On October 7th under the framework of “Disaster Resilience Days” multi-day event, organised by the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (#CERIS) and the DRS Area Coordinator of European Commission / DG Home, Mr Giannis Skiadaresis, EPAYPS’ Chair Antonis Koukouzas participated in a panel discussion about “Fostering preparedness for uncertain times: Innovative multi-hazard approach and climate resilience”.
During the discussion with Dr Effie Marcoulaki, Research Director at NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” and Tiina Ristmäe, Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW), moderated by Dr. Georgios Sakkas, , CERIS Expert, Mr Koukouzas had the opportunity to talk about ENSURE Project – “Emergency Responders Upskilling System for Enhanced Resilience and Innovation” and the need to systematically upgrade the skill set of emergency responders and incorporate new competencies into their professional profiles, by adding 4 new ESCO sub-profiles to ESCO 5411.1 profile (e.g. Disaster Response Technologist – DRT, International Disaster Response Coordinator – IDRC, Community Resilience and Engagement Officer – CREO, Mental Health and Resilience Trainer for Emergency Services – MHRTES).
Disaster Resilience Days’ event, held in Athens, included workshops, field demonstrations, TTX and coordination sessions — strengthening collaboration across Europe’s crisis management ecosystem, while the participants from academia, research centres, business, first responders and representatives from local authorities had the opportunity to discuss about user needs, achievements in technology architecture, system integration, decision-support technologies and exploitation strategies for high impact.
