European Commission's Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department

The project title is Innovative Solutions for Public Readiness and Emergency Disaster Management in Lithuania (I-SPREAD). Project No. 101142028.

Project promoter Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of Interior.

Partner - Ministry of the Interior.

The aim of the project is to raise the awareness of the population of the country about preparedness for potential disasters and threats in Lithuania. To strengthen the civil protection skills of the country's community leaders and the cooperation between the emergency services and the public during emergencies.

Key project activities:

• Using innovative solutions, develop the LT72 mobile app, where the country's population will be able to find relevant information on disaster preparedness and threats.
• Inform people about the possibilities of installing the LT72 mobile app through social networks, media and social communication in public transport.
• Develop a civil protection education and training programme for community leaders in the country.

The project period is from 2 January 2024 to 1 January 2026 (24 months).

Project financing: total project value - EUR 565 055,23.

The project is funded by the European Commission under the programme UCPM-2023-TRACK1-IBA Technical Assistance for Disaster Risk Management (Track 1) (UCPM Prevention and Preparedness).

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Project title Development of strategies framework that incorporates the needs of persons with disabilities into whole disaster management cycle (prevention, preparedness, response and recovery) (ENABLE-DMC). Project No. 101142028.

Project promoter Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of Interior.

The project aims to raise public awareness of disaster situations, with a particular focus on persons with disabilities, and to promote a culture of prevention, including adapted disaster management methods, through training, education, exercises and access to disaster risk information.

Key project activities:

1. Data on the needs of persons with disabilities in emergencies will be collected, summarised and analysed by competent state institutions and bodies, municipalities and NGOs. This information will be used for the development of a sociological questionnaire and other project activities.

2. A sociological questionnaire and a sociological survey will be developed to better understand the needs of persons with disabilities throughout the disaster management cycle.

3. Study visits to Ukraine and Sweden will be organised to share all the experience gained on meeting the needs of persons with disabilities in different emergency situations, as well as to present the objectives, activities and expected results of the ENABLE-DMC project.

4. A permanent pre-registration platform will be set up to allow persons with disabilities to register their needs and questions, which will be assessed by the relevant actors in the crisis management and civil protection system organising the various disaster risk management and response measures and plans.

5. Preparation of recommendations for crisis management and civil protection system entities (municipalities, first aid services, NGOs) carrying out emergency preparedness activities for persons with disabilities.

6. An exercise will be organised to test the guidelines and, if necessary, to improve them in line with the lessons learnt during the exercise.

The project period is from 2 January 2024 to 1 January 2026 (24 months).

Project funding: total project value - EUR 378 673,00.

The project is funded by the European Commission under the programme UCPM-2023-TRACK1-IBA Technical Assistance for Disaster Risk Management (Track 1) (UCPM Prevention and Preparedness.

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The project title is "Preparation of proposal investment project addressing disaster risk management due to Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant possible threats". Contract No ECHO/SUB/2019/TRACK1/807526).

The main partner is the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior.

The aim of the project is to develop an investment project based on an assessment of the shortcomings of the capacity of Lithuanian state and municipal authorities to prepare for and respond to nuclear and/or radiological emergencies, in consultation with national and international partners and experts.

Key project activities:

- carrying out a capacity gap assessment. A questionnaire will be developed for this purpose, which state and municipal authorities will be asked to complete. On the basis of the information gathered and the analysis carried out, a Capacity Gap Survey will be prepared (planned for September-October 2019),

- preparing an investment project. An investment project will be prepared on the basis of the capacity gap assessment. It will be prepared through a series of working meetings with institutional representatives (October 2019-February 2020), a workshop on 8 April 2020, including national and international experts, and a final conference on 16 July 2020,

- Study visits to Finland and Japan. Study visits of 15 persons will be organised to Finland (planned for the second half of October 2019) and Japan (March 2020) to learn about their preparedness for possible nuclear and/or radiological accidents.

Project period - 2019-08-01-2020-07-31.

Project funding: total project value - €344,632, European Commission co-financing - €327,400.

The project is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) under the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism's Annual Work Programme 2019.

Date of update: 2024-02-12

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Project name: Developing an evaluation model to assess prevention measures (EVAPREM)

Duration: 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2018

The aim of the project is to deepen our understanding of the effectiveness and efficiency of the prevention services considering the corresponding socio-economic environment. The project will provide robust evidence and analysis to support policy-makers in understanding the impact of prevention and supports policy-makers at different administrative levels in elaborating and reshaping the selection of prevention services with providing cost effective evaluation tools.

Partners:

• The Estonian Rescue Board (ERB) – Coordinator
• University of Tartu, Estonia – Beneficiary No 1
• State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, Latvia – Beneficiary No 2
• Frederiksbourg Brand og Redning, Denmark – Beneficiary No 3
• Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania – Beneficiary No 4
• University of Turku – Beneficiary No 5  

The main beneficiaries of the project would be the organisations responsible for planning and implementing the prevention measures in their respective countries on national and local level as well as safety actors in European level. The direct beneficiaries will be populations of the participating countries and indirectly countries who will be adapting and using the evaluation tool afterwards.

Project funding: The total budget of the project – EUR 531 006; Fire and Rescue Department’s part – EUR 63 984.

The project is financed by the European Union (received funding from European Commission’s DG ECHO) and serves also as a Flagship project of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR).

Project website:www.evaprem.eu