Cooperation project conducted by SLOVAKIA toward an integrated monitoring system of hazardous phenomena and reducing their impact in SERBIA J

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Cooperation project conducted bySLOVAKIAtowarda
n integrated monitoring system of hazardous
phenomena and reducing their impactin
SERBIAJán RepaSlovak RepublicSeminar on
strengthening cooperation with Candidate
Countriesand Western Balkan countries in the
field of Civil ProtectionBled, Slovenia25 26
February 2008Section of Crisis Management and
Civil Protection, Ministry of the Interior,
Slovak Republic
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• THE INITIATIVE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
• WESTERN BALKAN REGION ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF
  FOREIGN POLICY
• AIM
• - ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THE STABILITY PROCESS IN
  THIS REGION
• - SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES
  INTO THE
• EUROPEAN STRUCTURES
• MODUS OPERANDI
• - INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FRAMEWORK
• - BILATERAL LEVEL programmes implemeted by
  Slovak NGOs (Serbia)
• small grants of Embassy (Monte Negro)
  
• Capital-to-Capital assistance fund(Bratislava
  Belgrade)

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COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL PROTECTION

• BILATERAL AGREEMENTS - CROATIA 2003
• PART OF THE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT AID OF THE
  SLOVAK REPUBLIC
• - SERBIA (start 2006)
• PROJECT DEVELOPEMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
  INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MONITORING OF HAZARDOUS
  PHENOMEN AND REDUCING THEIR IMPACT
• Section of Crisis Management and Civil
  Protection, Ministry of the Interior, Slovak
  Republic

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Status and motivation
The civil protection infrastructure in Serbia was
beyond the needs. The main lack can be summarized
as follows
Infrastructure for monitoring particular
phenomena was either obsolete or completely
missing. The data from monitoring systems are
crucial for fast and proper civil protection
activities. However, the monitoring systems were
not capable of providing fast and reliable
data.
Infrastucture for cooperation with particular
monitoring systems was missing The
infrastructure for acquisition of the results
produced by particular monitoring systems is
missing. Development of such infrastructure is
necessary step after particular monitoring
systems are developed/upgraded.
The international cooperation was missing on the
level of monitoring systems as well as on the
level of civil protection activities
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Framework
The Slovak Offical Development Aid supported
development projects focused on development of
the necessary monitoring and civil protection
infrastructure. Serbian efforts followed the
initial projects. Development of
Infrastructurefor Rapid Earthquake Data Colletion
and Exchange (DIRECTE) project for development
of monitoring infrastructure for seismology.
Project budget 100 000 EUR Sharing the Data
from the Infrastructure for Rapid Earthquake Data
Collection and Exchange (ShareDIRECTE) project
focused on preparation of the infrastructure for
delivery of products to civil protection
monitoring systems as well as to public. Project
budget 90 000 EUR Meteorological and Radiation
Monitoring Automatic Stations, Data Collection
System and Climatological and Radiation Database
project for development of hydro-meteorologica
l monitoring infrastructure and preparation of
radiation monitoring infrastructure. Project
budget 200 000 EUR
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Framework
Development of civil protection infrastructure
for monitoring of hazardous phenomena and
reducing their impact (IMPART) the project is
focused on integration of particular monitoring
systems and development of the backbone of the
monitoring and alerting infrastucture for the
Serbian civil protection. Project budget 90
000 EUR Project duration December 2006 June
2008 The real-time data exchange. The
infrastructure for delivery of the products
of the particular monitoring systems to the
civil protection center will be
developed. Alerting scheme. The scheme for
production and delivery of the alerts to
responsible institutions as well as to regional
civil protection offices will be
developed. International cooperation.
International data exchange will be initiated
within the project for meteorological phenomena.
The experience of Slovak civil protection with
integration to international cooperation (EADRCC,
MIC) will be shared with Serbian partners.
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Results achieved
Seismological monitoring system
State-of-the-art equipment on seismic
stations Real-time data exchange Automatic tools
for earthquake location and analysis Real-time
data exchange with other countries
virtualseismic network

• The development of real-time data acquisition and
  exchange in Serbia is vital step in the process
  of forming national monitoring and warning
  infrastructure and has important side-effects
• It triggered the interest of other Balkan
  countries and contributed significantly to
  renewal of regional cooperation
• It brought Serbian professionals into European
  community

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Results achieved
Meteorological monitoring system
State-of-the-art automatic meteorological and
autonomous precipitation stations Real-time data
collection Real-time alerts based on
thresholds All data in electronic formats -
exchange with other institutions / countries more
viable Central Operational Database basis for
integration of national monitoring, forecasting
and international data. Such integrated basis is
inevitable for models and warning systems.
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Results achieved
Civil protection infrastructure
System for acquisition of the data from
particular monitoring system The system acquires
data from seismological and meteorological
monitoring systems. It is open for incorporation
of other types of data (e.g. radiation
data). System provides operator interface for
making decisions on civil protection activities
(visualization tools, case scenarios). System
provides tools for warning generation and
distribution. System is open for international
data exchange.
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Expected results and future steps
Client system for civil protection
infrastructure The system for regional civil
protection offices extensively communicating with
central system. The system provides regional
officers with reliable information and improves
the communication of regional offices with
central office.
International cooperation The other projects
showed significant potential in development
international cooperation after implementation of
the new systems/approaches. It is essential to
use the potential also for civil protection and
trigger the process of incorporation of Serbian
civil protection into international
organizations/activities.
System development The implemented system is
crucial part for acquisition of warning data from
monitoring system and warning distribution. The
system should be further developed for provision
of more advanced features and integration with
other civil protection infrastructure.
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ACTIONS PROPOSED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF
COOPERATION

• CONCLUSIONS OF MOU ? BASIS FOR CLOSER AND
  STRUCTURED COOPERATION
• - INTERNATIONAL
• COOPERATION - REGIONAL LEVELS
• - BILATERAL
• MEMBER STATES WB COUNTRIES
• Short/Medium Term Work Programmes
• Need Targeted Activities/Projects
• Lessons Learnt from Pre-accession process
• COMMON TRAINING/EDUCATION COURSES ? TO ENSURE
  INTEROPERABILITY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• - PERSONAL CONTACTS ? START POINT
• GUARANTEE OF CONTINUITY
• Section of Crisis Management and Civil
  Protection, Ministry of the Interior, Slovak
  Republic