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BaltPrevResilience

BaltPrevResilienceBaltic Everyday Accidents, Disaster Prevention and Resilience

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The Baltic Everyday Accidents, Disaster Prevention and Resilience Project

Towards a joint macro regional approach in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR):•Prevention and Preparedness •Minimizing consequences of Everyday Accidents

Contributing to:•Priority area Secure of the EU BSRS Action Plan •It’s Flagship Everyday Accidents

Duration: 1 February 2014 - 31 January 2016Duration: 1 February 2014 - 31 January 2016




Objectives and Expected Results

• Prevent and reduce consequences of accidents and crises

• Create a common understanding

• Establish a platform for sharing- statistics- experiences- best practices - methodology for lessons learned

• Prevent and reduce consequences of accidents and crises

• Create a common understanding

• Establish a platform for sharing- statistics- experiences- best practices - methodology for lessons learned

• Improved collection and analysis of impact and response data from everyday accidents

• Common understanding of accident statistics and evaluation of experiences

• Decision support at local, national and EU level with common knowledge, accident profiles and identified best practices

• Better community awareness and

resilience in BSR

• Improved collection and analysis of impact and response data from everyday accidents

• Common understanding of accident statistics and evaluation of experiences

• Decision support at local, national and EU level with common knowledge, accident profiles and identified best practices

• Better community awareness and

resilience in BSR




Tasks

1. Knowledge Base and Data Kick-off Meeting/Seminar in Finland

2. Assessment: Evidence meets Societal Needs Mid-term meeting/Seminar in Latvia

3. Awareness Raising, Bridging and Building Community Resilience Concluding Meeting/Seminar in Poland

4. CoordinationManagement, evaluation and reporting

5. DisseminationSuccessive provision of BaltPrevResilience information

1. Knowledge Base and Data Kick-off Meeting/Seminar in Finland

2. Assessment: Evidence meets Societal Needs Mid-term meeting/Seminar in Latvia

3. Awareness Raising, Bridging and Building Community Resilience Concluding Meeting/Seminar in Poland

4. CoordinationManagement, evaluation and reporting

5. DisseminationSuccessive provision of BaltPrevResilience information




Activities

• Three thematic seminars:

1. Collection of evidence based knowledge

2. Assessment of information and data and learning

3. Awareness raising and building resilience

• Seminars(UNEP APELL type)

Facilitating dialogue between relevant BSR civil protection actors and stakeholders .

• Three thematic seminars:

1. Collection of evidence based knowledge

2. Assessment of information and data and learning

3. Awareness raising and building resilience

• Seminars(UNEP APELL type)

Facilitating dialogue between relevant BSR civil protection actors and stakeholders .

• Supplementary studies:– Procedures for gathering,

learning, dissemination and use of evidence based accident data

– Implementation of evidence based accident data in BSR

– Available data sources covering also escalating accidents

• Supplementary studies:– Procedures for gathering,

learning, dissemination and use of evidence based accident data

– Implementation of evidence based accident data in BSR

– Available data sources covering also escalating accidents




Task 1:Knowledge Base and Data

Actions:•Scientific overview of implementation of evidence based accident data•Presentation of available data sources covering escalating accidents•Procedures for gathering, dissemination and use of evidence based accident data in BSR

Actions:•Scientific overview of implementation of evidence based accident data•Presentation of available data sources covering escalating accidents•Procedures for gathering, dissemination and use of evidence based accident data in BSR

A learning system, built on basic data:– Minimum Data Set, i.e. general statistics, and in-depth data – Enhanced Data Set, i.e. data and experiences from evaluation of more significant incidents

Objectives: •Common understanding of statistics and experiences from everyday and escalating accidents•Sharing and learning from evidence based knowledge and best practices •Enhance accident prevention, create resilience and address climate change

Objectives: •Common understanding of statistics and experiences from everyday and escalating accidents•Sharing and learning from evidence based knowledge and best practices •Enhance accident prevention, create resilience and address climate change




Task 2:Assessment Evidence Meets Societal Needs

Objectives•A platform for collaboration to reach trans-operability results, i.e. across sectors and administrative and jurisdictional boundaries •Develop shared understanding and prevention policies in support of long-term methodology improvement efforts.

Objectives•A platform for collaboration to reach trans-operability results, i.e. across sectors and administrative and jurisdictional boundaries •Develop shared understanding and prevention policies in support of long-term methodology improvement efforts.

Actions:•Establish a network/forum for joint analysis of statistic data within the field of fire prevention through expansion of the existing Nordstat cooperation•Establish best practices in capturing evidence based data and dissemination of resulting accident profiles

Actions:•Establish a network/forum for joint analysis of statistic data within the field of fire prevention through expansion of the existing Nordstat cooperation•Establish best practices in capturing evidence based data and dissemination of resulting accident profiles




Task 3:Awareness Raising, Bridging and Building Community Resilience

Objectives:•Foster and promote raised awareness and knowledge•Build bridges between sectors and levels•Establish communication between relevant civil protection actors •Enhance protection from accidents and crises and create better BSR resilience

Objectives:•Foster and promote raised awareness and knowledge•Build bridges between sectors and levels•Establish communication between relevant civil protection actors •Enhance protection from accidents and crises and create better BSR resilience

Actions:•Concluding Meeting/Seminar and for this to prepare:

- A document on partnership cooperation in floods- A simulation model of escalating flooding in the city

Actions:•Concluding Meeting/Seminar and for this to prepare:

- A document on partnership cooperation in floods- A simulation model of escalating flooding in the city




Project Meetings/Seminars

Work in tasksTask 1: February 2014-September 2014Task 2: August 2014-August 2015Task 3: December 2014-November 2015

Project Meetings/Seminars: •Kick-Off (Finland): February 2014

Seminar case study: new protection strategy•Mid-term (Latvia): February 2015

Seminar case study: local level safety and risk management•Concluding (Poland): October 2015

Seminar case study: flooding scenario •Cross-border coordination, provide/receive assistance - EU guidelines

Six Steering Group Meetings3 back-to-back with the Project Meetings and:- Denmark, June 2014 - Estonia, June 2015- Sweden, January 2016.

Supplementary: Two tentative small Focus Group Meetings for each Task (1, 2 and 3, respectively).




Project Management

Objectives: •Coordinate and monitor the project’s progress through a Steering Group•Conduct a dialogue with a wider group of BSR civil protection actors on the basis of studies and three APELL type seminars•Disseminate continuously throughout the project duration in various ways.




Project Partners and Steering Group

Coordinator: Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Sweden (MSB)

Beneficiaries: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Injury Prevention Unit, Finland (THL)Estonian Rescue Board, Estonia (ERB)Frederikssund-Halsnæs Fire & Rescue Service, Denmark (FHFRS)Main School of Fire Service Warsaw, Poland (SGSP)Jelgava City Municipality, Latvia (JCM)Karlstad University, Sweden (KaU)

Responsible for implementation of the Action:Rainar All, [email protected]

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