Major Hazards Specialised Centers
European and Mediterranean
Major Hazards Agreement
Major Hazards Agreement
For the Republic of Moldova and the ECMNR, the prevention and management of emergencies generated by natural disasters depends largely on citizens’ participation. They need to be informed and convinced that the effect of risks associated with weather, climate and water continues to grow. The objective is that citizens living in floodplains have to engage themselves in the activities for management of emergencies generated by floods. Over the years, since 2001, the ECMNR has launched knowledge to support the preparation and implementation of several strategies and programs for prevention and management of emergencies generated by floods, discussed and agreed with the line ministries. However, the abundant snow and floods in Moldova, which paralysed the country in April 2017, have repeatedly highlighted how fragile the state is and how vulnerable citizens can become.
Over the years, since 2001, the ECMNR has carried out within the projects a series of activities in the field of information and education of the population, by developing proposals (tools) to support the preparation and implementation of several strategies and programs of prevention, information and management of emergency events generated by floods, discussed and coordinated with the branch ministries. The snow falls at the end of April 2017 show that Moldova has many weak points unknown to the public and so far overlooked by the authorities.
The planned prevention activities include also the information, education and training of population through exchange of practical knowledge and skills training (joint training, exercises, study visits).
The general aim of this project is to bring preventive activities closer to citizens and the community by imposing high standards of knowledge and application and increasing the share of preventive education. Also, to promote risk culture among the population
(students, adults and especially vulnerable groups) and a dialogue on disaster prevention, preparedness and accountability measures by sharing practical knowledge and skills training.
Expected results 2018
Expected results 2019
Specific objectives 2018
- Preparing and presenting specific intuitive study materials (guides, instructions, booklets, leaflets, posters that will include information on the flood-producing causes, ways of their prevention, and on individual and group protection and intervention actions for information, training and transfer of knowledge for citizens and volunteers/trainers - in Romanian and English;
- Transferring knowledge through training seminars for citizens / volunteers / students using courses, printed materials and teaching simulators, developing the capacity to face potential floods, minimising devastating effects on people (physical and mental) as far as possible. These pedagogical tools will be assembled by the ECMNR employees and with the support of SPC and SE.
Deliverables 2018
Specific objectives 2019
- Developing specific knowledge transfer / training materials for areas exposed to flood risks using special forms of communication (verbal, non-verbal (by gestures), written) with the population, materials instructing the population how to behave before the flood, during the flood, during the evacuation and after the phenomenon cessation, in Romanian and English ;
- Transferring knowledge (contemporary academic language proving educational forms of knowledge transfer) through training seminars for citizens / volunteers / students using courses, printed materials and teaching simulators using the School that is a key institution of the community and is a viable dialogue partner for both local authorities and citizens (parents of children and former schoolchildren) in order to mobilise the community at the prevention phase. There is a partnership with some educational institutions, but they are outside the educational system so far.
- Validation of good practice during the final workshop work with associated centers.
Deliverables 2019
- The ECMNR will organise short-term seminars with teachers, parents and children, including vulnerable groups, in two educational institutions in Chisinau in order to acknowledge and understand the effects of floods on children and adults for attracting volunteers, including teachers, students and schoolchildren, to provide educational support for families affected by floods, etc., and to organise leisure activities for and with the community. We will organise leisure activities for the community in order to recognise and understand the effects of floods on children and adults, by using active participatory methods, group interactive methods, etc. Some planned events are coordinated with the management of the educational institutions as these events are carried out outside the classroom :
Date: March – April 2018
Duration: two academic hours in each institution
Up to 30 participants, including those from each vulnerable group. (Vulnerable groups are children and adults living in flood-prone areas and aggrieved by floods)
- Organising training seminars for Teachers, students, schoolchildren, citizens / volunteers in order to certify them as trainers. (To understand their training as volunteer trainers and not as certified as specialists)
Date: May-June 2018
Duration: 2-3 days
Participants: 25-30 people / Moldovan volunteers;
− Organising swimming lesson primarily for children from families affected by floods.
