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CountryProfile

UKRAINE

December2015

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Disclaimer

Thecontentsof thisdocumentare thesole responsibilityof itsauthorsandcan innowaybetakentoreflecttheviewsoftheEuropeanUnion.

DraftingAuthors

MichaelElmquist,CivilProtectionKeyExpert

AntoninPetr,CapacityBuildingKeyExpert

PaoloCampanella,ERRAITExpert

PhilLangdale,HostNationSupportExpert

MarcoMassabo,DisasterLossDataExpert

DavideMiozzo,DisasterRiskManagementExpert

LucaMolini,FloodRiskManagementExpert

GiulianoPaterniti,DisasterRiskManagementExpert

RobertoRudari,DisasterRiskPreventionExpert

CoordinationandEditing

SergejAnagnosti,TeamLeader

Acknowledgments

Thisdocumentwasmadepossiblethroughthehardworkandcollaborationofmanyprofessionals,beginningwithNazarBoryshkevych,DeputyHead, InternationalCooperationDepartment,StateEmergencyServiceandthePPRDEast2NationalProgrammeCoordinator,andnominatedFocalPoints from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine: Viacheslav Anishchenko, Petr Kropotov,Viktor Polishchuk, Oksana Remez, Svitlana Zinchenko and Dmytro Smyrnov.We are hugelyindebtedtothefollowinginstitutionsandorganisations:

• StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

• UkrainianScientificandResearchInstituteforCivilProtection

• MinistryofFinance

• MinistryofEconomicDevelopment

• StateFiscalService

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• StateAgencyofWaterResources

• MinistryofForeignAffairs

• MinistryofInfrastructure

• MinistryofEcologyandNaturalResources

• MinistryofInternalAffairs

• StateBorderGuardService

• UkrainianHydro-MeteorologicalCentre

• UkrainianHydro-meteorologicalInstitute

• NationalAcademyofSciences

• StateEnterprise“UkrainianWaterWays”

• MinistryofAgrarianPolicyandFood

• EmbassyofPoland

• KyivClubofSpeleology

• RedCrossofUkraine

We would also like to thank our colleagueOlena Goryeva, PPRD East 2 Local Coordinator inUkraine,whofacilitated in-countrymissions,questionnaires’dissemination,and informationanddatacollection.

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ListofContentListofContent.....................................................................................................................................................................................4Abbreviations......................................................................................................................................................................................71 ExecutiveSummary................................................................................................................................................................112 CivilProtectionprofile(updateoftheElectronicCivilProtectionOperationalGuidebook)........................13

2.1 Vulnerabilitytoman-madeanddisasterscausedbynaturalhazards.........................................................132.2 GeneralCountryInformation.....................................................................................................................................142.3 MapofUkraine................................................................................................................................................................172.4 FormofGovernment.....................................................................................................................................................172.5 NationalCivilprotectionSystem,MandateandOrganisation........................................................................182.6 OperativeInformation..................................................................................................................................................252.7 Agreements......................................................................................................................................................................252.8 InternationalAssistance...............................................................................................................................................282.9 ListofRelevantContacts..............................................................................................................................................35

3 ProgressmadeintheadoptionofrecommendationsprovidedwithinthePPRDEastProgrammePhase1 37

3.1 Legalframework.............................................................................................................................................................373.2 Institutionalframework...............................................................................................................................................393.3 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................................................42

4 FloodRiskManagementandapproximationtotheEUFloodsDirective............................................................444.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework............................................................................................................................444.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence.............................................................................................46

4.2.1 PPRDEastProgrammePhase1.........................................................................................................................46

4.2.2 FLOODWISE..............................................................................................................................................................47

4.2.3 TheIntegratedTiszaRiverBasinManagementPlan.................................................................................48

4.2.4 DanubeDelta(Reniarea)....................................................................................................................................48

4.3 FindingsandRecommendations...............................................................................................................................484.4 RoadMap..........................................................................................................................................................................51

5 DisasterRiskAssessment.....................................................................................................................................................545.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework............................................................................................................................54

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5.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence.............................................................................................555.3 FindingsandRecommendations...............................................................................................................................565.4 RoadMap..........................................................................................................................................................................57

6 DisasterLossDataCollectionandProcessing...............................................................................................................606.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework............................................................................................................................606.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence.............................................................................................606.3 FindingsandRecommendations...............................................................................................................................626.4 RoadMap..........................................................................................................................................................................64

7 InclusionofDisasterRiskReductioninPublicSpending...........................................................................................677.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework............................................................................................................................677.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence.............................................................................................677.3 FindingsandRecommendations...............................................................................................................................687.4 RoadMap..........................................................................................................................................................................70

8 HostNationSupport..............................................................................................................................................................728.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework............................................................................................................................728.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence.............................................................................................728.3 FindingsandRecommendations...............................................................................................................................738.4 RoadMap..........................................................................................................................................................................74

9 EUapproachtoVolunteerisminCivilProtection........................................................................................................779.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework............................................................................................................................779.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence.............................................................................................789.3 FindingsandRecommendations...............................................................................................................................799.4 RoadMap..........................................................................................................................................................................80

10 RaisingAwarenessaboutDisasters................................................................................................................................8310.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework.........................................................................................................................8310.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence..........................................................................................8310.3 FindingsandRecommendations.............................................................................................................................8410.4 RoadMap........................................................................................................................................................................85

11 DataandinformationsharingandINSPIREDirective..............................................................................................8711.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework.........................................................................................................................8711.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence..........................................................................................8711.3 FindingsandRecommendations.............................................................................................................................88

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11.4 RoadMap........................................................................................................................................................................8912 ERRA.........................................................................................................................................................................................94

12.1 Institutionalframework.............................................................................................................................................9412.2 CurrentstatusofInstallationsandUse................................................................................................................9512.3 FindingsandRecommendations.............................................................................................................................9512.4 RoadMap........................................................................................................................................................................97

13 Annexes...................................................................................................................................................................................99Annex1-HNSSOPtemplate

Annex2–ListofInterlocutors

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Abbreviations

AA AssociationAgreement

ALRU UkrainianScientificCentreofEcologyoftheSea

BSEC BlackSeaEconomicCooperation

BUWR BasinAdministrationsforWaterResources

CBSS CounciloftheBalticSeaStates

CE CouncilofEurope

CEI CentralEuropeanInitiative

CICA ConferenceonInteractionandConfidenceBuildingnAsia

CIS CommonwealthofIndependentStates

CP CivilProtection

DLD DisasterLossData

DRA DisasterRiskAssessment

DRM DisasterRiskManagement

DRR DisasterRiskReduction

EAEC EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity

EaP EasternPartnership

EAPC Euro-AtlanticPartnershipCouncil

EBRD EuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopment

ENPI EuropeanNeighbourhoodandPartnershipInstrument

ERCC EmergencyResponseCoordinationCentre

ERRA ElectronicRegionalRiskAtlas

EU EuropeanUnion

EUFD EUFloodsDirective

EUMIC EuropeanUnionMonitoringInformationCentre

FAO FoodandAgricultureOrganization

FHM FloodHazardMapping

FRM FloodRiskMapping

GCTU GeneralConfederationofTradeUnions

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GIASE GovernmentInformationAnalysisSystemforEmergencies

GIS GeographicInformationSystem

GUAM/GUUAM OrganizationforDemocracyandEconomicDevelopment

HFA HyogoFrameworkforAction

HNS HostNationSupport

IAEA InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency

IBRD InternationalBankforReconstructionandDevelopment

ICAO InternationalCivilAviationOrganization

ICC InternationalCriminalCourt

ICRM InternationalCommitteeforRadionuclideMetrology

ICPDR InternationalCommissionfortheProtectionoftheDanubeRiver

IDA InternationalDevelopmentAssociation

IDPs InternallyDisplacedPersons

IFC InternationalFinanceCorporation

IFRC InternationalFederationoftheRedCrossandRedCrescentSocieties

IHO InternationalHydrographicOrganization

ILO InternationalLabourOrganization

IMF InternationalMonetaryFund

IMMSP InstituteofMathematicalMachinesandSystemProblems

IMO InternationalMaritimeOrganization

IMSO InternationalMobileSatelliteOrganization

IOC InternationalOlympicCommittee

IOM InternationalOrganizationonMigration

IPU Inter-ParliamentaryUnion

ISO InternationalOrganizationforStandardization

IT InformationTechnology

ITU InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

ITUC InternationalTradeUnionConfederation

JN JournalistNetwork

JRC JointResearchCentre

LAIA LatinAmericanIntegrationAssociation

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MENR MinistryofEcologyandNaturalResources

MIGA MultilateralInvestmentGuaranteeAgency

MoF MinistryofFinance

MoIA MinistryofInternalAffairs

MONUSCO UnitedNationsOrganizationStabilizationMissionintheDRCongo

MoSP MinistryofSocialPolicy

NAM Non-AlignedMovement

NATO NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization

NGO Non-GovernmentalOrganisation

NSG NuclearSuppliersGroup

NUTS NomenclatureofTerritorialUnitsforStatistics

OAS OrganizationofAmericanStates

OIF OrganisationInternationaledelaFrancophonie

OCHA OfficefortheCoordinationofHumanitarianAffairs

OPCW OrganizationfortheProhibitionofChemicalWeapons

OSCE OrganizationforSecurityandCo-operationinEurope

PFP PartnershipforPeace

PFRA PreliminaryFloodRiskAssessment

PPP Public-privatepartnership

PPRDEast2Programme

EU-fundedProgrammeforPrevention,PreparednessandResponsetoNaturalandMan-madeDisasterinEaPCountries

PuP Public-publicpartnership

SALR StateAgencyforLandResourcesofUkraine

SAWR StateAgencyforWaterResources

SDI SpatialDataInfrastructure

SELEC SoutheastEuropeanLawEnforcementCentre

SES StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

SLCC StateLandCadastreCentre

SoP(orSOP) StandardOperatingProcedure

TTX Table-TopExercise

UCPM UnionCivilProtectionMechanism

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UHMC UkrainianHydro-MeteorologicalCentre

UHMI UkrainianHydro-MeteorologicalInstitute

UN UnitedNations

UNCTAD UNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment

UNEP UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme

UNESCO UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization

UNFICYP UNForcesinCyprus

UNICEF UnitedNationsChildren'sFund

UNIDO UnitedNationsIndustrialDevelopmentOrganization

UNMIL UnitedNationsMissioninLiberia

UNMISS UnitedNationsOperationintheRepublicofSouthSudan

UNWTO UNWorldTourismOrganisation

UoM UnitofManagement

UPU UniversalPostalUnion

URC UkrainianRedCross

USSR UnionofSovietSocialistRepublics

UTC CoordinatedUniversalTime

WCO WorldCustomsOrganisation

WFD WaterFrameworkDirective

WFTU Worldfederationoftradeunions

WHO WorldHealthOrganisation

WIPO Worldintellectualpropertyorganization

WMO WorldMeteorologicalOrganisation

WTO Worldtradeorganization

ZC ZanggerCommittee

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1 ExecutiveSummary

Worldwide natural hazards and man-made disasters are on the rise, often leading to loss of lives,displacementofpopulationsanddestructionsofcostly infrastructures.Thesedisasterscanhavedramaticnegativeeffectsontheeconomicgrowthofacountryandcancriticallyunderminetheregion’seffortsforsustainabledevelopment.Itisthereforeoftheupmostimportancethatrisksofdisastersaremitigatedandthatcountriesarebetterpreparedtodealwiththem–individuallyandcollectively.

TheEasternPartnershipFlagshipInitiativeonPrevention,PreparednessandResponsetoNaturalandMan-made Disasters (PPRD East) was launched in 2010 by the European Union to strengthen the countries’resilience, preparedness and response in addressing these challenges. With this regional initiative, theEuropean Union provides the six Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) with dedicated assistance to enhance legislative, administrative andoperational civil protection capacities as well as increase access to information on risk exposure andinvolvementofstakeholders.

The5.5millioneuroPhase2ofthePPRDEastProgrammehascommencedinDecember2014andthefirstyear of its implementation has been dedicated to the civil protection capacity building, and to theassessment of the current status of the civil protection and disaster riskmanagement in all six PartnerCountries with an aim to assist and support Partner Countries in their approximation to EU acquiscommunautaireandEUgoodpractiseinthefiledofcivilprotectionanddisasterriskmanagement.TheveryinitialmappingofPartnerCountriesneeds,prioritiesand interestshasbeenundertakenduring thebriefinitialfact-findingmissionsundertakentothePartnerCountriesinFebruary2015,tobefollowedwiththedetailed assessments done through the in-countrymissions, questionnaires and desktop analyses in theperiodApril-August2015.

The following presents the updated draft Country Profile based on information made available to theexpert team. It includes an assessment of national follow-up on PPRD East Programme Phase 1recommendationsandtheanalysesofthefollowingPPRDEast2thematictopics:

1. FloodmanagementandapproximationtotheEUFloodsDirective

2. Disasterriskassessment

3. Disasterlossdatacollectionandprocessing

4. ERRA

5. Inclusionofdisasterriskreductioninpublicspending

6. HostNationSupport

7. EUapproachtovolunteerismincivilprotection

8. Raisingawarenessaboutdisasters

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9. DataandinformationsharingandINSPIREDirective.

Inaddition,thecivilprotectionprofile,developedwithinthePPRDEastProgrammePhase1andpresentedin the Electronic Civil Protection Operational Guidebook, has been updated. Each Chapter includespresentation of the legal and institutional framework, current status of practice, findings andrecommendations, and the respective roadmapswith concrete suggestions on activities that should beimplementedintheforthcomingperiod.

DraftCountryProfilehasbeenpresented,discussedandvalidatedbytheNationalAdvisoryGroupatandafterthemeetingorganisedon6-8October2015inKyiv,Ukraine.ThefollowingthematictopicshavebeenselectedtobeaddressedwithinthePPRDEast2Programme:

• FloodRiskManagement,DisasterRiskAssessment,DisasterLossDatacomplementedwithERRA,

• RaisingAwarenessaboutDisasters,

• CivilProtectionVolunteerism,and

• HostNationSupport.

For the other, in this document presented topics, the PPRD East 2 Programme will assist the StateEmergency Service of Ukraine and other national stakeholders in transforming here presented andacceptedrecommendationsandroadmapsintobankableprojectproposals.ThePPRDEast2willalsoassistallnationalstakeholdersinsearchingforandfindingthemostsuitableadditionalEUassistanceinstrumentand/orthemostsuitableexternalbilateraland/ormultilateralfundingmechanism.

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2 CivilProtectionprofile(updateoftheElectronicCivilProtectionOperationalGuidebook)

2.1 Vulnerabilitytoman-madeanddisasterscausedbynaturalhazards

Ukraine is vulnerable to floods, extreme temperatures and wind storms, and to disasters caused bytechnological hazards, such as the 2006oil spillin the Kerch Gulf. Ukraine requested internationalexpertise,andajointmissionfromUNEP/OCHAandEUCivilProtectionMechanismwasdeployedtoassessthesituationandgivetheirrecommendationstotheGovernment.

In2008,disastrousfloodscausedbyheavyrainsoccurredinWesternUkraineresultinginheavydamagetothehouseholdsandinfrastructureadjacenttothePrutRiver.Ukraineaskedforandreceivedinternationalassistance(reliefitems)throughtheEUCivilProtectionMechanismandfromseveralEUcountries.

Notably,however,thetotalnumberofemergenciesinUkrainehassteadilygonedownfrom368in2007to143in2014.

In2010,ajointmissionfromUNEP/OCHAandtheEUCivilProtectionMechanismwasdeployedtothecityofKalush (Ivano-Frankivskoblast),where therewas thedangerof thepotential collapseofa tailingdamcontainingalargeamountofhazardousindustrialwastesfromthecroppingandreprocessingofpotassiumore. A wide range of expertise was offered, resulting in a number of short, mid and long-termrecommendations.

Inadditiontothesedisasters,UkraineisalsoknownastheoriginoftheChernobylAccident.Thestateandtheeconomyare still feeling theeffects of theChernobyl nuclear disaster. 35,000 sq.kmof forest alonewerecontaminatedbytheaccident.Thiswas40%ofthecountry'sforestedarea.Accordingtoinformationfrom the Ukrainian government agency Chernobyl Interinform, government spending on alleviating theeffectsoftheaccidenthasbeenUSD6.5billionsince1991.Currently,5-7percentofthenationalbudgetisconsumed by dealingwith the consequences. By 2015, Ukrainian experts estimate that the disasterwillhavecosttheeconomyatotalofUSD201billion.

Country information presented below is an update of information compiled during the PPRD EastProgrammePhase1,andvalidatedbyMrNazarBoryshkevych,DeputyHead,InternationalCooperationDepartment,StateEmergencyServiceandPPRDEastPhase2NationalProgrammeCoordinator.

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2.2 GeneralCountryInformation

FLAG:

Description: two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellowrepresentgrainfieldsunderabluesky.

HeadofState PresidentPetroPOROSHENKO(since7June2014)

HeadofGovernment PrimeMinisterArseniyYATSENYUK(since27February2014)

Capital Kyiv(Kiev);note:pronouncedKY-yiv

Geographiccoordinates:5026N,3031E

Timedifference:UTC+2(1houraheadofBrusselsduringStandardTime)

Daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday inOctober

Area Total:603,550sqkm;land:579,330sqkm;water:24,220sqkm

Population 44,429,471(July2015est.)

GDP/capita(PPP) $8,700(2014est.)

MembershipofInternationalOrganisations

Australia Group, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CICA (observer), CIS(participating member, has not signed the 1993 CIS charter), EAEC (observer),EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees),ICRM,IDA,IFC,IFRCS,IHO,ILO,IMF,IMO,IMSO,Interpol,IOC,IOM,IPU,ISO,ITU,ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS(observer),OIF(observer),OPCW,OSCE,PCA,PFP,SELEC(observer),UN,UNCTAD,UNESCO,UNFICYP,UNIDO,UNISFA,UNMIL,UNMISS,UNOCI,UNWTO,UPU,WCO,WFTU(NGOs),WHO,WIPO,WMO,WTO,ZC

Ethnicgroups Ukrainian77.8%,Russian17.3%,Belarusian0.6%,Moldovan0.5%,CrimeanTatar0.5%,Bulgarian0.4%,Hungarian0.3%,Romanian0.3%,Polish0.3%,Jewish0.2%,other1.8%(2001est.)

Religions Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - MoscowPatriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian AutocephalousOrthodox7.2%,RomanCatholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2%(2006est.)

Climate Temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast;precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest inwest and north, lesser in

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east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold fartherinland;summersarewarmacrossthegreaterpartofthecountry,hotinthesouth.

Location EasternEurope,borderingtheBlackSea,betweenPoland,Romania,andMoldovainthewestandRussiaintheeast

Landboundaries Total:4,566km.Bordercountries:Belarus891km,Hungary103km,Moldova940km,Poland428km,Romania(south)176km,Romania(southwest)362km,Russia1,576km,Slovakia90km

Coastline 2,782km

Terrain MostofUkraineconsistsoffertileplains(steppes)andplateaus,mountainsbeingfound only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in theextremesouth

Landuse Arableland:53.85%;permanentcrops:1.48%;other:44.67%(2011)

Naturalhazards Heavyshowers,snowfalls,rainandsnowandrainfloods,springfreshets(floods),ice blocks, mud streams, landslips, snow slides, droughts, extreme airtemperatures,gale-strengthwinds,wind-drivenwaves.

Environment Inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation;radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chernobyl'NuclearPowerPlant

Nationaleconomy AfterRussia,theUkrainianrepublicwasthemostimportanteconomiccomponentof the former SovietUnion, producing about four times theoutput of thenext-ranking republic. Its fertile black soil generatedmore than one-fourth of Sovietagriculturaloutput,anditsstateownedandcollectivefarmsprovidedsubstantialquantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Likewise, itsdiversified heavy industry supplied the unique equipment (for example, largediameterpipes)and rawmaterials to industrial andmining sites (verticaldrillingapparatus)inotherregionsoftheformerUSSR.

ShortlyafterindependenceinAugust1991,theUkrainianGovernmentliberalizedmost prices and erected a legal framework for privatization, but widespreadresistance to reform within the government and the legislature soon stalledreform efforts and led to some backtracking. Output by 1999 had fallen to lessthan40%ofthe1991level.Outsideinstitutions-particularlytheIMF–encouragedUkraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms to foster economic growth.Ukrainian Government officials eliminatedmost tax and customs privileges in aMarch 2005 budget law, bringingmore economic activity out of Ukraine's largeshadow economy, but more improvements are needed, including fightingcorruption,developingcapitalmarkets,and improvingthe legislative framework.

