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Romania, Bulgaria forge cross-border cooperation project on emergencies
A Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border coordination centre on emergencies and its being equipped with specialised vehicles and specific equipment for the workers in the emergency intervention system are the main achievements of a project conducted by the authorities of the Romanian Danube River port of Giurgiu (60 km south of Bucharest) and Bulgarian town Ruse, located on the opposite Danube River bank, that was conducted on European funds.
'What we have done together is the first experience of its kind in Romania and Bulgaria and all our Bulgarian fellows congratulated us for what we did. By the cross-border coordination centre and the two intervention vehicles that we received as part of the project we can manage in any cross-border situation involving the intervention in the event of fire, chemical or radioactive pollution, other incidents or the intervention in the event of earthquakes', said Dimitar Pavlov, chief commissioner of the Ruse-based institution for emergencies, at a conference marking the completion of the project in Giurgiu on Monday.
'This project is a model of collaboration and friendship between two bordering parties, which little by little should be addressed as a whole', said the Giurgiu Inspectorate for Emergencies chief Emil Apostol.
He stressed future cross-border projects could include the setting up of module-based camps for the disaster-hit locals and ensuring the survival of the population hit by natural disasters as well as a project aimed to provide ships that should take action on the Danube in the event of emergencies.
The project aimed to provide efficient management for the joint intervention in emergency situations in the Giurgiu-Ruse cross-border region was funded via the Romania-Bulgaria Cross-Border Cooperation Programme for 2007-2013 and it amounts to 5.6 million euros.