Balt Prev Resilience Baltic Everyday Accidents Disaster Prevention

Balt. Prev. Resilience Baltic Everyday Accidents, Disaster Prevention and Resilience www. msb. se/baltprevresilience This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Balt. Prev. Resilience 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 2016 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Objectives and Expected Results Balt. Prev. Resilience • 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 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Tasks Balt. Prev. Resilience 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. Coordination Management, evaluation and reporting 5. Dissemination Successive provision of Balt. Prev. Resilience information This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Activities Balt. Prev. Resilience • Three thematic seminars: 1. Collection of evidence based knowledge 2. Assessment of information and data and learning 3. Awareness raising and building resilience • 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 • Seminars (UNEP APELL type) Facilitating dialogue between relevant BSR civil protection actors and stakeholders. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Balt. Prev. Resilience Task 1: Knowledge Base and Data 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 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 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Balt. Prev. Resilience 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. 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 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Balt. Prev. Resilience 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 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 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Project Meetings/Seminars Balt. Prev. Resilience Work in tasks Task 1: February 2014 -September 2014 Task 2: August 2014 -August 2015 Task 3: December 2014 -November 2015 Six Steering Group Meetings 3 back-to-back with the Project Meetings and: - Denmark, August 2014 - Estonia, August 2015 - Sweden, January 2016. Supplementary: Project Meetings/Seminars: • • Two tentative small Focus Group Meetings for each Task (1, 2 and 3, respectively). Kick-Off (Finland): February 2014 Seminar case study: new protection strategy Mid-term (Latvia): January 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 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Project Management Balt. Prev. Resilience 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. The coordinator is responsible for the project’s administrative, financial and risk management as well as seminar reports, the progress reports and final reporting. Estimated costs: EUR 564. 142. Max. reimbursement: EUR 423. 107 (75%) This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience

Balt. Prev. Resilience 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 (Ka. U) Responsible for implementation of the Action: Rainar All, rainar. all@msb. se This project has been funded with support from the European Commission, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, – Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO. It has been financed by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services. www. msb. se/baltprevresilience