📅 Implementation:Jul 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €201,464.29 | ERDF Contribution: €161,171.42
🤝 Partners:2 NGOs 
🎯 Type: People-to-people | P2P | ISO6.3

Summary

BRaCC builds resilient and better-prepared rural communities across Timiș, Arad (Romania) and Csongrád-Csanád (Hungary) by strengthening people’s ability to react in emergencies and cooperate in cross-border disaster response.

The project empowers pupils, teachers, and volunteers to gain first aid and emergency response skills, while raising awareness about climate risks and disaster prevention. Through hands-on training sessions, interactive caravans, and cross-border competitions, BRaCC helps communities protect lives and reduce the impact of crises.

Beyond training, the project fosters long-term cooperation between Romanian and Hungarian emergency management institutions, developing joint solutions and models for better coordination and mutual support in future interventions.

Project Aim

To enhance cross-border resilience and strengthen cooperation among citizens, volunteers, and institutions by improving first aid, reaction capacity, and community preparedness in the Timiș–Arad–Csongrád-Csanád area.

Objectives

✅ Improve first aid and emergency reaction skills among citizens, teachers, and students
✅ Increase awareness of climate change and disaster prevention
✅ Promote active community participation in safety and resilience actions
✅ Strengthen cooperation between cross-border emergency institutions
✅ Develop models for future joint interventions and civil protection cooperation

Key Activities & Results

🔹 Volunteer Training – 10 one-day sessions on virtual fire extinguisher use, involving 12 cross-border volunteers per session.
🔹 First Aid Training for Pupils and Teachers – 10 sessions of training, 25 participants per session, promoting quick and effective reactions in emergencies.
🔹 First Aid Caravan – A six-day travelling campaign reaching 1,200 rural citizens, offering interactive demonstrations and safety education.
🔹 Building Reaction Caravan – Three-day outreach activity engaging 600 citizens in rural areas on disaster response and climate adaptation.
🔹 Cross-border Competitions – Three-day contests for 100 students to test and celebrate their first aid and emergency skills.
🔹 Study on Emergency Gaps – Development of a model for cross-border outpatient and emergency care coordination between settlements in Romania and Hungary.
🔹 Accessible Awareness Materials – Creation of audio and video educational content on disaster response for the visually and hearing-impaired.
🔹 Social Media Platform – A digital hub sharing project materials, audio-visual content, and educational posts promoting safety culture and youth engagement.
🔹 Equipment Purchase – Acquisition of VR fire extinguishers, CPR training kits, and choking response vests to support hands-on learning.

Partnership

Lead Partner: Intercommunity Development Association for Emergency Management (RO)
Project Partner: DKMT Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza Euroregional Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd. (HU)

BRaCC empowers communities to stay safe and act fast. By combining training, awareness, and cooperation, the project creates a culture of preparedness and builds strong bonds between citizens and emergency professionals on both sides of the border — ensuring that when challenges arise, everyone knows how to respond together.

For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN

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