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IDP Romania.

Background

Following a report received in 2008 from Graham Smith, a retired officer from GMC F&RS, which related to possible project work in Romania, the IDP has undertaken a scoping exercise to identify anticipated areas of future work within Romania.

Graham has worked in Romania for over fifteen years where he has assisted with the development of schools, hospitals and orphanages. As part of his work he visited Targu Jiu to explore the possibility of initiating a programme of assistance to the fire service for training in road traffic collisions.

The UKRO IDP welcomes Graham’s report and commitment to develop RTC infrastructure and training opportunities within Targu Jiu. In order to assist with this process the IDP will appoint a project manager to work with Graham in order to development RTC capability within the area. In addition the IDP wishes to explore national opportunities and has developed existing links within the Ministry of Health and the Global Road Safety Partnership with the view of seeking a national approach to RTC equipment and training in Romania

Next Steps

A project manager will be identified and appointed in the first quarter of 2009, following this, meetings with local and national officials and our international partners will be arranged. The UKRO IDP aims to undertake these meetings in June/July 2009.  In the short term contact should be made with Cameron Black at cameron.black@strathclydefire.org