Involving Users and Civil Society in Security Research – The aim of the Community of Users

Philippe QUEVAUVILLERInnovation and Industry for Security

DG HOME

COMMUNITY BUILING Relevance and

challengesGathering Actors: from upstream

(research) to downstream (industry/SMEs)

as well as key users (policy, practitioners)

POLICYKey Actors:

UN bodies

EU Policy DGs

EU Member States

Environment

(Seveso)

Security

(CBRN)

UNECE

ENV

POLICY

Intern.

Cooperation

UN-DRR

ECHO

Civil

Protection

UNICRI

HOME

DEVCO Environment

(Nat. Disasters)

NEED FOR INTEGRATED POLICY FRAMEWORK

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

UNION CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM

Climate AdaptionStrategy

Cross-borderTheats to Health

Non-Intentional IntentionalNATURAL HAZARDS MAN-MADE HAZARDS

WFDFloods

Directive

Marine

Strategy

Decision

1082SevesoIII

Directive

CBRN-E

Action Plan

INTERNAL SECURITY STRATEGY

Protection

of Public Spaces

Infrastructure

Protection

COMMUNITY BUILING Relevance and

challengesGathering Actors: from upstream

(research) to downstream (industry/SMEs)as well as key users (policy, practitioners)

SubthemeSubtheme

Subtheme

LEADING PROJECTSJoint communication,

critical mass / synergiesFP7/H2020 projects

Capacity-Building projects

RESEARCH &INNOVATION

Subtheme

Subtheme

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION POLICIESSECURITY POLICIES

POLICY-MAKERS

RESEARCH,ACADEMIA

INDUSTRY,SMEs

PRACTI-TIONERS

CIVIL SOCIETY,CITIZENS

RESEARCH & CAPACITY-BUILDING

Technologies,Tools, Solutions

PCPs Networking Standar-disation

Intern. Cooperation

Theme Specific Horizontal

PREVENTION / PREPAREDNESS / RESPONSE

DISASTER RESILIENCE

Disaster forecastingsystems

(alert, communication,Command control)

FirstResponders’protection

Cascade effects

on infra-stuctures

Faster alert, Evacuation,Victim triage

CitizenBehavourialResponses,awareness

COMMUNITY BUILING Relevance and

challenges

Gathering Actors: from upstream(research) to downstream (industry/SMEs)as well as key users (policy, practitioners)

INTERFACE

NETWORKSInformation, mediation

Practitioners, policy-makers

SubthemeSubtheme

SubthemeSubtheme

Subtheme

SubthemeSubtheme

Subtheme

LEADING PROJECTSJoint communication,

critical mass / synergies

FP7/H2020 projectsCapacity-Building projects

RESEARCH &INNOVATION

Subtheme

Subtheme

MARKET DIMENSIONIndustry / SMEs

POLICYKey Actors:

UN bodies

EU Policy DGs

EU Member States

Environment(Seveso)

Security(CBRN)

UNECEENV

POLICY

Intern.Cooperation

UN-DRR

ECHO

Civil Protection

UNICRIHOME

DEVCO Environment(Nat. Disasters)

USERS: Critical Infrastructures Operators, First Responders, Regional Authorities, Research,

Civil Society etc.

Community of Users

CoU2.0 Development

Representatives of respective policies,EU-funded projects, industry/SMEs, Practitioners, DGs

STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORTSPROJECT SYNERGIES

DISCUSSIONS OF GAPS AND NEEDS

INFRA DRS FCT BES

RUNNING

THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS

HORIZONTAL ROLE FOR NETWORKS OF PRACTITIONERS & EXISTING PLATFORMS

WORKSHOP(S) And EVENT(S)

(for the ThWGs) a year, andAnnual Security Researchand Innovation Conference

High-LevelConference

TechnicalWorkshops

EVENTS

Inventory of tools (methods,technologies, etc.) issued from

EU-funded projects

Tools /Technicalsolutions

On-lineMarket Place

(CBRN-E)

TOOLS

COORDINATION BOARD(Operational direction)

Heads of ThWGs, DG representatives, Member States expertsFilter function, drafting / formatting of recommendations for Civil

Security Research Agenda, Implementation of CoU mandates etc.

FROM

2021

NATIONAL AND/OR REGIONAL PLATFORMS

Why is it interesting to be actively involved in the CoU? Direct access to information on research and capacity-building projets and relatedfunding instruments, updates of various EU policies, views from varioususers, including policy-makers, practitioners, administrations, SMEs/industry… and civil society organisations

How to become a member? Simply suscribe:https://www.securityresearch-cou.eu/subscribe

How to benefit from and contribute to CoU inputs? Provideinformation about your projects, exchange views (either virtually or in attending meetings), networking and possibly contributing to State-of-the-art reports.

Why is it important to involve users in proposals on a justifiedbasis: Research set in such a way that different actors have to be involvedin a duly justified way, this includes where relevant representatives of policysectors, practitioners, SMEs/industry, civil society… and of course the scientific community

CONCLUDING REMARKS

We are belonging to a same “tree”