ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PREVENTION OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MACARONESIA
Data
Budget: 182,707.94 €
Financing: Prgrama MAC 2007-2013
Reference: MAC/3/A270
Acronym: PROCIVMAC
Duration: 18 months, from 2 July 2014 to 31 December 2015.
Principal Investigator – project leader: Dr. Nemesio M. Pérez, PhD.
Overview of the project
The PROCIVMAC project arose as a result of the increase in the number of natural disasters in the world and its purpose is to act preventively in this type of situation in the Macaronesia region. The main beneficiary of this project is the population of Macaronesia itself, as it focuses on the knowledge of the risk situations to which the population is exposed, acting on the training of personnel who make decisions in the face of these disasters and the population in general.
The purpose of this training is to provide the municipal technicians responsible for risk management with tools to improve environmental management and to introduce the application of measures for the prevention and reduction of risk situations.
The project includes the exchange of experiences and concerns between the different local authorities in Macaronesia, progress in the preparation of risk maps and a study of natural risks in the region. It also includes the organisation of Conferences/Forums on actions in the field of environmental management and the implementation of dissemination and awareness programmes.
The geographical scope of the project is the archipelagos of Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde and the partners involved are the Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, the Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira (AMRAM) and the Câmara Municipal do Sal.
Main objective:
To promote good practices and boost environmental management in order to reduce natural disasters in Macaronesia.
Secondary objectives:
- To understand the risk situations to which the municipalities of Macaronesia are subject.
- Train municipal technicians in order to raise awareness and improve environmental management to prevent risk situations in the event of natural disasters.
In this case, several activities have been carried out:
- Technical assistance during the last eruption of the Fogo volcano from November 2014 to the end of February 2015.
- Sharing experiences with security and emergency forces in Cape Verde, from 6 to 10 March 2015.
Two congresses:
- Organisation of a congress in Cape Verde commemorating the first anniversary of the last eruption on 23 November 2014.
- Attendance at the training sessions on emergency planning organised by the Association of Municipalities of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (AMRAM) in December 2015.
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