enhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events (ANYWHERE)

Description:

The ANYWHERE project aims to empower exposed responder institutions and citizens to enhance their anticipation and pro-active capacity of response to face extreme and high-impact weather and climate events. This will be achieved through the operational implementation of cutting-edge innovative technology as the best way to enhance citizen's protection and saving lives.

ANYWHERE proposes to implement a Pan-European multi-hazard platform providing a better identification of the expected weather-induced impacts and their location in time and space before they occur. This platform will support a faster analysis and anticipation of risks prior the event occurrence, an improved coordination of emergency reactions in the field and help to raise the self-preparedness of the population at risk.

This significant step-ahead in the improvement of the pro-active capacity to provide adequate emergency responses is achievable by capitalizing on the advanced forecasting methodologies and impact models made available by previous RTD projects, maximizing the uptake of their innovative potential not fully exploited up to now. The consortium is built upon a strong group of Coordinators of previous key EC projects in the related fields, together with 12 operational authorities and first responder institutions and 6 leading enterprises of the sector.

The platform will be adapted to provide early warning products and locally customizable decision support services proactively targeted to the needs and requirements of the regional and local authorities, as well as public and private operators of critical infrastructures and networks. It will be implemented and demonstrated in 4 selected pilot sites to validate the prototype that will be transferred to real operation. The market uptake will be ensured by the cooperation with a SME and Industry Collaborative Network, covering a wide range of sectors and stakeholders in Europe, and ultimately worldwide.

Project information

Lead

CRAHI UPC - Centre of Applied Research in Hydrometeorology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Partners

CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE IN MONITORAGGIO AMBIENTALE - FONDAZIONE CIMA (IT)

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS (FR)

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY (NL)

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ (DE)

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS (ES)

UNIVERSITAET PADERBORN (DE)

STIFTELSEN SINTEF (NO)

RINA CONSULTING SPA (IT)

ILMATIETEEN LAITOS (FI)

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (UK)

CONSORZIO FUTURO IN RICERCA (IT)

UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE (CH)

UNIVERSITE DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS (FR)

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION (BE)

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING (UK)

KAJO SRO (SK)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (FR)

SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA (IT)

DEPARTAMENT D'INTERIOR - GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA (ES)

AGÈNCIA CATALANA DE L'AIGUA (ES)

DIRECCION GENERAL DE PROTECCION CIVIL Y EMERGENCIAS (ES)

AGENCIA DE MEDIO AMBIENTE Y AGUA DE ANDALUCIA (ES)

COMUNE DI GENOVA (IT)

AGENZIA REGIONALE PER LA PROTEZIONE DELL'AMBIENTE LIGURE - ARPAL (IT)

SERVICE DEPARTEMENTAL D'INCENDIE ET DE SECOURS DE LA HAUTE-CORSE (FR)

MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (FI)

HELSE STAVANGER HF (NO)

DIRECTION DE L'ECONOMIE PUBLIQUE DU CANTON DE BERNE (CH)

METEODAT GMBH (CH)

GEO 7 AG (CH)

ARANTEC ENGINHERIA SL (ES)

PREDICT SERVICES SAS (FR)

RAB CONSULTANTS LIMITED (UK)

SINTEF AS (NO)

Source of funding

H2020