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ROMANIA
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
http://schimbariclimatice.amr.ro/documente/strategia_nationala_de_management_al_riscului_la_inundatii.pdf
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The aims of National Strategy for Flood Risk Management are to reduce the impact of flooding on people and property If needed
by an adequate planning and policy to comply with the standards and expectations of the communities regarding the
environmental condition National Strategy for Flood Risk Management it is a framework for central and local authorities
to choose the specific measures for flood protection and regional development. So there are the basin plans (or county,
city, town and municipal plans) for defense against floods, which are prepared in accordance with the existing legislation
in management of emergency situations and will be incorporated into this strategy as the operative intervention plans.
1. Integrative: A good flood risk management is the result of the intersectoral (interdisciplinary) activities including If needed
water management, spatial and urban planning development, protection of the nature, agricultural and forestry
development, protection of transport infrastructure and protected areas, tourism. The actors involved in the risk
management floods have duties and responsibilities established by laws specific for each sector of activity.
The strategy defines also on the one side - the specific responsibilities in the operational and settlement authorities plan
(central and local governments) and population, economical agents on the other side and their cooperation.
2. Harmonization: Flood management activities constitute a policy problem with plans and programs for short, medium
and long term, with the aim for life protection, property and the environment against the floods.
These are:
• Flood Risk Management Plan, developed to the hydrographic basin /space;
• National Programme for Prevention, Protection and Reduction of Floods Effects developed to the
national level and based on management plans
 basin plans (or county, city, town and municipal plans) for defense against floods elaborated in accordance
with the legislation existing in management of the emergency situations and which will be incorporated into the
strategy as the operative intervention plans.
 harmonization of national regulation with the EU regulation, and
 development of protocols for regulating specific aspects of the National Strategy for Flood Risk Management
implementation.
1. Crossing sector policy :Flood risk management is the application of policies, procedures and practices with the
objectives of risk identification, analysis and evaluation, treatment, monitoring and reassessment to reduce their risk,
so that human communities can live safely. Flood risk is characterized by the nature and probability of production,
receptor exposure (number of population and goods), susceptibility of receptors to the floods and resulting implicitly
that risk reduction needs to be done on these its features. The essential problem in flood risk management is the risk
accepted by the public and decision makers. The risk acceptable must to be the result of a balance between risk and
benefits assigned to a activities due to reduced flood risk or government regulations. Mitigation of the consequences
floods is a combination of measures before pre-production of the phenomena, the management of those taken during
in the flood time and post flood (reconstruction and lessons learned as a result of event). Flood management should be
approached in a integrated manner so the government, the competent authorities and agencies efforts to have impact
on the people (being prepared to deal with these events regarding floods).
Stakeholder engagement and involvement:
In major activities related to the Flood Risk Management should be involve all authorities, civil society, the citizens
as:
• to inform and educate the public on issues of floods – the authorities with duties and responsibilities in the
management of emergency situations caused by floods will develop guidelines, guidance, leaflets, which will include
information on causes of floods, ways to prevent them, and protective actions and individual / group intervention.
 distribution of materials with information on the prevention and protection against the flood (by local authorities
government with the active participation of institutions)
 in areas exposed to flooding, should be used special forms of communication with the public (for their education
it is necessary to involve all state institutions and the community)
 population should learn how to behave before the flood, during and after the discharge phenomena (every
community situated in a floodplain must be adapted to flooding – the life in a floodplain attract inevitably
consequences.)
 in order to adapt the community to floods should be organized campaigns of specific information adapted to the
needs of the community.
 elaboration of bulletins, publications and promotion of particular material for flood defense, press
releases, press conferences and media briefings, organization of consultation workshops, public presentations and
other meetings with stakeholders, or participation in conferences and other events and web-sites of other
organizations/institutions.
This effort will focus on initiating dialogue on integration of environmental aspects in those developments in line
with the requirements of the WFD.
2. Sustainable management:
The National Strategy for Flood Risk Management includes economical, social and environmental objectives.
The purpose of economical objectives is the protection of existing economic infrastructure against floods and ensure
the opportunities for economical satisfaction to the future generations. The social objectives are the protection of the
population against flooding ensuring an acceptable level of protection to the population. The environmental
objectives are to achieve the objectives socio - economic with maintenance a balance between economical - social
development and environmental objectives. The strategy include specific objectives, also:
Economical: prevent or minimize economical losses by reducing flood risk of populated areas , economical
objectives and goods, existing infrastructure and land cultivated;
Social: prevent and minimize flood risk of people and public / community goods (hospitals, clinics, schools and
recreational areas), prevention of epidemics or minimize the impact of health’s population deterioration due to the
flooding and pollution associated with it and ensuring that critical infrastructures (bridges, airports) remain accessible
during extreme flooding;
Environmental: meet the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive and prevent the influence of
anthropogenic alteration of river geomorphology, prevent pollution of waterbodies due floods and their associated
effects on the ecological status/potential for waterbodies, minimizing or preventing impacts of climate change
regarding occurrence of the flooding.
The National Strategy for Flood Risk Management includes also measures and actions which will be taken for
reducing risk and flood damage. They differ according to the stage of implementation before, during or after the
flooding. Adaptation of actions, measures and solutions for prevention, protection and proposed training must be
appropriate to the current climate conditions and other next changes that may occur.
3. Transnational or trans boundary management:
All the authorized institutions (central, regional and local) must developer and implement the spatial and operational
plans for defense in conjunction with the strategy. It is important to identify possible transnational or trans boundary
floodplains of the area of their jurisdiction, to coordinate the development of hazard maps and flood risk maps in the
basins or groups of basins for taking action and acting in agreement with the authorities of neighboring countries in
terms of reduction human and property loss, for these events.
4. Innovative aspects
A special aspect in Flood Risk Management Strategy it is represented by way in which are transmitted and received
warning messages. Messages must be clearly and concisely what is happening and where, the significance for the
target population and what must to do. The warning message converts the technical information on the prediction of
floods, it is necessary to come from an authorized institution , to be short, to suggest action and to be confirmed by
other authorized institutions
5. Risk factors................................................................