Province of West Achaia

RESILOC Community

WEST ACHAIA

PROFILE   |   COMMUNICATION   |   PREPAREDNESS

Satelite Image West Achaia
Partner Information: 

Municipality of West Achaia (MWA) is located in the region of Western Greece. Patra is the major centripetal centre as this is Greece‘s third-largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece in the north part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The rest of the communities are equal or smaller in size compared to MWA. The community nested above MWA is Achaia Prefecture3 located in the North-Western part of the peninsula, which is the main gateway connecting Greece with the rest of the EU countries through the Port of Patras. The population is 25,916 residents according to a 2011 statistics.  

The main economic activities in the community are agriculture, livestock farming, fishery, tourism, and industry. 

Hazard Situation 

The two main reasons, why this community needs an analysis and improvement of the resilience are the risks of forest fires and earthquakes. Seaside forest fires can be either natural or man-made (depending on the actual cause triggering the ignition point of the fire). The hazardous event is of local character.  

Earthquakes are a natural disaster with local effect, which is likely to happen, based on historical data. Consequence levels are estimated across people, economic, environmental, public administration and social setting dimensions. As the hazard cannot be predicted, it cannot be avoided.  

Resilience Stakeholders 

The main actors involved in the management of local emergencies are among others  

  • Civil Protection Service: Primary care in the municipality is provided by nine primary health care units. 
  • Healthcare Actors: The main purpose of the Medical and Social Centre is to provide health care and social protection for the gypsy Greeks. The Medical Society of De Movri is staffed by a multidisciplinary team, which includes specialists such as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, trainers, sociologists, and mediators.  
  • Fire Responding Units: There are two firefighting stations – one in Olenia and another one inside military base in Araxo. There is also a small unit of Red Cross. 
    RESILOC Field Trial 

    The Resiloc field trial for West Achaia was successfully finished in October 2022.

        Associated Risks - RA1

        Catania- Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

        There are no foreseen physical, mental or reputational risks related to participation in this workshop.

        Your participation will be treated in confidence. RESILOC may use quotes from the Q&A in publications but these will be anonymised and any personal information that could be used to identify you will be removed.

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        Associated Risks - RA2

        Catania – Validation Workshops

        There are no foreseen physical, mental or reputational risks related to participation in this workshop.

        Your participation will be treated in confidence. RESILOC may use quotes from the Q&A in publications but these will be anonymised and any personal information that could be used to identify you will be removed.

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        RA 1 - Selection of participants

        Catania- Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

        Participation in the Catania Workshop on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies is voluntary but restricted to members of the Community of Catania assigned to the RESILOC Project.

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        RA 2 - Selection of participants

        Catania – Validation Workshops

        Participation in the Catania Validation Workshop is voluntary but restricted to members of the Community of Catania assigned to the RESILOC Project.

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        RA 2 - General

        Catania – Validation Workshops

        The goal of the research activity is to collect and evaluate the results of the three workshops of phase one. This will be carried out through a questionnaire (Validation tool 1.1) that is organised in two parts (10 questions in total).

        The first section evaluates the relevance/applicability of DIP (dimensions, indicators and  proxies) in the context of Catania.

        The second section collects feedback on the role of scenarios as a tool for testing the validity of the DIP system and collects information on the clarity and understanding of the data gathering process. You are asked to receive and complete the questionnaire submitted by the Local Training Lead, returning it back by email before and no later than Monday 07/02/2022.

        The RESILOC research team will use the answers you provide to further refine the development of the resilience tool that aims to improve the resilience of local communities.

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        RA1 - Overview Catania

        Catania - Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

        The workshop will be a mixed meeting, with both in-person and remote participants, and led by the Local Training Lead. The Local Training Lead will introduce the participants to the theoretical framework developed.

        This activity will be performed via a PowerPoint presentation that aims to explain the scientific/research framework of RESILOC, introducing the DIP database and the logic behind it. During the presentation, the Local Training Lead will explore participants’ views, in particular on the approach of using dimensions, indicators and proxies to capture the resilience of a community; this will be done through dedicated Q&A sessions during specific moments of the workshop.

        The purpose is to make the representatives of the Municipality and the LRT members able to evaluate the applicability of the framework in terms of relevance, feasibility, data availability, among others for the community of Catania.

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        RA1 - Privacy, confidentiality and personal data handling

        Catania- Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

        For this particular research activity, we collect the following personal data in order to have a better understanding of your opinion and perspective.:

        • name
        • organisation
        • community name
        • email
        • phone number (optional)

        We would also like to make a video recording of the workshop (optional), which will only be used to aid us to improve the analysis of the answers you provide.

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        RA 2 - Privacy, confidentiality and personal data handling

        Catania – Validation Workshops

        For this particular research activity, we collect the following personal data in order to have a better understanding of your opinion and perspective:

        • name
        • organisation
        • community name
        • email
        • phone number (optional)

        We would also like to make a video recording of the workshop (optional), which will only be used to aid us to improve the analysis of the answers you provide.

        The data collected will be stored on the IES server, protected by data security protocols, for a maximum of 2 years (up to one year after the end of the project).

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