Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear & Explosive (CBRNe) incidents, whether accidental or terrorist-based, can have a high impact on society. PROACTIVE aims to increase practitioner effectiveness in managing large and diverse groups of people in a CBRNe environment.
The main goal of the PROACTIVE project is to enhance preparedness against and response to a CBRNe incident through a better harmonisation of procedures between various categories of practitioners, and a better understanding of the needs of vulnerable citizen groups. Click on the PROACTIVE leaflet for more information.
behavioural issues associated with responding to a CBRNe incident and potential shortcomings in existing practitioner procedures and tools with respect to vulnerable groups.
real-time communication and collaboration with the use of new tools such as mobile apps for better situational awareness and better response coordination.
combinations of selected tools in joint field exercises which deliberately involve a diverse population that encompasses vulnerable citizens and non-trained staff.
human-centred recommendations for EU standards concerning the integration of CBRNe technologies and innovations that are better adapted to the needs of all citizens.
PROACTIVE tests common approaches between European safety and security practitioners, in particular Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and CBRNe First Responders.
Within PROACTIVE, a Practitioner Stakeholder Advisory Board (PSAB) and a Civil Society Advisory Board (CSAB) have been created and are under continuous expansion.
The project activities and research methods include several systematic reviews, surveys, focus-groups, workshops and field exercises for which the PSAB and CSAB will provide valuable insight.
Liaising with the eNotice H2020 project, three joint exercises are planned. During these, we will test the usability of existing procedures and tools developed within PROACTIVE. This will provide innovative recommendations for policy-makers and safety and security practitioners.
PRACTITIONERS: these are Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs; typically Police organisations), First Responders (e.g. civil protection agencies, fire brigades, ambulance) and related stakeholders including private and public bodies, transport and logistic operators, etc. who may be involved in a response in support of the official responders and international, national and municipal authorities and civil society organisations such as those that help persons with disabilities and crisis management. (From the latter perspective, ‘Practitioner’ may also include personnel who were not specifically trained for CBRNe response or CBRN decontamination procedures, such as railway staff at a railway station or a doctor who might be caught up in the incident).
CITIZENS: these are members of the public but specifically including citizens with needs that differ to the average population such as persons with disabilities, the ill (e.g. with chronic or acute health conditions), elderly, or members of an ethnic minority or of a vulnerable group. Vulnerable groups may include children, pregnant women, persons with disabilities, chronic medical disorders or addiction, older persons with functional limitations and health restrictions, institutionalized individuals as well as their carers and companions. Vulnearable citizens also include persons with limited proficiency of the respective national languages or with restrictions regarding use of transportation.
TOOLS: these include processes, software, procedures, machine, mechanism, apparatus, appliance, piece of equipment and contraption. Several tools can be regrouped under a toolkit dedicated to a specific target group.
PROACTIVE will result in toolkits for CBRNe practitioners and for civil society organisations.
The expected results are in line with the the overall Security Union approach to fight crime and terrorism. Our results will provide valuable inputs to the EUROPOL initiative to develop a knowledge hub for CBRNe activities and help consolidate the EU Action Plan to enhance preparedness for CBRN threats.
Union internationale des chemins de fer (UIC – coordinator) France
CBRNE Ltd (CBRNE) United Kingdom
Population Protection Institute (PPI – Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic) Czech Republic
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) Germany
Umea Universitet (UMU) Sweden
Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (DHPOL) Germany
Rinisoft Ltd (RINISOFT) Bulgaria
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (WMP) UK
Eticas Research and Consulting SL (ETICAS) Spain
State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) Ukraine
Department of Health – Public Health England (PHE) UK
State Police of Latvia (SPL) Latvia
An Garda Síochána – National Police Force Ireland (AGS) Ireland
Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt (FFI) Norway
Komenda Główna Policji (NPH) Poland
The consortium is reinforced through a large Advisory Board which is ensuring that the PROACTIVE outcomes meet the needs of both LEAs and the vulnerable civil society. The Advisory Board is being extended throughout the life of the project through a permanent new members recruitment process.
The Practitioner Stakeholder Advisory Board (PSAB) includes a high-level international panel of experts from different areas of knowledge and Practitioner stakeholders: LEAs, First Responders (e.g. medical, fire brigades), the military (including the European Defence Agency), rail security experts, government agencies, etc.
The Civil Society Advisory Board (CSAB) includes a diverse panel of representatives of the vulnerable citizen groups to best represent human diversity: Local Authorities, Resilience Teams, Private Sector Teams managing public resources, representatives of mental health organisations, associations of the elderly, children, passengers with disabilities, etc.
