CASE HISTORYSEINONDA THE PARTICIPATION PROCESS FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS (DIRECTIVE 2007/60/EC)

CASE HISTORY

SEINONDATHE PARTICIPATION PROCESS FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

PLANS (DIRECTIVE 2007/60/EC)

Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from European young people

Sabrina FranceschiniRegional Department for Communication, training and participation tools

13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER

March 16°, 2016 - BURIER

Patrizia ErcoliRegional Department for Soil and Coast Protection and Drainage System

13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER PARTICIPATION PROCESS SEINONDA Burier, 16° march 2016

Overview


The participation process SEINONDA

2007 EU Flood Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks

POLICY

The purpose of this Directive is to establish a framework for the assessment and management of flood risks, aiming at the reduction of the adverse consequences for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity associated with floods in the Community.

Flood event: Temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water. This shall include floods from rivers, mountain torrents, Mediterranean ephemeral water courses, and floods fromthe sea in coastal areas, and may exclude floods from sewerage systems

Secchia river(Jan. 19, 2014)

Lido di Savio (Mars 2010)

Calendasco, Piacenza (2011)


ISPRA Report on the Hydrogeological instability in Italy: hazard and risk indicators(233/2015) - http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/it


22’’759759’’962962

Inhabitants

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Urban and artificial areas

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Economic activities

1313’’274 n.274 n.

Cultural heritage

P3 – Floods with a high probability

P2 – Floods with a medium probability

P1 – Floods with a low probability (extreme event scenarios)

FLOOD HAZARD MAPS and SPECIFIC RECEPTORS POTENTIALLY AT RISK in EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION


Hazard and risk maps are available for consultation by citizens, Mayors, public institutions, for self – protection actions, planning decisions, emergency response

This map (Trebbia River) represents the areas that can be

flooded for different scenarios

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Flood scenarios

http://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/suolo-bacino/sezioni/piano-di-gestione-del-rischio-alluvioni/cartografia


Risk assessment cycle and risk mitigation strategy

PROTECTION

PREPARDNESS

RECOVERY AND REVIEW

PREVENTION

RISK RISK ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT

CYCLECYCLE

FLOODSFLOODS

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

PREVENTION Land use planning policies, Regulation, Removal or relocation, Limit soil compaction and sealing, Conserve, protect and, where possible, Restore vegetation and forest in mountainous areas, riparian woodland and meadows, Conserve, protect and, where possible, restore degraded wetlands and flood plains, Reconnect of floodplains to the river by e.g. relocating dykes, opening natural levees, Conserve Sandbanks and sand dunes, Improve knowledge

PROTECTION Maintenance programmes, Construct areas for controlled flooding, Construct and/or heighten dikes, protect, heighten and develop sandbanks, dams or on-line storage areas, beach nourishment and protection

PREPARDNESS Flood forecasting and warning, Contingency planning, public awareness and preparedness, risk communication and education, Inform and teach people what to do before, during and after a flood

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Emergency Event Response Planning, Inform and teach people what to do before, during and after a flood, Evacuation, Develop contingency plans

RECOVERY AND REVIEW

Individual and societal Recovery, Clean-up and restoration activities (buildings, infrastructure, etc.), Health and mental health supporting actions, incl. managing stress, Disaster financial assistance (grants, tax), incl. disaster legal assistance, disaster unemployment assistanceTemporary or permanent relocation, Environmental recovery, Clean-up and restoration activities, Lessons learnt from flood events


Some examples of flood events in E-R Region:

