Cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and Italy for a safer region
The common challenge faced by CROSSIT SAFER is to create an institutional level that is able to manage natural risks, i.e. to reduce the risks related to geomorphological characteristics of the territory and climate change that require better coordination of prevention, warning and response measures to natural emergencies in the Programme area. The overall objective of the project is to build capacity for cross-border institutional cooperation between public authorities and key civil protection organisations by promoting joint emergency response planning with coordinated natural emergency prevention, warning and response measures. The objective will support the strengthening of institutional cooperation in the field of civil protection, the improvement of the coordination of interventions in case of natural emergencies and the increase of the preparedness and equipment of civil protection units. The main project outputs are a cross-border protocol for the harmonisation of measures in case of natural emergencies in the cross-border area, joint cross-border standard operating procedures for intervention and beneficiaries involved in joint civil protection training programmes. The benefits will directly impact all participating PPs and indirectly other civil protection organisations and the whole population of the Programme area. The approach to the common challenges in the Programme area will be aimed in particular at strengthening the institutional cooperation capacity, which will be pursued through the signature of the cross-border cooperation protocol, the harmonisation of procedures and measures in case of natural emergencies and the organisation and implementation of joint training and education programmes for civil protection units in both countries. The need for cross-border cooperation stems from the awareness that natural emergencies know no borders. In order to ensure effective and timely action in the event of natural emergencies in the cross-border area, it is therefore necessary to ensure cooperation and