The Third Stage of Implementation of the

CIVILARCH Project in Poland

MIECZYSŁAW BORYSIEWICZ, WANDA KACPRZYKAND KATARZYNA RYMWID-MICKIEWICZ

Institute of Environmental Protection

The Polish Presentation for the Fourth Coordination Meeting

(Warsaw, 13-14 May 2010)

European Commission DG - ENVIRONMENT

Civil Protection Financial Instrument

Task implementation

TASK A:

Project Management

Activities under TASK A:

• Preparation of information on the implementation of tasks in the period

from 10 October 2009 – 10 May 2010

• Organization of the 4th Coordination Meeting in Warsaw (13-14 May 2010)

Activities under TASK A (cont.):

an update of the CIVILARCH Project website concerning Poland

financial documentation regarding the 3rd reporting period (October 2009 - April 2010)

information about work completed by May 2010

The Institute sent the following to the LP:

TASK C:

Creation of Support Mechanism

Comments and proposals for certain amendments for:

Module 1: Water Contamination Monitoring

Module 2: Field Investigation and Site Assessment

were delivered directly to AB4

Module 3: Abatement and Remediation Actions

In December 2009 the IEP finalised work on the Polish

version of 3 modules, which was entitled the CIVILARCH Good

Practice Guidelines.

TASK D:

Implementation of pilot activities

Under Task D the IEP:

1. Organized the Training Seminar (Gorzow, 16-17 March 2010)

2. Collected material on emergency response plans in place in the Lubuskie Region to evaluate the coherence and efficacy of the emergency response structure in this region

The aim of the Training Seminar was:

• Preparedness of the structures of the Lubuskie Region to the chemical accidents

• Discussion and exchange of experiences among persons interested in issues of prevention of and response to industrial accidents and in the protection of people and water against accident consequences

• Promotion of the technical aspects of 3 modules

• The NOMOToT Computer Programme for Calculating the Concentration of Contamination in Surface Waters (Dr. M. Borysiewicz)

22 persons attended the Training Seminar

The following were presented at the Seminar:

• Water Contamination Monitoring (Dr. M. Borysiewicz)

• Conducting Rescue Action and Site Assessment (Dr. R. Grosset )

• Abatement Actions (Dr. R. Grosset)

• 5 additional papers

Each trainee received:

• CIVILARCH GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINES (published in Polish)

•copy of all papers•CD with the results of the

CIVILARCH Project (folder, leaflet, etc.) •certificate confirming the

participation in the CIVILARCH Training Seminar

Conclusions

• The scope of the CIVILARCH Project modules that was proposed was considered to be on good level.

• Proposed practices – with the exception of some issues concerning on-line monitoring - were not new for most participants of the Training, as they have been successfully implemented in Poland for over 20 years.

Conclusions - cont.

• Participants recommended to organise a series of training events covering all

regional, district and local services and industrial establishments located within

the river basin district• The Polish version of the modules

would be useful for employees of the self-governmental authorities and operators of Seveso II establishments

TASK E:

Setting up the administrative tools and actions

Under Task E the IEP has been working on :

1. The draft Action plan aiming to improve the emergency response capacity in the Lubuskie Region

2. The reorganization of the Polish cluster

TASK F:

Information, Communication

and Capitalization Measures

Activities under Task F:

• IEP website (http://civilarch.ios.edu.pl) dedicated to the CIVILARCH Project was updated

• Press releases were published in the regional journals on 15 October 2009

• The Second Newsletter was disseminated among members of the Polish CIVILARCH Cluster by e-mail on 27 November 2009.

Activities under Task F (cont.):

• The IEP printed the CIVILARCH GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINES (200 hard copies and 150 CDs)

• CDs also contain the RISK IDENTIFICATION REPORT

and the NOMOToT computer programme

• CDs were distributed to CIVILARCH PARTNERS and libraries and will be provided to the members of the Polish Cluster

Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention!!