IN4SAFETY

2023, 2024, 2025, European, Financing, Project, Resilience, management, and disaster risk reduction

January 8, 2024

Principal/Financier: European Commission – Interreg Italy – Slovenia Program.
Period: October 1, 2023-September 30, 2025.
Total budget: 749,959.70 EUR.
ERDF Budget: 599,967.76 EUR
Partners: Municipality of Ajdovščina (SI), Geodetic Institute of Slovenia (SI), Public Fire and Rescue Institute-Fire Brigade Nova Gorica (SI), Institute of International Sociology Gorizia (IT), Metropolitan City of Venice (IT), University of Trieste (IT).
Description: Cooperation in natural disaster risk prevention and mitigation caused by climate change is the common challenge addressed in the IN4SAFETY project. Addressing it requires a more coordinated response to such events throughout the program area. The vulnerability of the area and the need for cooperation became evident during the fires in the cross-border Karst area,in summer 2022.
Strategic Goal: A resilient, greener, low-carbon Europe but in transition to a zero net carbon economy through the promotion of a clean and equitable energy transition, green and blue investments, circular economy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk management and prevention, and sustainable urban mobility.
Specific Goal: Promote climate change adaptation, disaster risk prevention and resilience by considering ecosystem approaches.
Objectives:
- Promote climate change resilience and natural disaster risk prevention by strengthening cross-border cooperation between local authorities and rescue teams with the drafting of 2 action plans, integration of spatial data, and joint trainings of rescue units.
- Establish a contingency plan that includes the use of helicopters to ensure faster and more efficient rescue actions; supplement spatial platforms with electronic data needed for air rescue involving terrain and obstacles.
Expected outcomes:
- WEB GIS integrated spatial databases – the CROSSIT-SAFER database will be updated and the HARMO-DATA geoportal updated with site data and possible obstacles , (eTOD), aerial data and additional WEB maps. Protocols and standards for cross-border data harmonization will be updated.
- 1 emergency response plan in the CMvE area-a plan that includes guidelines for stakeholder participation in the drafting of the metropolitan disaster plan, guidelines for territorial cooperation (local and regional part), and a pilot case;
- 1 HEMS action plan-a strategic document for establishing a cross-border emergency response system to ensure faster and more efficient responses;
- 2 cross-border workshops – 2 cross-border workshops with civil defense stakeholders to harmonize and update spatial WEB GIS data.
- 1 final conference – final conference to present the results and achievements of the project to the general public and professionals.
Web site: https://www.ita-slo.eu/it/in4safety/