Strengthening Preparedness and Critical Emergency Infrastructure Project

The development objective of the Strengthening Preparedness and Critical Emergency Infrastructure Project for Romania is to enhance the resilience of Romanian Gendarmerie Facilities that are critical to respond to Emergency Situations and disasters and to strengthen the institutional capacities for emergency preparedness and response. It has three components. First component, Enhance the Resilience of Selected Romanian Gendarmerie Infrastructure to be Used in Disaster Response will support priority retrofitting and reconstruction investments and technical assistance to enhance the emergency situations response capacity of selected Romanian Gendarmerie facilities and guide future infrastructure planning that covers the entire building stock managed by the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Gendarmerie (GIRG).It has two sub-components. (i) Priority Investments, and (ii) Long-Term Infrastructure Investment Planning; Second component, Operational Readiness and Public Awareness will strengthen the institutional capacity of the Romanian Gendarmerie to ensure operational readiness in the event of an emergency through a series of trainings and acquisition of essential emergency equipment. It has two sub-components.(i) Operational Readiness for Emergency Response, and (ii) Public Awareness; Third component, Project Management will strengthen the institutional capacity of the Romanian Gendarmerie in project management. This component will support operating costs to ensure timely and efficient implementation of the project. It will also cover costs related to activities designed to build the Romanian Gendarmerie’s technical, procurement, financial management (FM), monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and environmental and social safeguards capacities. This component will also support the establishment and operation of a grievance redress mechanism (GRM) to address and mitigate adverse impacts on citizens that may arise during implementation.