How Standardisation Organisations Meet Climate Change Needs
The effects of climate change on food safety, animal and plant health risks are a relatively new area of study. However, the evidence from recent studies is clear: climate change is one of several global change factors that are contributing to increased and new food safety, animal, and plant risks and finally for what we […]
How technology and standardisation can be used to help first responders and emergency services provide aid during a migrant crisis
By the end of 2016, nearly 5.2 million refugees and migrants reached European shores, undertaking treacherous journeys from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries, torn apart by war and persecution. Simply because of geography, the majority of the migratory flows impact countries at the EU’s external borders. The safety of people who seek international protection or a […]
STRATEGY H2020 Project Granted Liaison by International Organisation of Standardisation
In February 2022, the International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO) approved STRATEGY Horizon 2020 project candidacy for a Liaison Category C. Horizon Europe project “STRATEGY” entitled “Facilitating EU pre-Standardisation process through streamlining and validating interoperability in systems and procedures involved in the crisis management cycle”, representing by Satways Ltd Project Coordinator. The category C is granted […]
STRATEGY Announces Additional CEN Workshops as Part of EU Pre-Standardisation Efforts
STRATEGY H2020 Project invites the interested Stakeholders The European H2020 project STRATEGY (Facilitating EU pre-standardisation process through streamlining and validating interoperability in systems and procedures involved in the crisis management cycle) seeks to promote pre-standardisation of systems and procedures related to Crisis Management by streamlining, testing and validating standards, guidelines and recommendations; focusing on interoperability […]
STRATEGY Annouce Their CWA Kick-off Meetings
STRATEGY H2020 Project invites the interested Stakeholders The European H2020 project STRATEGY (Facilitating EU pre-standardization process through streamlining and validating interoperability in systems and procedures involved in the crisis management cycle) seeks to promote pre-standardization of systems and procedures related to Crisis Management by streamlining, testing, and validating standards, guidelines, and recommendations, focusing on interoperability […]
The role of technology in crisis management: an asset or a liability?
Recently, there have been an important number of crises worldwide that are more complex than those faced in the past. Recent crises differ from the past in the sense that they are unprecedented and that they are unusually large, crossing countries’ borders. This means that crisis management involves the immediate and effective coordination of many […]
Celebrating 1 year of STRATEGY project
The STRATEGY project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 innovation programme, aims to improve the interoperability of Crisis Management systems, tools & operational procedures. This article aims to summarize the main research results achieved during the first year. Standardisation items landscape __________________________________________________________________________ In the first months of the project, we conducted research with respect to the identification, categorization and prioritization […]
Response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a paradigm of crisis management
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, can be observed in the perspective of a broad security context that is conceptually designated as Global Health Security. Its key purpose adheres to the International Health Regulations, a treaty under the international law that binds States to detect, notify and respond to public health emergencies of […]
Policing the Pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged in late 2019, causing the coronavirus pandemic responsible for the death of many people worldwide. Since March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) first officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the outbreak has posed a huge threat to public safety and peoples’ lives. The first COVID-19 case in Greece was […]
ISO/TC 292 Starts Drafting Guidelines For Hardened Protective Shelters
In August 2021, the standardization committee ISO/TC 292 “Security and resilience” confirmed that the founding of a new Working Group “Preparedness” (WG 10) had been approved in a committee internal ballot with strong support from the national standardization bodies. The meaning of the word “preparedness” explains well the purpose of the new Working Group: it […]
