Water Contingency Management in the Sava River Basin

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2024-03-22

Description

Description (EN):

The lack of coordinated response to emergencies in case of accidental pollution and floods on transboundary watercourses in Sava River Basin is our key challenge. The situation is a threat to people, environment and all water uses in the basin. It should be addressed by improved transboundary coping capacity. For that purpose International Sava River Basin Commission defined a strategic policy framework with several ratified protocols. WACOM will enable development of response mechanisms, where some components were already implemented i.e. flood forecasting system for the Sava river basin, while the response component is still missing. This was proven during recent accidents: accidental pollution of the Spreča river in 2018 and extreme flood event on Sava river basin in 2014. Transnational as well as cross-sectorial interaction between the water management and civil protection administrations is also identified as a necessity. They will be supported by improved operational response framework and rapid response toolbox. With the WACOM project, this will be implemented, leading to the coordinated response measures and improved interoperability of all involved institutions. With the harmonization process detailed cooperation procedures will be defined and operative toolbox developed. It will be tested and verified by pilot actions. Finally the strategy will be prepared for its implementation. In this way the platform will be set for improved cooperation, which will be harmonized with other agreements and EU procedures – i.e. EU Civil protection mechanism as well. The project will be based upon already adopted protocols, upgrading them with innovative toolbox supporting the cooperation and joint situational awareness and thus improving preparedness and implementation of transboundary response measures. With several stages of learning interactions this will be verified by pilot actions with implementation strategy defined at the final stage of the project.

Achievements (EN):

Transnational best management practices catalogue: One of main tasks of the WACOM project was to prepare a Transnational best management practice catalogue for improved preparedness and transboundary coordination and interoperability of emergency response in the case of floods and accidental pollution as well as situational awareness. The purpose of this task was to prepare an overview of Water Management and Civil Protection best management practices. The measures were compiled by project partners which are experts in the field of Water Management as well as in the Civil Protection. In this way, all partners from different fields of work and countries contributed to a thorough analysis of emergency response to flooding and accidental pollution and to situational awareness. The WACOM Transnational best management practice catalogue for improved preparedness and transboundary coordination and interoperability of emergency response in the case of floods and accidental pollution as well as situational awareness, was developed through a multi-stage, multistakeholder process. A comprehensive list of measures was developed, harmonized, and prioritized for all countries involved: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Serbia. The development of the harmonized catalogue of measures was a basic prerequisite to map the status of key measures for the reduction of flood risks and accidental pollution risk reduction measures in all countries of the Sava River Basin in a harmonized and thus comparable way, to identify common experiences with these measures, but also to identify differences between countries with respect to the same measure. It is important to reiterate that the measures are project specific, identified during the development of the WACOM project, focusing in particular on the contingency measures (contingency planning and response). They are specifically related to the measures identified in the national planning documents in the field of flood management.

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Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of key actors in the programme area in order to improve preparedness for environmental risk management (survey based composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

The main result of WACOM project are reduced risks induced by the accidental pollution and floods of transnational dimension by strengthening the transnational and trans-sectorial cooperation among institutions, especially governmental institutions (responsible for water and flood management and the civil protection) managing the flood and accidental pollution preparedness and response stage. Recent events of floods (2014) in SRB and accidental pollution on Spreča River (2018) proved the high necessity for effective response, which is supported by transboundary protocols developed by ISRBC. In order to achieve the anticipated result the protocols require also development of detailed agreements, plans, tools and implementation strategy all leading to improved, more efficient and effective response in the case of natural (floods) and man-induced (accidental pollution) disasters. Improved coping capacity is often neglected component in the overall risk reduction always addressing hazards and vulnerability. This will lead to - Improved preparedness and management of the response (coping capacity) of all involved stakeholder during the pollution and flood incidents with improved definition of roles, and response assignments. - Capacity building and transnational stakeholder dialogue defining common operational environment of all stakeholders. - Development of integrative tools enabling more efficient and therefore more effective transnational preparedness and response in the case of water disasters, especially by common situational awareness. - Filling the identified gap between the two pillars of floods/accidental pollution response institutions – to the complexity of the transnational response on the same river basin an additional complexity – cooperation between water management institutions and disaster management institutions (e.g. civil protection) is imposing another challenge, which will be addressed by the project.

Thematic information

Water management Waterways, lakes and rivers

Specific Objective:

Improve preparedness for disaster risk management (short title). Establish a more effective governance system for emergency situations and improve the preparedness of public authorities and civil protection organisation to better manage natural and climate change related risks (such as floods, forest fires, landslide, land erosion, earthquakes) and manmade risks (e.g. industrial accidental river pollution) contributing to the sustainable provision of ecosystem services

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Univerza v Ljubljani

Department: Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering

Address: Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.uni-lj.si/eng/

Total budget: EUR 348 890.00

ERDF budget: EUR 296 556.50

Ministarstvo mora, prometa i infrastrukture Republike Hrvatske

Name: Ministarstvo mora, prometa i infrastrukture Republike Hrvatske

Department: Directorate for Inland Navigation

Address: Prisavlje 14, 100000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: https://mmpi.gov.hr/

Total budget: EUR 91 452.50

ERDF budget: EUR 77 734.62

Institut za vodoprivredu „Jaroslav Černi” AD

Name: Institut za vodoprivredu „Jaroslav Černi” AD

Department: /

Address: Jaroslava Černog 80, 11226 Belgrade, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.jcerni.rs/

Total budget: EUR 83 054.68

IPA2 budget: EUR 70 596.48

Republička uprava civilne zaštite Republike Srpske

Name: Republička uprava civilne zaštite Republike Srpske

Department: /

Address: Spasovdanska 3, 71123 Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ruczrs.net

Total budget: EUR 74 102.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 62 986.70

Hidroelektrarne na Spodnji Savi, d.o.o.

Name: Hidroelektrarne na Spodnji Savi, d.o.o.

Department: /

Address: Cesta bratov Cerjakov 33a, 8250 Brežice, Slovenia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.he-ss.si

Total budget: EUR 215 031.00

ERDF budget: EUR 182 776.35

Međunarodna komisija za sliv rijeke Save

Name: Međunarodna komisija za sliv rijeke Save

Department: /

Address: Kneza Branimira 29, 1000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.savacommission.org

Total budget: EUR 214 820.00

ERDF budget: EUR 182 597.00

Hrvatske vode – pravna osoba za upravljanje vodama

Name: Hrvatske vode – pravna osoba za upravljanje vodama

Address: Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.voda.hr

Total budget: EUR 176 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 149 600.00

Asocijacija za upravljanje rizicima AZUR

Name: Asocijacija za upravljanje rizicima AZUR

Department: /

Address: Tešanjska 24a, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.azur.ba

Total budget: EUR 167 352.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 142 249.20

Direkcija Republike Slovenije za vode

Name: Direkcija Republike Slovenije za vode

Department: Water management office

Address: Mariborska cesta 88, 3000 Celje, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.dv.gov.si/en/

Total budget: EUR 145 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 123 250.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Water Contingency Management in the Sava River Basin

Project acronym: WACOM

Project start date: 2020-07-01

Project end date: 2022-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 515 702.18

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 288 346.85

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 012 514.48.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 275 832.38.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

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2023-09-22

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155 / 155 (100%)

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1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

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Water Contingency Management in the Sava River Basin

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