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The Politecnico di Torino is one of the most important universities in Europe for engineering and architecture studies, strongly committed to collaboration with industry. POLITO is a research university that participates at the highest levels of international scientific research. Research activities, are structured in four macro-areas: Industrial Engineering; Information Technology; Management and Mathematical Engineering; Civil, Environmental, Architecture and Design Engineering. Laboratories, advanced research infrastructures, state-of-the-art instrumentation: Politecnico di Torino is a complex “ecosystem” of places designed to foster the development and promotion of research with a view also to strengthening the university’s knowledge transfer model, understood here in the entirety of its chain, ranging from the conception phase to the promotion of the results.

UNESCO works to advance and promote science in the interests of peace, sustainable development and human security and well-being, in close collaboration with its Member States and a wide variety of partners. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a significant step forward in the recognition of the contribution of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to sustainable development. Solutions to today’s global challenges such as climate change and youth unemployment need a multi-sectoral response and in this regard UNESCO mobilizes scientific knowledge in the context of its multidisciplinary mandate in education, culture, the social and human sciences and communication. Since its foundation in 1945 UNESCO has acted as a catalyst for the establishment of many, now leading, scientific unions and bodies such as CERN; and initiatives with far-reaching implications for sustainable human security and well-being. UNESCO:

• Acts as a platform for sharing ideas and standard setting;
• Catalyses international cooperation in science;
• Promotes dialogue between scientists and policy makers;
• Builds capacity in science.

Deep Blue specialises in research and consulting on human-centred design and validation in transport, manufacturing, healthcare, and environment. Our mission is to help organisations innovate by analysing problems and procedures, designing tailored solutions and validating them in the field. We provide consultancy in human factors, safety, security, and sustainability, as well as professional training.

SINTEF is one of Europe’s largest independent research organisations   It is a broad, multidisciplinary research organisation with international top-level expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences, medicine and the social sciences.

VICESSE focuses on the analysis of a wide array of security issues in a broader societal context. Conceiving of security as a societal concept, we strive to integrate different analytical perspectives into a complex framework providing the basis for rigorous empirical and theoretical academic studies and pragmatic policy solutions alike. This entails a dual task: linking contemporary security solutions to the everyday world of citizens and giving members of society a critical voice in security research.

The University of Nîmes (UNIMES), through its research laboratories (CHROME and APSY-V) has a great specialization in the detection and management of technological and natural risks:  

• Effect of environmental disturbances on the well-being and safety of exposed and vulnerable populations. 
• Understand these risks in an interdisciplinary manner via scientific, legal or human approach

LOBA is the first customer experience agency in Portugal, established in 2000, composed by a successful team from marketers to designers to developers. The European Projects Department leverages from LOBA’s competences and experience in marketing and communication, to provide branding and project identity, marketing activities, dissemination and exploitation of results, communication activities, design and production of promotional material and merchandising, social media management, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) management, and PR management.

Demir Energy is active in the “Sustainability Consultancy” sector in Turkey and in Europe since 2011, working with clients in achieving sustainability goals by providing solutions on climate change strategies, carbon management and sustainable use of renewable energy, sustainable building design, energy efficiency, and energy management. Demir Energy has pioneered urban, corporate, sectoral, and local government sustainability studies in Turkey, achieving “firsts” in urban sustainable energy transition and climate adaptation strategies. Demir Energy is also one of the most succesful entities in Turkey regarding EU FP participation with its collaboration in 18 projects mainly in smart cities and communities, PEDs but also in nature-based solutions, and urban sustainability headings.

Vexiza is an SME focusing on developing Tailored cloud solutions for secure decision making. We use GIS technology, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to build solutions and tools that allow you to act with confidence, making the right decision at the right time. Specialized in Solutions that help large-scale emergency operations have a global vision and get ahead of the problem. Our users, such as the Xunta de Galicia, manage forest fires and maintain control of the situation by knowing, always, the location of each of the resources that help extinguish the flames. They can also monitor and represent the whole territory on the map, helping to save lives, property and the environment. Our platform, Weather Map Site, enables you to track the evolution of over 100 meteorological variables in real-time, both short and long-term, for any location in the world. It doesn’t matter if you're not an expert in meteorology; thanks to the integration of GIS technology, you can easily visualize the impact of meteorology on professional sectors such as energy and utilities, emergencies, traffic, insurance, and many others. Our GIS solutions help managers and technicians in many fields, urban planners keep their information updated and extract data in a simple fashion. Civil engineers use GIS tools to follow the inspection of infrastructures, the DGT calculates routes for special transports throughout its road network, ornithologists study the migratory behavior of birds from Northern Europe to Southern Africa...

