The project “Modernization of the monitoring and warning infrastructure for severe hydro-meteorological phenomena to ensure the protection of life and material assets” – INFRAMETEO, will contribute to the requirements outlined in Romania’s National Strategy on Climate Change regarding the provision of essential data and information on meteorological and climatic parameters that have impacted and will impact Romania, particularly extreme weather phenomena that generate floods and coastal erosion. The investments to be carried out under the project are located nationwide.

The INFRAMETEO project will continue the development of the national system for monitoring and warning against hazardous meteorological phenomena to ensure the protection of life and property through the implementation of the following components:

• Objective 1 – Modernization of the meteorological radar network (7 S-band Doppler, dual-polarimetric weather radars);
• Objective 2 – Modernization of the lightning detection network;
• Objective 3 – Modernization of the communication infrastructure and improvement of the IT system performance of the National Meteorological Administration;
• Objective 4 – Expansion and modernization of the national network of automatic meteorological stations;
• Objective 5 – System for receiving, processing, visualization, archiving, and dissemination of data from meteorological and atmospheric monitoring satellites;
• Objective 6 – System for receiving, processing, archiving, and dissemination of data from Copernicus Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3, and Sentinel-5P satellites capable of providing recordings of areas affected by disasters or crisis situations on national territory;
• Objective 7 – Establishment of the Agrometeorological Center for Region VI-Europe within the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The general objective of the service contract is to provide Technical Assistance Services for the Supervision of Works during the design and construction phases of the works included in the Project, with qualified personnel, to successfully implement the investments and achieve all performance indicators within the contract eligibility period, while ensuring compliance with national and European legislation standards regarding construction execution and environmental protection.