Objective The concentration of government buildings within urban environments has become a source of serious security vulnerability. Administrators and security experts face a variety of evolving threats that are hard to anticipate. To secure a government building against multiple threats while maintaining a minimal level of transparency and accessibility requires an integral security approach. It demands interdisciplinary collaboration between different experts from different domains. Currently, there is no efficient method or tool that allows the experts of different stripes to efficiently design, evaluate and implement appropriate security concepts. Existing ones do not allow for the effective creation, analysis, assessment, and sharing of security concepts that will help government administrators provide a secure environment for personnel and citizens.The VASCO project addresses two important objectives. First, it will design, implement and evaluate an innovative IT tool that will enable security professionals and administrators to jointly formulate, test, and adjust security concepts and measures in a virtual environment. This provides a cost-effective and risk-free environment in which to devise an evidence-based, all-risk approach for the protection of government buildings. Second, it will produce a knowledge and best practice database, which captures dynamic and visual reference scenarios created with the VASCO system.To accomplish these aims, the project will adopt an iterative methodology that enables the constant involvement of its world-class security and crisis management experts, assisted by a solid and open user group, during the whole project. It makes use of the latest advances in interactive visualisation, simulation, crisis management, and artificial intelligence to provide end-users with a new tool that significantly improves the way in which they collaborate to secure critical government assets both at home and abroad. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasessocial sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management Programme(s) FP7-SECURITY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security Topic(s) SEC-2013.2.1-1 - Evidence based and integral security concepts for government asset protection – Capability Project Call for proposal FP7-SEC-2013-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator DIGINEXT EU contribution € 856 382,00 Address 370 RUE RENE DESCARTES LES HAUTS DE LA DURANNE IMMEUBLES A ET B 13857 AIX EN PROVENCE France See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stéphane Collins (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 286 471,00 Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Paolo Pingi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO DI RICERCA, SVILUPPO E STUDI SUPERIORI IN SARDEGNA SOCIETÀ A RESPONSABILITÀ LIMITATA Italy EU contribution € 331 862,00 Address LOCALITA PISCINA MANNA EDIFICIO 1 09050 Pula Cagliari See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alessandro Milletti (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IMMERSION France EU contribution € 429 846,00 Address 3 RUE RAYMOND LAVIGNE 33100 Bordeaux See on map Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine Gironde Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nicolas Biasiolo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KENTRO MELETON ASFALEIAS Greece EU contribution € 388 220,00 Address P KANELLOPOULOU 4 ST 10177 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact George Leventakis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CRISISPLAN BV Netherlands EU contribution € 490 240,00 Address FRAMBOZENWEG 123 2321 KA Leiden See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Arjen Boin (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FORSVARSHOGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 254 320,00 Address DROTTNING KRISTINAS VAG 37 115 93 STOCKHOLM See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anna Fornstedt (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data