Objective SnowBall is a €5M STREP R&D proposal of 36 months. Its overall objective is to increase preparedness and response capacities of decision-makers, emergency planners and first responders in respect to amplifying hazards in large disasters.SnowBall consists in a deep analysis of cascading effects and development of methods to anticipate them; and in a Decision Support System able to display current crisis monitoring and results of simulated decisions integrating cascading effects, thanks to a data collection system, an Events Log Database, Simulators and a Dashboard. SnowBall innovates in its modular approach to crises, its modelling techniques, its agent-supported coupled grid simulations, its generic Events Log Database and tools to follow public behaviour (Emergency Alert, social networks, mobile application).SnowBall encompasses 8 work packages: 1- Management; 2- Technical supervision; 3- Cascading effects methodology; 4- Event log database; 5- Simulation tool; 6- Crisis Management dashboard; 7– Experimentation; 8- Dissemination and Exploitation.SnowBall comprises 11 partners from 8 countries covering the full competence scope required: 2 industrials (Gedicom - Emergency Alert System; Cofely INEO - Events log database), 2 Research Institutes and 3 Universities focussed on different segments of risks assessment: LUPT-PLINIVS (natural hazards); Fraunhofer EMI (critical infrastructure socio-technical simulation); EMAUG (human behaviour); UCL (public health) and ISMB (cloud, data process, mobile services), 3 end-users (Polish Fire School; Ministry of Interior of Finland represented by ESC; and Hungarian Red Cross) and 1 consultancy (EP).The main expected impacts of SnowBall are a substantial scientific contribution, a fosterer of capacity to face complex crisis situations by better predicting cascading effects and integrating population behaviour in simulations, a contribution to the security of EU citizens; and a commercially viable project contributing to EU competitiveness. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasessocial sciencessociologygovernancecrisis managementnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographynatural disastersnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programme(s) FP7-SECURITY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security Topic(s) SEC-2013.4.1-2 - Better understanding of the cascading effect in crisis situations in order to improve future response and preparedness and contribute to lower damages and other unfortunate consequences – Capability Project Call for proposal FP7-SEC-2013-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator STE GENERALE DE DISTRIBUTION ET DE COMMUNICATION - GE DI COM Address Avenue joseph cugnot 9 94420 Le plessis trevise France See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 627 181,60 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 858 067,50 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA SULLE TECNOLOGIE DELL'INFORMAZIONE E DELLE TELECOMUNICAZIONI ASSOCIAZIONE Italy EU contribution € 518 000,00 Address Via pier carlo boggio 61 10138 Torino See on map Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II Italy EU contribution € 534 486,00 Address Corso umberto i, 40 80138 Napoli See on map Region Sud Campania Napoli Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAET GREIFSWALD Germany EU contribution € 328 196,60 Address Domstrasse 11 17489 Greifswald See on map Region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Vorpommern-Greifswald Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Belgium EU contribution € 258 900,00 Address Place de l universite 1 1348 Louvain la neuve See on map Region Région wallonne Prov. Brabant Wallon Arr. Nivelles Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INEO ENERGY AND SYSTEMS France EU contribution € 1 200,00 Address 23 rue general valerie andre 78140 Velizy villacoublay See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE MAIN SCHOOL OF FIRE SERVICE Poland EU contribution € 52 400,00 Address Slowackiego 52/54 01-629 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window PELASTUSOPISTO Finland EU contribution € 76 294,00 Address Hulkontie 83 70821 Kuopio See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Savo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EUROPROJECT OOD Bulgaria EU contribution € 186 240,00 Address 26 william gladstone str. 1000 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MAGYAR VOROSKERESZT Hungary EU contribution € 50 200,00 Address Arany janos utca 31 1051 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INEO DIGITAL France EU contribution € 391 297,00 Address 15 impasse dumur 92110 Clichy See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
