(Project number P160511) Country Manager: Practice Manager: (Co-)Task Team Leaders: Project Coordinator: Antony Thompson Ruxandra Maria Floroiu Philippe Ambrosi, Eolina Petrova Milova Robert Bakx This report was prepared by prepared by Alanna Simpson (Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist), supported by Tatiana Skalon (Disaster Risk Management Consultant), Yeni Katsarska (Institutional Expert) and Darko Milutin (Disaster Risk Management Specialist). The team worked under the overall guidance of Philippe Ambrosi (Senior Environmental Economist, Task Team Leader), Eolina Petrova Milova (Senior Operations Officer, Co-Task Team Leader), Robert Bakx (Climate Change Adaptation Expert and Resident Project Coordinator). DISCLAIMERS This report was produced by the World Bank team to provide advisory support to the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Bulgaria. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or of the Government of Bulgaria or its MoEW or MoI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special acknowledgement is made here to the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery for its financial support that made the preparation of this report possible. Furthermore, thanks go to the Government of Bulgaria, in particular Mr. Aleksandar Dzhartov (Director of the MoI’s Directorate Critical Infrastructure, Prevention and Control), Mr. Georgi Petrov (Inspector at the MoI’s Directorate Critical Infrastructure, Prevention and Control), Ms. Atanaska Nikolova (Deputy Minister of Environment), Ms. Boriana Kamenova (Director of the MoEW’s Climate Change Policy Directorate), and Ms. Veronika Dacheva (Expert in the MoEW’s Climate Change Policy Directorate), and other experts in government and local institutions. Appreciation also goes to the comments and suggestions that were made, as well as to the open exchange of ideas. The contribution of Antony Thompson (Country Manager) in the preparation and negotiation of the Advisory Program is also acknowledged here.
Council Conclusions on a Community framework on disaster prevention within the EU (30 November 2009) Council Conclusions calling for civil protection capabilities to be enhanced by a European mutual assistance system building on the civil protection modular approach (16474/08) Council Conclusions on Reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity – towards an integrated approach to managing disasters (16 June 2008) European Parliament resolutions EP resolution on Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (21.09.2010) European Parliament resolution on stepping up the disaster response capacity (19.06.2008) Other documents Commission Working Document on EU Host Nation Support Guidelines (SWD(2012) 169 final) Commission Staff Working Paper on Risk Assessment and Mapping Guidelines for Disaster Management (SEC(2010) 1626 final) COM(2010)600 Communication Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance COM(2009)82 Communication on a Community approach on the prevention of natural and disasters COM(2008)130 Communication on Reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity Joint Statement (2008/C 25/01) - The European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid Commission Working Document SEC(2007)1721 Towards Better Protecting Citizens against Disaster Risks: Strengthening Early Warning Systems in Europe 2. List of Sectors with Critical Infrastructure in the Republic of Bulgaria List of sectors with critical infrastructure in the Republic of Bulgaria to the Ordinance on the terms, conditions, and competent bodies to identify the critical infrastructure and their sites and the risk assessment of these. Sector Sub-sector Competent Institution І. Energy 1. Electrical power MoEET* 2. Oil MoEET* 3. Gas MoEET* 4. Heat energy MoEET* ІІ. Transport 1. Automobile transport MoRDPW 2. Road infrastructure MoTITC 3. Rail transport and railway infrastructure MoTITC 4. Air transport and airports MoTITC 5. Water transport and ports MoTITC 1. Electronic mail network MoTITC