European University Cyprus / CERIDES is happy to report its participation in the successful implementation of DG-ECHO’s FloodNorthALB Full Scale Flood Preparedness Exercise, which took place between the 7th and the 11th of April 2025 in Shkodër, Armenia.
Within the framework of the FloodNorthALB FSX , Dr. Christos Dimopoulos (as the Exercise Head Evaluator) managed the application of the FAIM (FAcilitate – IMprovement) Integrated Exercise Evaluation Framework, which has been designed based on international scientific & regulatory standards. A multi-skill Evaluation Team, comprising civil protection experts from all countries of the project consortium, applied the framework provisions and elicited a significant volume of evaluation information. This information will be exploited for the purpose of assessing the fulfillment of the exercise objectives and for developing the Exercise Lessons Learnt Report.
The European University Cyprus / CERIDES Team responsible for the implementation of the FloodNorthALB project tasks consists of the following scientists:
Dr. Christos Dimopoulos (Scientific Manager)
Mr. Evangelos Katsaros (Researcher)
Dr. Demetris Hadjiloucas (Researcher)
Professor George Boustras (Scientific Advisor)
The aim of the FloodNorthALB project (Managing Complex Floods in North Albania through Cross Border Host Nation Support and Joint Cooperation) is to improve the civil protection preparedness and response capabilities of Albania in dealing with large, complex disasters that require joint response coordination facilitated via the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM).
The total budget of the project is in the region of 1M Euros. The total duration is 24 months. The project consortium consists of the following members:
Albanian National Civil Protection Agency (Coordinator, Albania)
European University Cyprus / CERIDES (Cyprus)
Ministry of Interior of Montenegro (Montenegro)
Center of Development and Democratization of Institutions (Albania)
General Secretariat of Civil Protection (Greece)
European University Tirana (Albania)
Ministry of Interior / Cyprus Civil Defense (Cyprus)
Croce Rossa Italiana (Italy)