Transcript CIVPRO_by_HARGITA_1

Brief presentation of Harghita County
and Harghita County Council
Enikő MIKLÓSSY
Location
Location
• Romania: in the South East part
of Europe
• Central Development Region
• Romania is structured in 41
counties
• Harghita: in the middle of
Romania, at the eastern border
of Transylvania
• Surface: 6639 km2, 2,8% of the
country.
• In the county there are 4
medium sized cities, 5 towns
and 58 communes.
• The capital city of Harghita
county is Csíkszereda
(Miercurea Ciuc). (42,487)
Harghita County- Geographical data
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Harghita county is situated on the
plateau of Transylvania, in the central
part of the Eastern Carpathians.
mountainous area, about 60% of
total surface is dominated by
mountains.
over 2000 mineral water springs utilized for therapeutic purposes.
woodlands which lay on more than
30% of the county’s surface
Forest herritage: about 228.614
hectars (73% fir trees and 19%
beech)
35 protected areas, national parks
Hargita county is composed of three
regions: Udvarhely, Csík and Gyergyó.
Demographic and economic data
Total population: 326.222 (2002)
Population density: 49.1 pers/km2
Rural population: 55.9 %
Main economic activities:
•wood processing
•printing industry
•garment production
•food processing
•agriculture
•tourism
GDP Harghita (2006): 1240,1 millions EUR
Per Capita GDP in Harghita (2007): 3680,5 EUR
Harghita County
85% Hungarians (Szeklers),
14% Romanians
1% other nationalities.
* According to the data of the
last census in 2002
Tourism
Pentecost pilgrimage
Red Lake
Mineral water spring
Saint Anne Lake
Forests
Harghita County Council
-is the authority of county public administration, responsible for the
coordination of the local council’s activities (municipalities, towns and
villages) from Harghita county, in order to fulfil the public services of
county interest
-is responsible for the public administration activity on the county’s
territory, based on the principles of local autonomy, decentralization of
public services, legality and citizen’s consultation regarding local problems
of main interest
-Harghita County Council is responsible for the implementation of Civil
Protection project, in the period of 2010-2013.
National authorities and structures of civil
protection in Romania
Ministry of the Interior
General Inspectorate for
Emergency Situations
Regional Inspectorates
for Emergency Situations
(organized at county
level)
Committees for
Emergency Situations
Local and Regional
Authorities - > Harghita
County Council
(Organized at national,
local and regional levels)
Authorities and structures of civil protection in
Harghita County
Public Community
Services
Local and Regional
Authorities - > Harghita
County Council
Private and Voluntary
Services
Civil protection – legal background
• Reserve fund: up to 5% of
local budget, which is
allowed to be used by the
authority in cases of:
– Natural disasters
– Emergency situations of any
kind
– County council distributes its
fund for localities in aid
• The reserve fund can be
increased throughout the
budgetary year from other
incomes at the disposal of
the county level authority
• Major natural risks in
Harghita:
– Floods
– Earthquakes
– Landslides risk
Major natural disasters in Romania and
Harghita
Bucharest , 4th of
March 1977
– 1700 deaths
– 33 buildings
totally
destroyed
– Magnitude 7.5
Harghita County, June 2005
Floods - 2005
CivPRO project – our role and
responsabilities
• Regional analyses on best practices in prevention,
management and awareness raising
• Present typical wood-land issues concerning civil
protection
• Internal meetings and field visits in the topic of risk
prevention
• Elaborate a strategy, a policy framework to set the
priorities of investments and developments in this
area
Experiences and objectives – current projects
and investments
Salvamont project:
- Mountain rescue infrastructure development by
building 4 rescue establishments
Experiences and objectives
Regional Operative
Program 3rd priority:
-Modernization of risk
prevention
infrastructure in the
Center Region of
Romania
-Total 43 million ROL for
the 7 counties of Center
Region
-5,3 million ROL, 2% cofinancing