Source: Enterprise Europe Network - Torino Italy
From my colleagues in Italy there is a request to find partners for this call on the Horizon 2020 program. Deadline is August 25, 2015. The consortium is interested in meeting new consortia partners with experience in human behavior under emergency conditions (evacuation after attacks, accidents, natural disasters etc. and be able to supply modelling information on human behaviour.
For further information, please contact the Enterprise Europe Network office in Torino Italy,
Mrs. Paola Tolin
Innovation Department - Torino Chamber of Commerce
via San Francesco da Paola 24
10123 Torino Italy
Phone: +39.(0)011 571 6326
Fax: + 39.(0)11 571 6324
DRS-14-2015: Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 3: Critical Infrastructure resilience indicator - analysis and development of methods for assessing resilience
Specific challenge: A better understanding of critical infrastructure architecture is necessary for defining measures to achieve a better resilience against threats in an integrated manner including natural and human threats/events (e.g. due to human errors or terrorist/criminal attacks).
Scope: A holistic approach to the resilience of critical infrastructure should be followed, addressing a broad variety of issues including: human factors (i.e. safety issues radicalization), security, geo-politics, sociology, economy, etc. and increased vulnerability due to changing threats.
Critical Infrastructure resilience is the ability to reduce the impact of disruptive events and the recovery time. The analysis of resilience should therefore not only focus on potential threats caused by attacks or accidents (human error or terrorist/criminal attacks), but also on the expected developments in these areas and the impacts and potential challenges of new technologies. Proposals should also address the need for a paradigm shift in the area of design for safety and resilience.
The proposal shall demonstrate that a set of common and thoroughly validated indicators, including economic indicators, could be applied to critical infrastructures in order to assess its level of “resilience”, moreover a scale approach of “resilience” level should be proposed across critical infrastructures (energy grids, transportation, government, nuclear research infrastructures, water, etc.). The developed methodology shall be based on at least four types of critical infrastructure as test cases. Specific models and modeling approaches will be proposed and developed that facilitates the understanding and modeling of security risks and the related impact. Moreover, security metrics and indicators will be proposed that could be used in the developed models to quantify to the possible extent the considered risk and impact as well as give guidance to the possible mitigation techniques – approaches.
New methods and solutions of assessing resilience based upon comprehensive threat, criticality, and vulnerability assessments are of outmost importance. Proposals should follow a uniformed, comprehensive, and holistic approach at all levels (e.g. EU, country, local) including private organizations charged with protecting citizens, facilities, and infrastructure in order to anticipate current and emerging threats and security challenges.
Integrated concepts of resilience in interconnected infrastructures and cascading effects that have a devastating impact on the functioning of society should also be included.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between €3m and €5m would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately (similar to the FP7 Capability Projects described in the general introduction). Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected impact: Better risk assessment of different areas of critical infrastructures (energy grid, water supply, transport, communication, etc.) by taking into account interdependencies.
More effective and comprehensive methodology using uniform and consistent data from known Critical Infrastructure Protection threats in an integrated manner to develop a resilience level based on summations of various “indicators” (technical and non-technical, i.e. human factors).
The action is expected to proactively target the needs and requirements of public bodies.
The outcome of the proposal is expected to lead to development up to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4; please see part G of the General Annexes.
Type of action: Research & Innovation Actions
RESINDEX- Resilience indicators for infrastructures
Summary:
The project RESINDEX will develop a resilience indicator which can be applied to all types of hazards (attacks, accidents, etc) and critical infrastructure systems. The proposed index will represent systems at different spatial and temporal scales.
The developed indicator will be used on 4 types of infrastructures networks:
1. Water network
2. Hospital network
3. Power network
4. Transportation network
The economic and social impact of new technologies in improving resilience for these four infrastructures will be analyzed in detail.
Tentative work package structure
1. Literature review of existing resilience indicators
a. Infrastructure type
b. Hazard type (earthquake, climate change)
c. Emergency/recovery type
2. Development of Resilience indicators
a. Grouped in temporal scale and spatial scale indicators
3. Infrastructure interdependencies
a. Local scale
b. Regional scale
4. Human factor
5. Demonstration case studies
a. Water network
b. Hospital network
c. Transportation network?
d. Power network?
e. Interdependent cascading model
6. Impact and potential challenges of new technologies in improving resilience
a. Economic impact
b. Social impact
c. Smart devices;
d. New materials;
7. Guidelines
8. Dissemination
PARTNER search
A SME in the transportation and power sector that is able to evaluate the performance of its network. It should also provide an overview of the emergencies technologies which are able to reduce its disservices in term of downtime and consequent losses.
The partner should not be from ITALY, TURKEY or HUNGARY.
We need also an Institute or Organization which is expert in human behavior under emergency conditions (evacuation after attacks, accidents, natural disasters etc.). They should be able to provide modeling skills and/or a database.
Source: European Fund Management Consulting OÜ 
The EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas does not imagine Horizon 2020 without the participation of the UK, even with the Brexit.