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From 2000 until mid-2008, Ukraine's economy was buoyant despite politicalturmoilbetweenthePrimeMinisterandPresident.

Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy supplies and the lack of significantstructuralreformhasmadetheUkrainianeconomyvulnerabletoexternalshocks.Ukraine depends on imports to meet about three-fourths of its annual oil andnatural gas requirements and 100% of its nuclear fuel needs. In January 2009,afteratwo-weekdisputethatsawgassuppliescut-offtoEurope,Ukraineagreedto10-yeargassupplyandtransitcontractswithRussiathatbroughtgaspricesto"world" levels. The strict termsof the contracts further hobbledUkraine's cash-strapped state gas company, Naftohaz. The economy contracted nearly 15% in2009, among the worst economic performances in the world. In April 2010,Ukraine negotiated a price discount on Russian gas imports in exchange forextendingRussia'sleaseonitsnavalbaseinCrimea.

Movement toward an Association Agreement with the European Union, whichwould commit Ukraine to economic and financial reforms in exchange forpreferentialaccesstoEUmarkets,wascurtailedbyaNovember2013decisionofPresident YANUKOVYCH. In response, on 17 December 2013 then PresidentYANUKOVYCH and President PUTIN concluded a financial assistance packagecontaining $15 billion in loans and lower gas prices. However, the end of theYANUKOVYCHgovernmentinFebruary2014causedRussiatohaltfurtherfunding.With the formation of an interim government in late February 2014, theinternational community began efforts to stabilize the Ukrainian economy,including a 27 March 2014 IMF assistance package of $14-18 billion. Russia’sseizure of the Crimean Peninsula created uncertainty as to the annual rate ofgrowthoftheUkrainianeconomyin2014.

Source:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html

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2.3 MapofUkraine

2.4 FormofGovernment

Systemdescription TheConstitutionofUkrainestipulatesthatthepresidentistheheadofstate.Heguaranteessovereignty, territorialunity, leadershipof theconstitution,and therights and freedom of the people and the citizens. Ukrainian citizens elect thepresidentfor5yearsonequityofthevote.Thepresidentcannotbeelectedformorethan2termswithoutabreak.

TheUnicameral SupremeCouncil or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats), under recentamendmentstoUkraine’selection law,theRada’sseatsareallocatedonapro-portional basis to those parties that gain 3% ormore of the national electoralvote;membersservetermsoffive-yearsbeginningwiththeMarch2006election.

TheUkrainianConstitutionandlawssetouttherightsofthePeople’sDeputies.

The Cabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine (theUkrainianGovernment) is the highestBodyofexecutivepowerinUkraine. Itacts inaccordancewiththeconstitution,the laws of Ukraine and the president’s decrees. The Cabinet of Ministers is

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selectedbytheprimeminister;theonlyexceptionsaretheforeignanddefenceministers,whoarechosenbythepresident.ThegovernmentisamenabletothePresidentofUkraine,controlledbytheVerkhovnaRada.Thepresidentappointsand dismisses the prime minister on the agreement of Verkhovna Rada. Thepresident appoints and dismisses ministers on proposals from the PrimeMinister.

Administrativedivisionsandstructure

24 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomnarespublika), and 2municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**;Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym*(Simferopol'), Dnipropetrovs'k, Donets'k, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Kharkiv, Kherson,Khmel'nyts'kyy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv**, Kyiv, Luhans'k, L'viv, Mykolayiv, Odesa,Poltava, Rivne, Sevastopol'**, Sumy, Ternopil', Vinnytsya, Volyn' (Luts'k),Zakarpattya(Uzhhorod),Zaporizhzhya,Zhytomyr

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrativecentres (exceptions have the administrative centre name following inparentheses)

(Source: International CEP Handbook 2009: Civil Emergency Planning in theNATO/EAPCCountries.

Available on the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s website,www.msbmyndigheten.se; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gg.html).

2.5 NationalCivilprotectionSystem,MandateandOrganisation

Civilprotection/civildefence/civilemergencyplanning:

Systemoverview,organizationandstructure

Implementationofthestatepolicyinthefieldofcivilprotectionisperformedbythe unified state civil protection system, which consists of functional andterritorialsubsystemsandtheirbranches.

Management of the Unified State Civil Protection System is carried out by theCabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Direct management of the unified state civilprotection system is carried by the State Emergency System of Ukraine.Unified State Civil Protection System consists of permanent functional andterritorial subsystemsand theirbranches. Functional subsystemsof theUnifiedState Civil Protection System (hereinafter - the functional subsystems) arecreatedintherelevantareasofsociallifebythecentralexecutiveauthoritiesforthe protection of population and territories from emergency situations inpeacetime and in times of crisis, preparedness of the subordinated capabilities

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andassetstoactforpreventingandrespondingtoemergencies.

Toensurethemanagementofeverydayfunctioningoftheadministrationandcivilprotectionforces,coordinatetheiractions,implementationandoperationofsystemsforcollecting,processing,compilationandanalysisofthesituationintheareasofemergencyfunctionthereare:1)atthestatelevel:operational-dutyservice;operational-duty(dutyanddispatcher)serviceofcentralauthorities(inthecaseofcreation);2)attheregionallevel:operationaldutyservicesofmanagementpointsoftheAutonomousRepublicofCrimea,regional,KyivandSevastopolcitystateadministrations;3)atthelocallevel:dutyservicesofdistrictadministrationsandexecutivebodiesofcitycouncils;4)atthesitelevel-duty(dispatcher)servicesofenterprises,institutionsandorganizations(inthecaseofeducation).

Civilprotection/civildefence/civilemergencyplanningobjectivesandtasks

Maintasksofthecivilprotectionsystem:

1)preparednessofministriesandothercentralandlocalexecutiveauthorities,subordinatedforcesandmeansofactiontopreventandrespondtoemergencies;2)implementationofmeasurestopreventemergencies;3)educationofpopulationhowtoactintheeventofanemergency;4)implementationofnationaltargetprogramsaimedatthepreventionofdisasters,sustainableoperationofenterprises,institutionsandorganizationstomitigatethepotentialfinanciallosses;5)processingofemergencyinformation,publicationofinformationmaterialsonprotectionofpopulationandterritoriesfromemergencysituations;6)prognosisandassessmentofsocio-economicconsequencesofemergencies,identificationbasedontheprognosisofdemandforforces,assets,materialandfinancialresources;7)creation,management,preservationanduseofreservematerialandfinancialresourcesneededtopreventandrespondtoemergencies;8)alertingthepublicaboutthreatsandemergencies,timelyandaccurateinformationontheactualsituationandthemeasurestaken;9)protectionintheeventofemergencies;10)rescueandotherurgentworksondisasterrelieforganizationlifelinesaffectedpeople;11)mitigatethepotentialconsequencesofemergencysituationsshouldtheyarise;12)implementationofmeasuresforthesocialprotectionoftheaffected

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population;13)implementationofthespecifiedlegalrightsinprotectingpeoplefromtheconsequencesofemergencies,includingindividuals(ortheirfamilies)whoweredirectlyinvolvedintheeliminationofthesesituations;14)othertasksstipulatedbylaw.

Civilprotection/civildefence/civilemergencyplanningorganizationalstructure

Thestructureofthecivilprotectionforcesoftheunifiedstatecivilprotectionsystemare:

-Operational-rescueserviceofcivilprotection(functionsintheStateEmergencyServiceofUkraine);-emergency-rescueservices;-formationsofcivilprotection;-specializedcivilprotectionservices;-fire-fightingandrescueunits(squads);-voluntaryformationsofcivilprotection.

(Source: Code of Civil Protection of Ukraine,http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/5403-17).

Civil-militarycooperation

TheinvolvementoftheArmedForcesofUkraineandothermilitaryformationsandlawenforcementagencies,whichareformedunderthelawsofUkraineforemergenciesmanagement:1.ForemergenciesmanagementinaccordancewiththelawmaybeinvolvedtheArmedForcesofUkraine,othermilitaryformationsandlawenforcementagenciesofspecialpurpose,formedunderthelawsofUkraine.2.TermsofinvolvementoftheArmedForcesofUkraineandothermilitaryformationsandlawenforcementagenciesofspecialpurpose,formedunderthelawsofUkraineforemergenciesmanagementdeterminedinaccordancewiththeConstitutionofUkraineandlawsofUkraine"Onthelegalstatusofemergencystate","TheArmedForcesofUkraine"andotherlaws.

(Source:CodeofCivilProtectionofUkraine,http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/5403-17)

Externalstakeholders NATO,EU(PPRDEast2),OSCE.

Internalstakeholders Privatesector:

Theprivateandbusinesssectorareresponsiblefor:

-fulfilmentofcivilprotectionactivitiesatthesiteoftheentity;

-provisionofitsemployeeswiththeindividualpersonalprotectionequipment;

-disseminationofinformationaboutsafetyandappropriatebehaviourin

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theeventofanaccident;

-organizationandimplementationduringemergenciesofevacuationmeasuresforpersonnelandpropertyoftheentity;

-creationofon-sitecivilprotectionunitsinaccordancewiththisCodeofCivilProtectionandotherlegislativeactsnecessaryfortheiroperation,creationoflogisticsbadeandensuringpreparednessofunitstofulfiltheirduties;

-establishmentofdispatchingservicestoensurethesafetyofhigh-risk;

-toassesstheriskofemergenciesonthesiteoftheentity,takingrelevantmeasuresofrisksreduction;

-developingplansforlocalizationoftheaccidentofhighrisk;

-exercisingattheirownexpenseofcivilianprotectionactivities,reducingtheriskofdisastersetc.

Volunteers:

Voluntary formation of civil protection is a temporary voluntary association ofcitizens,resultingfromthethreatoroccurrenceofemergencies,whosetaskistoperformthesupportwork.

Voluntary formationof civilprotectionare tobecreatedby thedecisionof thecentral executive body, by the decision of Council of Ministers of theAutonomousRepublicofCrimea,localstateadministrations,localauthorities.

The procedures of involvement of voluntary formations and scope of supportworktobeperformedaredeterminedbythebodythatcreatedsuchformationor by the leader of emergency response operation if such formation issubordinatedtohim.

NGOs:NGOswithanappropriateleveloftrainingcanbeinvolvedonavoluntaryor contractual basis to work on prevention and emergency response, in thepresenceofsupervisors(CodeofCP,Art.29).


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Earlywarningandcommunication

1.Warningaboutthreatoremergencysituationsisatimelydeliveryofsuchinformationtotheauthoritiesofcivilprotection,civilprotectionforces,businessesandpublic.2.Warningaboutthethreatoremergencysituationsisprovidedby:

-centralizedautomatedwarningsystemsaboutthreatsoremergenciesatthenational,regional,localandobjectivelevels;

-useofcentralizedtelecommunicationnetworks,includingmobilecommunication,departmentaltelecommunicationsnetworksandtelecommunicationsnetworksofbusinessesinthemannerprescribedbytheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine,aswellasnetworksofnational,regionalandlocalradioandtelevisionandothertechnicalmeansofinformationtransmission(reflection);

-automationoftheprocessofthesignalsandmessagesaboutthreatsoremergenciestransmission;

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-operationofautomatedearlydetectionandwarningsystemsatthehighlyhazardousfacilities;

-operationinpopulatedareasandpublicplacesofloudspeakerdevicesandelectronicinformationdisplaystodisplaytheinformationoncivilprotection.

3.Settingupthesignalloudspeakersandelectronicinformationdisplaysistheresponsibilityoflocalauthorities,businesses.Placeforsettingupthesignalloudspeakersandelectronicinformationdisplaysaredeterminedbylocalauthorities,businesses.4.TheprocedureofwarningonathreatoremergencysituationsandorganizationofcommunicationinthefieldofcivilprotectionestablishedbytheregulationsapprovedbytheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine.

Earlywarningsystemstowardsprofessionals

The Code of CP mentions the importance of a harmonized telecommunicationsystemwith special regards to timely alertsnotification (article30). Inparticular itforesees the existence of automated centralized and local early detection andwarningsystems,theuseofcentralandlocaltelecommunicationnetworks(includingmobilecommunications),involvingalsomassmedia.TheprocedureofnotificationofathreatoremergencyisestablishedbytheregulationsapprovedbytheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine.DetailedaspectsarecoveredinaspecificLaw“Onapprovalofthe organization of alert notification and communication in emergencies” (ActN°192,15.02.1999).

Permanent communication between SES and the EU MIC – now ERCC has beenestablished,especiallyaboutearlywarningandupdatedinformationoncross-borderemergenciesintheterritoriesoftheMemberStatesandUkraine.SESreceivesfromthe ERCC information on emergency man-made and disasters caused by naturalhazardthatoccurredintheterritoryoftheMemberStatesandotherneighbouringcountries. (Source: PPRD East Programme Phase 1 - Technical Report 4 -StrengtheningtheEasternRegion'sInstitutionalandLegislativeFrameworks).

Earlywarningsystemstowardsthepopulation

The Act № 192 of February 15, 1999, “On approval of the organization of alertnotificationandcommunicationinemergencies”,adoptedbyCabinetofMinistersofUkrainedealswiththeStandardOperationProceduresforalertingthepopulationinthecaseofanimminentthreat. (Source:PPRDEastProgrammePhase1-TechnicalReport 4 - Strengthening the Eastern Region's Institutional and LegislativeFrameworks).

Publicinformationsystem

1. Information on civil protection is information about emergencies that areprojectedoremergeddefining itsclassification,spreading limitsandconsequences,as well as the ways and methods of protection against them.2. Civil protection management bodies are obliged to provide to the population

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throughthemediatheoperationalandreliableinformationasmentionedinthefirstparagraph above, as well as on its activities on civil protection.3.Informationshouldincludedataonthesubjectthatprovidesinformation,andthescopeof itsactivities,thenatureofthepossibleriskduringaccidents, includingtheimpactonpeopleandtheenvironment,onthewayto informthepublic incaseofthreatoroccurrenceof theaccidentandthebehaviour,whichshouldbe followed.4.Deliveryof the informationof the consequencesof anemergency is carriedoutaccordingtothelegislationaboutinformation.


2.6 OperativeInformation

Emergencynumbers A single emergency number (112) at national level has been established. (Itscompleteimplementationisforeseenfor2019,atthelatest).

Other emergency numbers: 101 – Emergency call number. 102 – Police callnumber.

103–Ambulancecallnumber.

2.7 Agreements

Bilateralagreements 1. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the RussianFederationoncooperationinthepreventionofindustrialaccidents,naturaldisasters andeliminationof their consequences23April 1997 inMoscowUnlimited;

2. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government oftheKyrgyzRepubliconcooperation in civildefence,emergency situationsand liquidation of their consequences 16 October 1997 in BishkekUnlimited;

3. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Republic ofMoldovaoncooperation in thepreventionof industrialaccidents,naturaldisasters and elimination of their consequences 4 August 1998 in KyivUnlimited;

4. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Hungary on cooperation and mutual assistance inemergency situations and liquidation of their consequences 27 October1998inBudapestUnlimited;

5. AgreementbetweentheGovernmentofUkraineandtheexecutivepower

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ofGeorgiaonCooperationinthefieldofpreventionofindustrialaccidents,naturaldisastersandeliminationoftheirconsequences.7December1998inTbilisiunlimited;

6. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in emergency situations andliquidationoftheirconsequences17September1999inKievUnlimited;

7. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government oftheHellenicRepubliconCooperationinthefieldofpreventionofindustrialaccidents,naturaldisastersandemergency response21February2000 inAthensUnlimited;

8. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of emergencyprevention and response 7 July 2000 in Minsk 28 November 2002Unlimited;

9. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Slovak Republic on cooperation and mutual assistance in case ofemergencies.5December2000inBratislavaUnlimited;

10. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Armenia on Cooperation in the field of emergencypreventionandresponse1March2001inKievUnlimited;

11. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Poland on cooperation and mutual assistance in theprevention of accidents, natural disasters and other emergencies andresponse19July2002inWarsawUnlimited;

12. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Azerbaijan on cooperation in the field of emergencypreventionandresponse29August2002inBaku22May2003Unlimited;

13. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofthe Republic of Lithuania on Cooperation in the field of emergencypreventionandresponse5June2003Unlimited;

14. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government oftheRepublicofTajikistanoncooperationinthepreventionofdisastersandmitigation6December2005Unlimited;

15. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government oftheRepublicofLatviainthefieldofpreventionofdisastersandmitigation27April2006inRiga,Unlimited;

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16. AgreementbetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofUzbekistanandtheCabinetofMinistersofUkraineon cooperation in the fieldof emergencypreventionandmitigation26April2007inTashkent,Unlimited;

17. Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and theCabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine onmutual assistance and cooperation inthefieldofcivilprotection7October2010inParis,Unlimited;

18. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the RussianFederation on cooperation for emergency situations, fire and emergencyresponse in the locality in which objects of Russian Black Sea Fleet inUkraine12July2012inYaltaUnlimited;

19. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the RussianFederation on cooperation in aviation search and rescue 12 July 2012 inYaltaUnlimited;

20. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofMongolia on cooperation in the field of emergency prevention andresponse29June2011inKiev,Unlimited;

21. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofJapan on cooperation in improving post-accident emergency response tonuclearpower18April2012inTokyo,Unlimited;

22. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government ofMontenegro on cooperation in protection against natural and otherdisasterssigned13June2012Unlimited.

Multilateralagreements,MOUs,Protocolsofcooperation,etc.

1. FrameworkConventiononAssistanceinthefieldofcivilprotection(UN)Unlimited10July2001;

2. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Ukraine ofEmergenciesandAffairsofPopulationProtectionfromtheConsequencesof the Chernobyl disaster and the UN Development Programme onCooperation in disaster risk reduction and rapid recovery of 30October2009inKievUnlimited;

3. HyogoFrameworkforActionProgramme2005-201522January2005;

4. MemorandumofUnderstandingforCivilEmergencyPlanningandDisasterPreparednessbetweentheMinistryofUkraineofEmergenciesandAffairsof Population Protection from the Consequences of ChernobylCatastropheandNATOdone16December1997.Unlimited;

5. Memorandum of Understanding on vital civil cross border transport(NATO),done6October2008Unlimited;

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6. Administrative arrangement between the Ministry of Ukraine ofEmergenciesandAffairsofPopulationProtectionfromtheConsequencesoftheChernobyldisasterandtheDirectorate-GeneralforEnvironmentofthe European Commission on cooperation between MOE Operational-RescueServiceandMonitoringandInformationCentreoftheCommunityCivilProtectionMechanism8December2008inBrusselsUnlimited;

7. Agreement between the Governments of the countries - participants oftheBlackSeaEconomicCooperation(BSEC)oncooperationinemergencyassistanceandemergencyresultingfromnaturalandmanmadedisasters,15April1998Unlimited;

8. Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the governments of themember states of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) oncooperation in emergency assistance and emergencies eliminationresultingfromnaturalandmanmadedisasters,signed20October2005;

9. Agreement between the Governments of the States - GUUAM oncooperation in the fieldofemergencypreventionand responsesigned4July2003Unlimited.

10. Agreement on cooperation in the prevention and mitigation of naturalandman-madedisasters(CIS)signed9December1994Unlimited;

11. AgreementoncooperationoftheCommonwealthof IndependentStatesin the event of evacuation of citizens from third countries in case ofemergency,signed12March1996RatifiedUnlimited;

12. Agreement on exchange of information on emergency situations ofnaturalandman-madedisastersoninformationinteractioninemergencyresponse and assistance to the affected population (CIS) signed 18September2003Unlimited;

13. Agreementonpreventionand suppressionofnatural fires in theborderareasoftheCommonwealthofIndependentStatessigned13May2013.

(Source:TechnicalReport4-StrengtheningtheEasternRegion'sInstitutionalandLegislative Frameworks; Technical Working Paper INITIAL ANALYSIS OF CIVILPROTECTION CAPACITY OF THE PARTNER COUNTRIES “Together AgainstDisasters”October2011)

2.8 InternationalAssistance

Nationalarrangementsonhowtoreceiveand

All legal, organizational, social aspects of reception, delivery, arrangement,distributionandcontrolovertheusageofinternationalassistancearedefined

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deliverinternationalassistance

bytheLawofUkraineonhumanitarianaid.

