The project will develop and validate its innovations through a network of five real-world testbeds across Europe and the southeastern coast of Africa. These testbeds represent diverse governance models, hazard types, and socio-political realities, ensuring that the project’s approaches to early warning, preparedness, and risk governance are robust, adaptable, and inclusive.

In Catalonia (Spain), the project will collaborate with regional civil protection and local authorities to co-design protocols for subsidiarity and cross-sector communication. At Slovakia the focus will be on strengthening interoperability between local and national emergency systems, while Iceland will serve as a geohazard real-world lab to integrate citizen engagement into formal early-warning and self-protection frameworks. In Bouches-du-Rhône (France), the emphasis will be on volunteer participation, inter-agency collaboration, and trust-based communication between emergency services and communities. And finally, Madagascar will focus on test the transferability of EVERYWHERE’s governance model in a resource-limited context.

Together, these testbeds will demonstrate the scalability and real-world impact of the project’s approach, showing how shared situational awareness, interoperable alert systems, and participatory governance can enhance Europe’s preparedness and resilience to complex hazards.