Danube Transnational Programme DAREFFORT

Collaboration to improve flood forecasts

DAREFFORT project scope

The reliable and comprehensive hydrologic data is the basis of sound forecasting in any country of the Danube Basin. Furthermore one of the most important factors of flood risk mitigation is the available time for necessary measures. Increasing the operative preparation period greatly contributes to decreasing and/or avoiding disasters.

DAREFFORT project is a horizontal initiative to implement a mutually adopted flood risk mitigation measure in a joint and sustainable way on Danube catchment level. During the three-year-implementation-period the purpose is to establish a standardized international hydro-meteorological data exchange platform which can improve the quality and efficiency of national forecast services. This would feed a public near real time system - DanubeHIS by ICPDR - that provides data for flood risk management or for any water related scientific activities.

DAREFFORT project is a horizontal initiative to implement a mutually adopted flood risk mitigation measure in a joint and sustainable way on Danube catchment level. During the three-year-implementation-period the purpose is to establish a standardized international hydro-meteorological data exchange platform which can improve the quality and efficiency of national forecast services. This would feed a public near real time system - DanubeHIS by ICPDR - that provides data for flood risk management or for any water related scientific activities.

Results & Outputs

The partners jointly work out the policy recommendations to be submitted to ICPDR (International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River) in the interest of the establishment of the Danube Hydrological Information System (DanubeHIS) which is a fundamental step towards flexible and sustainable data exchange. The main focus is to enhance the access to the recorded hydrologic and ice data and to provide harmonized distribution for all the countries in the Danube catchment.

Project partners

Lead partner: (Hungary) VIZITERV Environ Ltd.

Austria: Economica GmbH

Bulgaria: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Croatia: Croatian Waters - Legal entity for water management

Germany: STASA Steinbeis Applied Systems Analysis GmbH

Hungary: General Directorate of Water Management

Romania: National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management

Slovakia: Slovak Water Management Enterprise, state enterprise; Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Slovenia: University of Ljubljana

Ukraine: Ukrainian Hydrometerological Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine

ASP partners

Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, Water Department, Water Balance Subdep (BMNT); Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU); Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (STMU); State Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Moldova (SHSM); Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia (SHMSS); Slovenian Environmental Agency (ARSO); Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia (MOP).

International ASP partners

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) representing EUSDR PA5; International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICDPR); International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC); Joint Research Center (JRC); World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Contact

Dr. Zoltán Bálint representative of DAREFFORT Lead Partner

VIZITERV ENVIRON Ltd.

Tel: +36 30 448 0321

E-mail: balint.zoltan@environ.hu

For further information on the project, partnership and the Danube Transnational Programme:  www.interreg-danube.eu/dareffort