Since 2013 there have been a number of important changes that regulatehumanitarianassistance,amongthem- theeliminationof theCommissiononHumanitarian Aid of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. According to theDecreeofthePresidentofUkraine“OnAmendmentstotheRegulationsoftheMinistry of Social Policy of Ukraine " dated 01 February 2013 № 51, theMinistryofSocialPolicyofUkraineisthespeciallyauthorizedcentralexecutiveagencyforhumanitarianaid.

In addition, under the Law of Ukraine "On humanitarian aid"(http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1192-14) to the list of speciallyauthorized state bodies for humanitarian assistance include: the centralexecutivebodythatimplementsthestatepolicyinthefieldofsocialprotection(Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine), the Council of Ministers of theAutonomousRepublicofCrimea,regionaladministrations,KyivandSevastopolcityadministrations.

The legislation contains a clear requirement for any registered public orreligiousorganization, that it shouldbe legalizedandbecome legal entities ingovernment. This entity should also always be incorporated in the SingleRegisterofrecipientsofhumanitarianaid.

The next step is to collect the necessary documents. When an organizationagreestoreceivehumanitarianassistance,thenitmustprovidewrittenconsenttoreceivesuchassistance.Theabove-mentioneddocumentsforhumanitarianassistanceshouldbesubmittedtothecentralexecutiveauthorityattheplaceofproperrecognitionforhumanitarianaid.

Logistical preparedness (i.e. availability of needed resources) to receiveinternationalassistanceisaresponsibilityofregional/localadministrations.

Humanitarian aid is subject matter of priority, a free and simplified customsdeclarationobligatory.Itisnecessarytoputastamp"Humanitarianaid"intheshipping documents and cargo declaration. Delivery of humanitarian aid isusuallydoneafterpassing its sanitary,ecoand radiological control,whicharefreeofcharge.

LawofUkraine "Onhumanitarianaid" stipulates that the customsauthoritiesmust ensure prompt and free customs clearance of humanitarian aid, and toensuretheirintegrityduringtheircrossing.

TheMinistryofIncomesandFees(taxoffice)implementscontrolovertheuseofhumanitarianaidbytheorganizationasintended.Therefore, it isnecessary

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to maintain the accounts of humanitarian aid and the correspondingstatementsthataremaderecipientsofhumanitarianaidanditsrecipients.

Regulationsandotherparticularissuesaffectingthetransportofinternationalassistance

Entryintotheterritory

Roadtransportofrelief/internationalteams:

Specializedbordercrossingpoints(e.g.accessonlyfortrucksetc.):thereareabout60 internationalborderscrossingpoints for trucksalongtheborderofUkraine.Allofthemcanbeusedfordeliveryofinternationalassistance.

(http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/static_page/68.htm)

Hazardousgoodsandrestrictedequipment:informationisnotavailable

Animal health restrictions (e.g. Search and rescue dogs):all foreign searchandrescueteamswithsnifferdogsneedinternationalveterinarycertificatefor each dog. There are no other special veterinary quarantinerequirements, just regular short veterinary checks at the border crossingpoint.Specialform#1mustbefilledupforeachdogenteringthecountryandsubmittedbackaftertheendofoperationsbeforeleavingUkraine.

ProvidingVisa at the border crossing point for relief personnel:yes (underspecialdecisionoftheGovernmentofUkraine)

Ukrainehasimplementedvisa-waivingproceduresforallEU-citizensaswellasforthecitizensofallPPRDEastPartnerCountriessothisisnotanissueany longer. Facilitation the entry of the personnel of approvedinternational actors is provided after acceptance of the humanitarianassistance by the Government of Ukraine. Special directive will be sentdirectlytoNationalBorderGuardService.

Circulationintheterritory

Daylight driving restrictions: speed limit: 90 km/hour at intercity roads, 60km/hourincities.

Nightdrivingrestrictions:no

Weekenddrivingbans:no

Seasondrivingbans:no

Technical restrictionsof vehicles sizes (height,widthandweight)and licensesforvehicles.Roadstypeandheightrestrictions(fortunnelsorcities):height -max4mfortrucksand4,35mforcontainerscarriers,width–2,6m,weight–38tonsintotalfortrucksand44tonsforcontainerscarriers.

Road/motorwaytolls:N/A

Restrictionsasregardsalcoholconsumptionwhiledriving:noalcoholallowed

Restrictionsondrivingtime(fordrivers):N/A

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PossessionofInternationaldrivinglicense:no

Useofrotatinglights:N/A

Convoyattendance:StateEmergencyServiceofUkrainewillbeprovidingescortforall international relief teamstransitingUkraine.Overnightaccommodationforinternationalreliefteamscanbeprovidedaswellifneeded.

Facilitationofroadtransportoperations

Civil Protection Contact Point: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES)operationalcontactpoint(24hours/7days)

TELEPHONE: +38(044)2473279(Englishspeaking)

TELEFAX: +38(044)2473279

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Competent authority concerning request escorts for civil protection convoys:SESTerritorialDepartmentsintheregionsofUkraine.

Competent authority concerning request for exceptions for urgent reliefoperations:N/A

Aerialtransportofrelief/internationalteams

Entryintotheterritory International airports (e.g. availability/operational program, capacity/take-offandlanding lane length,taxesforparkingandhandlingservices,availabilityofresources for refueling): “Boryspil“ and “Zhuliany” airports in Kyiv,international airports in Lviv,Uzhgorod,Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk,Odessa,Kharkiv,Dnipropetrovsk,Donetskandothercities.

Hazardousgoodsandrestrictedequipment:yes

Animalhealthrestrictions(e.g.Searchandrescuedogs):allforeignsearchandrescue teams with sniffer dogs need international veterinary certificate foreach dog. There is no other special veterinary quarantine requirement, justregularshortveterinarychecksat thebordercrossingpoint.Special form#1mustbefilledupforeachdogenteringthecountryandsubmittedbackaftertheendofoperationsbeforeleavingUkraine.

ProvidingVisaattheairportforreliefpersonnel:yes

FacilitationofCustomsprocedures

Exemptreliefgoodsandequipmentfromallcustomduties,taxes,tariffsoranygovernmental fees:Yes (if such relief goodswere approvedas humanitarianaid).

Exempt relief goods and equipment from all export, transit and importrestrictions:Yes(ifsuchreliefgoodswereapprovedashumanitarianaid).

Simplify and minimize documentation requirements for export, transit andimport:Yes(ifsuchreliefgoodswereapprovedashumanitarianaid).

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Waiveorreduceinspectionrequirements:yes

Availabilityofcustomsoutsideofbusinesshours:yes

Facilitationofaerialtransportoperations

CivilProtectionContactPoint:StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

Competent authority concerning request for rapid grant of landing and overflightpermissionforreliefflights:StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

Competent authority concerning request for exceptions for urgent reliefoperations:StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

Regulationsandotherparticularissuesaffectingtheliabilityofreliefpersonnel

Recognition of relevantprofessional qualifications ofrelief personnel (medicalpersonnel,rescuers,engineers,etc.) during the internationalassistanceoperation

Yes/No/Otherprocedure:No

Legalbasis:No

Recognition of all necessarycertificates and qualificationsneededfortheconductoftheirwork,suchasdriver’slicense

Yes/No/Otherprocedure:Yes,driverlicense

Legalbasis:Roadtrafficregulations

Anyliabilityforphysicalinjury,adversehealtheffectsordeathof any person / propertydamage on your territoryproducedwithno intentionbythe relief personnel of theSending Nation during therelief operations, shall beassumedby:

Provisions of Bilateral disaster relief agreements of Ukraine withothercountries,whichregulatesthesubjectmatters:

1. The Parties shall resign from any claim for reimbursement ofdamages related to injuryordeathofmembersof assistance teamsand/or experts, which occurred during the implementation ofactivitiesunderthisAgreement.

2.IfamemberoftheAssistanceteamand/orexpertoftheAssistingParty causes damage to a legal entity or natural person in theterritory of the State of the Requesting Party during the activitiesunder this Agreement, this damage shall be reimbursed by therequesting Party according to the legislation in force, as if suchdamagewascausedbyitscitizenswhileprovidingassistance.

3. The damage caused by amember of theAssistance team and/orexpertintentionallyorbygrossnegligenceshallbereimbursedbytheAssisting Party, under the circumstancesthat the fact of deliberatedamage orgross negligencewas proved by the court of

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theRequestingParty.

RequestingNation:yes

or

SendingNation:no

or

Individualworker:no

Legalbasis:Bilateraldisasterreliefagreements,whichareabove.

RegulationsandotherparticularissuesregardingtheHostNationSupport

Conceptimplementedintotherelevantnationallegislationinforce

Yes/No/Otherprocedure:Yes

Legal basis: The Law of Ukraine “On Humanitarian Aid” was adopted by theParliamentofUkraine№1192-XIVfrom22October1999.

ThisLawdetermineslegal,organizational,socialprinciplesonreception,processing,distributionandcontrolofthetargetuseofhumanitarianassistanceandpromotestransparencyoftheprocess.

EnactmentoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine“Onapprovaloftheregistrationofbeneficiariesofhumanitarianaid”(30January2013№39).

Humanitarian aid is subject matter of priority, a free and simplified customsdeclaration obligatory. It is necessary to put a stamp "Humanitarian aid" in theshippingdocumentsandcargodeclaration.Deliveryofhumanitarianaid isusuallydoneafterpassingitssanitary,ecoandradiologicalcontrol,whichisfreeofcharge.

LawofUkraine"Onhumanitarianaid"stipulatesthatthecustomsauthoritiesmustensurepromptandfreecustomsclearanceofhumanitarianaid,andtoensuretheirintegrityduringtheircrossing.

TheMinistryof IncomesandFees (taxoffice) implements controlover theuseofhumanitarian aid by the organization as intended. Therefore, it is necessary tomaintaintheaccountsofhumanitarianaidandthecorrespondingstatementsthataremaderecipientsofhumanitarianaidanditsrecipients.

Consistinprovidingsupporttotheinternationalreliefpersonnelwiththefollowings:

Entry (visa,workpermit,waiveroftaxationonroads,provisionofescort,security,clearing

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oftheroads,etc.)

Yes/No/Whichofthem:no

Pleaseprovideabriefdescriptionoftheprocedureinplace:suchsupportisprovidedbytheresponsiblenationalcentralexecutiveauthoritiestoalldisasterreliefteamswhileentering intocountryaccordingtothedecisionoftheGovernment ineveryspecificcaseorsituation.

Communication (providing to the international relief teams in due time the necessary access tofrequencies,bandwidthandsatelliteuse)



CommandandControl

(liaisonofficersdesignatedforcooperationwiththeincominginternationalteams)

Yes/No:no


Coordination (existenceofproceduresforotherrelevantMinistriesinvolvementinreliefreceptionoperations,suchasTelecommunication,Transport,Health,PoliceServices,etc.)

Yes/No:no


Security (appropriatemeasures in place to keep safe the relief personnel, locations, goodsandequipmentrelatedtotheinternationalassistance)



OperationsArea

(base camp provision with adequate conditions for accommodation, food, water,hygiene facilities, storage, electricity, communication technology, vehicles parking,

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transport,fuelsupply,etc.)



Language (provisionofinterpretersfortheinternationalteams)

Yes/No:no


2.9 ListofRelevantContacts

Civilprotection Postaladdress:55a,O.Goncharastr.,Kyiv01601,Ukraine

Telephonenumber:+38(044)2473163

Faxnumber:+38(044)2473279

E-mailaddress:[email protected]

PersonofContact(rank,name,position,organization/structure):MrMykhailoMayurov,Head,DepartmentofCivilProtection

Emergency/operational

Postaladdress:55a,O.Goncharastr.,Kyiv01601,Ukraine

Telephonenumber:+38(044)2473211(24hours)

Faxnumber:+38(044)2473144


PersonofContact(rank,name,position,organization/structure):SectionforInternationalInformationSharing,StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

Internationalcooperationdepartment



Faxnumber:+38(044)2473279


PersonofContact(rank,name,position,organization/structure):MrsOlenaBykova,HeadofInternationalCooperationDepartment,StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

Sectiononcooperationwith


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internationalorganizationsandonEuropeanintegration


Faxnumber:+38(044)2473279

E-mailaddress:boryshkevyс[email protected]

PersonofContact(rank,name,position,organization/structure):MrNazarBoryshkevych,HeadofSection,DeputyHeadofInternationalcooperationdepartment,StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine

Responder:

PPRDEastPhase2NationalProgrammeCoordinatorinUKRAINE-MrNazarBoryshkevych,DeputyHead,InternationalCooperationDepartment,StateEmergencyService,+380442473096,boryshkevyс[email protected]

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3 Progress made in the adoption of recommendations provided within thePPRDEastProgrammePhase1

KeyAssessors

PPRDEast2Experts GiulianoPaternitiDavideMiozzo

CountryThematicFocalPoint NazarBoryshkevychPetrKropotov

Chaptervalidatedby NazarBoryshkevychNationalAdvisoryGroup

3.1 Legalframework

PPRDEAST1recommendations Actiontaken

Ukraine undertook recognizable efforts in theapproximation to theacquis communautaire.Asan example Ukraine adopted the main Euro-codesintheirdesignreferences.HoweverspecialattentionshouldbepaidtotheSEVESODirectivefollowing what has been already developedwithinthePPRDEastProgramme.

A plan of measures on implementation of Directive2012/18/EC of the European Parliament and of theCouncilof4July2012onthecontrolofmajoraccidentsinvolving dangerous substances, amending andrepealingCouncilDirective96/82/EC,wasadoptedwithlaw № 132-p of 25 February 2015 which foresees aplanendingin2017.Itisnotcompletelyconformingtothe requirements of SEVESOdirective but it shows anexistenceofasimilarstructureandprocessthathastobeimproved.

Finalization of the regulatory frameworkdepictedwithin the Code of CPwith the timelyadoption of SOPs and operational protocols,planned to be undertaken till the end of 2013,shouldbefullysupported.

Asforeseen,during2013CPCodewasamendedandaregulation about the methodology of accounting foremergencysituationswasadopted (№738,9October2013). In 2015 an Action Plan on disaster-relatedemergencysituations2015-2020wasapproved(Decreeof the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 419-p, 25March 2015). On the other hand, no SOPs wereapproved.

Explore the possibility of the implementationpublic-private system improving insurance

The Action Plan on disaster-related emergencysituations 2015-2020 (Decree of the Cabinet of

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coveragefornaturaldisasterlosses. MinistersofUkraine№419,25March2015) foreseesthe development of economic safety controlmechanisms,includinginsurance.

Introduction of a formal system for theevaluation of lessons learned and for thecreation of a standardized national data lossesdatabase.

The system of disaster loss data collection, reportingand storing iswell developedand some legal relevantacts were put in place (№ 738 from 9 October 2013,methodology of accounting for emergency situations;order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations ofUkraine12December2012N.1400)but thecurrentlyadopted classification on hazards and loss indicatorsdiffersfromtheminimumrequirementsofEU1andtheinternational standards and do not fully enable theshare of disaster loss data at international level.A clear legal reference and a formal system for theevaluationoflessonlearnedhavenotbeenintroducedyet.

Implement strategies to include volunteerismintoCPactivities.

Law42/2011,amendedin2012andin2015,regulatesthe volunteer activity. It relates to many fields ofactivity: care of poor, disabled and elderly people;environmental protection; conservation of culturalheritage: sport; cultural activities; social events;assistance to internaldisplacedpersonsand topeopleaffected by natural or man-made disasters or by asocialconflict.

DecreeoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine#423of17 June 2015, On approval of theMinistryof SocialPolicyofUkraine (MoSP),prescribesin its art. 81 that MoSP must keep a record of allavailableinformationaboutVolunteeringOrganizations(National and Foreign) that operate in the field ofVolunteerism.

1Guidance for recordingand sharingdisaster damageand loss data–Towards thedevelopment of operational indicators totranslatetheSendaiFrameworkintoaction:EUexpertworkinggroupondisasterdamageandlossdata;EuropeanCommission,JointResearchCentre, Institute for theProtectionand the Security of theCitizen, 2015, ISBN978-92-79-47452-1, ISSN1831-9424

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HoweverinthefieldofCivilProtection,theonlyformalact promulgated towards the implementation ofinclusive strategies for CPVolunteerismhas been Lawn.564/2013 “on the regulation on the functioning ofthevoluntaryfirebrigades”.

This greatly undermines the possibility of developingholistic strategies for the widespread inclusion ofVolunteersintotheCPsystem.

Introducelegalprerequisitesinordertoestablishthe National Platform for Disaster RiskReduction.

The Action Plan to “implement Risk ManagementConcept” (Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers ofUkraine № 419-p, 25 March 2015) provides thepreliminary framework for the adoption of a multistakeholder strategy. Thishas theaimof addressinganumber of risk management related issues (i.e.providing accessible and timely information, developtraining courses on risk management, elaborate andadopt a normative framework in the area of riskmanagement,etc.).However,Decree419/2015isjustaplan providing a very general roadmap includingmultiple stakeholders into the various steps towardstheinclusionofRiskManagementintotheUkrainianCPsystem.

Thisdecreeisafirstandfavourableactuponwhichtobuild the regulatory framework for the establishmentoftheNationalPlatformforDRR.

3.2 Institutionalframework

PPRDEAST1recommendations Actiontaken

Ukraine still lacks theNationalPlatform forDRRand therefore it is recommended to worktowards its establishment to speed up theuptakeof theHFAprinciples. Themonitoringofthe implementation of the HFA needs specific

According to theHFAprinciples, theknowledgeof thehazard and the vulnerabilities is an important startingpoint for DRR and for promoting a culture of disasterresilience.To thisend,decree419/2015aims togetacomplete hazard and risk mapping covering all the

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attentionandshouldbeimproved. countryforallpotentialhazards/risks(bothnaturalandman-made)andanalysesthelacksinnaturalandman-maderiskassessmentandmanagement.

However, Ukraine hasn’t established yet the NationalPlatformforDRRandnospecificeffortshasbeendonetomonitortheimplementationoftheHFA(orSendai’s)principles.

Risk assessment methodology should beimproved and shared with all the institutions.Concerning the sharing of information, there isanongoingprocess towardthe implementationof theProgramonprotectionof populationandterritories from technological and naturaldisaster adopted by the Law. According to thatLaw, a special service for spreading informationabout the prevention of any kind of disasteramong the local population, schools and otherinstitutionshavetobeimplemented.

The Action Plan on disaster-related emergencysituations 2015-2020 (Decree of the Cabinet ofMinistersofUkraine№419,25March2015)providesfor the development of the legal and technicalframeworkforriskassessment.

Inaddition itmustbementionedthat theadoptionofthe association agreement between Ukraine and EU,signed on 17 September 2014, and the Plan ofImplementationofDirective2007/60/EU,approvedbythe Resolution of the Cabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine132on25February2015,foresee(relativelytofloods),the adoption of a rigorous roadmap including thecomplete the preliminary flood risk assessment, floodhazard and flood risk mapping and flood riskmanagementplans.TobecompliantwithEUFD,effortswillbethentakentoupgradeandoptimizethenationallegislative framework and the structure of Ministriesandagenciesrelatedtothematter.

Concerning the sharing of information, theestablishment of a Centre for Monitoring andForecastingoftheNationalAssemblyisstillforeseenbythe Program of population and territories fromemergency situations of technological and naturalcharacter for the years 2013-2017, but not yetdeveloped.

Transparent data sharing among institutionsmustbeencouraged.

Speakingof thedisaster lossdatacollection, reportingandstoringitmustbesaidthatitiswelldeveloped.As

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defined by the Law, SES and its territorial divisionsmanage the electronic database on emergencies. SESregionalbranchesareinchargeofdatacollectionusingastandardform.Thisprocedurehasbeenconsolidatedover time and main users of it are SES, Ministry ofEconomic Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministryof Construction, Ministry of Infrastructure, localauthorities,andscientific-researchinstitutions.

Concerning more operative data sharing, theEmergency Monitoring and Forecasting System beingestablished provides for exchange of data betweenvarious institutions, which take part in emergenciesmonitoringandforecasting.

Efforts made in the recent years to upgradeequipmentandtoolsinthefieldofCPshouldbecontinued, especially focusing on localdeficiencies. This is a real challenge for Ukrainebecauseitdemandsalotoffinancialresources.

