CEN Workshops

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 aspects according to the operational needs of practitioners.

Participants of the CEN/CENELEC workshops contributed to the drafting of the CEN workshop Agreements (CWA) listed below.

• “Structuring an emergency response plan for crisis management stakeholders” – Launched: 27^th January 2022, Consultation period open until 11th June 2023
• “Evaluation of exercises – Implementation Guidelines” – Launched: 8^th February 2022, Consultation closed: 30th April 2023
• “Specifications for Digital Scenarios for Search and Rescue Exercises” – Launched: 10^th February 2022, Consultation closed: 28th April 2023
• “Management of forest fire incidents – SITAC-based symbology” – Launched: 16^th February 2022, Consultation period open until 11th June 2023
• “Collaborative emergency response – Common addressing format and emergency identification protocol” – Launched: 18^th February 2022, Consultation period open until 11th June 2023
• “International and interinstitutional crisis and disaster management – Guideline for the mapping of terminology and icons” – Launched: 1^st March 2022, Consultation closed: 28th April 2023
• “Requirements for acquiring digital information from victims during Search and Rescue operations” – Launched: 14^th March 2022, Consultation closed: 2nd March 2023
• “Guidelines for effective social media messages in crisis and disaster management” – Launched: 21^st March 2022
• “Emergency Management – Rapid damage assessment of buildings and alerting protocol” – Launched: 22^nd March 2022
• “Improvement of information processing in crisis management of critical infrastructures for computer assisted data gathering, display and reporting” – Launched: 6th April 2022, Consultation period open until 9th June 2023

This process offered a unique collaboration opportunity for interested parties to engage in a constructive dialogue with crisis management experts, standardization bodies, industry and research representatives, technology providers, first responders, and end-users.

For CWAs that are still in their consultation period, we kindly invite stakeholders to follow the associated link above to find out how to make your much-valued input. Detailed information on each CWA can be found at the links below.