Objective Crisis management is a major issue to prevent emergency situations from turning into disasters. In last years a not correct management of emergencies often created critical situations. In the happening of a catastrophic event, it is human behaviour-- and often human behaviour alone--that determines the speed and efficacy of the crisis management efforts. Frequently speed and efficacy do not stem from the ignorance of procedures, but from the difficulty to operate in contexts where consistent damages are occurring, for the difficulty of managing emotional aspects. Training plays an important function to the preparation of the crisis manager. Currently two main modalities for training purpose are two: table top exercise and real world simulation exercise. Table top exercises are low cost and can be easily and frequently organized, but it cannot recreate the real atmosphere, (e.g. stress, confusion) and need to keep critical decisions in very little time. On the other hand, crisis managers trained through simulation exercises on the field can be very effective, but such a simulations are very expensive and cannot be easily and quickly organized. PANDORA will bridge the gap between table-top exercises and real world simulation exercises, providing a near-real training environment at affordable cost. In a real-time, physics-based environment, PANDORA authentically simulates all the dynamic elements of the entire disaster environment. PANDORA will emulate a complete crisis room: realistic 3D visuals and audio create a truly immersive, chaotic and stressful environment. PANDORA realistically responds to actions taken to enable real individual training value and the development of complete skill sets. Pandora will train at all levels of response, from management and control to all the on-scene activities for emergency organizations. Furthermore, different crisis room will be able to interact, thus recreating a near-real interconnected cross-borders environment. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management Programme(s) FP7-SECURITY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security Topic(s) ICT-SEC-2007-1.0-02 - Security systems integration, interconnectivity and interoperability: Modelling and simulation for training Call for proposal FP7-ICT-SEC-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH Address Park row greenwich old royal naval college SE10 9LS London GB See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Liz Bacon (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 314 629,07 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 469 500,00 Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Cristiano Castelfranchi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CEFRIEL SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA Italy EU contribution € 346 000,00 Address Viale sarca 226 20126 Milano See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Paola Fumagalli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window XLAB RAZVOJ PROGRAMSKE OPREME IN SVETOVANJE DOO Slovenia EU contribution € 456 000,00 Address Pot za brdom 100 1000 Ljubljana See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Gregor Pipan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI Italy EU contribution € 186 000,00 Address Viale del policlinico 147 00161 Roma See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Mario Frullone (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ASSOCIATION O.R.T. France EU contribution € 325 460,43 Address 24 rue erlanger 75116 Paris See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Raymond Soussan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON GB EU contribution € 416 000,00 Address University way 4-6 docklands campus E16 2RD London See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Tim Brooks (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BUSINESS FLOW CONSULTING Participation ended France EU contribution € 240 410,50 Address Rue houdan 196 92330 Sceaux See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Norbert Benamou (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EMERGENCY PLANNING COLLEGE GB EU contribution € 176 000,00 Address Whitehall 70 SW1A 2AS London See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Susan Hart (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window