The Horizon 2020 programme priorities reflected on prime societal challenges faced by the global community. Securing itself against, and being prepared for, disasters is one of the central elements of the functioning of any society. There are hardly any societal Read more
A few days ago, on the 13th of October, we all celebrated the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction acknowledging the importance of protecting lives, livelihoods and health and eliminating disaster risks – targets which are fully aligned with the Read more
As we are entering “phase 2” of the COVID-19 pandemic, are there any preliminary lessons to be learnt learnt on resilience? How was “Phase 1” managed in small communities? Should existing response mechanisms be re-thought? Has risk perception changed in Read more
The Sustainable Development Goals resemble a moral obligation for all countries alike as a globalized world can and will only develop as one. This describes a threat and an opportunity at the same time. To proactively support the positive of Read more
There is little doubt that the world is moving into a new paradigm of global governance. A significant driver of this circumstance must be attributed to the scientific insights on climate change and the growing impact to the various levels Read more
The programme marked the end of a 6 year drive to create a standardised approach to the trialling and testing of innovative products into the Crisis Management area. RESILOC participated in the project’s final conference to pro-actively integrate the key Read more
RESILOC H2020 and RESBA – INTERREG ALCOTRA projects joined forces to promote tools and actions to build more resilient communities in a joint awareness raising seminar for local authorities held in Turin on the 5th and 6th February 2020. ISIG Read more
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. This was the first Read more
Measuring resilience in communities is by no means a straight forward exercise. Despite having well constituted institutional risk frameworks covering the majority of disasters, affected communities are often faced with their own peculiar set of risks and challenges. This includes Read more
The RESILOC Kick Off Meeting took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from the 12th until the 13th of June 2019 and was hosted and organized by the Coordinator Fraunhofer IML. The main objectives of the KOM were: Creating a Read more