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ACTION PLAN ON SIS RELATED ISSUES IN EPIDEMICS AND TOTAL PANDEMICS (ASSET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

ASSET (Action plan in Science in Society in Epidemics and Total pandemics) is a 48 month Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plan (MMLAP), which aims to 1) forge a partnership with complementary perspectives, knowledge and experiences to address effectively scientific and societal challenges raised by pandemics and associated crisis management; 2) explore and map SiS-related issues in global ...
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End-user driven DEmo for cbrNe (EDEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The accidental or deliberate release of CBRNE materials are low probability events that can have a significant impact on citizens and society. Whenever and wherever they occur, they usually require a gradual and multi-facetted response as they tend to provoke severe and unexpected physical, psychological, societal, economical and political effects that cross EU-borders. Successful CBRNE resilience ...
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PROmoting Global REsponsible research and Social and Scientific innovation (PROGRESS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Delivering European Renewal relies heavily on the advancement of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – that is, research and innovation which is:- is ethically acceptable,- is sustainable by avoiding significant adverse effects and- drives towards the common good, i.e. societal desirability.To achieve maximum impact where it is most needed, ProGReSS concentrates on the underexplored and leas ...
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Operationalising Psychosocial Support in Crisis (OPSIC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Complex emergencies such as earthquakes, flooding, bombings, and the recent massacre in Utøya (Norway) can seriously affect entire populations and rip nations apart, with long-term psychosocial consequences impacting the most vulnerable as well as the helpers for years following the disaster.A large number of high quality European guidelines and tools for psychosocial support interventions in cris ...
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Online and Mobile Communications for Crisis Response and Search and Rescue (ISAR+)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The iSAR+ Project aims to research and develop guidelines and an associated platform that, in emergencies or crises, enables citizens using new mobile and online technologies to actively participate in the response effort, through the bi-directional provision, dissemination, sharing and retrieval of information essential for critical PPDR intervention, in search and rescue, law enforcement and med ...
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A bio-mimicry enabled artificial sniffer (SNIFFER)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2015,

...usive by the public.The SNIFFER project proposes a highly innovative one-stop shop approach to complement dogs and leverage their capabilities. This approach 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 se ...
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"Transparent communication in Epidemics: Learning Lessons from experience, delivering effective Messages, providing Evidence" (TELL ME)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

"TELL ME (Transparent communication in Epidemics: Learning Lessons from experience, delivering effective Messages, providing Evidence) is a 36 month Collaborative Project, which aims to provide evidence and to develop models for improved risk communication during infectious disease crises. TELL ME combines public health, social sciences, behavioral sciences, political sciences, law, ethics, commun ...
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"PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY: ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE, COLLECTING EVIDENCE, TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO ACTION" (PACT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

"PACT (PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY: ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE, COLLECTING EVIDENCE, TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO ACTION) is a 36 month collaborative project, which aims 1) to assess existing knowledge about public perception of the tension between security and privacy and the role played by social trust and concern; 2) to collect empirical evidence about the way in which European citizens pe ...
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"CATO - CBRN crisis management: Architecture, Technologies and Operational Procedures" (CATO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...elds of treatments and decontamination• use new information sources, today wasted in crises, e.g. written population input and CCTV images• facilitate, by a dedicated simulation-centred CATO Laboratory (both virtual and hosted by some of the partners), the learning about CBRN attacks (e.g. new threats and responses) and the training of field teamsCATO will thus address the key CBRN incident manage ...
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INCORPORATING EUROPEAN FUNDAMENTAL VALUES INTO ICT FOR AGEING: A VITAL POLITICAL, ETHICAL , TECHNOLOGICAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGE (VALUE-AGEING)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

INCORPORATING EUROPEAN FUNDAMENTAL VALUES INTO ICT FOR AGEING: A VITAL POLITICAL, ETHICAL , TECHNOLOGICAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGE (VALUE-AGEING) is a 48 month Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Action which aims to foster co-operation between non-commercial and commercial entities on a joint research project about the incorporation of Fundamental Values of the EU in Info-Com ...
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"Supporting fundamentAl rights, PrIvacy and Ethics in surveillaNce Technologies" (SAPIENT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

