Community Resilience in Urban Areas (CRUA)

Administrative Overview Agreement number:ECHO/SUB/2014/ Total eligible cost: € 662, EC co-financing: € 497, (75%) Starting date: Ending date: Duration: 24 months

Partners Coordinator: British Red Cross Partners:Danish Red Cross Hungarian Red Cross Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre Red Cross / Red Crescent Psychosocial Support Centre

Project background Since 2004, over 1000 people have been killed and more than 3.4 million affected by flooding in Europe Without action, up to half a million additional people will be affected every year by 2080 The British Isles and central Europe will be worst affected by increasing flooding Statutory and community responses need to continue improving, particularly in urban areas, in relation to the UN Hyogo Framework, EC Floods Directive, and the response of each member state

Project background continued Northern Ireland’s experience after severe and sustained flooding in Belfast, led to research detailing urban gaps. Similar experience is found in partner countries A multiagency partnership framework was set up in Northern Ireland, including lead stakeholders from national and local government, and Red Cross to support community engagement work In each partner country we will work with urban communities to prepare for, and recover from, floods *1190 more women of childbearing age & families who would benefit

Project Aims This project aims to contribute towards, and share results widely on 1)Individuals and urban communities being better prepared for the increased level of incidence of flooding 2)Ensuring the right level of support, especially emotional support, to aid recovery from the effects of flooding 3)Study current, and encourage exchange of, good practice on multiagency partnerships in civil protection

Tasks A: Project management and reporting to the Commission B: Community engagement toolkit and good practice C: Well-being and emotional resilience model D: Sharing good practice: multiagency partnership framework E: Sharing good practice: dissemination of products and results F: Evaluation

Key Deliverables Report on national and local knowledge and procedures in response to the impact of climate change (06/15) Serious Game tool on climate modelling (11/15) Research paper compiling results from Europe-wide research (12/15) Recommendation report for models of good practice in well-being and emotional resilience of vulnerable urban communities (01/16) Compendium of good practice and associated tools (12/16) Community Engagement toolkit (12/16) Progress reports (31/08/2015 and 30/04/2016)

Tentative dates & places for major events Kick-off meeting involving all partners in the UK (03/15) 33 community workshops will be held in the UK, Denmark & Hungary (05/15 – 04/16) 10 community empowerment and celebration events will be held in the UK, Denmark & Hungary (08/15 – 05/16) 4 two-day training events will be held in the UK, Denmark & Hungary (04/16 – 12/16) Dissemination conference in the UK(09/16)

Follow up All elements will be promoted widely throughout Europe, via a conference, and rolling out of tools and results They will be promoted on various Red Cross websites that have national, European, and global reach Finally the conference and availability of results will encourage extensive use of the results and encourage debate with decision-makers on how to extend, expand, and encourage further urban community involvement.