The STAIR4SECURITY platform will allow stakeholders - policymakers, practitioners as well as industry, SMEs, academics, standardizers as members of CBRNe/DRR business - to connect, access and contribute to platform resources and services. It provides them with easy access to and use of relevant research information, including standardization information, technical solutions, best-practices, guidelines that they require to strengthen their day-to-day business activities.
The Proof of concept of the STAIR4SECURITY platform and eLearning tool have both been accepted by the targeted community and are in use by the INCLUDING and NO-FEAR projects. DG-HOME and DG-ECHO have recognised the potential of the developed tools.
The strong engagement with the targeted community throughout the life of the project including the “Meeting of Minds” webinars, hackathons, workshops, physical events (e.g Community of Users, STAIR4SECURITY/NO-FEAR joint conference), complemented by strong presence on social media have culminated in much interest in project results, which was evident during the STAIR4SECURITY Final Event (27th and 28th of May, 2021). The project has obtained No.1 position on Google Search for “cbrne, standardisation” for wider impact interest.
The main impacts achieved by the projects are:
• Set-up of a single-entry point for integrated pre-normative and normative information on security
• Interaction and sharing of common information across co-related platforms (ENCIRCLE, NO-FEAR, STAIR4SECURITY), setting a marker for HORIZON Europe through the DRR Data Ecosystem and datasets
• Engagement of required stakeholders and experts including practitioners to ensure lasting impact
• Comprehensive overview on security related standardization/pre-standardization activities (and linked research activities), substantiated by the ongoing engagement with members of the CEN/TC 391
• Improved CWA process addressing specific gaps identified in consultation with relevant stakeholders
• Templates and training materials developed to support the user friendliness of the CWA process and to raise awareness of specific security risks early on
• Fast track approach solution developed to make the conversion of a CWA into another type of standardisation deliverable (European Standards, Technical Specification) more concrete and feasible.
