18 de September de 2024 , , SC POCTEP

On September 19, from 9:30h to 14:00h, the Interreg Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) project FIREPOCTEP+ will host an event in Madrid as part of Interreg Cooperation Day.

It is organised in collaboration with the POCTEP Joint Secretariat, the Managing Authorities and the European Commission.

The event will delve into the vital role of cross-border cooperation in wildfire prevention. Discussions will cover how FIREPOCTEP+ has become a key example of this cooperation, with sessions on the importance of joint efforts in preventing wildfires across borders. Additionally, there will be a workshop focused on co-creating innovative strategies for wildfire prevention.

This event is an opportunity to celebrate and strengthen the ties that make cross-border cooperation so effective in addressing common challenges.

 

About FIREPOCTEP+ project

The FIREPOCTEP+ project (0139_FIREPOCTEP_MAS_6_E) Resilient landscape against large forest fires: emergency response, improvement of interoperability and operational and social training in the face of climate change approved in the 3rd call of the Interreg Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2021-2027 It is one of the 4 strategic POCTEP risk prevention projects approved so far in the current programming period.

The project is a continuation of the FIREPOCTEP project approved in the period 2014-2020 and works in coordination on both sides of a border area of ​​more than 1,200 km in length represented by three pilot areas where specific actions will be carried out that contribute to preventing and mitigating the negative impacts that may be generated by Forest Fires in the territory and, specifically, how to better manage and act in the Strategic Management Zones (ZEG).

The planned actions involve the analysis of fires, evaluation of warning systems and indicators, implementation of preventive management tasks and improvement of operational and social training against fires.