Sicherheit, Stabilität und Unterstützung der Reformen
Bewältigung von Naturkatastrophen

180’000 inhabitants in Northern Hungary, especially along the Upper Tisza River Region and its catchment area in the north Great Plains

The Upper Tisza Region is regularly hit by floods. Flood prevention measures are complemented by natural disasters response actions to contain floodwaters temporarily within a river's embankment and/or providing temporary protection for objects in floodplains. Conventionally sandbags are used, that are kept in storage rooms of municipalities potentially affected by flooding or at the disaster management units. Sandbags are cheap to purchase, however, it takes a lot of time and manpower to fill the sandbags and after usage they have to be disposed of.

Hungarian registration number: SH 2/2/3

The goal is to reduce the vulnerability of North-East Hungary in case of extreme weather conditions. For this purpose, new rapid flood response actions reduce the time necessary to protect inhabitants and property as well as material goods.

The Executing Agency will purchase, install and use a mobile dam system. This purchase of equipment will be accompanied by trainings for the local civil defense units and the staff of the regional disaster management directorates. The project is conceived as a pilot – if the system proves to be successful, additional purchase of mobile dikes is planned.

The expected results are:

• Purchased mobile dike system (total length 10.5 km);
• 195 instructed and trained persons in the use of the mobile dikes;
• Utilized and tested mobile dikes in flood response actions;
• Carried out ex-post analysis of the utilization of the mobile dikes as a basis for future purchases.