Field Trials

Field Trials

RESILOC aims to increase the understanding of resilience in local communities and to generate strategic tools empowering local actors to assess the resilience of their communities and identify actions to increase it.  A key component of developing these tools will be running field trials within each of the identified localities to test, validate and adjust progress through the implementation phase of the project.

The field trials will conclude with a real-time exercise in each locality based upon an identified disaster scenario.  During these exercises, the RESILOC platform will be used to collect information that will allow a reassessment of the resilience profile previously generated.  In this way, stakeholders will be able to analyse the impact of the crisis on the resilience of their community and identify possible new actions, choosing the most effective future intervention and communication strategy.

The process for designing the trials is being developed into the RESILOC Trial Guidance (RTG) which is based upon key components of the Trial Guidance Methodology created by the Driver+ project.  The largest challenges of this approach relate to the diverse nature of the communities involved and the varied resources each has available to them at a time of crisis.  The RTG will enable the process to be scaled to fit the circumstances of each whilst maintaining the integrity of the trials and their results.

Work on the RTG has begun and continues with full involvement of the host localities.  The trials themselves will run in the second half of 2022.

Validation Points

RESILOC Trial Locations
RESILOC Trial Region - Municipality of Gorizia
RESILOC Trial Region - Commnity of Kamnik
RESILOC Trial Region - Tetovo Village
RESILOC Trial Region - City of Catania
RESILOC Trial Region - Province of West Achaia

Associated Risks - RA1

Catania- Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

There are no foreseen physical, mental or reputational risks related to participation in this workshop.

Your participation will be treated in confidence. RESILOC may use quotes from the Q&A in publications but these will be anonymised and any personal information that could be used to identify you will be removed.

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Associated Risks - RA2

Catania – Validation Workshops

There are no foreseen physical, mental or reputational risks related to participation in this workshop.

Your participation will be treated in confidence. RESILOC may use quotes from the Q&A in publications but these will be anonymised and any personal information that could be used to identify you will be removed.

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RA 1 - Selection of participants

Catania- Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

Participation in the Catania Workshop on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies is voluntary but restricted to members of the Community of Catania assigned to the RESILOC Project.

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RA 2 - Selection of participants

Catania – Validation Workshops

Participation in the Catania Validation Workshop is voluntary but restricted to members of the Community of Catania assigned to the RESILOC Project.

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RA 2 - General

Catania – Validation Workshops

The goal of the research activity is to collect and evaluate the results of the three workshops of phase one. This will be carried out through a questionnaire (Validation tool 1.1) that is organised in two parts (10 questions in total).

The first section evaluates the relevance/applicability of DIP (dimensions, indicators and  proxies) in the context of Catania.

The second section collects feedback on the role of scenarios as a tool for testing the validity of the DIP system and collects information on the clarity and understanding of the data gathering process. You are asked to receive and complete the questionnaire submitted by the Local Training Lead, returning it back by email before and no later than Monday 07/02/2022.

The RESILOC research team will use the answers you provide to further refine the development of the resilience tool that aims to improve the resilience of local communities.

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RA1 - Overview Catania

Catania - Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

The workshop will be a mixed meeting, with both in-person and remote participants, and led by the Local Training Lead. The Local Training Lead will introduce the participants to the theoretical framework developed.

This activity will be performed via a PowerPoint presentation that aims to explain the scientific/research framework of RESILOC, introducing the DIP database and the logic behind it. During the presentation, the Local Training Lead will explore participants’ views, in particular on the approach of using dimensions, indicators and proxies to capture the resilience of a community; this will be done through dedicated Q&A sessions during specific moments of the workshop.

The purpose is to make the representatives of the Municipality and the LRT members able to evaluate the applicability of the framework in terms of relevance, feasibility, data availability, among others for the community of Catania.

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RA1 - Privacy, confidentiality and personal data handling

Catania- Workshops on Dimensions, Indicators and Proxies

For this particular research activity, we collect the following personal data in order to have a better understanding of your opinion and perspective.:

  • name
  • organisation
  • community name
  • email
  • phone number (optional)

We would also like to make a video recording of the workshop (optional), which will only be used to aid us to improve the analysis of the answers you provide.

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RA 2 - Privacy, confidentiality and personal data handling

Catania – Validation Workshops

For this particular research activity, we collect the following personal data in order to have a better understanding of your opinion and perspective:

  • name
  • organisation
  • community name
  • email
  • phone number (optional)

We would also like to make a video recording of the workshop (optional), which will only be used to aid us to improve the analysis of the answers you provide.

The data collected will be stored on the IES server, protected by data security protocols, for a maximum of 2 years (up to one year after the end of the project).

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