Objective
Efficient NII (non-intrusive inspection) of containerised freight is critical to trade and society. Freight containers are potential means for smuggling (e.g. tobacco), illegal immigration, trafficking of drugs, mis-declared goods and dangerous illicit substances, including explosives, nuclear material, chemical and biological warfare agents and radioactively contaminated goods. One inspection NII technology cannot cope with all these targets.
The C-BORD Toolbox and Framework will address all these targets and enable customs to deploy comprehensive cost-effective container NII solutions to potentially protect all EU sea- and land-borders, satisfying a large range of container NII needs.
The C-BORD Toolbox will include 5 complementary innovative detection technologies: delivering improved X-rays, Target Neutron Interrogation, Photofission, Sniffing and Passive Detection. User interfaces and data will be integrated to optimise effectiveness and efficiency of end-users and systems.
The C-BORD Framework will help customs analyse their needs, design integrated solutions, and optimise the container inspection chain; it will address detection levels, false alarm levels, throughput, health & safety, logistics and cost & benefits.
C-BORD will increase the probability of finding illicit or dangerous content with at least equal throughput of containers per time unit, reduce the need for costly, time-consuming and dangerous manual container inspections by customs officials, and in case a container is opened, increase the probability of finding illicit materials. C-BORD involves stakeholders from 8 EU countries, as partners (5) and advisory group members (3). On 3 custom sites integrated solutions will be trialled, respectively addressing the needs of big seaports, small seaports and mobile land-borders. To optimise sustainable impact, C-BORD will actively engage with a large community, will support policy implementation, evolution and start early exploitation planning.
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- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsterrorism
- humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionethicsethical principles
- social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalities
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
- social sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
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75008 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
53757 Sankt Augustin
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55049 Viareggio
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75382 Paris
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80686 Munchen
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1121 Budapest
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05 400 Otwock
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0650 OSLO
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2511CW S-Gravenhage
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SO52 9AB SOUTHAMPTON
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
94400 Vitry Sur Seine
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35122 Padova
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M13 9PL Manchester
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80-831 Gdansk
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1054 Budapest
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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00153 Roma
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75230 Paris
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