The objective of this pilot project is to exploit science and technology within the disaster risk management field, reinforcing the linkages between the civil protection and scientific/operational centres at a European level, including the ERCC and JRC.

This pilot project will consist of 5 tasks:

task 1: project management;

task 2: creation of an inventory of entities which operate on a 24/7 basis and are lawfully mandated to provide expert advice to their respective national civil protection authorities with regard to natural hazards and/or disaster risks;

task 3: creation of a multi-hazard scientific partnership for at least 3 interrelated different hazard types that can support the ERCC with monitoring and analysis functions on a 24/7 basis and will facilitate the information exchange;

task 4: provision of a 24/7 monitoring and analytical service to the ERCC for the selected hazards covering at a minimum the UCPM countries and EU neighbourhood, implementing the defined working and reporting methodology from the partnership to the ERCC;

task 5: training. This task consists of a series of seminars for ERCC personnel on how the reports should be read and interpreted.