Columbia School of Social Work is organising an online discussion on the “Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees & Displaced Population”

In this episode of Social Impact LIVE, host Richard Hara (bio) sits down with fellow CSSW lecturer Mashura Akilova, PHD’15 (bio) to discuss the likely impact of the novel coronavirus on refugee and displaced populations. Many of them have multiple severe risk factors,...

CMINE/DRIVER+Innovative Solutions Award 2020 honours three innovative crisis management solutions

In January 2020, the Crisis Management Innovation Network Europe (CMINE) and the DRIVER+ project organised a competition for crisis management solutions with high innovation potential. Stakeholders were invited to vote for the solutions registered for the competition...
CMINE Call for Experts: Thanks for joining!

CMINE Call for Experts: Thanks for joining!

Thank you to all experts who joined the different thematic task groups of the CMINE: - Floods, - Wildfires and, - Volunteer Management! You have been 29 to have answered positively to this important initiative! All experts will be notified very shortly about the...

I4CM: The 4th edition is under preparation! Please save the dates!

I4CM: The 4th edition is under preparation! Please save the dates!

The fourth edition of the Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM) event will be organised from 12 to 13th June 2019 in Copenhagen (Denmark) at the Kosmopol Conference Centre. Please save the dates! This new edition will focus on Volunteer Management with special...

Trial #2 Article Published in Critical Communications Review!

Trial #2 Article Published in Critical Communications Review!

The Critical Communication Review has recently published the DRIVER+ Article on the Trial #2 organised in October 2018 at the premises of Entente Valabre, a Fire-fighters training, testing and research public organisation located near Aix-en-Provence in France. The...

DRIVER+ CALL FOR APPLICATION: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION !

DRIVER+ CALL FOR APPLICATION: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION !

The DRIVER+ consortium would like to warmly thank all the contributors to the Call for application for the Trial to be held in Austria. 19 submissions were received ! We found some very good proposals, which might be able to support the project. The selection process...

DRIVER+ at HNPW 2019!

DRIVER+ at HNPW 2019!

DRIVER+ has recently attended the fifth Humanitarian Networks and Parnerships Week, HNPW, which took place this year from 4 to 8 February 2019 at the International Conference Centre (CICG) In Geneva, Switzerland. During 5 days, the event hosted more than 30 annual...

DRIVER+ in Fire Magazine

DRIVER+ in Fire Magazine

Driver+ project reports on helping European crisis management practitioners improve their capability development and innovation management. The third edition of the Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM) aimed at providing a platform where policy-makers,...

Romanian Presidency in the field of civil protection

Romanian Presidency in the field of civil protection

Since January 1, 2019, Romania has taken over the rotating six month presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time since its EU accession in 2007. Further to the official start in the Romanian presidency, the Council of the European Union...

European Commission publishes report on Forest Fires

European Commission publishes report on Forest Fires

The European Commission recently published a report entitled: Forest Firest, Sparking firesmart policies in the EU. Forest fires constitute a serious and increasing threat throughout Europe, and in particular in Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. Despite...

ISCRAM 2019 in Valencia, Spain, 19-22 May 2019

ISCRAM 2019 in Valencia, Spain, 19-22 May 2019

The next edition of the ISCRAM- International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management will be held in Valencia, Spain from 19-22 May 2019. DRIVER+ will be represented at this event. ISCRAM is a forum where researchers and...

Call for Papers: Disaster Management and Human Health Risk

  A call for publications is currently open for the 6th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health Risk to be held from 25-27 September 2019 in Ancona, Italy. This conference is part of a series of conferences that originated with the...

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