"Cooperation on Community Resilience Capacity Building for Forest Fires and Early Warning in the Black Sea Basin", funded by the European Union under the Joint Operational Programme "Black Sea Basin NEXT"

Partners:
PP1 - Republic of Turkey - General Directorate of Forestry Istanbul
PP2 - Regional Directorate "Fire Safety and Population Protection" - Burgas, Bulgaria
PP3 - General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova
PP4 - Municipality of Kameno, Bulgaria
PP5 - Fire Department of the city of Kuyalnik, Podilskyi district, Odessa region, Ukraine.

Project duration: 24 months - 27.06.2024 - 26.06.2026
Project Budget: 1,481,671.80 EURO

Official Fb page of the project: https://fb.com/coresilienceproject

Program priority - 02 - Clean and Green Region
Specific objective - RSO2.4 - Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches

Summary:
The project Co-Resilience aims to address the increasing threat of wildfires in the area by enhancing community resilience and improving coordination capacity between the relevant institutions for disaster risk prevention and quick and adequate reaction in Cross-border emergency. Through transnational cooperation, the project partners seek to mitigate the impacts of wildfires, protect communities and ecosystems, and promote sustainable wildfire management practices.

The project will develop several key outputs and results:
Joint Action Plans: Building on the capitalization of the Co-PREVENT project, joint action plans will be developed between the bordering target countries: Bulgaria and Turkey, Moldova and Ukraine. These plans will be combined in one Joint operational plan for efficient and effective handling of forest fires at cross-border level in the BSB and will outline coordinated strategies and policies for wildfire prevention, response, and mitigation.
Increased Capacity for Reaction: The project will enhance the joint capacity for cross-border response in wildfire disaster situations.

Building local capacity: The project will build local capacity for fire resilience especially in rural communities with focus on engaging the younger generation through the development of volunteering to ensure sustainable fire resilience practices.
Forest School for Children: A 'Forest School' program will be implemented, targeting children and promoting environmental stewardship and fire safety.
Joint tool for communication and registration of the volunteers in the BSB and increasing the number of the trained people will be elaborated.

Specific objectives and investment for the Municipality of Kameno:
The goal is to build a modern building for the fire department in the municipality, where a new fire truck will be stationed with the ability to be used in non-urbanized territory.