The coastal storm of 6th February 2015


14-15 sept. 2015 Trebbia and Nure flood event

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RiglioPerino

Gariga

Ramiola

Valdena

Teruzzi

Rovegno

Pessola

Bettola

Bedonia

Valverde

Tarsogno

Noveglia

Bobbiano

Torriglia

Romagnese

Mormorola

Groppallo

Farfanaro

Vicobarone

S. Nicolo'

S. Michele

Pellegrino

Nociveglia

Grammatica

Frassineto

Gropparello

Cassimoreno

Casalporino

Barbagelata

Alpe Gorreto

Piacenza urbana

Casaselvatica

Selva Ferriere

Albareto Parma

Varano Marchesi

Monticelli

Casoni di S. Maria di Taro

Diga del Brugneto

S. Stefano d'Aveto

Pieve di Cusignano

Bosco di Corniglio

Castellazzo Villanova d'Arda

Bardi

Ponte Nibbiano Tidoncello

Farini

Bobbio

Tornolo

Fornovo SIAP

Ciriano

Cabanne

Vigoleno

Veggiola

Saliceto

Pradella

Piacenza

Rivergaro

Montanaro

Lugagnano

Corniglio

Ostia Parmense

Luretta

Rottofreno

Salsominore

Case Bonini

Fidenza SIAP

Ferriere Idro

Ponte Nibbiano

Ponte Lamberti

Ponte dell'Olio

Berceto

Trebbia Valsigiara

Pontenure

Castellina di Soragna

Salsomaggiore

Pianello Val Tidone

Ponteceno

Fiorenzuola d'Arda

Piacenza SIAP

TREBBIA

TIDONE

NURE

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Farini village – Nure Basin

Trebbia Basin


The effects of the 13-14° September 2015 flood event (Nure and Trebbia rivers)

Flood damage data:

• Three persons died;

• over 100 people evacuated;

• 505 buildings damaged

• 80 little village isolated

• 11 provincial roads damaged

• Over 200 km of roads damaged

• 4000 public utilities like electricity, gas supply and water distribution, disrupted


Rio Lavezza (Albinea, RE) - modification or removal

of structures or the alteration of channels

Pre-lavori Post-lavori

Pre-lavori

durante-lavori

post-lavori

Some examples of measure programs in E-R (Dir.2000/60 & Dir. 2007/60)

Tevere river (Verghereto, FC) - Removal


PROTEZIONE: alcuni esempi

Panaro river -Storage area

Parma river -Storage area


The participation process

Goals

• To share the flood hazard and risk maps

• To engage citizens and stakeholders during all process

• To reach new ideas and proposals

• To create new networks and partnerships

• To train and prepare the general public

LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT

Target

Citizens, Associations, Local Authorities, Private companies

Planning

The project lasted 2 years and half.

From May 2013 to December 2015

Coordinator

Emilia-Romagna Region

Regional Department for Soil and Coast Protection and Drainage System

PARTICIPATORY PLANNING

EMPOWERMENT/GESTIONE

CONSULTATION

INFORMATION


Process Storytelling

From May 2013 to December 2015

PLANNING OF ACTIVITIES

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May 2013 Kick-off Meeting Project Team

December 2013

Feb. – Apr. 2014

Jun. – Oct. 2014

March 2015

May – Jun 2015

Dec. 2015

Institutional Meeting

2 Workshops with local community and stakeholders

National Water Conference

3 Technical Meeting with local institutions

Opening virtual square in e-participation portal

9 Technical Meetings with local institutions

Sept – Opt 20153 Workshops with local community and

stakeholders

Final FRMP Adoption

On-line forum

Pool

Blog

Process documents


The workshops

Challenging problems are transformed into creative ideas, innovations, strategies and solutions through dialogue, leadership, communication and participatory interaction.

We used various technique like:

•Team Building and Action Planning (for internal workshops)

•LegoSeriousPlay, MODI’ Digital Mosaic, Knowledge and World Café, Idea Boxes ( to involve the target)

Methodology


The Workshops

§ River and drainage system maintenance: regulations, methods, costs, critical points (PREVENTION / PROTECTION MEASURE)

§ Coastal areas maintenance: regulations, methods, costs, critical points (PREVENTION / PROTECTION MEASURE)

§ Emergency plans (PREPARATION MEASURE)

§ Regional Alert System (PREPARATION MEASURE)

Themes:

How the public perceives the problemWhat action the public requires

SEINONDA virtual square

ONLINE TOOLS

TO INFORM

TO INVOLVE

ID CARDlink

BIOGRAPHYlink

FAQlink

WORKBOOKlink

FORUMlink

DOCUMENTSlink

BLOGlink

POOLSlink

GLOSSARYlink

SEINONDA banner advertising

ONLINE CAMPAING

Figures

• 29 days• form 11/11 to 9/12 of 2015• Budget : €10.000,00• Total impressions: 12.304.516• Total click: 20.917• Total visits: 26.090• Total visitators: 23.103• conversion rate 3,04%


