PROTECTION AND RESCUE SYSTEM IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, HOST NATION SUPPORT IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES

Mirnesa Softić Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina   20 May 2015

   

DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE IN BiH STRATEGIC COORDINATION

Subsidiarity pinciple

Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Coordination Body of BiH for protection and rescue (21 members) Protection and Rescue Sector - Secretariat DISASTER MANAGEMENT

FEDERAL CP HQ (in FBiH – state of disaster)

Cantonal CP HQs, Municipal CP HQs

EMERGENCY MGMT HQ of REPUBLIKA SRPSKA (in RS – Emenrgency sit)

City and municipal HQs

CP HQ OF BRCKO DISTRICT (in BD - state of disaster)

Coordination Body of Bosnia and Herzegovina for Protection and Rescue Competencies of the Coordination Body (among others): •  Propose to the BiH Council of Ministers, upon the request of the Entities or the Brčko District of BiH, to declare the state of a natural or other disaster on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to declare the end of such state • Propose to the BiH Council of Ministers to make appropriate decisions falling under its competencies; • Coordinate protection and rescue activities with the institutions and bodies of the entities and the Brčko District of BiH, and with the institutions and bodies on the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina • Coordinate the receipt and sending of international assistance and donations in the field of protection and rescue, following the declaration of a natural or other disaster

Legislation in Protection and Rescue Area – Host Nation Support •  • 

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Framework law on the protection and rescue of people and property in the event of natural or other disasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OG 50/08) Instructions on the procedure for crossing the state border when receiving and / or sending of international assistance in protection and rescue ("Official Gazette", No. 56/09); Instructions for interagency coordination when receiving, sending and transit of international assistance in protection and rescue ("Official Gazette", No. 77/013) Decission No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism EU Host Nation Support Guidlines, 16 January 2013 Other regulations and documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina and international documents. Laws and by-laws of the Entities and Brcko District

- MoR DPPI (2007) - MoR with Red Cross Association of BH (2008) - MoU of Civilian Cross Border Transport with NATO (2008) - MoR with Faculty of Political Sciences of Univerity of Sarajevo (2008) - MoR with Center for Security Study (2009) - Agreement with Ministry of Defense of BH (2009) - MoR with DEMA (2010) - MoR with Save the Children (2012) - MoR with Institute of Fire and Explosion Safety (2013)

MoR with Italy (2012)

MoR sa Albania(2013)

MoR sa Ruskom Federacijom (2008)

Agreement with Serbia (2010)

Agreement with Slovenia (2011)

Agreement with Croatia(2001)

Agreement with Montenegro (2007)

Agreement with Macedonia (2008)

MoR with Turkey (2011)

FLOODS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

•  Unprecedented flooding in Bosnia and Herzegovina affected major part of BiH in period 10. – 14. 05. 2014, resulted in floods of catastrophic scale. •  2/5 of country were flooded; •  More then 70 cities affected by floods; •  300.000 inhabitants were directly affected and more than a million of people were hit by the flood indirectly; •  Thousands of landslides have been triggered

Situation development and consequences •  Photos  of  6  most  severely  affected  towns  out  of  >  60  towns  and  ci9es  in  BiH:    

In Maglaj Town, left (river Bosnia) and City of Doboj, right (r.Spreca, Bosnia) within <10‘ total inundation (> 3 m level)

B.Samac, 17/05/14 (Bosnia, Sava) Orasje embankments breached, 18-20/05/14 (r.Sava)

City of Bijeljina, 15-28/05/ (Drina, Sava); directly >3.000 households

DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

Support to local response MoSBiH/ OCC BiH- 112

Humanitarian aid

Coordinated all efforts

Int‘l asst.teams (WR, HCP, FRT, WP)

OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER BH - 112 Activities: Coordination of rescue and evacuation efforts – domestic and international, delivery of food, water, medication, fuel and other materiel through AF BH., EUFOR, Croatian AF and Slovenian police helicopters, HNS for incoming international teams (governmental and NGO) – facilitated and expedited border crossing procedure (border police and customs control), police escort, humanitarian aid directed through MoS (airplanes, land), regular reporting of situation to IC, CM and PA.

LOs: Armed Forces, Red Cross, Indirect Taxation Authority, entity civil protection administrations, Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenian police and Croatian AF, EUFOR, IOM. UCP team: In the OCC BH and in Orašje - sub OSOCC was established by UCP team members for the sake of coordination of international teams on the ground.

Media: Permanent coverage of coordination activities by different media directly from the OCC BiH – 112.

RESPONSE AND RECOVERY – INT‘L ASSISTANCE

EUCP Team

CPG RRT

•  countries through EUCPM; •  countries through Bilateral assistance; •  other mechanisms (NATO); •  IOs (UN, USAID, NATO, Save the Children)  

INTERNATIONAL BORDER CROSSINGS Land BCP Railway BCP BANJA LUKA

TUZLA

Ports Airports

SARAJEVO

MOSTAR

BCP = border crossing point During the floods crutial BCP were closed – Šamac, Orašje (open for int rescue teams), Brčko and Bijeljina

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE Civil Protection Mechanisam of EU and Bilateral Assistance Albania, Algeria, Andora, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Chech Republic, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guayana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Island, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Latvia, Litvania, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zeland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand,Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, UAE, USA, Qatar (55 countries!) with: water rescue teams, HCP modules, water purification units, helicopters, flood recovey teams, equipment, humanitarian aid, experts, financial contribution BIGGEST OPERATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM IN THE PAST 12 YEARS!

EFFORT OF INT’L TEAMS   -  more than 3000 rescued and evacuated persons (Prijedor, Šamac, Orašje, Domaljevac, Brčko, Bijeljina, Maglaj) -  850 rescuers -  311 Flights and cargo shipping -  more than 4 million liter purified drinking water -  more than 4 million m3 pumped water from flooded areas (Šamac, Orašje, Domaljevac, Tolisa, Odžak, Brčko, Bijeljina) which corresponds to the amount of

more than 160.000 x

BEST PRACTICES Ø  Solidarity of and mutual understanding between institutions while coping with the emergency; Ø  Adequate legal framework (Rulebooks for border crossing and coordination of acceptance, sending and transit of international assistance; Ø  Adequate legislation adopted for expedited import exemption of duties for civil protection and firefighting equipment; Ø  Coordination of international assistance incorporated into the Protection and Rescue Plan of BH. Ø  Trained personnel for Host nation support; Ø  Although no Coordination body established, MoS was able to fill the gap and support the coordination efforts;

LESSONS LEARNED Ø  To build response capabilities (no training facilities, no single standards of structure, eqiupment, training, etc), Ø  No emergency funds and stocks of emergency assets, Ø  Needs emergency communications network reviving (emerg. communic- radio network/SAT), Ø  Needs Law based effectiveness of Coord.Body / politics free work and legal interpret of its functions, Ø  Lack of humanitarian aid stocking and distribution and trasportation capacities. Ø  Needs HNS and CiMiC training for operational level Ø  Look in to the amendment of legislation for exemption of duties of humanitarian aid.

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