Volunteers left out of evaluations of crisis handling
Purposeful and well thought out evaluations are a cornerstone of learning from different kinds of events and incidents. To be able to utilize the full scale of partnerships and civilian […]
August 2022
March 2022
Strenthen the connexion between local authorities and citizens: A successful story, the ERTZAINTZA App
A notable example of how to use technology in disaster management is the ERTZAINTZA app. It was created as a communication channel between citizens and the regional police of the […]
January 2022
Promoting societal resilience at School: raise students’ awareness of risk prevention
On the “19th National Day of Safety in Schools”, held in Italy last November, Cittadinanzattiva, ANP and Civil Protection Department launched an investigation to understand how the pandemic changed schools […]
December 2021
Why do we speak of societal resilience?
Introduction
Resilience is today a broadly used concept in academia and its use by disaster managers to plan for crisis and to manage crisis situations has also steadily increased over the […]
October 2021
Are you ready to face a disaster? Emergency services point of view
To build societal resilience and to survive disasters, we need to be prepared. “How civilians could be prepared?” is what we asked emergency responders and members of authorities in a […]
September 2021
A chatbot as a first responder: How Artificial Intelligence can contribute to societal resilience
Artificial Intelligence (AI in short) is a trending technology in the commercial sector, particularly regarding chatbots. One of the objectives of project ENGAGE is to identify how innovative social media […]
July 2021
Resilience of local communities: what approaches to foster its full expression? Some reflections from the experience of L’Aquila earthquake of 2009
The first deliverable “D1.1 – Preliminary model for assessing and methods form improving societal resilience” summarises the results of the first research actions, which emerged from the analysis of […]