Right now, 5 entities sponsor the PSCE Conference:

Finally, a Poster Session will be organised to give the opportunity to various EU-funded projects, related to our topics of interest, to present their activities.

Will be present: Darlene, Ingenious, Respond-A, ResponDrone, Search&Rescue, Stamina.

Project Corner

CORE (sCience and human factOr for Resilient sociEty) Kick-off Meeting: a new project starts for PSCE

We are pleased to announce that from last 1 September 2021, and for a duration of three years until 31 August 2024, CORE (sCience and human factOr for Resilient sociEty) project started, with the participation of PSCE.

You will find here below (and in our social medias) the Press Release redacted in the occasion of the Kick-Off meeting that has been held last week and that officially launched the CORE project:

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Last 30 September and 1 October 2021 in Napoli (Italy), the CORE consortium was ready to participate in the Kick-off meeting hosted by ISSNOVA with the joint organization of the University of Salerno, coordinator of the project.The meeting counted peak of 40 representatives of the 19 members that form CORE Consortium and has been held in a mixed form, online and live, due to the COVID emergency.

The context

The devastating effects of recent natural and man-made phenomena have once again highlighted the gaps in disaster preparedness in European society, highlighting the importance of increasing risk awareness and community resilience.  Increased awareness of risks by society, together with readiness and the ability to apply optimal procedures during an emergency, would undoubtedly make populations more resilient.  Having a better prepared society means reducing human losses during a catastrophic impact event, limiting damage, thereby reducing post-emergency reconstruction costs and speeding up recovery.

CORE in a nutshell

CORE (sCience and human factOrs for Resilient sociEty) is an EU project funded by the European Commission under Horizon2020 Programme.  Its main objective is to make the social communities better prepared to face and overcome disasters, through a trans-disciplinary collaboration between scientific and humanistic areas.  Defining at best the expected scenarios and the difficulties of individuals and socio-economic structures is essential to make recoveries more effective and efficient.  In addition, a particular attention will be paid to the most vulnerable groups during such disasters: the disabled, the elderly, people in economic difficulties, women, and children.

Plan of action

CORE Consortium is composed of 19 international institutions including research institutes, universities, practitioners, municipalities, emergency and humanitarian associations coordinated by Prof. Paolo Capuano, professor of Geophysics at the Physics Department of the University of Salerno.  Starting from different case studies (earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, terrorist attacks, industrial accidents, Covid-19),the project will provide solutions to populations on how to prepare for, cope with and overcome the effects of devastating events.  Great attention will be paid to education in schools, training activities and communication through social media.  One of the challenges of the project will be to create an APP that will provide the population with useful information on how to behave in emergency situations and increase their level of preparedness.

Stay tuned!

In the following weeks, the CORE consortium will release its website and blog where you will be informed of all our activities.

You can already subscribe to our social medias to make sure you don’t miss anything: Twitter and LinkedIn!

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Search & Rescue project published numerous new open deliverables

Last 30 June 2021, the consortium of Search & Rescue project published no fewer than 14 open deliverables, mainly its Pilot Guidelines and User's Handbook and its 8 Use Cases' Pilot Plans.

You can also find other S&R's open deliverables including the definition of: Governance Model; Concept of operations; Funcional specifications; Requirements to knowledge management & Situation Awareness Model; Situation Analysis & Impact Assessment; Data aggregation.

The next milestones for S&R project will be the its Review by the European Commission in two weeks and the organisation of a One-day Online Workshop in December.

Respond-A organises its next webinar on "Sensors and Smart Wearables for First Responders" on 2 November 2021

Next 2 November 2021, the Respond-A Consortium organises its next online event: Sensors and Smart Wearables for First Responders" webinar, from 10.00AM to 12.30PM.

This is the second in a series of open RESPOND-A Webinar aimed at presenting the RESPOND-A project to interested stakeholders as well as sharing knowledge and experience on the use of innovative technologies for First Responders.

This webinar will address the use of Sensors and Smart Wearables to enhance First Responders’ operation, with contributions from 3 other EU projects: INGENIOUS, FASTER and SIXTHSENSE.

We are also glad to feature in the programme Mr. Christophoros Stylianou who will share the experience of Cyprus Civil Protection authorities in using this technology and handling the wildfires that recently struck the country.

Respond-A publishes a Press Release following its successful second training in Cyprus

The video of the training is available here below by clicking on the button 👇