Results

In two years of project ( from 2014 to 2015)

SOME FIGURES…

IDEAS/ PROPOSALS

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS

1301

MEETING/WORKSHOP

19

WS PARTICIPANTS PROFILES

FEEDBACK PARTICIPANT PRESS RELEASE

185

ON LINE CONTACT

…from tomorrow I’ll try to share this experience

with my friends…

2926 Visitors

12.409

Download

518

Contributions

311

86

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Voluntary Associations

Private Companies

Freelancers

Institutions

Citizens

Universities


Impacts

- The regional strategy in Flood Risk Management (FRMP) has been re-defined also with the contribution of citizens ideas

- More attention to public involvement in risk management (schools, young people, associations, volunteers, etc)

- Development of new communication channels between public institutions and citizens, especially during emergency situations

- Improvement of the cooperation between different public institutions

- Development of new tools for establishing cooperation between public institutions and citizens in watercourses maintenance

- Empowerment of Mayors and citizens

- New partnership between Research team – public institutions and private companies

- Build resilient communities


Behind the scene

What resources were strategic…

Key factors

TRAINING

PROJECT TEAM BUDGET

About 30,000 Professional meeting

support

«Cabina di Regia»

33 members (16 women)

Emilia Romagna Region: Servizio Difesa del Suolo, della Costa e Bonifica, Servizio Comunicazione,

Educazione alla Sostenibilità e Strumenti di Partecipazione, Servizio Tutela e Risanamento Risorsa

Acqua, Servizio Geologico, Sismico e dei Suoli; Servizio Tecnico di Bacino Romagna, Po di Volano e

della Costa, Reno, dei Bacini degli Affluenti del Po

Autorità di Bacino del fiume Po, del Reno, Interreg.le Marecchia e Conca, dei Bacini Regionali

Romagnoli

Consorzio della Bonifica Renana, Parmense, di Piacenza

Agenzia Regionale di Protezione Civile, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale

Assessorato Sicurezza Territoriale, difesa del suolo e della costa, protezione civile

About 20,000 Professional organization

support

About 10,000Advertising

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

FUTOUR company helps Region for

discuss so as to take decisions and co-

create the future.

PROMOTIONAL CHANNELS

Below the line (poster, workbook, IDCard,

ecc), Online: web eParticipation platform,

Social media, Banner Advertising

25 internal meeting to

prepare the workshops


Challenges and solutions

Challenge 4

Institutions and Local Authorities go face to face with public: communication and participation is a risk? Public participation in decision making

Challenge 3

Solution 4Solution 3

Clarify public role and competences in a transparent and smart modality.

New language approach and new perspective

Discuss about technical problems and themes (hazard and risk maps, Flood Risk Management Plans, etc) with citizens and local communities (non expert stakeholders)

Challenge 2

Feedback mechanisms and participation are essential ingredients to developed effective policies

Challenge 1

Solution 2Solution 1

Stakeholder engagement with innovative mechanisms

Team building and Action Planning

New orchestration capability needs to be developed


Tips to share

Tip 1

Taking the time to process design and internal sharinge tip

Tip 2

Do not be discouraged by the (normal) difficulty: every problem is a challenge to overcome

Tip 3

Do not be afraid to do things they have never done: innovation goes from there!

Tip 3

Participation is a hard task for citizens, but can be extremely interesting: dedicate your time in these initiatives!!

Thank you J

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Sabrina Franceschini

Patrizia Ercoli

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http://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/suolo-bacino/sezioni/piano-di-gestione-del-rischio-alluvioni/piano-

gestione-del-rischio-alluvioni

http://partecipazione.regione.emilia-romagna.it/iopartecipo/valutazione-e-gestione-del-rischio-di-

alluvioni/verso-il-piano-di-gestione-del-rischio-di-alluvioni

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Education

CASE HISTORYSEINONDA THE PARTICIPATION PROCESS FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS (DIRECTIVE 2007/60/EC)