Our story
The FRED project consortium gathers 10 partners from Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Greece and Portugal.
The structure of the project is made up of several partner-types:
– scientific-type partners (CGIAM, DUTH and PFRI) in charge of data collection, processing and interpretation;
– technological-type partners (RGO and PFRI) in charge of development and implementation of the software solution, as well as operation, setup and configuration of UAVs;
– piloting partners (FRSS, RCG, NPUNA, MU, FBML, CIMBAL) which will be preparing for and executing pilot activities in order to test our solutions; as well as delivering the Common strategy and Action plans for each of the testing areas.
PARTNERSHIP
LEAD PARTNER – UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA, FACULTY OF MARITIME STUDIES
PFRI is the leading higher education, scientific, and research institution in the field of maritime transport and traffic engineering in Croatia. PFRI offers scientific expertise and experience in maritime and inland transportation, transport engineering, simulation and modeling, intermodal and logistics, and transport economy. Over the past years, the focus is set on innovative technologies and smart solutions for traffic monitoring, unmanned aerial vehicle operations, coastal surveillance, and ecologically friendly drive systems and materials.
Contact person: Mr. Neven Grubišić
Email: neven.grubisic@pfri.uniri.hr
PROJECT PARTNER – RGO COMMUNICATIONS LTD. (RGO)
PROJECT PARTNER – FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE SEŽANA (FRSS)
RGO Communications Ltd. is an ICT company with core business aimed at services based on the state of-the-art information and communication technology (ICT), data gathering, processing and analysis which is used in ecology, waterway traffic/transport management and interfaces to other transport modes and logistics services.
Contact person: Mrs. Nataša Osrečki
Email: osrecki@rgo.hr
FRSS has 30 years of experience in the field of firefighting, rescue and prevention in the extremely fireendangered KARST region. Employees are highly qualified wildfire instructors and also teach at the school for professional firefighters. FRSS participate in international specialized units for various types of interventions in the event of natural and other disasters.
Contact person: Director Blaž Turk
Email: blaz.turk@zgrs.si
PROJECT PARTNER – ROCCA DI CERERE UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK (RCG)
PROJECT PARTNER – THE NATIONAL PARK UNA (NPUNA)
Rocca di Cerere Geopark is recognised under the EU Rural Development Policy 2014–2020 as a Local Action Group, representing a partnership which brings together public, private and civil society organisations from the rural territory of the Province of Enna. The organization is also the responsible authority of the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark.
Contact person: Mr. Salvatore Troia
Email: info@roccadicerere.eu
The Una NP main role is preservation and protection of natural and cultural values and threats to these natural wonders for future generations by ensuring viability of the traditional activities and arts, and sustainable introduction of new activities such as tourism, recreation, education and scientific research, where the local population gets the conditions for quality of life and development in harmony with nature.
Contact person: Ms. Emina Štrkljević
PROJECT PARTNER – THE MUNICIPALITY OF ULCINJ (MU)
PROJECT PARTNER – PUBLIC FIRE BRIGADE OF THE TOWN OF MALI LOŠINJ (FBML)
The Protection and Rescue Service is a special service of the Ulcinj Municipality established by the Decision on the Organization and Mode of Operation of the Administration of the Ulcinj Municipality. The protection and rescue service is a professional service organized in accordance with a special law that regulates the field of protection and rescue.
Contact person: Mr. Arsllan Hajdinaga
Email: arsllan.hajdinaga@ul-gov.me
The public fire department of the City of Mali Lošinj operates in the area of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Specific weather conditions affect the possibility of creating and spreading wildfire in hard-to-reach places, so involvement in the project will be of great importance for the development and improvement of the unit, as well as the improvement of the public safety of the islands.
https://vatrogasci-losinj.info
Contact person: Deputy commander Marin Brčić
PROJECT PARTNER – CENTRE OF INTEGRATED GEOMORPHOLOGY FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA (CGIAM)
PROJECT PARTNER – DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE – SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR RESEARCH FUNDS (DUTH)
CGIAM is a scientific body of public law engaged in the definition of scientific methodologies, technological development and implementation of tools and services for the observation, analysis, and monitoring of the environment in order to mitigate the damages from natural hazards.
Contact person: Mrs Maria Lucia Trivigno
Email: l.trivigno@cgiam.org
Democritus University of Thrace is one of the biggest Greek Universities in terms of the number of its active student population. Geographically dispersed throughout Thrace, with 10 Faculties, 28 Departments and a wide variety of Postgraduate Programs, with a student population that reaches approximately 42,000 and with a research and teaching staff that exceeds 700 people, the university is still the only academic institution in the Administrative Region of East Macedonia & Thrace.
Contact person: Mr. Pantelis Xofis
Email: pxofis@neclir.duth.gr
PROJECT PARTNER – INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUNITY OF BAIXO ALENTEJO (CIMBAL)
CIMBAL is an association of municipalities concerned with developing, at regional level, multimunicipal public policies. It is a public body financed by regional and local authorities; is subject to management supervision by those bodies; has administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by local authorities.
Contact person: Mr. Pedro Pacheco
Email: pedro.pacheco@cimbal.org.pt
ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS
1. VIS ARCHIPELAGO UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
2. ŠKOCJAN CAVES PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY
3. MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS RH – CIVIL PROTECTION
4. ISTRIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY – IDA d.o.o.
5. MUNICIPALITY OF POTENZA (OFFICE OF CIVIL PROTECTION)
6. APPENNINO LUCANO VAL D¨AGRI LAGONEGRESE NATIONAL PARK
7. MUNICIPALITY OF ENNA
8. DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF UNA – SANA CANTON
9. DIRECTORATE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF MONTENEGRO
10. ALENTEJO COORDINATION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
11. GRAD MALI LOŠINJ
MEDIA KIT
The FRED project mission is to promote climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches within the Interreg Euro-MED programme.
The FRED project overall objective is to implement advanced ICT/UAS (drone) tools for climate change adaptation, disaster risk prevention and mitigation in the wildfire segment at 6 public authorities in 6 MED countries (HR, SI, IT, BA, ME, EL, PT). By doing so, the project technical solutions will prevent and mitigate wildfires, strengthen resilience of the EU wildfire hotspot – MED and result in reducing risks to human lives, ecosystem degradation, habitat/biodiversity loss.
