Flood and landslide assistance and training
Flood and landslide assistance and training (FLAT) is a project that will improve the protection from damage and mitigation of flood-prone and landslide areas. _x000D_
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Through this project experts from Italy, as the most developed country, will conduct trainings for Rescue service representatives from Montenegro and Albania, for acting in case of floods or landslides. _x000D_
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Lead partner on this project is Municipality of Danilovgrad, and the project partners are PP 1 Municipality of Brindisi, Italy, PP 2 Association of Albanian Municipalities, PP 3 Municipality of Niksic, Montenegro and PP 4 NGO Mountain rescue service Montenegro. _x000D_
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Main objective of this project is “Improvement of institutional capacity and creating conditions to establish an efficient flood and landslide management system”. _x000D_
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Specific objectives are improvement of cross-border structures for responding in case of floods and landslides in the programme area, strengthening capacities of Rescue Services and creating integrated initiatives for floods and landslides preparedness and rescue in the programme area and creating multilevel plans and tools for improvement of protection and risk management in flood-prone and landslide areas in the programme area. _x000D_
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Project aim is to improve cross-border communication and cooperation between the three of the project countries. As a result of the project activities, Regional Resource center will be formed, where, trainings for representatives of rescue services for all of the three countries will be held, during and after the implementation of the project, which will have further impact on communication and cooperation between three partner countries on this field._x000D_
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Information added on 2020-05-14, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the coronavirus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): This project, aimed at improving protection and risk management in case of floods and landslides, hosted crisis coordination meetings in the Regional Resource Center, while Rescue services from Danilovgrad worked on cleaning and disinfecting streets in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus and help in protection of citizens.