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...
INACHUS WORKSHOP in Weeze: DRIVER+ will be there !

INACHUS WORKSHOP in Weeze: DRIVER+ will be there !

INACHUS is a European FP7 project aiming at acheiving a significant time reduction related to Urban Search and Recue (USaR) to enhance the operational capacity of the First Responders and rescue crews. It will provide wide-area situation awareness solutions for...

Success of the DRIVER+ Gap Assessment Workshop !

Success of the DRIVER+ Gap Assessment Workshop !

DRIVER+ is an end-user driven project ultimately aiming at providing added value to Crisis Management. To serve this purpose, the understanding of Crisis Management practitioners' needs appears as one building block of paramount importance, on which future activities...

Meet us in Sofia on the occasion of the DRMKC 3rd Annual Seminar

Meet us in Sofia on the occasion of the DRMKC 3rd Annual Seminar

The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Center (DRMKC) is organising its 3rd Annual Seminar in Sofia from 26th to 27th April. This event is an opportunity to meet actors engaged in Disaster Risk Management to discuss the future development of activities for reinforcing...

Success of DRIVER+ Workshop 0

Success of DRIVER+ Workshop 0

The DRIVER+ Workshop 0 held in Warsaw from 26th February to 2nd March was a success. The purpose of the meeting was to develop a common understanding on preparation and execution of DRIVER+ Trials and present the pre selected solutions to be tested in Trial 1....

DRIVER+ External Cooperation Platforms: join us now !

DRIVER+ External Cooperation Platforms: join us now !

Crisis Management (CM) is a multidisciplinary field and involves many different organisations and covering various mission functions throughout the CM cycle (prevention, preparedness, response and recovery). The challenges for CM are manifold with a large variety of...

TIEMS QIEDM Certification: Your opinion is needed !

TIEMS QIEDM Certification: Your opinion is needed !

TIEMS is a global forum for education, training and certification in emergency and disaster management comprising users, planners, researchers, industry, managers and practitioners. Within its network, TIEMS stimulates the exchange of information on the use of...

DRIVER+ at the European Civil Protection Forum 2018

DRIVER+ at the European Civil Protection Forum 2018

DRIVER+ has been presented at the speaker’s corner during the European Civil Protection Forum 2018, taking place on 5-6 March 2018 in Brussels. Marcel Van Berlo (TNO), DRIVER+ technical coordinator, addressed the restart of the project, its objectives and the upcoming...

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