The document summarizes a workshop at the 13th European Youth Parliament for Water focused on flood risk management. Young people from Europe discussed how to prepare for and respond to flood events. They proposed organizing a network of young volunteers to help with recovery efforts after floods. The volunteers would be trained and promoted through new media. The young people also emphasized the importance of clear information from authorities and supporting community solidarity and mental health during recovery.

1. Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective
and ideas from european young people
Sabrina Franceschini
Regional Department for Communication, training and participation tools
13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER
March 16°, 2016 - BURIER
Patrizia Ercoli
Regional Department for Soil and Coast Protection and Drainage System
INSTANT REPORT

2. 13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from european young people
Agenda
Introduction
CASE HISTORY SEINONDA
The participation process for flood risk management plans (DIRECTIVE 2007/60/EC)
Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from European young
people
First part of WS (about 45 min.)
•Video introduction
•Working question: “During a flood event what can I do? What can the community do
(associations, young people, voluntary groups, etc)?
30 min: working group
10 min: plenary return
Second part of WS (about 1 h)
•Making prototype, choosing between 2 possible questions:
1.How can we organize a network of young volunteers after a flood event?
2.How can we take information and prepare ourselves to a possible flood event?
50 min: working group
10 min: plenary return

3. 13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from european young people
First part of WS: Working questions
During a flood event what can I do?
What can the community do
(associations, institutions, schools,
volunteers)?
[Answer both questions, discuss and choose a synthesis to share in plenary]
30 min: working group

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Risk assessment cycle and risk mitigation strategy - PREPARATION – EMERGENCY RESPONSE
– RECOVERY AND REVIEW
PROTECTION
PREPARDNESS
RECOVERY AND
REVIEW
PREVENTION
RISK
ASSESSMENT
CYCLE
FLOODS
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PREVENTION Land use planning policies, Regulation,
Removal or relocation, Limit soil compaction
and sealing, Conserve, protect and, where
possible, Restore vegetation and forest in
mountainous areas, riparian woodland and
meadows, Conserve, protect and, where
possible, restore degraded wetlands and flood
plains, Reconnect of floodplains to the river by
e.g. relocating dykes, opening natural levees,
Conserve Sandbanks and sand dunes, Improve
knowledge
PROTECTION Maintenance programmes, Construct areas for
controlled flooding, Construct and/or heighten
dikes, protect, heighten and develop sandbanks,
dams or on-line storage areas, beach
nourishment and protection
PREPARDNESS Flood forecasting and warning, Contingency
planning, public awareness and preparedness,
risk communication and education, Inform and
teach people what to do before, during and after
a flood
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
Emergency Event Response Planning, Inform
and teach people what to do before, during and
after a flood, Evacuation, Develop contingency
plans
RECOVERY AND
REVIEW
Individual and societal Recovery, Clean-up and
restoration activities (buildings, infrastructure,
etc.), Health and mental health supporting
actions, incl. managing stress, Disaster financial
assistance (grants, tax), incl. disaster legal
assistance, disaster unemployment assistance
Temporary or permanent relocation,
Environmental recovery, Clean-up and
restoration activities, Lessons learnt from flood
events

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GROUP PROPOSALS -1

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GROUP PROPOSALS - 2

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GROUP PROPOSALS - 3

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GROUP PROPOSALS - 4

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GROUP PROPOSALS - 5

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MAIN IDEAS AND FEEDBACK
• Young people are conscious, optimist, and
have trust in institutions and professionals,
so they suggest to cooperate with
Authorities and to assume the correct
behavior during and after a flood:
“Keep calm, we can fix that”
• They demand concrete and simple info's
from institutions and fast interventions
• They focus on solidarity and an inclusive
strategy of rescue and recovery (“all people
must be saved, also pets”, other villages can
come to give help, “listen to each others”)
• They have a particular care for children that
can be traumatized by a flood event (you
can organize specific games for them..)
• They all focus on the necessity of prepare
safe places and inform population about it
(action plan, organize evacuations)
• Prepare emergency kit and survival package
(“we also need radio to listen music”)

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Second part of WS: Making prototype
1.How can we organize a network of
young volunteers after a flood event?
2.How can we take information and
prepare ourselves to a possible flood
event?
[Choose between 2 possible questions, discuss and create a project. Use the
following poster ]
50 min: working group

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Methodology: Poster IDEAS AND PROPOSALS
TITLE...............................................
IDEAS AND PROPOSALS
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CONTENTS / OBJECTIVES
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RESOURCES
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PROMOTER
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IDEA CARD
Table/Group components:
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Question:
How can we organize a network of
young volunteers after a flood event?
How can we take information and
prepare ourselves to a possible flood
event?
IDEA / TITLE

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Prototypes
4 groups choose the first question How
can we organize a network of young
volunteers after a flood event?.
Clear and good ideas on the
organization of a network and its
promotion with new media
Effective definition of the goals,
underlying the importance of training and
knowledge
Importance of the recovery, and soft
aspects like listening to music and having
fun
Results

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GROUP PROPOSALS – 1 (question 1: How can we organize a network of young volunteers
after a flood event?)

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GROUP PROPOSALS - 2 (question 1: How can we organize a network of young volunteers
after a flood event?)

16. 13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from european young people
GROUP PROPOSALS – 3 (question 1: How can we organize a network of young volunteers
after a flood event?)

17. 13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from european young people
GROUP PROPOSALS – 4 (question 1: How can we organize a network of young volunteers
after a flood event?)

18. 13° EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT FOR WATER Workshop SEINONDA: new perspective and ideas from european young people
GROUP PROPOSALS – 5 (Question 2: How can we take information and prepare ourselves
to a possible flood event?)

19. Thank you 
sfranceschini@regione.emilia-romagna.it
Sabrina Franceschini
Patrizia Ercoli
percoli@regione.emilia-romagna.it
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