Nothing stands still in crisis management and as risks and communities get more interconnected, the solutions to manage crises need to follow suit. This is why innovation is fundamental towards building resilience and cooperation; without innovation it will be impossible to catch up with disaster risk management.

It is with this in mind that DRIVER+ came to be. The project creates the environment for practitioners to assess their gaps and to assess innovative solutions in simulated contexts, which will allow them to understand what new technological innovations and solutions will best meet their needs when responding to current and emerging natural or man-made disasters.

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