The External Ethics Advisory Board (EEAB) includes several independent ethics experts. The EEAB will provide advice and suggestions on the solutions and results of the project and will supervise the data protection and ethical issues of project research development, ensuring the PROACTIVE research activities and tools developed comply with ethical standards.
| WP Number | Deliverable name | Lead participant | Diss. Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| WP1 | CBRNe terrorism in Europe and beyond: Human Factors analysis of preparedness and response | PHE | |
| D1.1 | Findings from systematic review of public perceptions and responses | PHE | PU |
| D1.2 | Findings from systematic review of current policy for mitigation and management of CBRNe terrorism | PHE | PU |
| D1.3 | Guidelines and recommendations for mitigation and management of CBRNe terrorism | PHE | PU |
| WP2 | Engagement of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and other Practitioners | DHPOL | |
| D2.1 | Formation of the Practitioner Stakeholder Advisory Board | CBRNE | PU |
| D2.2 | Report on the pre-exercise workshop with Practitioners | PHE | PU |
| D2.3 | Report on the survey and benchmarking study results | DHPOL | PU |
| D2.4 | Recommendations on how to adapt SOPs and tools | PPI | PU |
| WP3 | Engagement of the civil society including vulnerable citizens | UMU | |
| D3.1 | Formation of the Civil Society Advisory Board | UMU | PU |
| D3.2 | Aide Memoire for future exercises or demonstrations involving vulnerable groups | CBRNE | PU |
| D3.3 | Report on the workshop with vulnerable citizens | PHE | PU |
| D3.4 | Report on the survey on common approaches of the civil society | DHPOL | PU |
| WP4 | Toolkit for LEAs and security Policy-makers | RINISOFT | |
| D4.1 | Report on the High-level Architecture design including an interface control document | RINISOFT | PU |
| D4.2 | Developed Web Collaborative platform | RINISOFT | PU |
| D4.3 | Developed Modular App for Practitioners | RINISOFT | PU |
| D4.4 | Policy-making toolkit to improve CBRNe preparedness in the European Security Model | ETICAS | PU |
| WP5 | Toolkit for civil society organisations | PHE | |
| D5.1 | Initial Pre-Incident Public Information Materials for CBRNe terrorism | PHE | PU |
| D5.2 | Final Pre-Incident Public Information Materials for CBRNe terrorism | PHE | PU |
| D5.3 | Requirements of the Mobile App for vulnerable citizens and revised technical specifications | RINISOFT | PU |
| D5.4 | Developed Mobile App for vulnerable citizens | RINISOFT | PU |
| WP6 | Joint exercises, evaluation and validation of the tools | CBRNE | |
| D6.1 | The PROACTIVE Methodology for the Field Exercises | CBRNE | PU |
| D6.2 | Scenario development and specifications of the evaluation methodology | PHE | PU |
| D6.3 | First Field Exercise: Report and Findings on the Joint multidisciplinary exercise and evaluation workshop in Gurcy (France) | CBRNE | PU |
| D6.4 | Second Field Exercise: Report and Findings on the Multi-disciplinary Field Exercise and evaluation workshop in Dortmund (Germany) | DHPOL | PU |
| D6.5 | Third Field Exercise: Report and Findings on the Combined Civil Military Exercise and evaluation workshop in Jozefow (Poland) | UMU | PU |
| D6.6 | Summary Report, findings and recommendations following the three field exercises | PHE | PU |
| WP7 | Dissemination and exploitation | UIC | |
| D7.1 | Project logo, website and social media accounts | UIC | PU |
| D7.2 | Initial project leaflet | UIC | PU |
| D7.3 | Communication and dissemination plan | UIC | CO |
| D7.4 | Data Management Plan and Research Ethics | ETICAS | CO |
| D7.5 | Exploitation plan for commercialisation and business development strategy | RINISOFT | CO |
| D7.6 | Final project brochure | UIC | PU |
| D7.7 | Exploitation plan for commercialisation and business development strategy after the end of the project | RINISOFT | CO |
| WP8 | Legal, Ethical and Acceptability Requirements | ETICAS | |
| D8.1 | Legal and ethical state-of-the-art on CBRNe preparedness and response | ETICAS | PU |
| D8.2 | Legal and acceptability recommendations for PROACTIVE toolkit | ETICAS | PU |
| D8.3 | Materials and briefing for PROACTIVE exercises | CBRNE | PU |
| D8.4 | Ethical and societal assessment of PROACTIVE outputs | ETICAS | PU |
| WP9 | Management | UIC | |
| D9.1 | Project management and quality assurance plan | UIC | CO |
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The EU-funded H2020 project PROACTIVE led by the UIC Security Division held its fourth consortium progress meeting on 25 June 2020. The meeting was supposed to take place in Malmö, Sweden at the kind invitation of Umea University, but in light of the Covid-19 global context it was decided to hold the meeting online.
