VESPRA

Overview

Description

The ‘Vulnerable Elements in Spain and Portugal and Risk Assessment’ (VESPRA) project aims to improve risk-management mechanisms between Spain and Portugal, both for local risks, such as forest fires, and for general risks, such as adverse meteorological phenomena or the distribution of pollutants across wide areas. 

This is achieved through the creation of a joint information system to assist with emergency decision-making by improving harmonised identification and mapping of vulnerable elements for evaluation and assessment of transnational emergency responses. On-site training exercises for civil protection authorities are also carried out. 

The direct beneficiaries of VESPRA are the civil protection authorities of Portugal and Spain at national, regional, and local level, who will be equipped with a powerful tool to support their emergency management and optimise preventative planning. 

Within the project, an international protocol is being defined for the collection of vulnerable elements and their characterisation regarding different threats, allowing them to be integrated into a geographic information-based platform designed to effectively manage them. 

The results of the project will be shared in workshops, where it is hoped that the scientific and technical community will engage with them. One of the most well-received features of the project’s proposed solution is that it has been designed to facilitate constant updating of the vulnerable elements cartography. 

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