On Tuesday 07 September 2021, the first RESILOC “Project to Policy Workshop” took place. The workshop was attended by the RESILOC team of resilience experts as well as representatives of strategic partners including UNDRR, DG HOME, EC JRC and EC REA.; focusing jointly on exploring the baselines for transposition of project-based outcomes and policy recommendations Read more…
In July 2021 the project was able to produce its first functional Local Resilience Team (LRT). This important step resulted from to the proactive work of the Municipality of Gorizia, one of the four local partner communities of the RESILOC project. The integration of the local stakeholders through LRTs is Read more…
Defining project-based POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS requires building bridges between scientific evidence and public policy, thus highlighting the utility of scientific findings for results-based policy making. Translating the fruit of research efforts into policy is about achieving impact in the public interest, as uni-dimensional, linear models that aim to link research to action Read more…
RESILOC was able to present two technical papers to domain experts and scientific peers during this years ISCRAM Conference hosted by the Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia USA. The conference annually invites a community dedicated to promoting research and development, exchange of knowledge and deployment of information systems for Read more…
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) presented the work of the RESILOC semantic framework at the 4th Scientific Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (HDRRF) in Greece. It exposed the concept of bringing conclusive vulnerability assessments to the community level by using semantic analysis to the both scientists and Read more…
Katja Banovec Juroš, Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of the Republic of Slovenia Katja Banovec Juroš has worked at the Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (ACCRA) since 1996. With a B.Sc. in Informatics, she began to work on the development of Geographic Information System for Civil Read more…
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 functions which are not to some extent exposed to natural 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 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 adopted at the 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 the two choices the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ was 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 of human settlements that is expected. With the establishment of Read more…