A project on strengthening and promoting earthquake emergency response in the Black Sea Basin region was launched in Bucharest, the Burgas State University (BSU) said on Tuesday. The project, called SPEER-A, will be implemented under the 2021 – 2027 Interreg VI-B NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme.
The leading partners of the project are Burgas State University, Bolu Regional Administration (Romania), Pella Municipality (Greece) and the Directorate for Disaster and Emergency Management of Turkiye. The project manager is BSU Vice-Rector Prof. Irena Markovska, while Assoc. Prof. Nikola Todorov, Head of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, will act as the coordinator.
The Black Sea Basin region is seismic and at the same time faces insufficient preparation and coordination between local authorities and research communities in effectively responding to earthquake disasters, the university’s press centre stressed. The project will develop a virtual reality laboratory (VR Lab) that will present data related to the characteristics of earthquakes, in an innovative way through a VR environment.
The project team of the university will also develop an original mobile application aimed at mitigating the consequences of earthquakes and informing and assisting users in effective response in case of earthquakes. A report on seismic risk assessment in the Black Sea basin region will be prepared as well. The BSU will conduct three training events for volunteers with 50 participants each and three educational sessions in schools, with at least 100 students being trained in each session.
The SPEER-A project has a total budget of over EUR 750,000, with the implementation period being 28 months. During the implementation period, BSU will organize a joint transnational scientific conference with the participation of all partners. Burgas University Joins Project to Boost Earthquake Emergency Response in Black Sea Basin THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-04 15:17:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law