As the project entered its second year of
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The European research project PROACTIVE (PReparedness against CBRNE threats through cOmmon Approaches between security praCTItioners and the VulnerablE civil society) hosted a webinar dedicated to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis last week, on 30 April 2020. The event started at 14:00 and ended at 16:45 CET. The webinar aimed to share and discuss ongoing responses against Covid-19 via Read more…
The EU-funded H2020 project PROACTIVE led by the UIC Security Division held its third consortium progress meeting and its first public workshop last week. The meeting was supposed to take place in Münster, Germany between 17 – 19 March 2020 at the kind invitation of the German Police Academy (DHPol), but in light of the COVID-19 global context, it was decided to adapt it to an Read more…
Register here: https://uic.org/events/proactive-psab-workshop
The EU-funded H2020 project PROACTIVE led by the UIC Security Division will soon hold its first public workshop in Münster, Germany on 19 March 2020. The event will be hosted by the German Police Academy which is one of the consortium partners.
The workshop will discuss public
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January was a busy month for the EU H2020 funded project PROACTIVE (PReparedness against CBRNE threats through cOmmon Approaches between security praCTItioners and the VulnerablE civil society) coordinated by the UIC Security Division.
The project held its second Progress Meeting from 14 – 16 January 2020, in London. So far, the technical work packages are
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The meeting was chaired by Mr Franco Fiumara, chairperson of the COLPOFER group and also Director of Security at FS Spa. He presented some innovative solutions developed at FS to address security threats in passenger services and underlined the role of COLPOFER in developing cooperation on security at the operational level.
Up next, the Czech railways presented
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The 15th UIC World Security Congress, co-organised by the UIC Security Division and Czech Rail Infrastructure Manager SŽDC, was a successful opportunity for UIC members to share and discuss the safety and security of stations.
More than 150 participants from 26 countries all over the world had the opportunity to exchange best practice and discuss the conference
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Today, about one week before the PROACTIVE PSAB workshop, we are pleased to announce that we intend to run the event as initially planned. 🧪☢️☣️⚛️💣🚓🚑🚒♿️ For those who can no longer travel, a teleconference system will Read more…
Registration for the PROACTIVE PSAB workshop is now open! Click here to register!
The PROACTIVE & eNOTICE Progress Meeting Exercise pre-planning workshop was held on the 16th of January 2020 at the East India Club in St. James Square, London, England. It was a lovely opportunity for the Read more…
The 2nd PROACTIVE Progress Meeting took place in London, England and was hosted by consortium partner CBRNE Ltd on the 14 – 15 January 2020. A great way to kick-off the new year! Partners shared Read more…
After eight months of hard work and a ridiculous amount of reading, the PROACTIVE consortium is proud to present the Legal and Ethical State-of-the-Art when it comes to CBRNe preparedness and response. The deliverable provides Read more…
After eight months of hard work and a ridiculous amount of reading, the PROACTIVE consortium is proud to present our two systematic reviews of the current state of CBRNe. The first review is focused on Read more…
In November, PROACTIVE partners were invited by fellow EU H2020 project eNOTICE partners Tor Vergata University (UNITOV) and the Italian Joint NBC Defense School to visit the site of our first live action joint activity Read more…
PROACTIVE partners were invited to attend a field exercise hosted by the Dortmund Fire Department on the 21st of September 2019 as part of a joint activity ran by the EU H2020 project eNOTICE. Dortmund Read more…
The PROACTIVE project was invited by the European Commission to attend the 14th Community of Users on secure, safe and resilient societies thematic workshop, focusing on Citzen’s Awareness. The day started with presentations from projects that Read more…
European Union: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/area/security
Related project: https://www.h2020-enotice.eu/
Coordinator: International Union of Railways (UIC)
Project Manager: Grigore M. Havarneanu
Website: www.proactive-h2020.eu
Email: contact@proactive-h2020.eu
Twitter: @PROACTIVE_EU
Social media: #proactive_EU