Modernization of equipment and facilities is foreseenbyNationalProgramofpopulationandterritoriesfromemergency situations of technological and naturalcharacter for the years 2013-2017, but in 2013 and2014 the budget was not allocated; for 2015 theforeseenamountis2048.17millionUAH(approx.83.7millionEURO).

Abettersystemfor informationexchangeaboutthe transboundary"emerging issues" shouldbeimplemented between neighbouringGovernments.

With regard to international relations, Ukraine hasbeen actively carrying out bilateral intergovernmentalcooperationagreementwithBelarus(Dneprriver),andMoldova(Dniesterriver),bothsignedin2012.

The later, in particular, explicitly mentions acommitment in taking measures to prevent andmitigate adverse water impacts including floods andflash floods with a frequent interaction between thetwocountries.

Apart of those agreements, which have beenconstantly renovated, no other actions have beentaken to ameliorate trans-boundary riskcommunicationchannels.

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3.3 Conclusion

After the ending of the PPRD East Programme Phase 1 efforts were put in place by the UkrainianGovernment and CP agencies in order to develop the CP system according to the outlinedrecommendations.

TheactionplanfortheimplementationofSEVESODirectiveby2017,theamendmentoftheCPCodeandtheadoptionofaregulationaboutthemethodologyofaccountingforemergencysituationsareclearstepstowardsthefulfilmentofPPRDEastPhase1recommendations.

Moreover,theapprovaloftheActionPlanondisaster-relatedemergencysituations2015-2020wentclearlyforward tostrengthen theCPsystem.Theplanprovides the legalprerequisites for theadoptionofSOPsandfortheameliorationofthepublic-privatesystem.Attendedresultsare:theimprovementofinsurancecoverage for natural disaster losses, inclusion of the concept of risk management into the nationallegislation,provisionforthedevelopmentofthelegalandtechnicalframeworkforriskassessmentandtopromotionofdatasharingamonginstitutions.ItisimportanttonoticethattheActionPlanhasbeensignedin2015, thus theoutputs andoutcomesof thePlanwill beassessableonly in a fewyears fromnow. Inotherwords,theeffortssofararerelatedmainlytopolicyplanning,which,ingeneraltermsspeakingcanbe considered as a good starting point for the fulfilment of PPRD East Phase 1 recommendations. Theeffectivenessoftheseeffortshoweverwillbeevaluableonlyoverthenextyears.

Havingsaidso,itmustbeemphasizedthatonlyonerecommendationhasbeentotallyfulfilled.Fromthisperspective,inthenextyearsenactingthefollowingissueswillbefundamentalinordertoconvergewithwhatrecommendedbyPPRDEastPhase1Programme:

• AdoptionofclearSOPsfortheefficientexecutionofCPsystemactivities;

• Finalization of the national data losses database and adoption of a regulation for the formalIntroductionofalessonslearnedmethodology;

• Improvementofdataandinformationsharingexchanges;

• EstablishmentoftheNationalPlatformforDisasterRiskReduction;

• Establishment of the Centre for Monitoring and Forecasting (as foreseen by the Program ofpopulationandterritoriesfromemergencysituationsoftechnologicalandnaturalcharacterfortheyears2013-2017)fortheeffectivedisseminationofinformation;

• ProvidefinancialavailabilityforupgradeofequipmentandmeansnecessaryforCPactions(in2013and2014nobudgethasbeenallocatedforthispurpose);

• Strengthenthecurrenttrans-boundaryinformationexchangeagreementsforeseeingtheinclusionofamulti-hazardapproach.

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Significanteffortsarerequiredfortheeffectivedevelopmentofavolunteeringsystem.ThiscanbedonebygivingvolunteersaneffectiveroleintheCPsystemwhilstseizingtheopportunityofintegratingtheexistingvolunteerorganisationsintoafunctionalandwell-regulatedCivilProtectionVolunteeringSystem.

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4 FloodRiskManagementandapproximationtotheEUFloodsDirective

KeyAssessors

PPRDEast2Experts LucaMoliniRobertoRudari

CountryThematicFocalPoint PetrKropotovChaptervalidatedby PetrKropotov

NationalAdvisoryGroup

4.1 Legalandinstitutionalframework

In thewakeof theassociationagreementbetweenUkraineandEUsignedon17September2014,EUFDwasobjecttoanactionplanapprovedbytheDecisionofCabinetoftheMinisters419on25March2015,aswellasthePlanofImplementationofDirective2007/60/EUwasapprovedbytheResolutionoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine132on25February2015.

This plan states that an analysis of compatibility of Ukrainian body of law with the EU acquiscommunautaire will last until the end of 2015. The working group specifically working on EU FloodsDirective (EUFD) approximation under SES leadership must coordinate its activity with an overarchinggroupledbyMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResources(MENR)ontheWaterFrameworkDirective(WFD).

Annex No. XXX to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European AtomicEnergyCommunityandtheirmemberstates,oftheonepart,andUkraine,oftheotherpartcontainstheroadmapfortheEUFDimplementation,namely:

• twoyearssincetheratificationtoestablishtheunitsofmanagement

• fouryearssincetheratificationtocompletethepreliminaryfloodriskassessment

• sixyearssincetheratificationtocompletefloodhazardandfloodriskmapping

• eightyearssincetheratificationtodraftfloodriskmanagementplans.

Key implementers of EUFD will be SES (national coordinator), MENR – being themain authority in thesystem of central executive bodies in the formation and realization of state policy in the field of watermanagement – and the State Agency forWater Resources2(SAWR is the central executive power body,

2AccordingtoUkrainianlaw,themaintasksofSAWRareto:

• submitmotionstoshapegovernmentpoliciesregardingthedevelopmentofwatereconomy,landreclamation,andthemanagement,useandremediationofsurfacewaterresources;

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whoseactivity iscoordinatedbytheCabinetofMinistersofUkrainethroughtheMinisterofEcologyandWater Resources and who carries out the state policy in the field of water management and hydrotechnical land reclamation, surface water resources management, use and recovery). For flood hazard(FHM) and flood risk mapping (FRM), the Ukrainian Hydro-Meteorological Institute (UHMI3) will be themain implementer. The needed hydro-meteorological data will be provided by the Ukrainian Hydro-MeteorologicalCentre(UHMC4).Waterobjects,theirareasthattheinundationmapsandfloodriskmapsaredevelopedfor,aswellastheorderoftheirdevelopmentwillbedeterminedbytheSAWR.

Taking into account that the National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Mathematical Machines andSystem Problems has its ownmethodology for calculating and developing inundationmaps (see clause4.2.1 below), it is reasonable to involve it alongside with UHMC in developing such maps within theframeworkoftheEUFloodsDirective.

To be compliant with EUFD, efforts will be then taken to upgrade and optimize the national legislativeframework (e.g., theUkrainianWater Code) and the structure ofMinistries and agencies related to thematter(e.g.,thehydro-meteorologicalbodies).

Generallyspeaking,watermanagementinUkrainehastraditionallybeenadministeredbydifferententities.TheMinistry of Agrarian Policy and Food is, responsible for the design and execution of irrigation anddrainage schemes andmaintenance of the irrigated and drained areas. TheMinistry of Energy and CoalMining is responsible for water management for production of hydroelectric power. The Ministry ofInfrastructureisresponsibleforthemanagementofcanalsandriversfortransportationandnavigation.

Withregardtointernationalrelations,Ukrainehasbilateralintergovernmentalcooperationagreementsonwaterusewithneighbouringcountries(Poland,Hungary,Slovakia,Romania,Belarus,MoldovaandRussia),for instance the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of theRepublic of Belarus on Transborder Waters Common Use and Protection approved by the Cabinet ofMinisters Decision n.225 from 28 February 2002. The scope of this Agreement covers all the hydroeconomicmeasurestakenonborderwaters,whichmayimpactthehydrologyofsurfaceandundergroundwaters,hydroeconomicbalance,watercurrentsandbasinsregulation,constructionofhydroeconomicandprotectionstructures,watermelioration,protectionfromfloods,driftingofice,watersupply,surfaceand

• implement government policies regarding the management, use and regeneration of surface water resources, the

developmentofwatereconomy,landreclamation,andtheoperationofmulti-purposestate-ownedwaterfacilitiesandcentralfarmirrigationanddrainagesystems.

3UHMIisunderbothSESandtheNationalAcademyofSciences.ThemaintasksofUHMIarethefollowing:developmentofthegeophysicalsciencebycarryingoutfundamentalandappliedresearchinthefieldofhydrometeorologyandbasicmonitoringofnaturalenvironment,provisionofscientificandmethodicalsupporttohydro-meteorologicalandotheroperativeservicesoftheSES,co-ordinationofscientificresearchinthefieldofhydrometeorologyinUkraine.4UHMC,undertheSES,isthemajororganizationofthehydro-meteorologicalserviceofUkraine.UHMCiscomprisedoftheMainCenterforAnalysis,ForecastingandHydrometeorologicalSupportstructuredin5maindepartments(meteorologicalforecasts,hydrological forecasts, agro-meteorological forecasts, observational system and hydro meteorological support, aviationmeteorology), Main Center for Telecommunications and Information Processing, International Relations Department andaccompanying organizational and financial departments. It manages oblast hydro meteorological organizations and theobservational network and daily provides SES with actual data, hydro-meteorological forecasts and warnings of hazardousnaturalhydrometeorologicaleventsandprocesses.

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undergroundwaterspollutionprotection,border riverbasins’waters regulationandcomprehensiveuse,exploitation and maintenance of hydro technical structures, protection of water currents and adjacentterritoriesfromwatererosionetc.

AsecondimportantagreementistheTreatybetweentheGovernmentoftheRepublicofMoldovaandtheCabinetofMinistersofUkraineonBorderWatersCommonUseandProtectionsignedonNovember23,1994.

Moreover, an essential platform for developing trans-border cooperation with Moldova is the BilateralTreaty on the SustainableManagement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and theCabinetofMinistersofUkraineoncooperation inthefieldofprotectionandsustainabledevelopmentoftheDniesterriver,signedin2012(however,ithasnotbeenratifiedinUkraineyet).ThisTreatycontainstheprovisionsconcerningthemeasuresmeanttopreventandmitigatetheharmfuleffectofwaters,includingfloodsandsuddenoverflows.

4.2 Currentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellence

Notbeingprescribedbyanynationallaworbylaw,theapplicationofEUFDinUkraineisfragmentaryandmostlyimplementedinseveralpilotprojects.Generally,FHMandFRMinlinewithEUstandardshavebeencarriedoutonlyforthemostimportantbasinswithoutageneralcoordinationandhomogeneousapproach.Atanationallevel,hazardmapsarenoteasilyaccessiblebythegeneralpublic;those,whichcanbefound,withafewexceptions,areverylowdetailed.

It isalsoworthmentioning that,duringPPRDEastProgrammePhase1,SES selectedstaffmembers thathavereceivedtrainingontheuseoftheMIKE11software:moreover,PPRDEastPhase1committedtobuyMIKE 11 licences but never did. PPRDEast Phase 2 iswilling to fulfil to this commitment5. The receivedlicenses ofMIKE 11with a unit for the hydro dynamicalmodelling of inundation zonesmay be used byUHMItogetherwithUHMCtoimplementtheEUFloodsDirectiveprovisions.

Onceclarifiedthat, itwillbeevaluatedifopensoftwarethatnowadaysexists issuitableasanalternativeoptiontothelicensedones.

The following paragraphs give an overview of the most important projects (both active and alreadycompleted)regardingthetopicinanalysis.

4.2.1 PPRDEastProgrammePhase1

AtthestartofPPRDEastPhase1,UHMCintroducedthehydrological-hydrodynamicmodelforcomputingand forecasting the inundation zone of floodwaters of Kyiv’s territories and suburban zone from KyivHydroelectric Station to Pliuta village. The model was developed in 2010 by the National Academy ofSciences - Institute of Mathematical Machines and System Problems (IMMSP) on the basis of its ownmodels (RIVTOX one-dimensional model and COASTOX-UN two-dimensional model) according to the

5Asanexample,SAWRiscurrentlyusingMike11foroperationalfloodforecastingintheTiszabasin.

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decisionoftheNationalSecurityandDefenseCouncilofUkraineandinstalledontheequipmentofUHMC.Themodelusestheunifiedelectronicmapofmoderntopography,depthsanddammarks,hasaunit foranalyzing and visualizing an inundation zone.UHMChas been using themodel since 2010 to assess thepotential inundationzonesdependingon the forecastedmaximumconsumptionof springhighwaters ineach specific year. An analogical model was developed by IMMSP in 2013-2014 for the Dniester Riverwithin Mohyliv-Podilskyi city as a part of the ENVSEC international project “Reducing Vulnerability toExtreme Floods and Climate Change in Dniester Basin”. The model is now being tested by UHMC. Thementionedmodels of IMMSPhave nothing to dowith the inundation zones for theDesna andDniesterrivers developed by UHMC in 1996, as they have absolutely different methodical and technologicalapproachesandsolutions.Mapsforinundationgoingbeyondthemaximumconsumptionwithaprobabilityof1,5,10and25%weredevelopedbyUHMCin1996fortheDesnariverfromthenationalbordertotheriver’smouthandfortheDniester river on the following area: Strilky village – Halych city – Zalishchyky city. The maps werecomputedusing1:25000topographicmapsandareavailableonlyonpaper.Theyarenotconvenient foroperational situation assessment and administrative decision-making. Paper topographic maps areaccompaniedbythelistofpopulationcentresalongthearea(river),theirdistancefromtheriver’smouthandcomputedconsumptionofwaterhavingaprobabilityof1,5,10and25%intheirregion.

AnotherimportantsourceofinformationtoPPRDEastPhase1elaborationswerethemapsofflood-proneareasforthemainriversofTranscarpathia(Tisa,Borzhava,Oh,Latorica)developedthroughGISANALYSTbyUHMIfortheformerMinistryofEmergencySituationsofUkraine(nowadaysSES).

The countrywide flood risk classification developed during PPRD East Phase 1 is a 4-level zonation ofUkraineatdistrict-scaleanditisavailabletoregisteredendusersontheERRAplatform.

4.2.2 FLOODWISE

FLOODWISE project (2010-2012) was developed by the District Office of Wlodawa (Poland), CentralResearch Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources (Belarus), National University of WaterManagement and Nature Resources Use (Ukraine) and funded by the Interregional CooperationProgramme INTERREG IVC from the European Union’s Regional Development Fund. For those trans-boundaryareasafloodriskassessmentstudyhasbeencarriedouttakingintoaccountfloodlevelandflowrate, thenumberofaffected inhabitantsandbuilding, theamountofexpecteddamage, thepresenceofimportantinfrastructuresandtheexistingfloodpreventionmeasures.Highflowprobabilitiesscenarios(1%,5%,and10%,onayearlybasis)were investigatedbymeansofstatisticalhydrologicalmethodsbasedonobserveddata. Thehydrological observations onBugRiver and some tributaries (forUkraine’s territory)wereprovidedbyVolynHydro-Meteorological Centre (Lutsk) andWesternBugBasinWaterDepartment(Lutsk).FHMsandFRMswitha1:50000resolutionreportingwaterdepthsscenariosfortheselectedreturnperiodshavebeendraftedfortheentireWesternBugbasin.

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4.2.3 TheIntegratedTiszaRiverBasinManagementPlan6

The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) adopted the ActionProgramme forSustainableFloodon13December2004. In2009seventeensub-basin floodactionplanswerepublishedby the ICPDR.Theyprovided the firstever-comprehensiveoverviewofactions to reducefloodriskintheDanubeBasin.Indrawinguptheplans,measureswerefirstelaboratedatthenationallevelineachof the ICPDRstates.Asa resultof theTiszaCountriesMemorandumofUnderstanding, theRiverBasinManagementPlanfortheTiszaRiverBasinwassignedattheendof2009.Thepreliminaryfloodriskassessment(PFRA)hasbeencarriedoutforthefloodingprobabilitiesof1,5and10%onayearlybasis.

Thedataonhistorical floods (maximumflood levels)wereprovidedbyUHMC, theextentof the floodedareaswascomputedusingMIKE11,MIKEGISandanad-hocdigitalelevationmodel.

The FRM was delivered by State Committee of Water Management of Ukraine (Trans-Carpathia WaterManagementBoard)comprisingatopographicandgeodesicsurvey, thehydrologicalassessmentandthehydrauliccalculationsandinundationzonesfortheaforementionedprobability.

4.2.4 DanubeDelta(Reniarea)

ThisEnviroGridsFP7ranfromApril2009toMarch2013withtheaimofsettingupanintegratedfloodriskmanagement plan in linewith theWFD and EUFD. The flood extent (in space and time) and associatedflooddepthhavebeendeterminedusingatwofoldapproach:mapsweredesignedforarealeventinthepast, as well as for different synthetic storms with different statistically determined return periods. Todetermine the flood extent and flood depth the flash floods have been numerically modelled using ahydrological-hydrodynamicschematizationperformedbyInfoWorksRSsoftware.Themodellingapproachtowards the computation of flood maps relied on the set up of different numerical models interactingtogether(Huygenset.al.,2009).Themodelsarecalibratedatthehandofavailablehistoricaldata.Modelswere set up and calibrated for the digital terrain model, the rainfall-runoff processes and the floodmapping. On this basis, a portfolio of synthetic simulated eventswas simulatedwith the hydrodynamicmodelendingupinacloudofstageanddischargevaluesfor125differentcrosssections.AteachlocationanextremevaluefunctionwasfittedforstagestocomputeFRMsfordifferentreturnperiods(5,10,20and50years,respectively).

4.3 FindingsandRecommendations

NEEDOFIMPROVEMENTCLASSIFICATION:HIGH,MODERATE,LOW

6The river basin management plan of Tisza river mainly addressed status assessment, pressures and joint programme ofmeasures,hasbeenbasedontheprovisionsoftheWFDAnnex7,andobviouslyfullycompliantwiththeaspectsinvestigatedbythe Danube River Basin Management Plan (organic, nutrient, hazardous substances pollution and hydro-morphologicalalterations).

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1–TranspositionofEUFDintonationallaw:HIGH

As already mentioned, the action plan approved in February 2015 represents the legal basis for theimplementation of the prescriptions of EUFD. The Plan of implementation of theDirective on flood riskmanagement involves making changes to the existing laws and development of new legislative acts inaccordancewithEUstandards.

It is recommended to push forward the process of drafting basic national legislation on flood risksassessment and management in line with the requirements of EUFD, developed by a working groupincludingallthestakeholders,bothinstitutionalandprivate.

2–Unitsofmanagement:MODERATE

AccordingtoUkrainianWaterCode,thestateregulationinthefieldofwateruseandprotectionandwaterresources recovery is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Council of Ministers of theAutonomous Republic of Crimea, rural, village, city councils and their executive bodies, district, oblastcouncils,executivepowerbodiesandotherstatebodiespursuanttothelegislationofUkraine.

Basin Administrations for Water Resources and Oblast Administrations for Water Resources have beencreatedandfunctioninginthesystemofSAWR.Furthermore,BasinCouncilsasadvisorybodieshavebeencreated in the main river basins. Councils work in close cooperation with SAWR and, if existing for aspecific basin, Basin Administrations for Water Resources (BUWR)7, UHMC, regional and oblast hydrometeorologicalorganizations.

It is recommendedtoofficiallyappoint theRiverBasinAuthorizedBodyasprincipal implementerofEUFDprescriptions.Second, it isrecommendedto implementatraining/capacitybuildingprogrammededicatedtoRiverBasinAuthorizedBodiestostrengthentheirroleasleadingauthoritiesatbasinscale.

With regard to trans-boundary issues, it is recommended to build up on the existing cooperationagreements as the onesmentioned in the previous sections to set the basis for the definition of properinternationalunitsofmanagementorat leastnationalunitsofmanagementcoordinatedat internationallevel.

It isnecessarytomodernize,re-equipandexpandtheobservationalnetworkwithaviewtoimprovingthemonitoringofthecurrentsituationonwaterobjects.

3–PreliminaryFloodRiskAssessment:HIGH

PFRAismostlytakencoveredbymeansofpilotprojects.Thoseactionssurelyrepresentastartingpointforthe full implementation of the EUFD but, nevertheless, inevitably provide a fragmented coverage withpotentialsubstantialmethodologicaldifferences.Inadditionleavingsuchanimportanttopicunderthesole

7 State-financed non-profit organizations under SAWR. For the Dnieper River, BUWR supports the implementation ofgovernment policies on the management, use, regeneration and protection of water resources, the development of watereconomy,andtheoperationofwaterfacilitiesandwatersidestructureswithintheDnieperbasin.

