Centre for Development and Democratization of Institutions

FloodNorthAlb Project

Natural disasters pose a high risk to citizens’ lives, property, environment and cultural heritage monuments, especially in developing countries such as Albania. The entire process of economic and social development of a country is at risk often incurring high costs that countries cannot bear. The recent initiatives for a unified market establishment in Western Balkans –as EU has- is one example of emblematic political economic initiatives that must be secured from major disasters. With FloodNorthALB project we address complex floods in the Region of Shkodra, that suffers regularly from severe floods- at the borders with Montenegro (also impacted by those […]

ROSES PROJECT

The project aims to raise and enhance risk awareness in the Western Balkans cross border areas, by sharing best practices on risk communication, elaborating actions in the fields of host nation support in cross-border areas, empowering of local communities for joint disaster risk reduction and management, activating collaboration in bilateral agreements, public engagement and inclusion of vulnerable groups, risk awareness in educational structures, innovative processes in the protection of cultural heritage, as well as shedding light upon the issues in disaster preparedness and business continuity in cross-border areas. While cross-border cooperation is relatively well-established in the area of emergency response, […]

BALANCE PROJECT – CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM FULL SCALE CIVIL PROTECTION EXERCISE, KOTOR

BALANCE – European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations – link for the video of the TTX The international field exercise on the topic of earthquake response, BALANCE 2022, organized by the Directorate for Protection and Rescue of the Ministry of Interior, began on October 10 and lasted until October 14, 2022. The exercise is held within the framework of the EU project BALANCE – Management of large-scale earthquakes in the Western Balkans through joint activities of cross-border cooperation, which is implemented as part of the Union Mechanism for Civil Protection. The exercise is conducted at 12 locations in Kotor, […]

Balance Project – Full Scale Civil Protection Exercise

Aim of this exercise: 2-day TTX (15th and 16th of June 2022, Kumbor, Municipality of Herceg Novi, Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro) where the UCPM was activated together with the use of Commission’s services. Objectives of this exercise: • Training of team management on UCPM procedures; • National POCs trained in communication/coordination with ERCC and among one another; • Host Nation Support Guidelines implemented; • Mobilization and operational phases trained; • Testing and improving SOPs; • Identifying gaps in existing planning documents and HNS guidelines; • Testing procedure for working in cultural protection area; • Establishing effective communications channels; • Facilitating […]