The project has been structured around six work streams:
ILEAnet networking provided resources to INCs and collected inputs from them. Main achievements include the successful creation and facilitation of a network of INCs, whose role was essential in acting as relays for the ILEAnet project among colleagues and experts in their countries, and as experts themselves. Ways of facilitating an INC-type network informed several recommendations for sharing best practice and learning points with other projects. An initiative was also undertaken to see if and how the INC network could become, in whole or in part, a sustainable 'veteran hub' of clearly identified innovation contact points within LEAs.
Law Enforcement Challenges & Needs, responsible for capturing and structuring the challenges and needs faced by LEAs through desk reviews and surveys. Main achievements include an analysis of trends in challenges and needs of LEAs regarding illegal migration, organised crime, cybercrime, terrorism, financial investigations, as well as information sharing mechanisms among LEAs and human age assessment, comparing the latest results with previously gathered information.
ILEAnet Knowledge Factory identifying and posting-up security-related intel in a dedicated database, looking for research activities addressing LEAs’ needs and identifying potential solutions. Main achievements include the development of post-project sustainability for three ILEAnet assets.
- The ILEAnet Project Intake Process (IPIP) is an ILEAnet tool that covers the different stages of before, during and after a project and is fully compatible and complemented by the IPUP process.
- The ILEAnet Project Uptake Process (IPUP) is a tool designed to facilitate the interaction between the research community and security practitioners, with the goal of improving the uptake and exploitation of security research results. The subsequent development and publication of the IPUP How-To Guide is freely available online and can be used by any institution or agency interested in exploring how research and innovation can be used to support and improve effective policing. The document can be accessed from
https://www.ileanet.eu/projectdocuments/(öffnet in neuem Fenster)- The ILEAnet Knowledge Factory (KF) was developed with the intention of providing a dynamic online repository of knowledge thereby creating a community of knowledge seekers and knowledge sharers who would pool their collective experiences and expertise in the field of security research. The Europol Innovation Lab agreed to take over the KF, which is now part of their European Platform for Experts (EPE).
ILEAnet Scouting activities focused on the gaps and opportunities identified by the project and explored possible solutions to address them. Main achievements include state-of-the-art analyses on the topics that were of specific interest to the ILEAnet community: Mechanisms for information sharing between LEAs and Review and classification of the human age assessment techniques. Additionally, in the standardisation domain, two reports were issued: LEAs’ priorities as regards domains requiring more standardisation and LEAs’ requirements for strengthening security R&I that covers standards proposals for R&I projects. As a result, the priorities and requirements identified by ILEAnet should be integrated into the future content programming of Horizon Europe. The additional asset in that domain is the ILEAnet-own methodology elaborated for collecting, analysing, prioritising, and presenting standards proposals suggested or recommended by LEAs.
Governance, Coordination & Sustainability covering the project management and entailing the project Scientific Coordination. Main achievements include the sustainability plan definition and rollout for all ILEAnet assets. The latter can be exploited to monitor R&I and facilitate the uptake of research results. They express common requirements to improve LEAs’ performance and indicate priorities as regards domains requiring more standardisation. The ILEAnet sustainability plan is publicly available, further supporting the strengthening of the European Security Research programme.
Community Platform Administration, Public Workshops and Dissemination. Main achievements include the project key findings being made available to the security stakeholders and policy makers, which may be able to use and exploit ILEAnet results and recommendations produced within the project. All information about project events or documents produced can be found on the project website
https://www.ileanet.eu/projectdocuments/(öffnet in neuem Fenster)
