Flood Resilience in Montenegro: Resource Compilation
July 23, 2024
With the aim of strengthening community resilience and reducing the impact of floods, the Red Cross of Montenegro, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), formed part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance.
Final report
Building Flood Resilience in Montenegro
Impact brief
Flood Resilience Program in Montenegro
Between 2018 and 2024, the Red Cross of Montenegro championed 3 fundamental pillars of change that led to significant impact at both the local and national level:
- Individuals and families integrate flood resilience awareness and actions into their day-to-day lives.
- Communities and local authorities prioritise environmental management and flood protection infrastructure.
- National policy prioritises community needs, priorities, and capacities in relation to flood resilience.
By leveraging the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) framework, the program engaged deeply with local populations to build resilience and integrated their insights and experiences into both local actions and national strategies.
See below a selection of resources to learn more about the program activities and impact.
Individuals and families integrate flood resilience awareness and actions into their day-to-day lives.
- Flyer - Hygiene Promotion during Floods (Montenegrin)
- Flyer - First Aid (Montenegrin)
- Case Study from Montenegro in "Red Alert: Managing Disaster Risks in Europe"
- Flood Resilience and DRR Messages for Social Media Campaign (Montenegrin)
- First Aid Brochure for Kids (Montenegrin)
- Contents of Emergency bag flyer (Montenegrin)
- Checklist for floods flyer (Montenegrin)
Communities and local authorities prioritise environmental management and flood protection infrastructure.
- Video: Mujo's story
- Better together: Working with local partners to build flood resilient infrastructure in Montenegro (English)
- Better together: Working with local partners to build flood resilient infrastructure in Montenegro (Montenegrin)
- Working with local partners and nature for flood resilience (English)
- Working with local partners and nature for flood resilience (Montenegrin)
- Waste management flyer in Montenegro (Montenegrin)
National policy prioritises community needs, priorities, and capacities in relation to flood resilience.
- Disaster risk reduction strategy with a dynamic plan of activities for the implementation of the strategy for the period 2018 – 2023
- Montenegro’s revision of the National DRR strategy strengthened through a UNDRR expert-reviewed assessment exercise
- Red Cross of Montenegro calls on all humanitarian organizations to sign the Climate and Environment Charter
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership which brings together community programmes, new research, shared knowledge and evidence-based influencing to build community flood resilience in developed and developing countries. We help people measure their resilience to floods and identify appropriate solutions before disaster strikes. Our vision is that floods should have no negative impact on people’s ability to thrive. To achieve this, we are working to increase funding for flood resilience; strengthen global, national and subnational policies; and improve flood resilience practice.