Localience Interreg CE

𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬
A formal presentation of the guide on disaster preparedness – conducted for municipalities as part of the Interreg Central Europe LOCALIENCE project – took place in the Ceremonial Hall of the Vas County Hall.
✅At the ceremony, Dr. Balázs Bognár, Brigade Brigadier General and Director of the Vas County Disaster Management Directorate, was the first to address the invited county leaders, heads of law enforcement agencies, chairs of local defense committees, and municipal public safety officers.
✅Captain Dr. Attila Ádám Nagy spoke about the goals and achievements of the Interreg Central Europe LOCALIENCE project in the framework of cross-border cooperation.
✅Lieutenant General Péter Kiss, the project manager, presented the guide prepared for the handover ceremony as one of the project’s outcomes to the attendees during his presentation.
✅Following the presentations, Dr. Balázs Bognár, Fire Brigade Brigadier General and Director of the Vas County Disaster Management Directorate, donated the guide to the public safety officers representing the municipalities.

Photos: Eszter Balogh, First Lieutenant / Vas County Disaster Management Directorate

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 👉 https://youtu.be/msPVJSOcCs0

The Czech pilot developed an enhanced warning interface for mayors, focusing on user-friendly access to critical hydrometeorological information:

✅ Improved usability of warning messages,
✅ Higher engagement of mayors with early-warning content,
✅ Documented requirements for future system integration
✅ Strengthened cooperation between meteorological services and mayors.

For other LOCALIENCE pilots check: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/localience/?tab=outputs

Crisis Ready! Czech pilot - Localience project Czech pilot action in LOCALIENCE project developed a mobile app for local authorities that guides users step-by-step in preventing risks and responding effec...

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 🇸🇮🚒🌧️

On 10 February 2026, the Gasilska brigada Ljubljana - Ljubljana Fire Brigade🚒 hosted the final LOCALIENCE workshop, organized together with ARSO - Slovenian Environment Agency, highlighting three years of international collaboration and national pilot achievements.

The workshop showcased stronger cooperation between institutions and communities, improved communication, and four innovative pilot solutions enhancing preparedness for extreme weather events in Municipality of Ljubljana ⛈️🏙️.

✅From real-time monitoring and expert forecasting support to automated alerts and real time field reports via media and social networks (Floodtags). ✨The workshop showcased how integrated solutions and continuous stakeholder engagement create a practical model for urban resilience and a more prepared community 🤝

🌍 The LOCALIENCE project, running since April 2023, successfully wrapped up its 3-year mission to strengthen local resilience to extreme weather events in Central Europe! 💪

🇦🇹🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇮 Throughout the project, partners from five countries joined forces to exchange expertise, test practical solutions, and build stronger local preparedness.

📅 On 30 January 2026, the Vas County Disaster Management Directorate hosted the final conference, showcasing the practical results and lessons learned.

🤝 The project strengthened cross-border cooperation, ensuring communities are better prepared for future challenges.

👏 Huge thanks to all partners for their dedication to building safer, more resilient communities across Central Europe! 🌱

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱! 🎯🤝

The 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 is almost complete 🚨🌊. The purpose of this third workshop with stakeholders was to clarify any remaining questions, such as the visualisation details 📊👀 and the final procedures of the warning chain involving the municipalities 🏘️, fire brigades 🚒 and the state warning centre.

The positive feedback on the warning system so far 👍✨, and the constructive suggestions for the final steps 💡🛠️, give us great confidence that the final product will be successful and of great help to people in the region in future 🌍❤️.

Thanks to all the participants! 🙏👏

📸 Pictures attached
© Michael Eder

Land Steiermark

🌧️🚨𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 | 🇸🇮𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁

Our latest video concludes the pilot activities in Slovenia and presents the 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 developed in the 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮 – built on feedback, interaction, and strong cooperation between key stakeholders.

