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Overview

Description

The Transcarpathian region is situated in the West of Ukraine. Geographically the region is dominated by the northern part of the Carpathian mountain range, which stretches from Poland and Slovakia in a horse shoe form into Romania, crossing Ukraine. The population of Transcarpathia is multi-ethnic, with several large minority groups, for example Romanians, Hungarians, Russians and Romas. Since the collapse of the Union of the Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR) the logical connections between Ukrainian institutes and institutions with relevant data on hazards and risk of disasters and the local and regional administration were disturbed. An open, transparent exchange of information has become increasingly difficult at all levels, also in addressing cross cutting issues. The UCPM Scoping mission to the Solotvyno noted this as a major obstacle to come to a good, all-inclusive assessment. In respect to the Sendai framework problems can be seen in the field of understanding risks, risk reduction governance and investing in risk reduction management. The project has a strong regional focus. Due to the topographic situation with borders Romania and Poland together with the limitations of the external budget of the grant it is not possible to take cross-border activities in this proposal. Therefore, the focus is laid on only the regional aspect and to make the results of the project applicable in other regions of Ukraine or even in regions in participating states of the UCPM. Though, because of the topographic situation, better disaster risk reduction governance will reflect to the neighbour/ UCPM participating states.

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