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OBJECTIVES

The main goal of EU-CIP is to establish a unique pan European knowledge network for Resilient Infrastructures, which will enable policy makers to shape and produce data-driven evidence-based policies, while boosting the innovation capacity and competitiveness of CI operators, authorities, researchers, and innovators. In this direction, the project will evolve the ECSCI cluster that is established and operated by the project partners, to Europe’s most prominent Research and Innovation (R&I) knowledge network in security and resilience of critical infrastructures. EU-CIP will offer advanced information analysis capabilities for evidence-based policy making and innovation support services for exploiting and commercializing research outcomes. To maximize the impact of its activities, EU-CIP will establish and grow a vibrant ecosystem of interested and committed stakeholders around the project’s information analysis and innovation support services.

OBJECTIVE 1: EU-CIP-ANALYSIS: ENHANCE EUROPE’S ANALYTICAL CAPABILITY REGARDING RESEARCH OUTCOMES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND POLICIES – FOSTER DATA-DRIVEN EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY AND INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT

Establish a data collection, information monitoring and analysis methodology and infrastructure, which will continually collect, analyse, curate, extract and present information and insights about resilient infrastructures. As part of this objective, the project will also design and establish advanced analytical capabilities that will extract foresight and insights about gaps in current knowledge and solutions, technologies that can addresses these gaps, as well as research outcomes and practices that can be employed.

The specific coordination and support (CS) measures to be employed are:

  • Continuous Desk Research
  • Internal Consultation with Relevant Stakeholders
  • External Consultation with Relevant Stakeholders – Advisory Boards
  • Open Calls for Engagement in Consultation and Findings Validation
  • FAIR Data Observatory of research outcomes, technologies, policies, and standards
  • Value-Added Reports, White Papers and other Knowledge Assets
  • Data Driven Policy Recommendations

 

 

OBJECTIVE 2 EU-CIP-AMPLIFY: MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF R&I CIP/CIR ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE THROUGH INNOVATION SUPPORT AND SOLUTION VALIDATION SERVICES

 

Provide a set of innovation support and solution validation services for research outcomes and innovative solutions in the areas of resilient infrastructures (CIP/CIR). In this direction, the project will leverage the analytical outcomes of the EU-CIP-ANALYSIS pillar to identify gaps in existing solutions and resilient infrastructures’ areas with significant innovation potential. Accordingly, EU-CIP will provide a range of innovation support services (including solution validation services) that will support CIP/CIR innovators (including SMEs) in their exploitation and commercialization activities. Moreover, the project will offer a virtualized testbed for the experimentation with standards based CIP/CIR solutions and certification schemes, along with relevant validation & evaluation processes with stakeholders’ engagement.

The specific coordination and support (CS) measures to be employed are:

  • Innovation Opportunities and Gaps Analysis
  • Training and Mentoring
  • Business Support
  • Marketing Support
  • Technical Support
  • Catalogue of Best Practices and Success Stories
  • Co-creation Services
  • Standards Solutions and Certification Schemes validation as a Service
  • Validation of Innovation Management and Solutions Validation/Certification services through Open Calls

 

OBJECTIVE 3 EU-CIP-ECOSYSTEM: ESTABLISH A KNOWLEDGE-HUB AND CREATE A VIBRANT ECOSYSTEM OF INTERESTED AND COMMITTED STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THE PROJECT’S RESULTS

 

 

Establish and grow an EU-wide ecosystem of CIP/CIR stakeholders covering EU-27 and other countries of the EEA. The ecosystem will facilitate stakeholders’ access to the knowledge, results, services, and infrastructures of the previous objectives, as well as their engagement with innovation development and policy making outcomes of EU initiatives (e.g., research projects, technology initiatives, policy making initiatives). At the heart of the ecosystem will be a Knowledge-Hub, which will centralize access to the project’s knowledge assets, including the infrastructures and results developed in previous objectives. The Knowledge-Hub will be supported by a proper digital infrastructure and will provide a single access point to the project’s results. It will boost knowledge sharing and collaboration between the various stakeholders.

The specific coordination and support (CS) measures to be employed are:

  • Knowledge Hub
  • Organization of Meetings, Workshops and Conferences
  • Engagement of Open Call Participants