National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development “URBAN-INCERC”, Bucharest, Romania
ECBR – EUROPEAN CENTER FOR BUILDINGS REHABILITATION
REPORT ON ECBR ACTIVITIES IN 2019.
PROPOSAL OF ECBR PROJECT IN 2020-2021
Dr. Eng. Emil - Sever Georgescu
DIRECTOR OF ECBR,
Paris, France, 5-6 November 2019
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ALL ROMANIA IS A SEISMIC COUNTRY |
ECBR is in the frontline to promote UNO-DRR Sendai Framework |
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Romania Seismic Zoning Map Code P100-1/2013 for Seismic Design. Return period 225 years. Bucharest – design acceleration 0.3 |
· March, 4, 1977 Vrancea earthquake - · M= 7.2, I max = 8 MSK · 23 of 40 counties were strongly affected, with Bucharest recording the highest loss, accounting for 70% of the total, i.e. US$ 1.4 billion. · Casualties : o 1,578 deaths (1,424 or 90% in Bucharest) o 11,300 injured (7,600 or 68% in Bucharest) · Damage to buildings: · 35,000 homeless families · 32,900 collapsed or destroyed housing units · 763 collapsed or destroyed commercial/industrial units, 47 collapsed or destroyed hospitals · 257 collapsed or destroyed educational buildings · 181 collapsed or destroyed cultural buildings Bucharest - Collapse of 25 buildings that were damaged in 1940 and left without strengthening |
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VRANCEA DEEP SEISMIC SOURCE CAUSED TRANSBOUNDARY DISASTERS IN R. MOLDOVA, UKRAINE AND BULGARIA |
ALL SOCIETY SHALL BE RESILIENT. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS STAFF AND CITIZENS MUST BE EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR BUILDINGS REHABILITATION AND EARTHQUAKE SAFETY |
ECBR PROJECT 2018-2019
SEISMIC RISK PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION – DRR TRAINING FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS OF POPULATIONS, SCHOOL STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN ROMANIA
Coordinator Centre: ECBR, Bucharest, Romania
Partner 1: ECRP Sofia, Bulgaria - providing expertise and educational materials for earthquake preparedness to ECBR
Partner 2: ECMNR – Chisinau, R. of Moldova - providing expertise and educational materials for earthquake preparedness to ECBR
SENDAI PRIORITIES FOR ACTION OF THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN:
· Promoting risk culture among population (children, adults and groups with special vulnerability).
· Fostering population’s active participation (as individuals and as community) to DRR.
Activities in 2019
- Development of specific knowledge transfer / training materials for neighborhoods with old and vulnerable high-rise buildings erected before 1940 and/or 1977 earthquake disasters, for citizens and volunteers - in Romanian language,
- Knowledge transfer by training seminars for citizens / volunteers/students using courses, printed materials and didactic seismic simulators;
- Confirming good practices during a Final Workshop with associated centers
Organization of short time free-field seminars directly with citizens in two neighborhoods – places with old and vulnerable high-rise buildings erected before 1940 and/or 1977 earthquake disasters
- Date: October-November, Duration: 2 hours
- Venue: near buildings, in each of two neighborhoods places in Sector 2 of Bucharest
- Participants: about 20-30 citizens in each vulnerable group
Organization of training seminar for citizens / volunteers to became trainers for other citizens
- Date: September 2019, Duration: 2 days
- Venue: ECBR Room in URBAN-INCERC
- Participants: 30 Romanian students / citizens / volunteers
SEMINAR ECBR 12-13 SEPTEMBER 2019
Organization of a Project Workshop with associated centers – Not feasible because of specific reasons
- Date: October 2019, Duration: 2 days
- Venue: ECBR Room in URBAN-INCERC
- Participants: Directors of EUR-OPA associated centers of Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova
Other ECBR activities
- ROMANIAN ACADEMY Simposium “Earthquakes of Vrancea Zone – a challenge for geosciences and society”, March, 4 2019
- UNESCO International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED) International Workshop
11-12 June 2019, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania
- ECBR presentation on seismic risk and preparedness with demonstration with didactic seismic simulators for The 16th edition of the Research conference on constructions, economy of buildings, architecture, urban and territorial development “The smart city: synergies between spatial planning, urbanism and constructions”, 24 October 2019
- Conference on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters, organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palace of the Parliament of Romania, (Bucharest, 12 March 2019)
- ECBR presentation on seismic risk and demonstration with didactic seismic simulators for university students of USAMV – Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environment Engineering, May 2019
Obtained results in 2019
- Direct transfer of earthquake preparedness knowledge to the community using verbal explanations, didactic mini-simulators and leaflets for citizens in neighborhoods with old and vulnerable high-rise buildings erected before 1940 and/or 1977 earthquake disasters
- Learning and understanding reason, means and ways of achieving earthquake preparedness knowledge, good practice and skills for persons, groups, family and community members
- Increase resilience and pro-active behaviour of citizens in risky neighborhoods, with assistance of volunteers.
- Confirmation of good practices on earthquake disaster risk reduction in neighborhoods at risk within EUR-OPA centers by an ECBR Workshop in Romania
- Fostering official duties of Civil Protection (IGSU) and attracting some NGO's to be partners of IGSU and ECBR in multiplicating the risk reduction effect in neighborhoods.