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impulseofinternationalsupportinstruments,whicharehighlyfluctuant,doesn’tprovidetheprogrammaticstabilityrequiredtodevelopasoundroadmapforacomplextopicsuchastheEUFD.

It is recommended to define, into a national strategy, commonmethodologies and techniques (historicaldata collection, access to disaster loss databases, data to take into account, criteria to define relevantfloodsofthepast,etc.)inordertoachieveasharedapproachtowardsanational-scalePFRAmapping.

4–FloodHazardandFloodRiskMaps:HIGH

The current state of FHM and FRM is alike the PFRA (recommendation n.3). To the same extent, pilotprojectsoftenadoptsimilarapproachesandmost(notall)arecompliantwithEUFDrequirements.

It is recommended todefine commonmethodologiesand techniques for FHMandFRMatnational level,compliant with EUFD, as well as the list of national organizations having the capability to developinundationandriskmaps.Second,itisrecommendedtoimplementatraining/capacitybuildingprogrammededicatedtoRiverBasinAuthorizedBodiesandhydrometeorologicalorganizationstostrengthentheirroleasleadingauthoritiesatbasinscale.

5–FloodRiskManagementPlans:HIGH

Riverbasinmanagementplanshavenotbeenformulatedconclusively.Measuresaremuchmorefocusedonwaterqualityandwatersupplyfordifferentuse.

ItisnoteworthytorecallthatEUFD-compliantfloodriskmanagementplansalsoconsistofaneffectiveEWS.Ukrainehasalreadyinplaceaneffectivesystemforweatherandfloodforecasting(managedbytheUHMC)andresponse(SES).Nonetheless,forafurtherdevelopmentofthewholesystem,

It is recommended to include flood risk management principles in line with EUFD into the river basinmanagement plans and to improve the efficiency of the observational network by modernizing, re-equipping technically and technologically, increasing the number of and further developing automatedstationsengagedinmeasuringwaterlevels,rainfalletc.

6–Datasharing:MODERATE

InordertoincreasebothpublicawarenesstoFHMandFRMandinter-institutionalinformationexchange,itwouldbebeneficialtosharethosedatausingastate-of-theartweb-basedtool.

ItisrecommendedtopromotetheuseoftheERRAforbothgeneralpublicandinstitutionalstakeholders.

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4.4 RoadMap8

Topic Recommendation Who How When

EUFDtransposition

Draftaby-lawonmanagementoffloodrisksincludingrisk

assessmentinlinewithEUFD

SES(coordinator)

Establishingaworkinggroupincludingallthe

stakeholdersandpotentialdevelopers

2014–end2016

Unitsofmanagement

OfficialdesigningofaRiverBasinAuthorized

Bodyasmainimplementer

CabinetoftheMinisters/MENR

UpdateoftheWaterCode

2015–end2016(by2017fromtheAA)

Unitsofmanagement

CapacitybuildingMENR,SAWR,

UHMI(coordinators)

Implementationofatraining/capacitybuildingprogrammeforthehydro-meteorologicalservice

andRiverBasinAuthorizedBodies

End2016–mid2017(by2017fromthe

AA)

Unitsofmanagement

Establishinganinternationalunitofmanagement(ora

coordinationplatformfornationalunitsofmanagement)incollaborationwith

BelarusandMoldova

MENR,SES,SAWR

Puttingintooperationtheexistingcollaborationagreementswiththeneighbouringcountries

2015-2016

Unitsofmanagement

Modernizingandexpandingthe

observationalnetwork

UHMC(coordinator)

Determiningthescopeofthenecessaryupgradeofequipmentanddevices,thenumberandtypesof

automatedhydro-meteorologicalstations

2016

PreliminaryFloodRisk

Developmethodologicalguidelinestocomplywith

MENR,SAWR,UHMI,UHMC


2015–end2016(by

8GiventheproposalsofUHMC

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Assessment EUFDrequirementsfromArticles4–6.Adoptingdecisionsonmethodicalapproachestobeused

(coordinators)orSESincasetheexistingWG

isused


2017fromtheActionPlanonDRC

PreliminaryFloodRiskAssessment

Surveyandmapsdrafting

UHMI(coordinator),IMMSP,UHMC,

SAWR

Carryingoutfieldsurveys,applyingtheadopted

methodologies

mid2016–-mid2017(by2018

formtheAPandby

2019fromtheAA)

FloodHazardandRiskMaps

DevelopmethodologicalguidelinestocomplywithEUFDrequirementsfrom

Articles4–6

MENR,SAWR,UHMI,UHMC(coordinators)



mid2016–mid2017(by2017fromthe

ActionPlanonDRC)


Capacitybuilding

MENR,SAWR,UHMI

(coordinators),IMMSP

DesignandImplementationofa

training/capacitybuildingprogrammeforthehydro-meteorologicalservice

andRiverBasinAuthorizedBodies

End2016-mid2017


Mapsdrafting

UHMI(coordinator),IMMSP,UHMC,

SAWR

Applicationoftheadoptedmethodologies

mid2017–mid2019(by2021fromthe

AA)

FloodRiskManagement

Plans

IncludingEUFDprescriptions(Art.7)intoRiverBasinManagement

Plans

CabinetoftheMinisters/MENR(SES)

Updateofthecurrentlegislationonriverbasin

managementplans

2017(asreportedintheAA)

FloodRiskManagement

Plans

DraftingoftheFloodRiskManagementPlans

SAWRanditsbasinandoblastunits

ApplicationoftheEUFDprescriptionstoRiver

BasinManagementPlans

mid2018-mid2021(by2023

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fromtheAA)

FloodRiskManagement

Plans

Modernizingandexpandingthe

observationalnetwork

UHMC

(Coordinator)

Purchaseornewequipmentanddevices.Purchase,installationandcalibrationofautomatedstationstomeasurethehydro-meteorological

modeindices

2016-2020

DataSharingOpenaccesstoflood-relateddataforpublic

andinstitutions

SES

AdoptERRAasnationalplatformforsharingriskinformationdataamonginstitutionsandthe

generalpublic;developandadoptadatasharingpolicythatfacilitatetheexchangeofinformationamongline-ministriesand

institutions

2015-mid2017

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5 DisasterRiskAssessment


TheGovernmentofUkrainehasofficiallyadoptedandapprovedon25March2015(DecreeoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkrainen.419)anationalactionplantoimplementtheRiskManagementConceptforman-madeemergenciesandnaturaldisastersthatwillrunfrom2015to2020.Disasterriskassessmentwillbeextensivelycoveredduringthefirstpartoftheactionplanandmoreindetails:

• thedevelopmentofmethodsofriskassessmentandriskmapsforcertainnaturalandman-madeemergencies.Coordinators:Ministryof InternalAffairs (MoIA), SES,NationalAcademyofScience(2015-2018)

• the development of recommendations on the use of methods, standards and programsdetermining risk. Coordinators: MoIA, SES, National Academy of Science, Ukrainian Union ofIndustrialistsandEntrepreneurs(2015-2017)

• theassessmentoftheacceptablelevelsofrisk,rangesofhigh,mediumandlowriskintheareasofproductionandalgorithmstoreducethemtothelevelsusedineconomicallydevelopedcountriesand listed in Risk Management Concept for man-made emergencies and natural disasters.Coordinators:SES,interestedcentralexecutivebodies,NationalAcademyofScience(2015-2017)

• analysis of technological and natural safety in Ukraine taking into account the presence ofpotentially dangerous objects and dangerous geological, hydro-geological and meteorologicalphenomena and processes, aswell as the risks associatedwith such phenomena and processes.Coordinators:SES,NationalAcademyofScience(2017-2018).

Otherkey implementerstotheactionplanwillbetheMinistryof Infrastructure,theMinistryofRegionalDevelopment,SAWR,andMENR.

KeyAssessors

PPRDEast2Experts LucaMoliniRobertoRudari

CountryThematicFocalPoint PetrKropotovViacheslavAnishchenko

Chaptervalidatedby PetrKropotovViacheslavAnishchenkoNationalAdvisoryGroup

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The aforementioned actionplanhas amulti-risk approach considering cascadeeffects and simultaneoustiming of onset for various forcing factors. The expected output is a complete hazard and riskmappingcoveringallthecountryforallpotentialhazards/risks(bothnaturalandman-made),incloseapproximationtoEUstandards.Riskassessmentmethodologieswillbedevelopedseparatelybyeachinstitutionappointedforitsparticularexpertise.Ingeneral,themethodologiesarecurrentlyunderdevelopmentastheplanhasrecentlyenteredintoforce.Theveryfirstresultsoftheplanaremainlyfocusedonriskmanagementissuesandmore precisely to critical infrastructure assessment andmapping. Relevant part of the planwill bedevoted toawareness raising throughbothbasicandhigh-leveleducationalprogrammes.Generalpublicwillbeaddressedbythefirstonesthroughinformationalcampaigns,whilethelatterwillbeimplementedbyactivatingauniversitymasterdegreeinriskmanagement.

Currentlyofficialhazard/riskstudiesinclude3studiesonenvironmentalrisks(2monographs,1textbook)edited by National Academy of Sciences9, amonograph (a regional-level risk assessment) edited by theNationalInstituteofStrategicStudiesanda2008articlebyInstituteofNaturalSecurityassessinglifesafetyinthewakeofnaturalandman-madedisasters.

During the PPRD East Programme Phase 1, flood, wild fires, earthquake, landslides andtechnological/industrialhazardhavebeenassessedincollaborationwithlocalexperts.Inparticular:

• seismology: hazard mapping (with a district scale resolution) was supervised by ParsonsBrinckerhoffincollaborationwithUkrainianexpertsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences–Instituteof Geophysics and developed from the template of the Global Seismic Hazard AssessmentProgramme(GSHAP).

• wildfires:modelledusingthefuelmodel,developedbyITC-Twente10,basedonDEM(AsterDEM11)andlandcoverfromthenationalavailablesourcesandsatellitemultispectralimagery.Availableatdistrictscale.

• landslides: hazard has been evaluated from the geo-morphological potential using as baseinformation layers: soils, geology and digital elevation model. Ukraine landslide maps, due toavailabledata,haveascaleof1:500,000.

• flood:floodhazardmapsareavailableatdistrictscaleforthewholenationalterritory.ForamorecomprehensivedescriptionofthecurrentstatusoffloodmappinginUkrainethereaderisreferredtothechapterdevotedtoEUFDapproximation.

9NationalAcademyofSciences–InstituteofGeographyhasdevelopedmorethan140hazardmapsrelatedtourbanfiresafety,radiation,forestfires,earthquakes,floods,etc.Asaresultofthe2015-2020actionplan,thosemapswillbeupdate.Atpresent,hazardmapsarenotpubliclyavailable.10ThefuelmodelhasbeenimplementedintheframeworkofDutchGovernmentfundedMatraProject.11http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp

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• industrialhazard:itiscurrentlyavailableathree-levelhazardmapatdistrictscaleisbasedonthelocalizationofmorethan500hazardoussites,accordingtotheEUSEVESODirective.

Therisklevelhasbeenthencomputedbycrosscheckingthelikelihoodofthehazardwiththevulnerability12mappingandthecriticalassetsmapping.

AllthesemapsandinformationarecurrentlyavailabletoregisteredusersontheERRAplatforminstalledatSES. Ascriticalassetsmappingisconsideredtobeaverysecurity-sensitivematter,onlyqualitativemaps(3-class classification: high, medium and low) are available at the sub-regional and regional level.Nevertheless, thequantitativecritical infrastructure/assetmapsweredevelopedandareavailableat thenationallevel.



1–TranspositionofDRAEUGuidelinesintolegislativeframework:HIGH

Withregardto legalframework,theactionplanrecentlydeliveredbytheCabinetoftheMinistersoftheGovernment of Ukraine envisage the surveying of the present situation with the aim of including theconceptofriskassessment-aspartofriskmanagement-intothenationallegislation.

It isrecommendedtofollowEURiskAssessmentandMappingGuidelinesforDisasterManagementwhendraftingthenecessarylegislation.

2–Institutionalsetup:HIGH

TheactionplanidentifiesSESasthecoordinatorfordisasterriskassessmentmattershoweverthedutiesofmanyotherstakeholdersstillneedtobeclarified.This,duetotheirinstitutionalrelevanceinthesubject,iseven truer in the cases of the National Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Ecology and NatureResources.

It is recommended to draft necessary sub-legislation to clarify which institution will be in charge ofcoordinatingworkinggroupsforeachhazard,whileSESwillmaintaintheoverallcoordinationoftheprocess.

3–Hazardmapping:HIGH

12Thevulnerabilityassessmentwasbasedon thePrevalentVulnerability Index,depicting through interpretationof statisticaldata, exposureand susceptibility, social economic fragilityand lackof resiliencebutwithout taking intoaccountany specificnationalpeculiarity.

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Therecentadvancements inhazardmappinghavebeenmostlydevelopedduringthePPRDEastPhase1,althoughatdistrictscale.Yetsucharesolutionisoftenunsuitablefordecisionsupportinginthepreventionandresponsephases.

It is recommended todevelopahazardassessmentmethodology valuable for finer scales and for all thehazards already taken into account following EU Guidelines for DRA. Complementary to the previousrecommendation, it is recommended the development and the implementation of a training/capacitybuildingprogrammefortheinstitutionalstakeholders.

4–RiskMapping:HIGH

Coherentlywith thepreviouspoint, riskmapping is currentlyavailableatdistrict scaleorcoarserandnomulti-riskapproachispresentsothesamerecommendationsarepertinent.

It is recommendedtodevelopmethodologiesof riskmappingthatareappropriate fordifferentpurposes,e.g., strategic plans, emergency plans, contingency plans etc. To this end the implementation of atraining/capacitybuildingprogrammefortheinstitutionalstakeholdersisrecommendedaswell.

5–DataSharing:MODERATE

In order to increase both public awareness to disasters and inter-institutional information exchange, itwouldbebeneficialtosharedatausingastate-of-theartweb-basedtool.

ItisrecommendedtopromotetheuseoftheERRAforbothgeneralpublicandinstitutionalstakeholders.

5.4 RoadMap


EUapproximationintoDRAnational

law

IncludingEUapproachinDRA

MOI,NAS,SES

FormalStatementfromtheWG

implementingtheActionPlan2015-

2020

end2016

InstitutionalsetupOfficialdesigningofcoordinatorsfor

eachhazardMOI,NAS,SES

Formaldecisionofan

interdepartmentaltskforceforthe

implementationoftheActionPlan2015-2020

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Hazardmapping CapacitybuildingSES(coordinator)

MENR

DesignandImplementationofatraining/capacity

buildingprogrammeforhazardmapping

mid2017

Hazardmapping

Implementationofmethodsfor

assessmentforbothsinglehazardsandmulti-hazard,fullycompliantwiththeEUGuidelines

SES(coordinator)

MENR

Establishingaworkinggroupincludingallthestakeholders

2017-2018

(includingmapsdrafting)

Riskmapping CapacitybuildingSES(coordinator)

MENR

DesignandImplementationofatraining/capacity

buildingprogrammeforrisk

mapping

2016-2017

RiskMapping

Implementationofmethodsfor

assessmentforbothsinglerisks

andmulti-risk,fullycompliantwiththe

EUGuidelines

SES(coordinator)

MENR


2017-2018

(includingmapsdrafting)

DataSharing

Openaccesstodisaster-related

dataforpublicandinstitutions

SES

AdoptERRAasnationalplatformforsharingriskinformationanddataamong

institutionsandthegeneralpublic;developandadoptadatasharingpolicythat

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6 DisasterLossDataCollectionandProcessing

KeyAssessors

PPRDEast2Expert LucaMoliniMarcoMassabòRobertoRudari

CountryThematicFocalPoint PetrKropotovViacheslavAnishchenko

Chaptervalidatedby PetrKropotovViacheslavAnishchenkoNationalAdvisoryGroup


The Decree of the Cabinet of Ministries 175/2002 regulates the collection and reporting of loss(Methodology of data calculation) data. State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) is appointed for datacollectionandthemanagementofthedatabase.Otherlawsanddecisionsrelevanttothematterare:

• RegulatoryandlegalclassificationactsbytheCabinetoftheMinisters(n.738of9October2013,Methodologyofaccountingforemergencysituations;n.2030of26December2003,Methodologyfor accounting for fire-relatedemergencies; n. 368of 24March2004, Classificationmethods foremergencysituations).

• National classification: "Classificationof emergency situationsDK019:2010" (TheOrderof StateCommitteeforTechnicalRegulationandConsumerPolicyofUkrainen.457of10October2010).

• Classification attributes for emergencies (The Order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations ofUkrainen.1400of12December2012).

• Law of Ukraine of 9 April 2015 Number 319-VIII, “On amendments to some laws of Ukraine onaccesstopublicinformationintheformofopendata”.


Generallyspeaking,thesystemofdisasterlossdatacollection,reportingandstoringiswelldeveloped.Asdefined by law, SES and its territorial divisions manages the electronic database on emergencies. SESregionalbranchesareinchargeofdatacollectionusingastandardform.Theresultsofthesurveyarethentransferred to SES central structure to be inserted into the database. At regional level, all agencies andministriesreportdirectlytoSES.

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The information collection system is called GIASE (Government Information Analysis System forEmergencies13),software installed inall localadministrationsofSES. InformationabouttheoutbreakofadisasterisconveyedtoSESbyfouremergencynumbers(gasdanger,police,firerescue,ambulance)andadedicatedemergencynumber (101)14. The systemallowsa centralized control over thegatheringof thisinformation.Remoteaccesstothesystemisguaranteedthroughawebportal.Thedatabase isbasedonMicrosoftSQLServersoftwareanditisnotweb-based.

Thesystemcanbepotentiallyusedasuniquedatabaseforalldisasters,howeveraseparatedatabaseforfires accounting exists. Furthermore, thehydro-meteorological servicehasdevelopedamethodology forcollecting loss data for weather related disasters and it has a database of events from 2002. SES hasrecordeddatainthecentralelectronicdatabaseofeventsfrom1997,whileforpreviousyearsdataareonpaper.

ThedatabaseofSEScontainsdetaileddatacardsforeacheventandadescriptionofrelatedlosses:humanlosses,affectedvillages,industrysectors,transport,communicationlines,agriculture,peatlandsanddirectandindirectlosses(monetary).Since2003UkraineusesCISKlassyfycatorwithsomeextensions,including4classes of emergencies (Classifying attributes of emergencies approved by SES Decree # 1400 on 12December 2012 (national, regional, local and object), 25 subclasses and 179 groups. The events areclassifiedasemergenciesonthebaseofthresholds(e.g.burntareaforforestfires).Theregisteredlossesarefurtherdividedonthebasisoftheactualdamagecaused,asfollowing:

• lossofhumanlifeandhealth;

• destructionofpropertiesandproducts;

• indirectlossesduetoproductioninterruption;

• lossoflivestockandcrops;

• lossoftimberandotherforestresources;

• lossoffisheries;

• destructionordegradationofrecreationareas;

• airpollution;

• pollutionofsurfaceandgroundwatersandsources,inlandmarinewatersandterritorialsea;

• contaminationofnon-agriculturalland.

Themainusersofthedatabaseare:SES,MinistryofEconomicDevelopment,MinistryofFinance,MinistryofConstruction,Ministryof Infrastructure, local authorities, and scientific-research institutions. Thedatagatheredandarchived ismostlyused for lossaccounting,disaster forensics (lesson learntapproach)andriskmodelling.Dataarerecordedatlocallevelasatotalamountofestimatedlosses,howeverdepending

13http://www.kitsoft.kiev.ua/en/product/giase14Alltheemergencynumbersarecurrentlybeingintegratedintheuniquenationalemergencynumber(112).

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onthesizeofthedisaster;thesectorialdistributionoflossesisalsoregistered.Disasterslossesfornationalleveleventsareregisteredindetails.

Because of absence of specific requirements, the data quality is sometime low. The quality control isperformedon significantevents and thereareperiodicofficial reports that assess theuncertainty in theestimations.Nevertheless,databaseentriesarecrosscheckedonamonthlybasisandbothasummaryandthestatisticsarepublishedonSESofficialwebsite15.Theaggregationofinformationisonlocallevelforalllosses.Thereisnotdisaggregatedinformationonassetlevel.

