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ABOUT the EReS project

Earthquake Resilient Schools (EReS) is a project funded by the Union Civil  Protection Mechanism (UCPM), aiming to contribute to Earthquake Disaster Mitigation by jointly developing solutions to existing common problems across the Greece/Türkiye Cross Border Area.

EReS capitalizes on the REDACt project (https://www.redact-project.eu/) funded by the Black Sea Basin JOP 2014-20 (BSB-966) by using the developed Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment platform, parts of the REDACt Educational Hub and experiences gained by the development, installation and use of Low Cost accelerometers

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

The global objective is to improve Cross Border cooperation on Earthquake Hazard assessment and Risk mitigation by developing a framework for information exchange between major Earthquake Hazard assessment and Risk mitigation related Institutions in the area, and by jointly implementing activities for Earthquake Hazard & Risk assessment and Dissemination in selected, high seismicity parts of the GR/TR Cross Border Area

PROJECT’S SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

A.  Earthquake Risk assessment of school buildings in high seismicity Areas

  • Joint development of a methodology to investigate seismic risk indicators of school buildings. Installation of Next Generation Accelerometers at different levels of a number of school buildings, to help improve the earthquake hazard model accuracy and, to help investigate the respective to the specific buildings seismic response, all in a harmonized way

B. Focused Dissemination

  • Develop and disseminate a training package, based on “Needs and Best Practices” analysis to identify the status of preparedness in schools. The package will contain guidelines for prevention & preparedness in schools aiming at improving school community resilience.
  • Provide training to personnel of to the competent State Authorities (civil protection agencies) in selected high seismicity areas

EXPECTED RESULTS

  • Enhanced efficiency of earthquake emergency response planning in the GR/TR Cross-Border Area; promotion of communication among neighboring countries to exchange good practices on earthquake disaster mitigation, allowing the population exposed to earthquake hazard to take actions for reducing the Risk
  • Improved Operational Capacity of Civil Protection authorities
  • Improved Earthquake resilience of School Communities

PROJECT BUDGET & DURATION

Total Costs (proposal): 923,784.50 €

Maximum Grant Amount (award decision): 785,215.92 €

Starting date: March the 1st , 2023

Duration: two (2) years