CORE EU and RickPACC co-funded a session at the 2023 EGU General Assembly

In February 2023, the Commission of the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social committee and the Committee of regions released a communication on the EU Disaster Resilience Goals. The document provides a brief analysis of the challenges and threats that in the last years have highlighted weaknesses in the disaster management system. To respond to increasing number of transboundary risks and threats, the EC has called for a shift in mindset. More specifcially, the Commission has highlighted the need for a multisector, multi-layered and pan-European approach that focuses on assessing current vulnerabilities, anticipating hazards, strengthening preventative measures and focusing on the preparedness of citizens.

On this basis, the Commission has identified the following five resilience goals:

1. Anticipate
2. Prepare
3. Alert
4. Respond
5. Secure

 Within this framework CORE’s mandate plays a pivotal role in generating knowledge and strengthening awareness around societal and organisational aspects that can support better preparedness mechanisms to natural and man-made disasters. 

For more details about the EC Communication, please access THIS LINK 

💡 In the HERoS Project, they have developed a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Health Emergency Response to a Pandemic.
In this course, they have distilled three years of research on the COVID-19 pandemic into four interconnected pieces: crisis governance, behavioural and epidemiological modeling, medical logistics, and social media analytics. 
 
🏫 Four top European Universities, Hanken School of Economics, Delft University of Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) and The Open University joined forces to create this course along with the project partners such as Italian Red Cross of Ardea, Fundacja Polskie Centrum Pomocy Międzynarodowej (PCPM), Project HOPE, Centrum Badań Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Nordic Healthcare Group, and Squadron Sp. z o.o.. The course will be offered in the FutureLearn (https://lnkd.in/eGD-SC3U) Platform early next year. 
 
🎞 Here is the trailer for the course: https://lnkd.in/eVztj3EF.
 
👁 Please keep an eye on the HERoS Project’s website (https://lnkd.in/eWdtT72G ) and social media.