The 10th Community of Users Meeting on Secure, Safe and Resilient Societies took place between 5 - 8 March 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Organised by the European Commission - DG HOME, the CoU Meetings are a series of events, taking place several times a year.
Save the date for the 11th Community of Users Meeting on Secure, Safe and Resilient Societies taking place 4 - 7 June 2018.
‘Insider threats are perhaps the most serious challenges that nuclear security systems face.’
SummaryAll cases of theft of nuclear materials where the circumstances of the theft were known were all committed by insiders or with the help of insiders. The IMPRINT project works to create a system where it is easier to detect any shielded or radioactive materials that can be stolen on site.
The inhibitor lightning rod aims to provide infrastructure and urban areas protection against lightning strikes.
About the projectTelecommunication towers are common targets for lightning strike damage. Overtime this damage has caused significant downtime over the years. Protecting these communication towers should be a necessity.
SUFISA aims to identify practices and policies that support the sustainability of primary food producers in a context of complex policy requirements, market imperfections and globalisation.
The ESPREssO project works towards risk reduction science and innovation plans at European level.
About the projectTo achieve their goal of creating a new method for approaching natural risk reduction and climate change adaption, the ESPREssO project is built upon three main challenges:
The SNIFFER project is based on state-of-the-art technologies centred on a new generation of olfactory biosensors. The SNIFFER devices to be developed combine in a one-stop shop sampling, pre-concentration and pre-treatment with bio-mimicry, synthetic diamond sensor technology and multi-parametric training software.
The PANDEM project identifies innovative concepts to strengthen capacity building for pandemic risk and emergency management in the EU.
About the projectPANDEM contributes to the reduction in the health, socio-economic and security consequences of future pandemics. It works to identify improvements for technologies, procedures and systems at regional, national, EU and global level.
The aims of the project include:
22nd June 2016, 09.00- 18:00
BAO Congress Centre (rue Felix Hap 11), Brussels
The meeting focussed on Natural Hazards Crisis Management (including cascading effects).
A side event on Climate Extreme Events was also held on 23rd June.
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Brainstorming on National CoU initiatives
Where: Brussels
The Brainstorming on National CoU Initiatives event took place on 29/06/2017.
Download all the presentation slides from the event here.
The 9th Plenary Meeting of the Community of Users on Secure, Safe and Resilient Societies took place on 06/12/2017. Presentation slides from, the plenary meetings and the workshops can be downloaded here.