Technical Assistance to Prepare Flood Risk Management Plan for Meriç - Ergene River Basin

Brief Description of the Project:

This project is being developed in the context of the IPA decentralized national programs, which underlines flood risk management as one of the priorities. This project is a next stage of mitigation of adverse consequences of the flooding via Floods Directive with regard to examine “Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment” and to create “Flood Hazard Maps and Flood Risk Maps” and “Flood Risk Management Plan” for Meriç-Ergene River Basin.

The present Technical Assistance (TA) project is based on the results and recommendations of the EU twinning project, which aimed to assist Turkey in flood risk management, in accordance with the EU Floods Directive, in order to reinforce Turkey’s accession to EU and, thus, provide support to the water sector.

The scope of the project can be summarized as ;

• Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment,
• Flood Hazard Maps
• Flood Risk Maps,
• Flood Risk Management Plan for Meriç-Ergene River Basin,
• Revision of existing Flood Warning System as Flood Forecasting & Early Warning System and extension of coverage to the basin scale

Scope of Services :

Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment (PFRA) in Meriç-Ergene River Basin

• Determination of Required Data and Collection
• Selection of Methodology for Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment: 
• Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment Report for Meriç-Ergene River Basin

Flood Hazard Maps and Flood Risk Maps for Meriç-Ergene River Basin

• Determination and Collection of Required Data for Flood Hazard Maps
• Workshop on Flood Hazard and Risk Maps
• Hydrological Studies
• Hydraulic Modelling
• Preparation of Flood Hazard Maps
• Determination of Required Data for Flood Risk Maps:

Flood Risk Management Plan for Meriç-Ergene River Basin

• Workshop on Flood Risk Management Plan
• Preparation of Final Flood Risk Management Plan for Meriç-Ergene River Basin
• Preparation of a WEB application software
• Preparation of Guidance Documents for future Implementations

Preparation of Strategic Environmental Assessment Report

Revision of existing Flood Warning System as Flood Forecasting & Early Warning System and extension of coverage to the basin scale