"The SAPIENT project will specify for policy makers, technology developers and other stakeholders how and when smart surveillance should be used and the criteria to verify that surveillance systems respect the privacy of citizens.SAPIENT will provide strategic knowledge on the state of the art of surveillance studies, emerging smart surveillance technologies and the adequacy of the existing legal ...
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Evaluation of critical and emerging technologies for the elaboration of a security research agenda (ETCETERA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"The ETCETERA project is a contribution to effective and efficient security research planning on a European level. Its aim is three-fold:1. to develop novel methodologies for future strategic research planning,2. to identify risks and potential benefits associated with Critical Dependencies and Emerging Technologies with security implications, and3. to recommend research plans to deal with these r ...
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Privacy and emerging fields of science and technology: Towards a common framework for privacy and ethical assessment (PRESCIENT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Privacy is a multifaceted concept, a moving target and a salient topic in technology policy-making. PRESCIENT will provide an early identification of privacy and ethical issues arising from emerging technologies and their relevance for EC policy. It will contribute to the quality of research in the field of ethics, by distinguishing between privacy and data protection and analysing the ethical, le ...
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Biometric European Stakeholders Network (BEST NETWORK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The main objective of BEST NETWORK is to bring together knowledge and hands-on experience with biometric deployments, addressing gaps in the gathering and dissemination of best practices, lessons learned in the scope of studies, pilots and deployments on European and Member States level.Recent experiences with biometrics-enabled systems and services have revealed issues beyond accuracy of identifi ...
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Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

RISE is a CSA (coordinating), which aims to promote pan-European and International Awareness on Ethical Aspects of Biometrics and Security Technologies. In particular the project aims to deepen, enlarge, and ensure continuity to transnational (European) and international dialogue already instigated by the international conferences on ethics and biometrics organised by the EC DG Research and the US ...
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Unobtrusive Authentication Using Activity Related and Soft Biometrics (ACTIBIO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

ACTIBIO will research and develop a completely new concept in biometric authentication: the extraction of multimodal biometric signatures based on the response of the user to specific stimuli, while performing specific but natural work-related activities. The novelty of the approach lies in the fact that the biometric measurements will correspond to the response of the person to specific events be ...
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"HOMELAND SECURITY, BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND PERSONAL DETECTION ETHICS" (HIDE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2011,

"HIDE (HOMELAND SECURITY, BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION & PERSONAL DETECTION ETHICS) is a 36 month coordination action that aims to create a PANEUROPEAN DIALOGUE PLATFORM ON ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE OF PERSONAL DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES AND BIOMETRICS. THREE KEY IDEAS LED THE CONSORTIUM TO PREPARE THE HIDE PROJECT: ** Ongoing societal concerns about the use of biometrics and personal detection technologies f ...
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SOCIAL ETHICAL AND PRIVACY NEEDS IN ICT FOR OLDER PEOPLE: A DIALOGUE ROADMAP (SENIOR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

SOCIAL ETHICAL AND PRIVACY NEEDS IN ICT FOR OLDER PEOPLE: A DIALOGUE ROADMAP (SENIOR) is a 24 month support action which aims to provide a systematic assessment of the social, ethical, and privacy issues involved in ICT and Ageing, to understand what lessons should be learned from current technological trends, and to plan strategies for governing future trendsThere are three main ideas that led t ...
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Identifying the Needs of Medical First Responder in Disasters (NMFRDisaster)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2009,

Identifying the Needs of Medical First Responder in Disasters (NMFRDisaster) is a project coordinating medical first responders with research institutes in order to identify need for further research in the following areas: 1) Training methodology and technology used to train medical first responders for disasters. 2) Understanding the human impact of disaster on first responders. 3) Ethical and ...
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