Almende is a research-performing SME and venture builder focusing on the application of principles of self-organisation to increase the sustainability and resilience of sociotechnical systems, based on innovations in information and communication technology. Our staff is multidisciplinary, with expertise in, e.g., software engineering methodology, data analytics, AI and electronics engineering. We have a good track record in R&D projects in multiple fields, including health, energy, logistics, manufacturing and (cyber)security. Throughout the past decades, we have played an important role as R&D partner, software developer and systems integrator in more than 80 European and national R&D projects (ITEA4, Xecs, KDT, FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe). Beyond this, we currently have 6 spin-off enterprises that mainly deliver B2B software and IoT solutions in the domains of healthcare, communications, and robotics.

University of Crete is a public university with two campuses. Science and Medicine are located in Heraklion, whereas Literature and Human Sciences in Rethimnon. It was established in 1973 and currently hosts about 20000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Two main units will participate: the Natural History Museum of Crete and the Psychology Dep.

Trondheim Red Cross’ work is volunteer based and organized to ensure that we can reach people in need quickly and efficiently, since 1905. We are committed to, and bound by, the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and acts as the guardian of the Geneva Conventions. Trondheim Red Cross have 800 volunteers, and a staff of 18.   In 2009 the King and the government recognized Red Cross as an auxiliary to Norwegian authorities also in peacetime.

Karşıyaka district is the 5th most populous district of Izmir and has a population of approximately 347,023 people in 2022. 16% of the population consists of people over the age of 65 and 18% is the child population under the age of 18. The area of the district is 102.4 km2. The proportion of high education degree graduates are %29. In addition to this, the average household size is 2.64 and the number of neighbourhoods is 27. Karsiyaka city borders the Gediz delta. This delta is an important wetland and is protected by the Ramsar contract. One in ten flamingos in the world lives here. There is the sea in the south of Karşıyaka and Yamanlar Mountain in the north. There are four rivers within its borders. It is a region with very little industry and mostly residential and commercial construction. 

The Famenne-Ardenne UNESCO Global Geopark, with a surface area of 915km² and a population of 67.288, associates the councils of Beauraing, Durbuy, Hotton, Marche-en-Famenne, Nassogne, Rochefort, Tellin and Wellin. Our Geopark is mainly located in the “Calestienne” area, a typical strip of limestone, which is the unifying thread of our Geopark, which also comprises three distinct River basins: the Lesse, the Lomme and the Ourthe.

Born out of a spirit of unity and shared objectives, Naturtejo EIM, an intermunicipal company, is the organization that manages and promotes Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark, which includes the municipalities of Castelo Branco, Idanha-a-Nova, Nisa, Oleiros, Penamacor, Proença-a-Nova and Vila Velha de Ródão. This is a region with high tourism potential and numerous attractions. Being a vast but homogeneous region, Naturtejo Geopark offers a wide variety of tourism products, with nature and excellent infrastructures as their common assets. Everything to satisfy the needs and requirements of all types of visitors.

The National Fire Service School (ENB) is a private non-profit organization owned by the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC) and the Confederation of the Portuguese Firefighters (LBP). ENB is recognized by the Portuguese Government as a public utility entity and the pedagogical authority for the Portuguese firefighters technical training. Established on 4th of May 1995, ENB has more than two decades of experience on developing the skills and expertise of firefighters and other civil protection agents. ENB is based in Sintra and has two more national training centres, one specialized in forest fires, in Lousã, and other focused on industrial and urban fires, in S. João da Madeira. ENB is a member of EFSCA (European Fire Service College’s Association), member of NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) and IFE (Institution of Fire Engineers) Affiliate.

Cittadinanzattiva APS is a nonprofit organization, founded in Italy in 1978, which promotes citizens' activism for the protection of rights, the care of common goods, the support for people in conditions of weakness in Italy and abroad. Cittadinanzattiva is involved in:

• Health, with the Tribunal for Patients' Rights and the National Coordination of Associations of the Chronically Ill (CnAMC);
• Consumer policies and public utilities;
• Justice;
• Schools;
• Environment and Territory;
• European Citizenship;
• Evaluation of the quality of services from the citizen's point of view;
• Cittadinanzattiva has 35,100 members and is present throughout Italy with 250 local Assemblies.

Volies Asociación, formerly known as Association Pasos Solidarios, is an NGO registered in Spain that promotes volunteering, social innovation and citizen participation projects, which are the result of cross-disciplinary and intersectoral collaborations between people and organizations of different languages, latitudes, cultures and customs, with whom we share the vision of a diverse, inclusive, supportive, sustainable and innovative Europe.