period: from Jan. 2004 to June 2007 (36+6 months extention) • 13 organisations/institutions of Civil Protection • Equivalent administrative level RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

3. PARTNERS ITALY GERMANY GREECE SPAIN • Province of Macerata (IT) – Lead partner • Province of Pesaro Urbino (Marche Region, IT) • Region Marche (IT) • Province of Trento (IT) • Diputación de Córdoba (ES) • City of Oldenburg (DE) • Academic Research Institute of Computer Technology (GR) • Municipality Agency for Developmentof Local Enterprises (GR) • Province of Estern Attica (GR) • District of Bielsko-Biala (PL) • Regional Development Agency (PL) • South Bohemia Region (CZ) • Foundation for Civil Protection (HU) POLAND CZECH REP. HUNGARY RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

4. OBJECTIVES To improve the local and regional response to catastrophes and disasters through interregional collaboration across Europe: • Develop and improve methods and good practices to create an organisational model capable of coordinating, managing and optimising information, human and material resources • Share the use of new information and communication technologies • Improve the information and preparation of the public to increase the level of self-protection of citizens • Enhance the coherence and integration of actions in the field of civil protection between regions across Europe, especially by the participation of the Eastern European countries considering their recent EU entry RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

5. AREAS OF COOPERATION • Mechanism for coordination, management and organisation of the civil protection system (WP1) • The use of new information and communication technologies (WP2) • Methods, techniques and instruments for how to monitor and map risks (WP3) • Methods and tools for efficient information and preparation of the citizens (WP4) RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

6. The SIPROCI INTERREG IIIC: main strength of cooparation The project SIPROCI • represents a rare example of large cooperation among 13 European institutions/organisations of Civil Protection from 7 member states (including 4 Central&Eastern countries) • Has favored the exchange of experience and information through specific technical sessions, exchange of staff, partecipation to exercises/simulations of civil protection carried out and promoted by each partner in their respective context; • Has attempted to set up unified methodologies/models/procedures the most possible “neutral” against the various legal and administrative systems, specific political agendas of participants’ countries; models/procedures/methodologies that could be in case adopted by other Member States • Has favored communication among partners via VoIP, internet, website, videoconferences. RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

7. Information and Communication among partners Technical staff of SIPROCI of the Provincia Communication/Exchange/ Partners: 9 European + 3 Italian • Transnational meetings • VoIP technology (Skype) - Communications - videoconferences; • E-mail • Project’s WebSite www.siproci.net - Intranet (private interface) - Forum (discussions) • Telephone (!) RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

8. Methodology and work-plan Formal start Jan. 2004 (delayed to May) Status 36/42 mounths • EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION - Factfinding analysis May to October 2004 (6 months) • EXCHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS & GOOD PRACTICES - Working Groups October 04 to October 05 (1 year) • TRANSFER AND APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL SYSTEM - National Taskforces – simulations of civil protection November 2005 to December 2006 (14 months) • DISSEMINATION AND COMMUNICATION July 2006 to April 2007 End according to extention- June 2007 Results Fact finding report 4 Good practice reports (thematic areas) Final vademecum of civil protection SIPROCI-RESCUE joint European Conference in Brussels RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

9. ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS Formal start Jan. 2004 (delayed to May) Status 6/42 months • EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION - Factfinding analysis End according to extention- June 2007 Results Fact finding report FACT FINDING REPORT: A specialists’ report on the different systems of civil protection providing detailed info about competences, plans, mechanisms, innovative ICT technology applied to civil protection in each partner national context. ITALY –GERMANY – GREECE - SPAIN CZECH REPUBBLIC – HUNGARY - POLAND Identification of constraints that were the basis of the proposals/models/methodologies of the WGs specialistic sessions RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

10. Activities and results Formal start Jan. 2004 (delayed to May) Status 18/42 months End according to extention- June 2007 Results • EXCHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS & GOOD PRACTICES • - Transnational Working Groups • October 04 to October 05 (1 year) 4 Good practice reports (thematic areas) • WG1: Mechanisms for coordination, management and organisation of the civil protection system developed by local administrations • WG2: The use of new information and communication technologies applied to civil protection • WG3: Methods, techniques & instruments for how to monitor and map risks: unifying approches and methodologies to risk mapping • WG4: European strategies for efficient information and communication to citizens (pre-durng and after emergencies). RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

11. Activities and results Formal start Jan. 2004 (delayed to May) Status 32/42 months • TRANSFER AND APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL SYSTEM - National Taskforces – November 2005 to December 2006 (14 months) End according to extention- June 2007 Results Finalisation of the Vademecum of civil potection • Trying out & testing results and outcome in local • contexts: • Training sessions / seminars • Information events • Simulation • Exchange of staff Main constraints and weak points RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

