SubProject #9

Dissemination of Project results

SP Leader: UPC-CRAHI
Partners involved: UPC-CRAHI, WU, GLARUS, UKZN, SCHAPI, ACA, AdBDxSele, VERZASCA S.A., AET, EGMASA, ULANC, CUGRI, UPC-GITS, SMC, CETaqua, MeteoSwiss, HYDS, JRC, WSL

Objective:   Manage the dissemination of the IMPRINTS results, as well as promoting specific measures to increase awareness and preparedness of the stakeholders and the general public.

Task 9.1: Design an produce a video oriented to broader audiences (adapted to be distributed in local TVs and High Schools) about the risk of flash flooding, to present the forecasting and warning systems to potential end-users and public (stakeholders, householders....) and to provide guidance rules to act in case of such events [Subcontracted specialised SME, CETaqua and UPC-CRAHI].

Task 9.2: Organization of an International Workshop. It will follow the model of the 2nd MITCH workshop organised by UPC-CRAHI in the framework of MITCH Concerted Action in 2002. The targeted audience will be technical people working in the subject as well as practitioner people from governmental agencies and town councils. Conferences from selected experts will be combined with poster presentations from the participants in order to encourage active participation. WU will be in charge of the preparation of the International Workshop and in the compilation of the book of proceedings, and UPC-CRAHI will act as local organizer [WU and CRAHI-UPC]

Task 9.3: Organization of 4 1-day local workshops, at each one of the test bed areas. They will be oriented to present the work carried out on the project and to identify the particularities of the local needs in relation to the implementation of the EU Flood Risk Management Directive. The targeted audience will be technical people and practitioners representing end-users, emergency authorities, technical agents from town councils and the interested public. Conferences from selected experts will be combined with sessions open to discussion.

The partners organizing these local workshops will be: 
1st workshop to be held in Barcelona: ACA
2nd workshop to be held in Salerno: AdBDxSele
3rd workshop to be held in Glarus Canton: GLARUS EMERGENCY
4th workshop to be held in Toulouse: SCHAPI