EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events
ACRÓNIMO: ANYWHERE
PERIODO: 01/06/2016 – 31/12/2019
ENTIDAD FINANCIADORA:HORIZON 2020 (2014-2020) European Commission
The ultimate purpose of ANYWHERE is to empower exposed responder institutions and citizens to enhance their anticipation and pro-active capacity of response to face extreme and high-impact weather and climate events. This will be achieved through the operational implementation of cutting-edge innovative technology as the best way to enhance citizen’s protection and saving lives.
ANYWHERE proposes to implement a Pan-European multi-hazard platform providing a better identification of the expected weather-induced impacts and their location in time and space before they occur. This platform will support a faster analysis and anticipation of risks prior the event occurrence, an improved coordination of emergency reactions in the field and help to raise the self-preparedness of the population at risk.
This significant step-ahead in the improvement of the pro-active capacity to provide adequate emergency responses is achievable capitalizing on the advanced forecasting methodologies and impact models made available by previous RTD projects, maximizing the uptake of their innovative potential not fully exploited up to now. The consortium is build upon a strong group of Coordinators of previous key EC projects in the related fields, together with 12 operational authorities and first responders institutions and 6 leading enterprises of the sector.
The platform will be adapted to provide early warning products and locally customizable decision support services proactively targeted to the needs and requirements of the regional and local authorities, as well as public and private operators of critical infrastructures and networks. It will be implemented and demonstrated in 4 selected pilot sites to validate the prototype that will be transferred to the real operation. The market uptake will be ensured by the cooperation with a SME and Industry Collaborative Network, covering a wide range of sectors and stakeholders in Europe, and ultimately worldwide.
Project results
ANYWHERE has developed solutions that support a new concept of emergency management able to enhance the response capacity of PPDR institutions through Europe and beyond.
Besides to a decision-support platform intended for Civil Protections, ANYWHERE also fosters to enhance the self-preparedness and self-protection of the population to minimise its vulnerability in front of extreme weather-induced episodes.
ANYWHERE provides cutting-edge technology solutions to enable society as a whole and the main civil protection agencies to respond more rapidly and effectively than today to high-impact weather events, and to better cope with social, environmental and economic impacts related to them. Achieving this requires focusing on impacts, transforming emergency response from reactive to proactive.