From the standpoint of data sharing, regional operational services have access to the database. On theotherhand,otherinstitutionscanaccesstheinformationonlyuponanofficialrequest.

It isrecommendedtoadoptordeveloptheleadITsystemthatcouldfullyexecutethreeabove-mentionedfunctions.Electronicregionalriskatlasandopportunitytoenforcethefunctionofregistrationandanalysisofdisasterlossdatacouldcontributetothatprocess,creatingtheplatformformorein-depthinformationand statistics sharing on the regional levelwith Baltic states –members of ENPI and other internationalinstitutions.Itisalsorecommendedtodevelopandsuggestcapacitybuildingplanofactionsforusersoftheplatform.



1) – Adapt current legislation and operational procedures to improve data collection and enable thesharingoflossdataatEuropeanandInternationallevel:HIGH

Thecurrentlegal(theDecreeoftheCabinetofMinistries175/2002)andinstitutionalframeworkofUkraineensuresanoperationalandsystematiccollectionandrecordingofdisasterlosses,howeverthereisaneedto extend the number of loss indicators currently collected and recorded in the national database. Thecurrentlyadoptedclassificationonhazardsandloss indicatorsdiffersfromtheminimumrequirementsofEUandtheinternationalstandardsanddonotfullyenabletheshareofdisasterlossdataatinternationallevel.

ItisrecommendedtoincludeinthecurrentlegislationandoperationalprocedurestherequirementsoftheGuidance for recording and sharing disaster damage and loss data (JRC, 2015 16 ). Specifically it isrecommendedtoadopttheExtension2oftherecommendations(Extension2:dataforspecificevents,fora

15www.mns.gov.ua16Guidance forrecordingandsharingdisasterdamageand lossdata–Towards thedevelopmentofoperational indicators totranslatetheSendaiFrameworkintoaction:EUexpertworkinggroupondisasterdamageandlossdata;EuropeanCommission,JointResearchCentre, Institute for theProtectionand the Security of theCitizen, 2015, ISBN978-92-79-47452-1, ISSN1831-9424.

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specifichazard,damageand lossperNUTS2/NUTS3andUnitofManagement (UoM),byeconomicsectorandbyownerandbystatusofownership(whobearsthelosses)).

2)–Developandadoptaunifiedmethodologyforassessingeconomiclossesfromdisasters:HIGH

There is a lack of a unified methodological approach for collecting and recording the economic losses(directandindirect)associatedwithmateriallossesfordifferentsectors.

It is recommendedtodevelopandadopt incurrent legislationamethodologyformulti-sectoraleconomicassessmentofdisasterlosses.Furthermoreitisrecommendedtodevelopandimplementcapacitybuildingactionsfornationalandlocalinstitutionsontheuseofthemethodology.

3)Digitalizationofhistoricaldataondisasterlosses:MODERATE

Historical records of disaster impacts and losses have a tremendous value and can highly improve riskassessment for the countries. Historical data are currently in paper format andmostly archived by SES(from1987).

Itisrecommendedtosetupaframeworkforthecollectionanddigitalizationofhistoricaldataondisasterlosses;itissuggestedthatthetemporalcoverageofdatashouldbeatleastforthelast30years.

4)Handlingofuncertainty:MODERATE

Uncertainties are inherent in every stepof thedisaster loss data analysis framework. Itwouldbe surelybeneficialtoadoptaninternationalstandard-basedevaluationoftheuncertaintyineverystepofthelossdata collection and reporting, adopting – as an example - MAXO or NUSAP techniques (see JRCrecommendations, 201417). This uncertainty evaluation should be stored and recorded with the finalvalidatedversionofthedata.

It is recommended to legally establish a shared methodology to estimate uncertainty and improve thequalitycontrolofdata.

5-FulldevelopmentofanadvancedITsystem:HIGH

SES and its regional offices are already using a web-based advanced IT system for data collection andtransferring during the emergency phase. A further effort should be devoted to develop the IT systemtowardthreemaindirections:1-strengthenthecurrentsystemfor theelectronic registrationofdisasterdatabyregionaloffice,2-supporttheprocessingandspatialanalysisofdisasterlossdata,3-supportthe

17CurrentstatusandbestpracticesforDisasterLossDatarecordinginEUmemberstates-AcomprehensiveoverviewofcurrentpracticeintheEUMemberStates:DeGroeveT.,K.Poljansek,D.Ehrlich,C.Corbane;EuropeanCommission,JointResearchCentre,InstitutefortheProtectionandtheSecurityoftheCitizen,2014,ISBN978-92-79-43549-2.

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automatic share of data with national, regional and international institutions and stakeholders andpromotetheinteroperabilitywithothersystems.

It is recommended to adopt or develop an advance IT system that can fully address the three mainfunctionalities illustratedabove.ERRA,and thepossibilityofenhancing its functionality for the recording,analysislossdatacouldhelpintheprocess,withtheadvantageoffurthersharinginformationandstatisticsat regional level within the ENPI East Countries and other international Institutions. Furthermore, it isrecommendedtodevelopandimplementcapacitybuildingactionsfortargetusersoftheplatform.

6)EncouragingPuPandPPP:MODERATE

Theparticipationofallstakeholders inrefiningtherequirementsof lossdatabaseensuresownershipandenhancetheutility,hencethefutureutilization,ofdisaster lossdata.Public-publicpartnership (PuP)andPublicPrivatePartnership(PPP)shouldbefurtherencouragedandtheroleandutilityoflossdatashouldbediscussed across government departments, including emergency management, urban planning, andgovernmentbudgetandacrossallgovernmentscalesandparticipativegovernancefora(localtonational).High-levelrequirementsshouldbeinformedbypublicandprivateneedsacrosssectors.

It is recommended to increase theengagementof theprivateandpublic sectors into theprocessofdatacollection,recordingandsharing.

7)Informationsharing:HIGH

SESsharesdataonofficialrequestswhileregularreportsonaggregatestatisticsarepublishedon-lineandtransmitted to CIS countries; however the access to data by stakeholders needs to be facilitated andenhanced.

It is recommended to develop and adopt a data sharing policy framework that facilitates national andinternational institutions, organizations and general stakeholders to access disaster loss data. ERRAplatform can be the technological support for the implementation of the policy framework. It is alsorecommendedtocoordinateoftheDLDdatabasewiththeotherrelevantinstitutionaldatabasesbymeansofaWorkinggroupforthedevelopmentofthetechnicalfeasibilityforinteroperability.

6.4 RoadMap


LegislationAdaptcurrentlegislationandoperational

SESConsultations

betweendifferentstakeholders

2016

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procedurestoenablethesharingoflossdataatEuropeanand

Internationallevelandimprovedata

collection

Methodology

Developandadoptaunified

methodologyforassessing

economiclossesfromdisaster

SES(coordinator),NASandotherstakeholders


stakeholdersfortheelaborationofthemethodology

(updatingtheoneadoptedin2002).

Providetrainingandcapacitybuildingtonationalandlocal

authorities

End2017

Digitalizationofhistoricaldata

Digitalizationofhistoricaldataondisasterlosses

SES(coordinator)

Collectionandrecordingof

historicaldataondisasterlosses

2017

Uncertaintyassessment

Adoptasharedmethodologyto

estimateuncertainty

SES(coordinator)


2017

ITupgradeforDLD

UseofanadvancedIT

systemfordatareporting

SES

FurtherdevelopmentofERRAplatformforsupportingthecollection,

recording,analysisandsharingofloss

data.Providetrainingand

capacitybuildingto

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nationalandlocalauthorities

Public/PublicandPublic/PrivatePartnership

Enhancetheengagementofvariousactorsin

DLD

SES(coordinator)Consultations

betweendifferentstakeholders

2017

Datasharing

CoordinationoftheDLDdatabasewiththeother

relevantinstitutionaldatabases

SES(coordinator)

Workinggroupforthedevelopmentthetechnicalfeasibilityfor

interoperability

2018

Datasharing

OpenDLDtopublicandinstitutions

throughERRA

SES(coordinator)

Workinggroupforthedevelopingofdatasharingpolicyframeworkon

disasterlossdataincompliancewiththe

“LawonOpenData”feb.2015

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7 InclusionofDisasterRiskReductioninPublicSpending

KeyAssessorsPPRDEast2Expert AntonínPetr

CountryThematicFocalPoint SvitlanaZinchenkoChaptervalidatedby NazarBoryshkevych



The Budget Code of Ukraine of 08 July 2010, No.2456-VI - latest edition of 20 September 2015,amendments (the Law of 17 September 2015, No.700-VIII /700-19/) provides the budget legislationframework,latestamendment(No.2456-VIfrom14July142015).

ThebudgetsystemofUkraineconsistsofstatebudgetandlocalbudgets.Theregionalbudgetisthebudgetof the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local budgets. The local budgets are budgets for territorialcommunities of villages, their associations, towns,municipalities (includingmunicipal districts). The legalframeworkforcivilprotection(CP) isprovidedbytheCodeofCivilProtectionofUkrainefromOctober2,2012,No.5403-VI,whereArt.93to95and98provideframeworkforfinancingoftheCPactivities.


During the PPRD East 2 assessmentmission toUkraine,whichwas focused on inclusion ofDisaster RiskReduction(DRR)adDisasterRiskManagement(DRM)inpublicspending,numberofnationalinterlocutorsthatareactiveinDRRareaweremet.Oneofthegeneralfindingswasthattheplanningofthebudgetandexpenditures are done through budget programmes that are a set of measures aimed at achieving aparticulargoal,objectivesandexpectedresults,definitionandimplementationofwhichcarriesaspendingaccordingtoitsfunctions.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) is the primary governmental body responsible for civilprotection in Ukraine and as such it is also responsible for a budget programme covering civilprotection/disaster prevention and response activities at central and regional level. The amount of thisprogrammeisapproximately500millionEURper5yearsfornationalandregionallevels.

The Ukrainian Hydro-meteorological Centre is in charge for a programme on hydro-meteorologicalactivities, which includes mainly operating the early warning system. It was also mentioned that thefinancial resources allocated for the Centre itself covermainly the incomes of the staff and fees whichmeansthatthereisalmostnothingleftfordevelopment,acquisitionorupgradeofnewtechnologiesetc.andthecostforthatispartiallycoveredthroughparticipationininternationalprojects.

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TheUkrainianStateFiscalServiceprovidedanexampleonhowthegovernmental institutions,whicharenot involved inDRR/DRM,plan theirown finances/budget forCPofownand subordinateorganisations.TheStateFiscalServiceusesbasically thenationalBudgetCodeandguidancedocumentonCPmeasureswhichisonannualbasisdevelopedbytheSESasthecentralbodyforCP.

TheMinistry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) is responsible for national programme (2012 to2021) which covers response to hazardous effects of water and flood prevention measures. Thisprogramme envisaged financing e.g. hydro-technological constructions to prevent floods, etc. Theprogrammeallocatesapprox.from500thousandsto1millionEUR.TheMENRisresponsiblefortheoverallcoordinationoftheprogrammeandStateAgencyofWaterResources,togetherwithlocalauthorities,areresponsibleforitsimplementation

DuringthemeetingwiththeStateAgencyofWaterResourcesofUkrainetheissueofinsufficientfundsforthe prevention measures was raised. In order to overcome this lack funds and to fulfil its legalcommitments and responsibilities towards the flood prevention, the Agency tries to combine varioussources of funding – funds allocated in the state budget andbudgets of the local authorities plus fundsprovidedbyinternationaldonors(WorldBank,EU,privatesector,etc.)

Therepresentativesof theMinistryof Infrastructurepointedouta lackof internalcoordinationamongsttheMinistriesduringbudgetplanningperiod.TheymissaplatforminwhichtheMinistriesandotherbodiesatgovernmentallevelthatareactiveintheDRR/DRMcouldmeetandplantheiractivitiesandexpendituresincoordinatedmanner.

Incaseofanextremelyhighscaleormultipleemergencies,theinstitutionsmayrequestadditionalfinancialresources from national Reserve Fund. The Reserve Fund serves for the implementation of contingencyexpendituresthatarenotpermanentandcouldnothavebeenforeseenwhendraftingthebudget.Itmaynotexceedonepercentofthenationalbudget.TheReserveFundsareformedatcentralandlocal(oblast)level and by chemical and technical enterprises and they can be used for prevention and responsemeasures. At the central level, the Commission on Technological Safety and Emergency Situations ofUkraine takes the decision on the activation and use of the Reserve Fund budget. The decisionmakingprocess is supported by the SES which is the Secretariat of the Commission. During the planning andpreparation of the Fund, the lead institution is theMinistry of Finance, in charge for its creation,whilewhentheFundisinplace,theMinistryofEconomymanagesitandisinchargeforitsadministration.


Itispossibletoconcludethattheexistinglegalandinstitutionalframeworkprovidesasoundandsolidbaseforbudgetplanningforcivilprotectionanddisasterriskmanagement.Thus,itcontributestoandprovidesgoodpotentialforthecountrytomeettheSendaiFrameworkforRiskReduction2015and2030,priority2–“Strengtheningdisasterriskgovernancetomanagedisasterrisk”.

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However, theexisting systemandstructureof thebudgetprogrammesdonotallowsufficientlydetailedinsight into financial aspects of all individualDRR andDRM related actions, particularlywhen it involvesactionswhicharelessobviouslyrelatedtoDRRandDRM.

Itiscausedbythelackofexistingmethodologiesforallocating,trackingandregisteringofallDRRandDRMactionsinthebudgetsystematbothlevels–centralandlocal.Therefore,itisnotpossibletoreportexactamountsinvestedinprevention,preparednessandresponse,aswellas,reconstructionandrehabilitationmeasuresbythevariousnationalandlocalstakeholders.

Theabilitytoclearlyidentify,recordandconsequentlytoevaluateallexpenditureswithintheDRR/DRMatnational and local levelwould significantly help better planning andbetter use of the available financialresourceswhatisevenmoreimportantwhenthefundsarelimited.

Inaddition,itwouldalsoallowcomparisonoftherealDRR/DRMexpendituresagainstthedisasterlossdata.ThiscomparisonwillhelptoprovethatwellplannedinvestmentsintoDRR/DRMsignificantlydecreasetheimpactofdisastersonpopulation,environment,economy,infrastructureandculturalheritage,thusequallydecrease the human and economic losses, i.e. saving money for response activities and liquidation ofdisasterconsequences.

It isalsosupportedbytheSendaiFrameworkforRiskReduction2015and2030,whichputanadditionalaccenton“Investingindisasterriskreductionforresilience”(priority3),moreparticularlyon“promotionoftheintegrationofdisasterriskreductionconsiderationsandmeasuresinfinancialandfiscalinstruments”

InordertoaddresstheaboveidentifiedissuesthePPRDEast2recommendsfollowing:

• tocreateanationalcoordinationbodyatwhichallnationalinterlocutors/institutionsparticipatinginDRR/DRMcouldmeetanddiscussandcoordinatetheirexpendituresinDRR/DRM;

• toreviseandifnotsufficient,toenhancethenationalinstitutionalCP/DRMframeworkinordertoprovide/createadequate capacity fordevelopmentand implementationof theDRR/DRMbudgetallocationtrackingsystem;

• to develop and implement a methodology for the DRR/DRM budget allocation tracking andrecording system across the national system and replicate it at the local level. As a part of themethodology,establishaDRR/DRM“marker”toflagthose investmentsforwhichtheoutcome isnot explicitly DRR/DRM but which through implementation will contribute to reduce/mitigatedisasterrisk;

• todevelopand implementamethodology forevaluationof theDRR/DRMexpendituresthatgivesimplequantifiableindicatorsshowingfiscalimpactoftheDRR/DRM;

• tocreateanddelivertrainingsonthenewmethodologiesforofficialsfromfinancialunitsfromallrelevantnationalinstitutionsdealingwithDRR/DRMmeasuresdirectlyorindirectly.

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7.4 RoadMap

Theroadmapproposestheprioritizationoftherecommendations,timeframefortheirimplementationsaswellasinterlocutors/institutions.

Activity 1.1 - Exploring the possibility to create the national body platform for DRR and DRM budgetexpendituresplanning

Responsibility:SES

Timeframe:byFebruary2016

Support:allnationalinterlocutorsactiveinDRR/DRMandPPRDEast2Programme

Activity1.2–CreationofthenationalcoordinationbodyforDRRandDRMbudgetexpendituresplanning

Responsibility:SES

Timeframe:byJuly2016

Support:allnationalinterlocutorsactiveinDRRandPPRDEast2Programme

Activity2.1-WorkshoptointroduceanddiscusstheconceptoftheDRR/DRMbudgetallocationtrackingandrecordingsystem

Responsibility:SharedresponsibilityoftheSES,MoFandPPRDEast2Programme

Timeframe:byApril2016

Support:allnationalinterlocutorsactiveinDRR/DRM

Activity 2.2 - Development of the methodology for the DRR/DRM budget allocation tracking andrecordingsystem

Responsibility:SharedresponsibilityoftheMoFandSES

Timeframe:byOctober2016

Support:PPRDEast2Programme

Activity2.3-DevelopmentofthemethodologyforevaluationoftheDRR/DRMexpenditures


Timeframe:byMarch2017


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Activity2.4-Developmentofthetrainingcurriculumonthenewmethodologies

Responsibility:PPRDEast2Programme

Timeframe:byJune2017

Support:MoFandSES

Activity2.5-Finalisationofthetrainingprogrammepreparation

Responsibility:PPRDEast2Programme

Timeframe:bySeptember2017

Support:MoFandSES

Activity2.6–Draftingandendorsementofa legaldocumentto institutionalisethenewsystemfortheDRRbudgetallocationtrackingandrecordingsystem

Responsibility:MoFandSES

Timeframe:byDecember2017


Activity2.7–Deliveryofthetrainingonthenewmethodologies

Responsibility:SharedresponsibilityoftheSESandPPRDEast2Programme

Timeframe:byJanuary2018

Support:MoF

Activity 2.8 – Implementation of the newmethodologies for theDRR/DRMbudget allocation trackingandrecordingsystemandforevaluationoftheDRRexpenditures



Support:allnationalinterlocutorsactiveinDRR

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8 HostNationSupport

KeyAssessorsPPRDEast2Expert PhilLangdale

MichaelElmquistCountryThematicFocalPoint DmytroSmyrnov

Chaptervalidatedby NazarBoryshkevychNationalAdvisoryGroup


Numerousaspectsofhostnationsupportarecoveredwithinthefollowingpiecesoflegislation:

• Lawno.1192-XIVonHumanitarianAidof22October1999,beingthefirstsourceofHumanitarianAffairs;

• Cabinet ofMinisters Decree on the State Commission on techno genic and ecological safety anemergencies,of16February1998;

• Bilateral agreements with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,Lithuania,Moldova,Poland,Russia,Slovakia,Uzbekistan;and

• The Code of Civil Protection of Ukraine (adopted on 2 October 2012) provides the currentlegislativebasis inthefieldofcivilprotection. TheCodeOfCivilProtectionextensivelycoversallthephasesofthedisastercycle:

o predisaster,

o theemergencyandpostdisaster,

o provideslegislationbackgroundforcreationandfunctioningofEmergency-RescueServices,

o establishes the state system of civil protection from emergencies of natural, man-madeandmilitaryorigin,

o responsibilitiesamongstateexecutivebodies(Ministries,Agencies,etc.),

o creationofthecivilprotectionforces,dailyfunctioningandenrolment,and

o moreover, it stipulates the adoptionof some specific protocols that are fundamental fortheoperationalfunctioningoftheoverallcivilprotectionsystem.


The Code of Civil Protection,whose preparation took almost 4 years (from 2008 to 2012), represents agoodexampleoflegislationsynthesiswherethepreviouslaws,adequatelyadaptedandupdated,converge.With the introduction of this Law the entire legislation has gained homogeneity, clarifying some

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contradictory aspects and filling the gaps of previous legislations. The Code of Civil Protection is a veryorganic and comprehensive piece of legislation that harmonises the entire legislative framework. MostimportantaspectsofcivilprotectionaredirectlycoveredinthisLawandthendetailedinseparatepiecesoflegislation18.

AlthoughUkrainedoesnothaveanyspecialhostnationsupportstructure, its legislationcoversthemostimportant aspects that influence the incoming of foreign aid in disasters. Recently, there have beenoccasionsthattestedthefunctioningof theexistingprovisions inrealconditions. Internationalaid intheform of teams with special equipment was provided in June 2008, in connection with the floods in sixregions19.

