Skip to main content
UCP Knowledge NetworkApplied knowledge for action
FloodNorthALB_logo

FloodNorthALB

Managing Complex Floods in North Albania through Cross Border Host Nation Support and Joint Cooperation.

Overview

Status

Ongoing

Start

End

Type
Full-scale exercises
EU contribution amount
EUR 969 611.58
Funding source
Contact email

Description

Natural disasters pose a high risk to citizens’ lives, property, environment and cultural heritage monuments, especially in developing countries such as Albania. The entire process of economic and social development of a country is at risk often incurring high costs that countries cannot bear. The recent initiatives for a unified market establishment in Western Balkans –as EU has- is one example of emblematic political economic initiatives that must be secured from major disasters. With FloodNorthALB project we address complex floods in the Region of Shkodra, that suffers regularly from severe floods- at the borders with Montenegro (also impacted by those floods).The region of Shkodra is a characteristic example of susceptive area to severe floods risk, repeatedly, with a complex system to deal with. The conditions is getting worse due to climate crisis that is already present in Northwestern Albania. The aim of the FloodNorthALB FSX project is to improve civil protection preparedness and response capabilities of ALBANIA in dealing with large, complex disasters that require joint response coordination facilitated via the Union Civil Protection Mechanism. 

Western Balkans integrated economic efforts face serious threaten by a major disaster and FloodNorthALB aims to strengthen the whole regional civil protection system of Western Balkans, through the active participation in the full scale exercise of all national civil protection authorities of the WB countries and neighbouring ones. The focus will be in creating the framework for sharing capacities, capabilities and resources, scientific support decision making, use of proven innovative tools, and joint training / exercising that can lead to radical improvement of international regional /cross border cooperation procedures of the UCPM. Albania the recently entered the mechanism can play a leading role in the area. 

Project content

News

See all news

Partner organisations

Organisation
Country
Albania
Role
Coordinator
EU Contribution
EUR 387 458.82
Organisation
Country
Cyprus
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 135 651.92
Organisation
Country
Montenegro
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 107 488.35
Organisation
Country
Albania
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 67 728.65
Organisation
Country
Greece
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 94 994.55
Organisation
Country
Albania
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 61 019.26
Organisation
Country
Cyprus
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 35 527.80
Organisation
Country
Italy
Role
Beneficiary
EU Contribution
EUR 79 742.23