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NATZARDS

Barcelona, December-07 Preparation: <25.02.2008

Call identifier: FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2

ENV.2008.1.3.2.1. Natural Hazards: Social perception, behaviour and responses to risks.

Indicative available budget: EUR 0.6 million

The main tasks of NATZARDS CA project are to:

. Establish working groups to discuss best practices, progress and Establish working groups to discuss best practices, progress and priorities, setting the research agendas to be pursued in Europe priorities, setting the research agendas to be pursued in Europe and identify possible new research areas and threats that need to and identify possible new research areas and threats that need to be addressed. be addressed.

. Set up an online platform for regularly assessing and reviewing the Set up an online platform for regularly assessing and reviewing the evolution of the threat landscape and the state of the art in threat evolution of the threat landscape and the state of the art in threat detection and prevention techniques. detection and prevention techniques.

. Organize workshops with relevant groups of experts from industry Organize workshops with relevant groups of experts from industry and academia but also with policy makers for discussing and and academia but also with policy makers for discussing and presenting the emerging threat landscape, the ongoing research presenting the emerging threat landscape, the ongoing research

in answer to these threats, and for providing recommendation on in answer to these threats, and for providing recommendation on actions to be taken in partnership with industry and governments. actions to be taken in partnership with industry and governments.

. Leverage the findings of individual working groups to describe Leverage the findings of individual working groups to describe scenarios in which natural hazards and accidents are in scenarios in which natural hazards and accidents are in combination to threaten the security of the environment and disrupt combination to threaten the security of the environment and disrupt the lives of the people in the European Union. the lives of the people in the European Union.