Date: May-October 2018
Duration: One academic hour twice a week
Participants: 10-15 people
Organising a workshop with associated centers and holding an international seminar
Date: October 2018
Duration: 2 days
Venue: conference: hall at the Best Western Plus Flowers Hotel (optional)
Participants: 3 directors of the EUR-OPA Associated Centers from Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine
- Organisation of short-term seminars directly with citizens in the areas exposed to flood risks and distribution of information materials on the prevention and protection of the population in case of floods with the active participation of educational institutions since the protection against risks involves first of all their knowledge.
Date: March-June; August-September 2019
Duration: 2 academic hours
Venue: directly in the areas exposed to the risk of floods
Participants: up to 30 people from each vulnerable group
Date: September-October 2019
Duration: 2 days
Venue: conference hall at the Best Western Plus Flowers Hotel
Participants: 3 directors of the EUR-OPA Associated Centers from Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine;
25-30 people from the areas exposed to the risk of floods, teachers, students, schoolchildren / citizens / volunteers / trainers.
Specific objectives 2018
- Preparing and presenting specific intuitive study materials (guides, instructions, booklets, leaflets, posters that will include information on the flood-producing causes, ways of their prevention, and on individual and group protection and intervention actions for information, training and transfer of knowledge for citizens and volunteers/trainers - in Romanian and English;
- Transferring knowledge through training seminars for citizens / volunteers / students using courses, printed materials and teaching simulators, developing the capacity to face potential floods, minimising devastating effects on people (physical and mental) as far as possible. These pedagogical tools will be assembled by the ECMNR employees and with the support of SPC and SE.
Deliverables 2018
Specific objectives 2019
- Developing specific knowledge transfer / training materials for areas exposed to flood risks using special forms of communication (verbal, non-verbal (by gestures), written) with the population, materials instructing the population how to behave before the flood, during the flood, during the evacuation and after the phenomenon cessation, in Romanian and English ;
- Transferring knowledge (contemporary academic language proving educational forms of knowledge transfer) through training seminars for citizens / volunteers / students using courses, printed materials and teaching simulators using the School that is a key institution of the community and is a viable dialogue partner for both local authorities and citizens (parents of children and former schoolchildren) in order to mobilise the community at the prevention phase. There is a partnership with some educational institutions, but they are outside the educational system so far.
- Validation of good practice during the final workshop work with associated centers.
Deliverables 2019
- The ECMNR will organise short-term seminars with teachers, parents and children, including vulnerable groups, in two educational institutions in Chisinau in order to acknowledge and understand the effects of floods on children and adults for attracting volunteers, including teachers, students and schoolchildren, to provide educational support for families affected by floods, etc., and to organise leisure activities for and with the community. We will organise leisure activities for the community in order to recognise and understand the effects of floods on children and adults, by using active participatory methods, group interactive methods, etc. Some planned events are coordinated with the management of the educational institutions as these events are carried out outside the classroom :
Date: March – April 2018
Duration: two academic hours in each institution
Up to 30 participants, including those from each vulnerable group. (Vulnerable groups are children and adults living in flood-prone areas and aggrieved by floods)
- Organising training seminars for Teachers, students, schoolchildren, citizens / volunteers in order to certify them as trainers. (To understand their training as volunteer trainers and not as certified as specialists)
Date: May-June 2018
Duration: 2-3 days
Participants: 25-30 people / Moldovan volunteers;
− Organising swimming lesson primarily for children from families affected by floods.
Date: May-October 2018
Duration: One academic hour twice a week
Participants: 10-15 people
Organising a workshop with associated centers and holding an international seminar
Date: October 2018
Duration: 2 days
Venue: conference: hall at the Best Western Plus Flowers Hotel (optional)
Participants: 3 directors of the EUR-OPA Associated Centers from Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine
