From 13t o 14 June 2022 the Projects RESILOC and RiskPACC were hosting the 3rd European Conference on Risk Perception, Behaviour, Management and Response (ECRP22) in Berlin. During this occasion dedicated experts from the Risk-SoS Group and the Horizon 2020 affiliated DRS 01 Research Cluster came together to discuss research Read more
Beyond its EU focus, the RESILOC project has a natural link to the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) by successfully responding to the European Commission’s call for research and innovative actions on solutions to create a resilient society in Europe in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Read more
The RESILOC solution is now trailed in all four partner communities. Following Catania (IT), Gorizia (IT) and Tetovo (BG) the fourth trial was now kicked off through the Municipality of West Achaia(GR). All trials are currently in phase one which includes the pre-trial training, data collection and a dry-run of Read more
Gorizia is an Italian town located in the north-eastern Region of Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia), at the border with Slovenia, with a population of 34.000 intensely engaged in cross-border cooperation and focused on building community resilience. The Municipality of Gorizia can also be framed in a wider perspective; it is Read more
The Horizon 2020 DRS01 Cluster represented by projects RESILOC, BUILDERS, LINKS and Engage contributed to the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) 2021 held on the 24th November in Matosinhos, Portugal; holding a joint multi-stakeholder oriented session for the acceleration of the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Read more
On Tuesday 07 September 2021, the first RESILOC “Project to Policy Workshop” took place. The workshop was attended by the RESILOC team of resilience experts as well as representatives of strategic partners including UNDRR, DG HOME, EC JRC and EC REA.; focusing jointly on exploring the baselines for transposition of project-based outcomes and policy recommendations Read more
In July 2021 the project was able to produce its first functional Local Resilience Team (LRT). This important step resulted from to the proactive work of the Municipality of Gorizia, one of the four local partner communities of the RESILOC project. The integration of the local stakeholders through LRTs is Read more
Defining project-based POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS requires building bridges between scientific evidence and public policy, thus highlighting the utility of scientific findings for results-based policy making. Translating the fruit of research efforts into policy is about achieving impact in the public interest, as uni-dimensional, linear models that aim to link research to action Read more
RESILOC was able to present two technical papers to domain experts and scientific peers during this years ISCRAM Conference hosted by the Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia USA. The conference annually invites a community dedicated to promoting research and development, exchange of knowledge and deployment of information systems for Read more
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) presented the work of the RESILOC semantic framework at the 4th Scientific Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (HDRRF) in Greece. It exposed the concept of bringing conclusive vulnerability assessments to the community level by using semantic analysis to the both scientists and Read more