RESILOC participated in the first “project to policy” meeting at the Research Executive Agency (REA).

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Karsten Uhing represented the RESILOC consortium at a meeting with the Research Executive Agency in Brussels on Jan 31st2020, which provided a welcome opportunity to develop links between EU policy makers and other related H2020 projects.

Research Executive Agency building in Brussels

This was the first of a series of events designed to foster an open, frank and transparent dialog between policy makers and projects funded as part of the 2018 H2020 Call under the ‘Secure Societies’ theme. The primary objective was to generate an early understanding of where the projects will fit into the larger picture of EU regulations and directives, including those in progress. The policies of concern to the RESILOC Consortium were those related to the thematic area of Disaster Resilient Societies (DRS 1).

General address to the secure societies theme

The meeting revealed that while the REA has overall responsibility for managing the projects within the H2020 programme addressing challenges in European society, it is not the only part of the commission that is interested in the results of such research. Instead, other interested bodies, including the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), have points to share and gaps to fill within their portfolio of scientific research on resilience. Measuring the risk and risk perception of EU citizens as part of its civil protection planning will also be of relevance to the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO). Here particularly the newly established EU Civil Protection Knowledge Network could be an interesting address to RESILOC.

Fruitful discussions in the thematic area DRS

An additional outcome from the session was that RESILOC was invited to engage early with the REA concerning its ambitions to establish a standard from its research results, and the option of using the agency’s CEN network platform to contact the right people with responsibility and knowledge of EU standards and regulations.

A key learning point of this meeting overall was that it is important to understand the RESILOC project within the context of new and developing EU regulations and directives and not to work in isolation from other relevant projects within this theme.

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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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