Hidrológiai Közlöny, 2017 (97. évfolyam)
2017 / 3. szám - TRANSNATIONAL EFFORTS - Oroszi Viktor György - Tamás Enikő Anna - Tamás Beatrix: Flood management education in the Danube basin - needs and challenges
27 Viktor György Oroszi et al: Flood management education in the Danube basin - needs and challenges Table 1. Education-related measures highlighted by the Danube countries in the first Flood Risk Management Plan ____________________(edited by the authors based on the Annex 2-5 of ICPDR 2015a)____________________ Measures to avoid new risks in the DRB Measures reducing the existing risks Awareness raising, Measures strengthening resilience and implementing the solidarity principle Emergency event response planning/Con- tingency planning and other measures to establish or enhance preparedness Measure to adapt receptors to reduce the adverse consequences in the event of a flood actions on buildings, public networks, etc... Other measure to enhance flood risk preventio n Public awareness and preparedness Measure to establish or enhance the public awareness or preparedness for flood events and other measures Germany- Information and training Austria- Educational activities Czech Republic- Raising of public flood risk knowledge- Flood exercises for flood and crisis authorities Slovakia- Training campaigns focused at flood preparedness among municipalities Hungary- Training local defense leaders, municipality responsible groups- Education- PR methods and education to increase the awareness of the population Slovenia- Information and education of highly endangered inhabitants Croatia- Establishment of a system for regular education of the public regarding flood risk management issues, especially in areas under significant flood risks Serbia- Introduction of water management issues into schools (from elementary school to university level)- Training exercises- Municipal authorities capacity building and training Bosnia& Herzegovina-Capacity building on municipal level, organizing educational workshops- Public awareness of flood life strategy Romania- Flood exercises simulation with inter institutional participation-Flood exercises simulation with inter institutional participation- Active education/training of the population (brochures, leaflets, media communication) Bulgaria- Educational activities- Training and information campaign Moldova Ukraine- Trainings for authorities and population The Serbian Water Management Strategy and the gap analysis of the Western Balkans regarding the implementation of Flood Directive also identified in 2015 that the lack of capacities in water directorates makes them insufficient to respond to all legal requirements (COWI-IPF 2015, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection 2015). Higher education institutions in most of the Western Balkan countries are not providing sufficient number of flood management experts and water professionals with the required skills to establish and operate databases, monitoring and early warning systems necessary for the Floods Directive implementation. The lack of skilled professionals, uncertainties of employ-ment, poor working conditions and low wages create a situation where the complex exercise of implementing the Directive requires external assistance. Therefore region-wide undergraduate and professional educational and training programmes need to be developed. Considering that results of any complex educational programme must be tangible and will require time, initiatives to address this must be taken as soon as possible to avoid further weakening of the professional background in the region. An increase in the capacity of technical and scientific institutions and extensive network-