⚡ Fast and accurate alerts to professional services
🚒 Better preparedness and rapid response in the field
🏙️ Increased resilience of local communities

This system shows how coordinated communication, operational procedures, and stakeholder cooperation can significantly reduce risks of extreme weather events.

🎥 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Pz8DeeVOga8?si=jmAzsJeG2odDIsjj



ARSO vode ARSO vreme Gasilska brigada Ljubljana - Ljubljana Fire Brigade

Responsive urban warning system for extreme weather threats | Slovenian LOCALIENCE Pilot The video concludes the pilot activities in Slovenia and showcases the responsive urban warning system for extreme weather threats built on feed-back and int...

🔥 As part of the LOCALIENCE project, we carried out an intensive 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻‑𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 at the Lubuskie Provincial Office in Poland🇵🇱. Specialists from crisis management teams faced a realistic large‑scale forest‑fire scenario, testing teamwork, communication, responsibility and strategic thinking🚨💡

🎥 We captured the process, showed participants’ engagement and highlighted the work of the coordinators in a video below ⬇️

This practical simulation proved how essential cooperation and clear communication are in real crisis situations. Check out the full report 👉 🎥 https://lnkd.in/dv2CavrJ

Akademia Pożarnicza

Localience - Polish pilot project Decision-making game 🔥 As part of the LOCALIENCE project, we carried out an intensive decision‑making game at the Lubuskie Provincial Office. Specialists from crisis management ...

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 🎥

The second video of the Austrian pilot action has been finalized! It showcases the project's primary outcome: a flood warning system for the Sulm River in Styria 🌧️🌊

The video also explains how this system enables emergency services to respond much earlier in the event of flooding 🚨🕒

This warning system is just the beginning – it is intended to be implemented in other small catchment areas in Styria in the future 🔄📍

Watch the video on our YouTube channel ▶️https://youtu.be/PLrX6V1Th2E

📸Photo
© Roland Wehap

🌧️𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

On 25 November 2025, the 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 held an online workshop within the LOCALIENCE project to share insights and present our pilot solution for an 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. The system was implemented as a pilot for the Ljubljana Fire Brigade as part of the responsive urban warning system in the Municipality of Ljubljana. 🚨 ⛈️

💡 The workshop brought us together with another Interreg project, 𝗫-𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞-𝗖𝗖, 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗮, along with 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 units from the Sora River catchment and 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗷𝗱𝗼𝘃šč𝗶𝗻𝗮, creating an excellent opportunity for knowledge exchange across projects and operational services. The 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗲 shared valuable insights from their operational experience using the alerting system.

💡 The event fostered engaging discussion and highlighted the importance of cooperation between national institutions and local operational services. Such collaboration helps align approaches and strengthen support for decision-makers during extreme weather and hydrological events.

Many thanks to all the participants! 🙌

🏆𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 🏆🇦🇹

In the Austrian pilot action of the LOCALIENCE project, the companies flow engineering and JR-AquaConSol developed an operational early flood warning system on behalf of the Styrian provincial government. 🌧️📡
The system links various measurement data and calculation models to forecast runoff, spatially distributed water depths, and flow velocities in flood areas. These forecasts enable early detection of flood risks and support targeted planning of measures in case of a disaster. 🌊⚠️

🎉𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱! 🎉👏

🌦️ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕ü𝗸𝗳ü𝗿𝗱ő

As part of the LOCALIENCE project, the Vas County Disaster Management Directorate hosted a professional workshop on 18 November in Bükfürdő, focusing on the effects of extreme weather events and the importance of social cooperation in disaster prevention.

The event highlighted key project progress and encouraged broader engagement in disaster management. Participants heard insightful presentations from the lead partner, steering group leaders, and the project manager, along with experts from civil protection, industrial safety, water damage prevention, and fire protection. External speakers were also invited to the forum to provide insight into their research.

🤝 Strengthening collaboration and knowledge exchange remains essential as we respond to increasingly frequent extreme weather challenges.

📸© Eszter Balogh Lieutenant/Communications Assistant