NEW ECBR PROJECT 2020-2021
USING KNOWLEDGE FROM EUR-OPA SPECIALIZED CENTRES TO ENSURE EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE OF IMPORTANT COMMUNITY BUILDINGS.
PREPARATIVES TO SUPPORT THE FORTHCOMING STRATEGY OF SEISMIC RISK REDUCTION IN ROMANIA.
Coordinator Centre: ECBR, Bucharest, Romania Partner Centre: ECPFE Greece, Athens
The main field of activity of ECBR in Romania, i.e. “building rehabilitation”, has entered in a new phase, as a new Strategy of Seismic Risk Reduction is under preparation at the ministry in charge – MDRAP with the support of the World Bank, to be enforced in 2020-2021.
Recently, the Law – Ordinance No. 20/1994 was modified as to make compulsory the risk assessment and classification of all schools built before 1978 by 2021.
New ECBR Project for 2020-2021 - The general aim is to work in support of MDRAP to prepare the enforcement of the new strategy, such as:
- to speed the use of scientific and technological knowledge to promote the new Strategy of Seismic Risk Reduction and better assess risks and adapt accordingly the resilience strategies for important public facilities, as schools, hospitals and other public institutions/facilities.
- to strengthen the governance capacity of local authorities for implementing the new Strategy of Seismic Risk Reduction while developing cooperation among all decision-makers in DRR using the knowledge from EUR-OPA specialized centres(ECBR, Bucharest, Romania; ECPFE Greece, Athens)
2020-2021 ECBR PROJECT - SENDAI PRIORITIES FOR ACTION OF THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN:
· Using scientific and technological knowledge to better assess evolving risks and adapt accordingly the resilience strategies.
· Developing cooperation among all decision-makers to better define authorities’ adequate role in DRR.
Specific objectives
2020
- Preparation of training materials and of scientific knowledge transfer on seismic risk reduction for school / educational facilities, addresed to professors, school principals / directors and administrative staff, by training seminars
- Knowledge transfer by training seminars for employes of local authorities to strengthen their governance capacity for implementing the new Strategy of Seismic Risk Reduction, using the prepared developed materials.
- Exchange of experience with the associated center (ECPFE Greece, Athens).
2021
- Preparation of training materials and provide knowledge transfer on seismic risk reduction for hospitals / medical / sanitary facilities, addresed to directors, medical and administrative staff, by training seminars
- Knowledge transfer by training seminars on seismic risk reduction for staff of crowded facilities, using specifically developed materials.
- Exchange of experience with the associated center (ECPFE Greece, Athens).
Activities in 2020
Coordinator Centre: ECBR, Bucharest, Romania
Organization of training seminars on seismic risk reduction for school / educational facilities, addresed to professors, directors and administrative staff
- Date: May-June 2020, Duration: one day
- Venue: ECBR Hall in URBAN-INCERC
- Participants: about 25 persons
Organization of training seminar for local authorities staff / employees
- Date: May-June 2020, Duration: one day
- Venue: ECBR Hall in URBAN-INCERC
- Participants: about 25 persons
Partner 1: ECPFE Greece, Athens - attending seminars for providing expertise and educational materials to ECBR and participants for earthquake preparedness to ECBR on specific risks reduction in schools or public institutions
Activities in 2021
Coordinator Centre: ECBR, Bucharest, Romania
Organization of training seminars on seismic risk reduction for hospitals / medical / sanitary facilities, addresed to directors, doctors and administrative staff
- Date: May-June 2021, Duration: one day
- Venue: ECBR Hall in URBAN-INCERC
- Participants: about 25 persons
Organization of training seminar on seismic risk reduction for staff of crowded facilities
- Date: May-June 2021, Duration: one day
- Venue: ECBR Hall in URBAN-INCERC
- Participants: about 25 persons
Partner 1: ECPFE Greece, Athens – attending seminars for providing expertise and educational materials to ECBR and participants for earthquake preparedness on specific risks reduction in hospitals / medical / sanitary facilitiesschools or public institutions and crowded facilities.
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Expected Results - Provide scientific and practical knowledge about the objectives of the new Strategy of Seismic Risk Reduction and create positive disaster risk reduction perception for school / educational facilities, addresed to professors, directors and administrative staff and local authorities employees, respectively. - Receive educational materials and have exchange of experience on earthquake DRR with ECPFE Greece, Athens 2021 - Provide scientific and practical knowledge about the objectives of the new Strategy of Seismic Risk Reduction and create positive disaster risk reduction perception for hospitals employees and staff of crowded facilities - Receive educational materials and have exchange of experience on earthquake DRR with ECPFE Greece, Athens |
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Deliverables 2020 Coordinator Centre ECBR, Bucharest, Romania: - Reports of seminars and workshops to be distributed to the EUR-OPA Secretariat and partners - Publication of training materials for schools staff and local authorities employees and course support text for seminar participants - Partner 1 : ECPFE Greece, Athens - reports, recommendations, brochures, leaflets including expertise and educational materials for earthquake preparedness in schools and public institutions in Greece 2021 Coordinator Centre ECBR, Bucharest, Romania: - Reports of seminars and workshops to be distributed to the EUR-OPA Secretariat and partners - Publication of training materials for hospital staff and staff of agglomerated facilities and course support text for seminars Partner 1 : ECPFE Greece, Athens - reports, recommendations, brochures, leaflets including expertise and educational materials for earthquake preparedness in hospitals and crowded facilities. |
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