12. Main References to EU actions RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

13. Case of Italy: Governance and decentralisation policies of the 1990s • Past approach(before late 1990s) Hierarchic level of decision making Top-down approach State Regions Provinces and municipalities • Today’s approach (after decentralisation policies) National Government /State Shared level of decision making Bottom-up approach Local administrations RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

14. How to improve local/regional mechanisms for coordination, management and organisation of the civil protection system (WG1) Focus based on two major technical and communication mechnaims : • Local plan of civil protection: suggesting minimum standads or minimum contents of one of the most important command control mechanism of civil protection. • Glossary and visual signs of civil protection: improving communication among experts and raise citizens’ awareness on the role of civil protection and major risks posed by emergencies RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

15. Setting up common approch and methodology to risk mapping (WG3) 3.Methodology for risk mapping based on technical knowledge applied in each participant countries. The innovation stands in the analysis and identification of leves of vulnerability and, as a consequence the levels of risk, as the expression and synthesis of the complex interaction of both the anthropic and the territorial systems. RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

16. European strategies for communicaton to citizens in civil protection (WG4) 4. Defining of an “Istruction manual” addressed to citizens and administrations which focuses on: • Preparative communication, whose objective is to inform the general public about the civil protection system; • Preventing communication whose objective is to inform the general public about events and crisis situations; • Communication during the crisis situations (for predictable events and for unpredictable events); • Communication according to different target groups (elderly and children). RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

17. PROPOSAL 1. Plan of civil protection- minimum standards Rationale • Recasting of the 2001 civil protection mechanim hilights the importace, as a core contributions to reinforcing preparedeness with EU, of two main elements: • Assessment of civil protection capabilities (building up scenarios); • A modular approach (rapidely deployable and self-sufficient modules) . RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

18. Why a plan?Contents and aims of a local plan of civil protection A Local plan of Civil Protection can be defined as: A plan drawn up by a local authority providing a set of organic data (territory’s main characteristics, risks, human resources and means etc.) and procedures (command-control system, alarm system, model of intervention) related to the overall organisation arrangement of the civil protection aiming at best responding to a given event and its consequences. System of Civil Protection PREVENSION FORECAST main activities RECOVERING/ RECONSTRUCTION PROTECTION Forecast Prevention Protection RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

19. Plan of civil protection: suggesting minimum contents RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

20. PROPOSAL 2. Glossary and visual signs of civil protection for EU citizens • European signs of Civil Protection 3 experimental signs Target group EU citizens • Glossary of civil protection Terms and definitions provided in 7 bilingual versions • Objectives • To make citizens aware of the role played by the civil protection which is not merely to be associated to crises and emergency and which indeed covers important phases as prevention, forecast and protection. • Make people aware of the main mechnisms, tools and procedures developed at local level by local administrations, prime actors first called in to manage emergencies and safeguard people’s securityand safety. • Raise people awareness on the major facilities, shelters associated to emergency situations (rest-centre, assembly point, red zone area). RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

21. Glossary: Classification of terminology of civil protection RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

22. EN-Assembly point RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

23. EN- Limited access point RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

24. EN-Rest Centre RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE

25. UNIFIED METHODOLOGY FOR RISK MAPPING Simplified Risk Equation:RISK = HAZARD* VULNERABILITY HAZARD VULNERABILITY AVALANCHES POPULATION EARTHQUAKES BUILDINGS FLOODS PRODUCTIVE AREAS FLOODS ASSOCIATED TO DAMS BURST CULTURAL GOODS FOREST FIRES INFRASTRUCTURAL NETWORKS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS TECHNOLOGICAL NETWORKS LANDSLIDES ENVIROMENTAL GOODS SNOW STORMS AND SNOWFALL WINTER STORMS (WIND STORMS) RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE 1 WG3

26. UNIFIED METHODOLOGY FOR RISK MAPPING FLOWCHART:“HVA PROCESS”(Hazard Vulnerability Analysis) RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE 2 WG3

27. UNIFIED METHODOLOGY FOR RISK MAPPING “HAZARD INDEX” Hn “VULNERABILITY INDEX” Vn X “RISK INDEX” Rn RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE 3 WG3

28. Final results and cooperation with RESCUE • Policy paper on Civil protection • Common approach, strategy and information/dissemination campaignof projects’ results at EU level; • Final Conference in Brussels (April 2007) RESCUE - INTERREG IIIC - FINAL CONFERENCE