2. East Aegean River Basin Directorate, based in 26 Bulair str., Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria
in its capacity as Partner No. 2

East Aegean River Basin Directorate (EARBD) (P2) is a government authority and a part of the structure of Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water – one of the four Bulgarian competent authorities for water management. EARBD is responsible to create and implement both River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) under the Water Framework Directive and a Flood risk Management Plan under the Flood Risk Directive. Creating of good contacts with Greece partners in the field of water management of common rivers is a priority and an obligation for EARBD. Public consultations are another priority field for the organisation. The structure of EARBD consists of five departments and one of them, the Water Management Department is with 3 sectors – Flood risk management plan, River basin management plan and GIS&Data base. EARBD consists of 68 experts and technical staff. The organisation has 5 more remote offices and 3 of them are Kardjali, Haskovo and Smolyan.

The main tasks of East Aegean River Basin Directorate (EARBD) , referred to as ‘Project Partner 2’, are summarised as follows:

EARBD will create the flood warning system, implement the public awareness and publicity tasks, analyze the legal framework, adopt flood risk prevention measures and make recommendations.

3. Democritus University Of Thrace - special account - dep. of Civil Engineering, based in University Campus - Dep. of Civil Engineering, Vas. Sofias 12, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
in its capacity as Partner No. 3

Democritus University of Thrace - P4 (DUTH) was established in July 1973. It is based in Komotini, Greece&also has campuses in the Thracian cities of Xanthi, Alexandroupoli and Orestiada. The number of academic staff is about 510.The total number of Employees is about 1200. Annual RTD Expenditure (in Euros) is about 3M.

The main tasks of Democritus University Of Thrace - special account - dep. of Civil Engineering (DUTH), referred to as ‘Project Partner 3’, are summarised as follows:

DUTH will be mainly engaged in the development of the technical tools like Information system, runoff modeling and forecasting, hydraulic modeling and flood routing.

4. Regional Development Fund East Macedonia-Thrace, based in D. Tsetine 7, Komotini, Greece
in its capacity as Partner No. 4

RDF-EMTHR is one the basic Institution which is responsible for the economic and technical development in the region of Easter Macedonia Thrace and belongs entirely to public domain. It has high competence and experience in managing projects funded by EU .

RDF-EMTHR employs personnel with tenure, but it hires also external expertise to handle the projects.

The annual budget of RDF-EMTHR is more than one million euros for the past three years.

RDF-EMTHR has great capacity to directly influence national, local and regional policies.

The main tasks of Regional Development Fund East Macedonia-Thrace (RDF), referred to as ‘Project Partner 4’, are summarised as follows:

RDF will create the flood warning system, implement the public awareness and publicity tasks, analyze the legal framework, adopt flood risk prevention measures and make recommendations.