TheStateEmergencyService(SES)isthecentralbodyofexecutivethatimplementsthestatepolicyintheareaofcivilprotectionanddisasterriskmanagement.

Otherbodiesthathaveaneffectonthemanagementandcoordinationofinternationalassistanceare:

• TheMinistryofForeignAffairs,toissuerequestforinternationalassistance;

• OperationalRescueServiceofCivilProtection;

• Emergencyservices;

• Specialisedcivilprotectionunits(whichareformedforspecialworkandactivitiesonenergy,farmanimals and plants, engineering, municipal engineering, logistics, medical,�� communications andwarning,fire,tradeandcatering,technical,transport,publicorder);

• Fireandrescueunits;and

• Voluntaryassociationsofcivilprotection.


AnadvisorypreparednessmissionthroughtheUnionCivilProtectionMechanism(UCPM)wasdeployedtoUkraineon23March2015tosupportthenationalauthoritiesinthefieldofcivilprotectionThekeytasksofthe team,asagreedwith theUkrainiancounterparts,were focusedonassessing the situation, collectingdata, conducting analysis and providing recommendations on three main areas: emergency riskmanagement,strengtheningriskgovernanceandchemicalaccidentpreventionandpreparednessandhostnation support. The recommendations for HNSwere documented in the report “EU advisorymission tosupporttheGovernmentofUkraineinthefieldofCivilProtection–FinalReport”andwerethesameasthefindingsbythePPRDEast2team.

Foraneffectiveandefficientacceptanceofinternationalassistance,itiscrucialthatUkrainehassolidandsystematicsolutions,whichhaveinadvanceoftheemergency,identifiedandaddressedall(oratleastthe

18TechnicalReportonStrengtheningTheEasternRegion’sInstitutionalAndLegislativeFrameworks19StudyontheProvisionofInternationalAssistanceandHostNationSupport

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mostcommon/expected) legal issues thatmayconstituteobstacles to theoverallobjectiveof facilitatingacceptance of international assistance. Host nation support requires the backing of laws and sub laws,which are to be developed and adopted prior to the event happening, so that ad hoc decisions are notperformed in the field during emergencies. The responsibility falls on the relevant governmentdepartments to coordinate, and jointly develop, these regulations (SOPs) to provide a solid platformonwhich to perform host nation support duties in the event of Ukraine requesting, and receiving,internationalassistance.Asapriority,SESshouldengagetherelevantdepartmentstodeveloptheSOPsforhostnationsupportforpersonneltorefertointhetimeofanemergency.Attendancebypersonnelfromthesedepartmentsonexercisesshouldbeencouragedtoenhancetheknowledgeandunderstandingandpromoteinteragencycooperation.

8.4 RoadMap

As thecentralbodyofexecutive that implements the statepolicy in theareaof civilprotection, theSESshouldheadthedevelopmentofhostnationsupport,andinordertoachieveafullyfunctionalhostnationsupportstructureby2018,thefollowingmilestonesmustbeachieved:

The SESwill ensure that all levels of emergencymanagement authorities/actors are aware of the EUCPMechanism.

Forhostnationsupporttobesuccessful,itisvitalthatinteragencycooperationbyallassociatedMinistriesisagreedandunderstoodandforthatreason,bytheendof2015,theSESneedtoinitiateandengagethefollowingdepartments,toassistinthedevelopmentofHNSSOPs:

• DepartmentofEmergencyResponse,responsiblefor:

o managementandcoordinationofoperationalemergencyservicesduring rescueactivitiesandfirefighting;

o monitoring of the state of readiness of the forces (and analysis of them) that could beinvolvedinemergencysituations;

o approvalofplansregardingcivilprotectionforcesofcentralandlocalexecutiveauthoritiesandlocalself-government;

o redactionofdrafts for legislation, regulations,ordinanceproposal andprojects regardingSES;

o implementationofrapidresponseforcesofcivildefenceemergency;

o managementofoperationaldutyofthesystemforcollecting,processing,summarizingandanalysinginformationabouttheprimarythreatandemergencysituationinthecountryandabroad,theoperationcontrolcentreofthestateofemergency;

o organisational guidance of operational duty services (operational focal points) andterritorialforcesundercentralauthority;

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o analyticalsupporttothestaffduringpost-emergencyatregionalandnationallevels;

• DepartmentofCivilProtectionactivities,responsiblefor:

o managementandorganizationofthestatepolicyinthefieldofCP;

o development of the Unified State System of Civil Protection definition of legislation andotherregulationsinthisareaandsupervisionoftheirimplementation;

o management,coordinationandorganisationofguidance;

• DepartmentofEconomicsandFinance,responsiblefor:

o spendingfunctionsinthecasesprovidedbyLaw;

o proposalsfortheformationoftheStatebudget;

o economicplanningandfundingforSES;

• Servicemanagingaviationandaviationsearchandrescueresponsiblefor:

o implementationofpublicpolicy to improve the single systemof air operationsof searchandrescueservices;

o organisation and conduction of air operations regarding search and rescue using allavailable forces, means and capabilities of other central and local executive bodies,enterprises, institutions andorganisations of all patterns of ownership, establishing theirinteraction,developingareasofcommontechnicalpolicyinimprovingthecapabilitiesusedforaerialwork.

• OfficeofTelecommunications,InformationTechnologyandSystems112responsiblefor

o implementation and monitoring of the use of modern telecommunications, informationtechnologyandtechnicalprotectionofinformationinunitsofSES;

• DepartmentofInternationalCooperationresponsiblefor:

o coordinationoftheinternationalactivities;

o implementationofmeasuresforEuropeanintegration;

• LegalDepartmentisresponsiblefor:

o implementationof thestatepolicy inthefieldsof legalcivilprotectionofpopulationandterritoriesfromanyemergencysituationsandprevention;

o draftinglegislationonSES;

• Departmentofmedicalcare,rehabilitationandhealthresponsiblefor:

o developmentofproposalsforformulatingacommonpolicyonmedicalsupportconcerningpersonnelandunitsofSES;

o identificationofkeytrendsandprovidestheorganisationandimplementationofcomplexmedicalpreventativeand rehabilitativemeasuresaimedat taking into care thehealthofthepersonnelofagenciesandunitsofSES;

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o organisationofthemedicalunitsofSES inordertoeliminatethehealthconsequencesofemergencies,includingmedicalemergencyandrescuevictimsintheemergencyarea;

o safetymanagementandmonitoringofthecompliancewithlegislationonhealthandsafetyinthesystemoftheSES.

Bytheendof2016,writtenSOPs,whicharedocumentscontainingthehostnationsupportknowledge,andidentifyingtheroleofeachpartnershouldbeset inplace.TheSOPtemplate, included intheAnnex1tothisdocument,shouldbeusedtocompletethisprocess.Howeveritmustbeunderstoodthatthistemplateisnotexhaustiveandcontingenciesneedtobeagreed.ThesedocumentsshouldbedraftedbythetimeoftheorganisationoftheHNSTTXinUkraine–15-17March2016,sothedraftSOPscanbeusedandtested.

Finalised HNS SOPs should be developed by the middle of 2018. Use of the EU Host Nation SupportGuidelinesandtemplatesishighlyrecommended20.

Uptothemiddleof2018,theSESshoulddevelopandadoptaregularprogrammeofexercises,whichwillassist inthecapacitybuildingandtrainingofhostnationsupportofficers. Theseexerciseswillalsoassistotherdepartmentstounderstandhostnationsupport.

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9 EUapproachtoVolunteerisminCivilProtection

KeyAssessorsPPRDEast2Expert GiulianoPaterniti

DavideMiozzoCountryThematicFocalPoint OksanaRemez

Chaptervalidatedby NationalAdvisoryGroup


InUkraine,theLaw42/2011,amendedin2012andin2015,regulatesthevolunteeractivity. Itrelatestomanyfieldsofactivity:careofpoor,disabledandelderlypeople;environmentalprotection;conservationofculturalheritage:sport;culturalactivities;socialevents;assistancetointernaldisplacedpersonsandtopeopleaffectedbynaturalorman-madedisastersorbyasocialconflict.

Figure1Law42/2011-Art.3Institutionalsetup

Althoughthewiderangeofactivities,theLawclearlystatessomespecific issuesandrelevantrulestobeappliedtovolunteersandtovolunteerorganizations(depictedinFigure1):

• volunteerism is based on the principles of legality, humanity, equality, voluntariness, withoutfinancialormaterialgain;

• a volunteer is a person who performs freely chosen and non profit activities on the basis of aparticularagreementwithanorganisationoraninstitution;

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• eachvolunteerhastherighttoobtaintherefundonfood,accommodation,travel (dependingontheactivitiesdeveloped)alsobystateandlocalbudget;

• each organisation has to guarantee trainings, safe conditions and equipment in operations andinsurancetothevolunteersinvolved;

• the implementation of the policy in the field of volunteering is carried out by a specific centralexecutive authority within the Cabinet of Ministers, other government agencies and localauthoritieswithintheirpowers;

• the Cabinet of Ministers develops State programs in the field of volunteering and directs andcoordinatestheworkofthecentralexecutivebodyandotherexecutiveauthoritiesto implementthe state policy and programs; the central executive body is in charge to develop and promotevolunteering ingeneraland theactivitiesofpublicassociationsandcharitableorganizations,alsobydisseminatinginformationandcontributingtotheinternationalcooperationonvolunteering.

Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine# 423 of 17 June 2015, on approval of theMinistryofSocialPolicyofUkraine(MoSP),prescribesinitsart.81thatMoSPmust“uploadonitsweb-siteavailable information about organizations and institutions that engage volunteers, particularly thoseengaging foreignersandpersonswithoutcitizenship, foractivities carriedouton the territoryofUkraine.Informationgetsuploadedonthewebsitewithinthreedaysitwasreceived.”.Thedatabasehasaseveralfields (nameof organization, location of a legal entity, contacts…) but doesn’t go into the details of theorganization,itstechnicalcapacity,humanresourcesormeans.


Currently,SESiscollaboratingwithover100volunteerorganisations,mainlytoaddresssocialanddomesticproblems of IDPs coming from the east area of the country, recently affected by the conflict; theorganisationsarealsoinvolvedinpsychologicaltrainingtothepopulationontheactiontobetakenincaseofemergency.

Theseorganisationsaremainlypublicorcommunitybased;only fewof themaredevelopingactivities inmore than one oblast. Among them, the main organisation is the Ukrainian Red Cross (URC), which isoperating in 11 regions and in Kiev area.URCworks in close cooperationwith SES andmanyMinistries(Health, Education and Social Policy), UNICEF,WHO and other international agencies and some countryrepresentatives. The Ukrainian Red Cross can rely on mobile brigades composed by volunteers in eachoblast, equipment and tool for emergency; it is currently committed in first aid training of population,deliveringhumanitarianaidandcaringIDPs.

Another relevant practice has to be underlined: the voluntary fire brigade experience in four oblast(Khmelnitsky,Ivano–Frankivsk,LvivandRivne)since2012.ThosebrigadeshavebeenpromotedbyaPolish

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Aid project in cooperationwith theUniversity of Lviv and SES. The action led to the trainingof 800 firefightersand to thecreationof fewequippedunits. It is interesting tonote thatalthough theabsenceofthematicCivilProtectionregulationonvolunteering,throughthegoodexperienceofthisproject,alawonvolunteerfirebrigadeswasissuedon17July2013(Lawn.564/2013ontheregulationonthefunctioningofthevoluntaryfirebrigades).

Despitethesepractices,thecooperationbetweenSESandthevolunteerorganisationsseemsnottobewelldeveloped:exceptafewbigorganisations(RedCross,Caritas,firebrigades)thevolunteerorganisationsarenotinvolvedintheCPsystemandactivitiesatcentrallevelandnoSOPshavebeenestablishedinthissense.

Ingeneralterms,notwithstandingthefirefightinginitiative,maininvolvementofvolunteers iscorrelatedtotheeffectsoftheconflictaffectingtheEasternareaofUkrainerestrictingittohumanitarianaidtowardsIDP.



1–Legalframework:HIGH

Although a Law on Volunteering is into force, the lack of a regulation specifically targeted to theinvolvementofvolunteeringinCPactivities isacritical issue.Thelegalframeworkmustbeenrichedwithsecondarylawsencompassing:thedifferentactivitiesdevelopedwithintheCPframework,theoperationalcontext,therelatedtechnicalissuesincrisisandpeacetimeandthetimingofdevelopmentinemergencyrequiresanadhocregulation.

Itisrecommendedtodevelopathematiclegalframeworkaddressingroles,duties,responsibilitiesandthecommand&controlchainwithincivilprotectionactivities.

2–Institutionalsetup:HIGH

Inordertogetaneffectivesupportbythevolunteerorganisations,itisnecessarytodefinetheroleofthevolunteerorganisationsandtherelatedoperativestructuresatnational,oblastandlocallevel.Moreover,activities that could be developed by volunteer organisations in prevention, preparedness and responsephasesshouldbeidentifiedandplanned.

Itisrecommendedtodevelopaminimumsetoftechnicalrequirementfortheinvolvementofthevolunteerorganisations in CP system, a dedicated registry, training standards and thematic SOPs, in order toguarantee theproper functioningof volunteer organisations further enablingan increasedCPawarenessandknowledgecirculationatalllevels.

3–Networkingwithvolunteerorganisations:HIGH

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On theother side, the involvementof theexisting volunteerorganisations is poor and there is a lackofknowledge on their activities. An assessment on them and their capabilities is crucial to best use theexistingresourcesandtoenhancethecurrentorganisationsandpractices.Ingeneral,thedevelopmentofasolidnetworkbetweenthemandtheCPisfundamentalforthecorrectinvolvementintheCPsystemandforthedefinitionofclearSOPs(recommendationn.2).

ItisrecommendedtoreachagoodknowledgeoftheexistingvolunteerorganisationsandtodevelopsharedSOPstoimprovetheeffectivenessoftheactivitiesdeliveredbyvolunteerswithintheCPframework.Itisalsorecommended to add to the information contained into the registry of Volunteering Organizations(developedandmaintainedbyMoSP)availablemeans,technicalcapacitiesandhumanresources.

4–Protectionofvolunteers:MODERATE

To empower the role of the volunteer organisations, it's important to also consider the following gaps,whicharerestrictingthedeploymentofvolunteers:

• insurance coverage for the volunteers involved inCPactivities. This is essential considering theirexposuretohazardousenvironments.

• protectivemeasuresofworking conditionof thevolunteers (at least inemergencydeployments)areneededanditrequiresaparticularregulationbylaw.

It is recommended to regulate the insurance coverage issues and the protectivemeasures of volunteersinvolvedinCPactivities,inaccordancewiththeexistingregulatoryframeworkandtakingintoaccounttheEuropeanbestpractices.

5–Fundingofvolunteerorganisations:MODERATE

Asobserved,thevolunteerorganisationsaregenerallyfundedfortheirownaccountorbyinternationalaidintheframeworkofparticularprojects:astablefinancialsupporttothevolunteerorganisationshastobedeliveredaccordingtothedesiredlevelofinvolvement.

It is recommended to adopt sustainable strategies, in accordance with the regulatory framework andbudgetaryconstraints,tosustainthedevelopmentofvoluntarismanditsroleintheCivilProtectionsystem.

9.4 RoadMap


Legalframework

Adoption/revisionofspecificlegislative

frameworkonCP

CabinetofMinisters

Parliament

SES

Establishmentofaworkinggroupaddressing

modificationofCP

2015-2020

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volunteeringincludingInsurance

ofVol.

VolunteeringOrganizations

code/Lawonvolunteering

Institutionalsetup

Settingupaminimumsetofjuridicalandtechnical

requirementfortheinvolvementof

thevolunteerorganisationsinCP

system

SES(coordinator)



stakeholderstosetupthe

requirements

2016

Institutionalsetup

Improvementoftheregistryofvolunteer

organisationinforceatMoSP

CabinetofMinisters

SES

MoSP


Issueanewregulation

InquireallactiveVolunteeringOrganizations

2016-2017

InstitutionalsetupIdentificationoftrainingstandardforCPvolunteers

SES(coordinator)


Establishingaworkinggroupincludingallthestakeholdersto

definethetrainingstandard

2017

Institutionalsetup

Monitoringtheeffectivenessofthedeveloped

standardandSOPs

SES

DevelopingasurveytomonitorthedevelopedstandardsandSOPsinordertodrafteffective

modificationsofCPcodeandLawonvolunteering

2016-2019

Networkingwithvolunteer

organisations

Collectingexhausting

informationon

SES(coordinator)


Surveyontheexisting

organisationsto

2016

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existingvolunteerorganisationsinoverallcountry

assesstheirfeatures,activitiesandinvolvementintheCPsystem,inordertocreatetheregistryandtosetupeffectiveSOPs

Networkingwithvolunteer

organisations

SettingupofSOPstoinvolvevolunteer

organisationsinCPactivities

SES(coordinator)


2017

FundingofVolunteeringOrganizations

Capacitybuildingofthevolunteerorganisations,trainingofthevolunteers.

SES(coordinator)


Training

Capacitybuildingonfinancial

sustainabilityandVolunteeringOrganizationmanagement

2017-2020

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10 RaisingAwarenessaboutDisastersKeyAssessors

PPRDEast2Expert AntoninPetrCountryThematicFocalPoint OksanaRemez

PetroKropotovChaptervalidatedby NazarBoryshkevych



AsstipulatedbytheCodeofCivilProtectionofUkraine,No.5403-VI,Art.7and8from2October2012theresponsibilityforraisingawarenessaboutdisaster lieswiththeStateEmergencyServiceofUkraine(SES),whichworkscloselywiththeMinistryofEducationandScience.

Inparticular,theSESisresponsiblefor:

• educatingthepubliconbehaviourandactionsintheeventofanemergency;

• informing thepublicabout the threatandoccurrenceofemergenciesand for timelyandreliableinformingabouttheactualsituationandthemeansused;

• processing information about emergencies, publishing information materials on the issues ofprotectionofthepopulationandterritoriesfromemergencysituations.

10.2 CurrentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellenceThesurveyonraisingawarenessaboutdisasters,whichwasconducted throughaquestionnaire, showedthatthere isnonationalstrategy/policy inplacethatwouldgoverntheactivities inthisarea. Inaddition,thereisalsonoon-goingactivitiesnorplanstolaunchthedraftingofit.

Theactivitiesonraisingawarenessaboutdisastersinschools,whichtheStateEmergencyService,namelythePublicRelationsdepartment,isresponsiblefor,coveralllevelsofnationaleducationalsystem.Theyarenotpartofregulareducation.Theformatoftheeventsdependsontheageofthegroup;itcanbeinformoftalesforkindergartensordebatesanddemonstrationsformoregrown-upchildren.

Annually,SESincooperationwiththeMinistryofEducationandScienceofUkraineconduct“Weekoflifesafety”aimingtoacquaintpupilsandstudentswiththesafetyrulesandmeasuresincaseofemergencies.

According to theparagraph4Article39of theCivilProtectionCode, theCabinetofMinistersofUkraineadopted a resolution№ 444 on 26 July 2013 “On approval the order of population study of actions inEmergencies”.TheResolutionoftheCabinetofMinistersofUkraine№419on25March2015approved

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the Action Plan of the implementation of the Concept of risk management of natural and technologyemergenciesfortheyears2015-2020.

Relevantpartof theplanwillbedevotedaswell toawarenessraising (issuingofearlywarningmessage,educationalprogrammes,etc.);furthermore,high-leveleducationalprogrammes(universitymasterdegreeinriskmanagement)willbeestablished.

SESissuesanumberof learningmaterialsforthechildren-books,flyers,brochures,calendars(pocketorwallsize),videos,andradiopresentations.Thematerialsaredevelopedyearlyanddistributedonregularbasis. Inaddition to thedistributionofeducationalmaterials, therearealsoanumberofotheractivitiesorganisedbytheSES-games,stories,demonstrationswhereeverychildcanplayaroleasalifeguardandextinguish fire, festivals and many others. SES also organises and holds information meetings with thepopulationofallcategories,aimedatthetrainingshowtoactinemergenciesofdifferentnature.

SESinvolvesjournalistsofcentralandregionalTVchannels,electronicandprintmediaduringemergencyactions or raids, however SES stated that has no previous experience fromworking with the JournalistNetwork(JN),whichwasdevelopedduringthePPRDEastPhase1.

