NUTS 3 (Province)

Supporting communities and ecosystems in disaster recovery and resilience

Strategy aiming to strengthen disaster recovery planning

Open source platform developed to support asylum seekers

Community committees for stregthening disaster management

Wildfire awareness and self-protection, engaging students and citizens.

Public communication initiative promoting civil protection practices.

Safe Village and Safe People (Aldeia Segura Pessoas Seguras) are two complementary programmes created by Council of Ministers Resolution 157-A/2017 in Portugal to protect people in the urban/forest interface. The programmes respond to the risk of wildfires in areas where communities and forests intersect (urban/forest interface), aiming to reduce wildfire impacts on people, property, and infrastructure.

Structured approach to mobilise and coordinate local volunteers and citizens