Lower the impact of aggravating factors in crisis situations thanks to adaptative foresight and decision-support tools

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 sciences › health sciences › public and environmental health
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography › natural disaster
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• social sciences › sociology › governance › crisis management

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
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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

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

EU contribution

€ 627 181,60

Administrative Contact

Jean-Pierre Bidau (Mr.)

Participants (11)

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

EU contribution

€ 858 067,50

Address

Hansastrasse 27C
80686 Munchen

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Maximilian Steiert (Mr.)

ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA SULLE TECNOLOGIE DELL'INFORMAZIONE E DELLE TELECOMUNICAZIONI ASSOCIAZIONE

Italy

EU contribution

€ 518 000

Address

Via Pier Carlo Boggio 61
10138 Torino

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Terzo Olivier (Mr.)

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II

Italy

EU contribution

€ 534 486

Address

Corso Umberto I, 40
80138 Napoli

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Giulio Zuccaro (Prof.)

UNIVERSITAET GREIFSWALD

Germany

EU contribution

€ 328 196,60

Address

Domstrasse 11
17489 Greifswald

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Silke Schmidt (Prof.)

UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 258 900

Address

Place De L Universite 1
1348 Louvain La Neuve

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Debarati Guha (Prof.)

INEO ENERGY AND SYSTEMS

France

EU contribution

€ 1 200

Address

23 Rue General Valerie Andre
78140 Velizy Villacoublay

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

David Denis (Mr.)

THE MAIN SCHOOL OF FIRE SERVICE

Poland

EU contribution

€ 52 400

Address

Slowackiego 52/54
01-629 Warszawa

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Barbara Szykuła Piec (Mrs.)

PELASTUSOPISTO

Finland

EU contribution

€ 76 294

Address

Hulkontie 83
70821 Kuopio

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Kari Junttila (Mr.)

EVROPROJECT OOD

Bulgaria

EU contribution

€ 186 240

Address

Ulica Graf Ignatiev 1 Fl 1 Ap 3
1000 Sofia

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Pierre Ponsar (Mr.)

MAGYAR VOROSKERESZT TARSADALMI SZERVEZET

Hungary

EU contribution

€ 50 200

Address

Arany Janos Utca 31
1051 Budapest

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Krisztina Ferenczy (Ms.)

INEO DIGITAL

France

EU contribution

€ 391 297

Address

15 Impasse Dumur
92110 Clichy

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Louis Jallet (Mr.)