According to the information provided, therewere no national disaster awareness campaigns organisedsincetheendofthePPRDEastPhase1.


BasedonthefeedbackfromSES,itseemsthatdespitethenumberofvariouson-goingactivities,themostsignificant gap in this area lies in thenon-existenceof thenational strategy/policy for raising awarenessaboutdisasters. Therefore, it shouldbe theoutmostpriority to start draftingof thenational strategy assoughtbytheSendaiFrameworkforDisasterRiskReduction2015to2030.

BecauseofthemissingfeedbackfromtheSESontheamountofdistributededucationalmaterials,itisnotclear if this information isonlymissing in thequestionnaireor if there isnoclearoverviewonwhatandhowmanymaterialsweredistributed and towhom. If the latter, then a firmdistribution systemwith acleardivisionoftasksandresponsibilitiesneedstobedevelopedandimplementedasintegralpartofthenationalstrategyforraisingawarenessaboutdisasters.

Anotherareathatafocusshouldbeputonistheareaofnationaldisasterawarenesscampaignsorganisedin the occasion of significant days (e.g. international Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Day or national CivilProtectionDay).Planningandorganisationofthenationaldisasterawarenesscampaignsshouldbeintegralpartofthenationalstrategyforraisingawarenessaboutdisasters.

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10.4 RoadMap

The roadmapproposes theprioritizationof the recommendations, timeframe for their implementationsandresponsibilitiesofinvolvedinterlocutors.

Activity1.1–Formationofaninter-ministerialworkinggroupfordraftingthenationalstrategyforraisingawarenessaboutdisasters

Responsibility:SES

Timeframe:byFebruary2016

Support:PPRDEast2

Activity1.2– Inventoryandanalysisofexistingdocumentsrelatedtothedevelopmentof thenationalstrategy and analysis of existing system/procedures/division of responsibilities in the area of raisingawarenessaboutdisasters

Responsibility:nationalstrategydraftinggroup


Support:SESandPPRDEast2

Activity1.3–Seriesofdraftingmeetingstodevelopadraftofthenationalstrategyforraisingawarenessaboutdisasters

Responsibility:nationalstrategydraftinggroup


Support:SESandPPRDEast2

Activity 1.4 – Legal endorsement of the draft of the national strategy for raising awareness aboutdisasters

Responsibility:SES

Timeframe:byApril2017

Support: all national interlocutors active in raising awareness about disasters and participating in thedraftingprocessandPPRDEast2

Activity 1.5 – Development of action plan for implementation of the national strategy for raisingawarenessaboutdisasters

Responsibility:allnationalinterlocutorsactiveinraisingawarenessaboutdisasters

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Timeframe:byAugust2017

Support:PPRDEast2

Activity1.6–Implementationofthenationalstrategyforraisingawarenessaboutdisasters

Responsibility:allnationalinterlocutorsactiveinraisingawarenessaboutdisasters


Support:PPRDEast2

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11 DataandinformationsharingandINSPIREDirective


As of September 2015 several draft laws (2007, 2011) have been submitted, but EU Inspire Directive(2007/2/EUof the EuropeanParliament andof theCouncil of 14March 2007) official transposition intoordinarylawhasnotbeenachievedyet.

Nevertheless,theUkraine–EuropeanUnionAssociationAgreement–signedon21March2014-establishesapolitical andeconomic associationbetween the twoparties committingbothparties to cooperate andconverge economic policy, legislation, and regulation across a broad range of areas, including data andinformation sharing.At thenational level, thisagreementwas translated inageneralActionPlanby theCabinetofMinistersof theGovernmentofUkraine inMarch2015,providing theguidanceand the roadmaptowardstheadoptionofinternationalstandardsrelatedtonaturalandman-maderiskmanagement,includingdatasharing.

SpecificrelevancehastheLawofUkraineof9April2015Number319-VIII,“OnamendmentstosomelawsofUkraineonaccesstopublic informationintheformofopendata”,such lawamendsvarious lawsthatregulatedpublic informationand reinforces theconceptofdata sharing including theestablishmentofacoordinatedNationalWeb-Portalfortheaccesstosuchinformation.

TheStateAgencyforLandResourcesofUkraine(SALR)andtheStateLandCadastreCentre(SLCC)arethekeyimplementersoftherelatedinitiatives.

Otherlegalactsrelevanttotheconstitutionofanationalspatialdatainfrastructure(NSDI)aretheLaw«OnBasicProvisionsforPublic-PrivatePartnershipDevelopmentinUkraine»andtheLawofUkraineonAccesstoPublicInformation.

11.2 CurrentstatusofpracticesandareaofexcellenceAs a results of the World Bank-funded project in 2013, the National Cadastre System was launchedincludinganintegrateddatabasecomposedofmorethan22millionfiles(digitalmaps,aerialandsatelliteimages,etc.)storedintwoseparatedateprocessingcentres.

KeyAssessorsPPRDEast2Expert(s) LucaMolini

RobertorudariCountryThematicFocalPoint PetrKropotov

ViktorPolishchukChaptervalidatedby PetrKropotov

ViktorPolishchukNationalAdvisoryGroup

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In2014theEuropeanRegionalBranchoftheUNGlobalGeospatialInformationManagementhasbeenset-upaimingtobuildareferencedatasystemforEuropeandparticularlytohelptheeffortsofENPIcountriesintheimplementationoftheINSPIREDirective.

Inthewakeofthisinitiative,duetothesupportoftheEU'sEnlargementandIntegration(E&I)programmeand in collaborationwith theWorld Bank,Ukrainewas engaged. Themain goals of this programmearefocused on raising the awareness on legal, technological and organizational aspects, related to theestablishmentofanInspire-compliantNSDI.

SALRandSLCCwerecoordinatorsofpilotprojectcovering897km2area,regarding22thematicgroups,209informational layers, over 2000 various characteristicsof objects compliant to Inspire recommendations.Themostimportantachievementsoftheprojectwere:

• the implementation of a SDI which meets the requirements of Inspire Directive, internationalstandardsofISO19100andnationalstandardsrequirements;

• anin-depthreportofexpendituresoflabourtimekeepingondataconversionintoelectronicform;

• the implementationof the capacity building activities to train the specialistswhoparticipated inthecreationofNSDIprototype;

• thedevelopmentofaneducationalprogramtoupgradethequalificationofotherspecialists.

In particular, the project made available a set of topographic maps (1:100,000, 1:25,000, 1:10,000 and1:2,000) regarding the hydro-graphic network, roads, railways and utility lines (gas pipelines), hospitals,localauthoritiesandservices(townhall,firebrigadesheadquarters)topography,soiltype(humussandclay,medium-grained sand with sand clay particles, sand dust), ground-waters, artesian waters, wells andboreholes, chlorine dispersion and water level rise (from 1 to 7 meters). Specific topographic data(orthophotomap)ofbuildings(1:500)werealsodigitalized.

ThesourceswheredatawerecollectedfromaretheGeoportalofResearchGeodetic InstituteofUkrainewithintheUkrainianScientificCentreofEcologyoftheSea(ALRU)andtheGeoportalofNationalCadastreSystem. Exhaustive metadata for population data was set up for different administrative levels (cities,towns, villages) regarding total population, born anddiedpeople for each year since2000 classifiedpergenderandage(0-17,18-39,40-59,60+).


The current state of gaps regarding the implementation of EU Inspire directive can be summarized asfollows

• policy level: no NSDI strategy has been developed yet, but some preparatory works and pilotprojectshavebeencarriedout.

• legal framework: several draft laws (2007, 2011) havebeen submitted, but EU INSPIREDirectiveofficialtranspositionintoordinarylawhasnotbeenachievedyet.However,preliminarylegislation

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towards this goal is represented by the Law On Basic Provisions for Public-Private PartnershipDevelopmentinUkraineandtheLawofUkraineonAccesstoPublicInformation

• institutionallevel:SALRandSLCCactedascoordinatingbodiesfortheimplementationofthepilotproject.

The first recommendation concerns the transpositionof EU INSPIREDirective intoUkrainian law, sincealegalreferencetothatisatpresentonlyatadraftstage.

Secondly,itisrecommendedthedevelopmentofaNSDIstrategy,asasustainableimplementationpathisneededbystakeholderstomovefromthecurrentstateofscatteredandunconnectedcollectionsofspatialdatatoanintegratedandharmonizedinfrastructureforsharingspatialdata.

To this end, it is recommended to set up of a Steering Committee composed by institutional and non-institutionalsubjectsneededforthe implementationofaneffectiveNSDIandthesector-specificworkinggroups. The Steering Committee is expected to provide guidance to development of a NSDI policy,coordination to theworking groups and connectionwith responsible Governmental actors and decisionmakers.Since,currentlyaSDIprototypehasbeendevelopedasapilot foronedistrictonly, thestrategydeveloped by the Committee will address the timing of the tasks needed for the implementation atnationalscale.Tobeeffectivelybeneficial,itisrecommendedthatthestrategywillbeabletoinvolveintheprocessallthestakeholdersand,atthesametime,toensurethatthenecessaryresourcesareallocatedonregularbasisandareactuallyavailable.

Many geospatial data are developed andmaintained by individual agencies and departments, and haveadministrative territorial and industry sector focus. The lack of unified standards and requirements forshape, size and type of data that in turn challenges their storage, conversion into electronic form andsearch.Moreover,theuseofdifferentsoftwarefordatacollectionhamperstheirprocessingandanalysis.

It is recommended to create a public sector data sharing agreement for data usewith the objective ofpromotingtheefficientcollection,processing,exchangeandsharingofspatialdatainlinewithEUINSPIREDirective.

11.4 RoadMap

Theroadmapcontainingtheprioritizationofrecommendationsandthe implementation isdevelopedonthebasisoftherecommendations’analyses.


Legalandinstitutional

AdoptionofEUInspireDirectiveintoUkrainian

CabinetofMinisters

Draftingthenecessary

2016

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framework nationallaw legislation

Legalandinstitutionalframework

DevelopmentofaNSDIstrategy

SALR/SLCC(coordinators)

Draftingofthenecessarysub-legislation

2016


Setupofregulatorybodies

fortheimplementation

(SteeringCommittee)

SALR/SLCC(coordinators)

Draftingofthenecessarysub-legislation

2016


DevelopmentofNSDI

implementationworkingplan

SteeringCommittee

Establishingworkinggroups

2016


DatasharingSteering

Committee

Draftingofapublicsectordatasharing

agreement2016

Technicalimplementationof

EUInspireDirective

Metadataavailableforspatialdatasetsandservices

WorkinggroupsApplicationofNSDIimplementationworkingplan

2017


EUInspireDirective

Spatialdatasetsavailablefor

discoveryandviewfromtheNSDI

geoportal(evenfordatanotcompliantwiththeIR-ISDSS


2017


EUInspireDirective

Spatialdatasetsavailablefordownloadandtransformation

fromtheNSDIgeo-portal(evenfor

datanotcompliantwiththeIR-ISDSS2)


2018

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EUInspireDirective

Newlycollectedandextensivelyrestructured

spatialdatasetsconformanttoIR-ISDSS(includingmetadatafor

interoperability)andavailable

throughnetworkservices.


2018


EUInspireDirective

Spatialdatasetsavailablefordownloadandtransformation

fromtheNSDIgeo-portal(evenfor

datanotcompliantwiththeIR-ISDSS2).


mid2018


EUInspireDirective

Allspatialdatasetsshallbe

conformanttoIR-ISDSS(includingmetadatafor


throughnetworkservices


Mid2018


EUInspireDirective

Newlycollectedandextensivelyrestructured

spatialdatasetsconformanttoIR-ISDSS(includingmetadatafor

interoperability)


2018

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andavailablethroughnetwork

services


EUInspireDirective

Allspatialdatasetsshallbe

conformanttoIR-ISDSS(includingmetadatafor


throughnetworkservices


Mid2019


EUInspireDirective

Spatialdataservicesrelatedtonewlycollectedandextensivelyrestructured

spatialdatasetsshallbe

conformanttoAnnexesV,VIand

/wherepracticable)VIIofIR-ISDSS(including

metadata)


2019


EUInspireDirective

Allspatialservicesshallbe

conformanttoAnnexVofIR-ISDSS(including

metadata)


2020

Technical Allspatialdata Workinggroups ApplicationofNSDI 2020

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implementationofEUInspireDirective

servicesshallbeconformanttoAnnexesVIand

(wherepracticable)VIIofIR-ISDSS(including

metadata)

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PPRDEast2Experts RobertoRudariPaoloCampanella

CountryThematicFocalPoint PetrKropotovChaptervalidatedby PetrKropotov


12.1 Institutionalframework

AsofSeptember2015Ukrainehasseveralpiecesof legislationpointingatthedevelopmentofanationalspatialdatainfrastructure(NSDI).

These includetheUkraine–EuropeanUnionAssociationAgreement–signedon21March2014–andtherelated Action Plan established in March 2015, providing the guidance and the road map towards theadoption of international standards related to natural and man-made risk management, including datasharing.TheStateAgencyforLandResourcesofUkraine(SALR)andtheStateLandCadastreCentre(SLCC)arethekeyimplementersoftherelatedinitiatives.

Other legal acts relevant to the constitutionof aNSDIare the LawonBasicProvisions forPublic-PrivatePartnershipDevelopmentinUkraineandthelawofUkraineonAccesstoPublicInformation.

SpecificrelevancehastheLawofUkraineofApril9,2015Number319-VIII,“OnamendmentstosomelawsofUkraineonaccesstopublic informationintheformofopendata”,such lawamendsvarious lawsthatregulatedpublicinformationandreinforcestheconceptofdatasharing.

Aconceptplanondisaster-relatedemergencysituationshasbeendraftedbytheGovernmentofUkraineandthe(National)actionplanhasbeenofficiallyadoptedandapprovedon25March2015.Theexpectedoutput of the plan is a complete hazard and risk mapping covering all the country for all potentialhazards/risks(bothnaturalandman-made),incloseapproximationtoEUstandards.

In this contextERRA is certainly seenasa tool compliantwith theabovementioned legislation,being inprinciple INSPIRE compliant and being able to host all data related to diversified risk and share dataaccordingtothemorerelevantinternationalinformaticsstandards.

Despiteallboundarycontritionsetby thecomplexsituation inUkraine, thereareclear intentions touseERRA as the main repository of Geospatial layers in a Geoportal fashion for anything concerning thedisasterrelatedinformationandtherearenoplanstoinvestelsewhereatthetime.

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12.2 CurrentstatusofInstallationsandUseUkraine has currently 1 active installation of the ERRA platform at the local server at the SES. Suchinstallationisonaprivatenetwork,butaccessisgrantedbySEStootherinstitutionalactorsthatrequestaccesstoERRA.CurrentlyaccessisgrantedtoinstitutesoftheNationalAcademyofScience(NAS)thatuseERRAroutinely:InstituteofGeographyandtheInstituteofMathematicalMachinesandSystemsProblems.ThelatteralsoaddressthetechnicalissuesintheprovisionofaccesstootherinstitutionsonbehalfofSES.This solves the issue of inter-institutional use of ERRA, but poses issues for the larger diffusion of ERRAcontentstoothercountriesandthewiderpublic.ThereforeSESagreedonconsideringa finalsetupwithtwoactive installations,one in thepresent locationand the second,onapublicnode, in theNAS,mostprobably in the InstituteofMathematicalMachinesandSystemsProblems. The installation in theSES isand will stay on a private network, while the second one needs to be on a public one to guaranteeaccessibilitytoselectedlayersatregionallevel.

TheuseofERRAhasbeendiscontinuousatSES,whichloggedinlasttimeinJune2014andneveruseditforrealsituationsmanagement.Theuseoftheplatformwasmainlytoaccessdomesticinformation,howeversomelayerfromGeorgiahavebeensearchedandfound.ThisisalsoduetothefactthatUkraine,likeotherPPRDEastProgrammePartnerCountries,wasnotprovidedfullusermanualofERRA.

Metadatation has not been properly tackled yet andmetadata have not been created using ERRA, norconsultedthroughtheplatform.ThecataloguefunctionalityinERRAhasbeenunderexploitedsofar.

TheQ-GISpluginofERRAhasneverbeenusedalsoinlightofthefactthatQ-GISisnotusedinUkraine;Arc-GISisusedinstead.TheVulnerabilityandtheCriticalAssetModuleshavebeenunusedsofaraswellasthemobileapp.


1–Installation

ERRAshouldbereachableoutsidetheprivatenetworkofSESandalsoshouldbeusedbyotherinstitutionsinvolvedindisasterriskmanagement.

RecommendationistoclarifyasmuchaspossiblethestatusofthepublicinstallationandmakeitamirroroftheSESone,exceptforthehighlysensitivedataandsetitinoperation.

2–UseinEmergencyandStrategicPlanning

Up to now, the main user identified is the operation responder under SES (now under operationdepartment).Regarding theclarificationofduties indisaster risk reduction, thereare three fundamentalpieces of legislation - the unified CODE for Civil Protection, the National Environmental Policyand Risk

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ManagementConceptandthePlan(stillunderimplementation)-thathavebeenamplydiscussedinotherpartsofthisCountryProfile.ERRAistheperfectsupportfortheimplementationofthisactionplan.

InordertosupporttheimplementationoftheplanitisrecommendedthatERRAplatformispresentedtoallinstitutions involved in the implementationof theactionplanso that theycanadopt theplatformas thereferenceGeoportalfordisasterrelatedinformation.

3-MainstreamingwithotherNationalinitiatives

The action plan is certainly the best reference activity in order to increase the profile of ERRA withinUkraine.

RecommendationisthatERRAbecomesthereferenceplatformforthestorage,managementandsharingoftheinformationproducedwithintheimplementationoftheActionPlan.

4-SupportofDLDCollectionandvisualization

Ukraine perceives disaster loss data as a real added value to ERRA. Ukraine has a Loss Data Base thatshouldbeexploredforintegrationintheERRAplatform.

In this context, it is recommended to develop a disaster loss data module in ERRA that helps therecommendationshighlightedintheDisasterLossDataChapter.

5-DatasharinginsideUkraine

InstitutionsinUkraineknowtheimportanceofdatasharinginthecontextofcivilprotectionanddisasterriskmanagement.However,thestrategyofdatasharingatnationallevel,especiallytothewiderpublicisstillunderdeveloped.

Itisrecommendedtodefineadatasharingpolicythatincludesrulesfortheinformationsharing,especiallywiththewiderpublic,incompliancewiththeActionPlanondisaster-relatedemergencysituations.

6-DatasharingintheENPIEastRegion

UkrainestressedinmanyoccasionstheimportanceofsharingmethodologiesanddatawithintheENPIEastRegion. Protocols for data exchange during emergency situations already exist but they need to beexpandedandreinforced.

Recommendation is to define a inter-institutional working group that defines rules for data sharing atinternationallevelthatisnotlimitedtodatasharingduringemergencysituationsbutincludescooperationwithinthecontextofholisticdisasterriskmanagement.

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12.4 RoadMap


InstallationReachthefinal

installationset-upSESincoordination

withtheNAS

Installingandmirroringthepublicnodeof

ERRAsystemwiththesupportoftheERRAPPRDEast2

expert

end2015

UseinEmergencyandStrategicPlanning

ERRAtobepresentedtoallinstitutions

involvedintheActionPlan

implementation

SESinconsultationwithallinstitutionsinvolvedintheActionPlan

SEStoidentifythereference

institutionsandstartatraining

sessionsonERRAwiththehelpofPPRDEast2IT

Expert

Startearly2016

Mainstreamingwithother

Nationalinitiatives

ERRAtobecomethereferencetooloftheActionPlanondisaster-related

emergencysituations

SESinconsultationwithallinstitutionsinvolvedintheActionPlan

SEStoidentifythereference

institutionsandstartaWGontheERRAusecasesdefinitioninsupportoftheactionplan

mid2016

SupportofDLDCollectionandvisualization

DevelopmentofERRADLDModule

SES

EstablishingatechnicalworkinggroupincludingallthestakeholdersfortheinclusionoftheUkraineDLDB

Mid2016

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DatasharinginsideUkraine

Definitionofrulesfortheinformationsharing,especiallywiththewider

public

SES(coordinator)


2016-Early2017

DatasharingintheENPIEastRegion

Clarifythetypeofinformationand

thelevelofaggregationforthe

datasharing

SES


2016-early2017

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