1. Work Programme 2012 COOPERATION Theme 6 Environment (including climate change) Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
European Commission
Research & Innovation
FP7 - Cooperation - Environment
Andrea Tilche
Head of Unit: Climate change and natural hazards
27/02/2019

2. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
Overall aim
To develop innovative knowledge and applicable tools aiming at risk reduction from environmental hazards, including extreme and sudden large catastrophic events, as well as noxious elements present in the environment that may affect human health
In particular, the call will explore:
How to improve the resilience of societies to major catastrophic events through new risk-management partnerships
The establishment of long-term monitoring experiments in geologically active zones, as European contribution to the international “Supersite” initiative
How to integrate large amounts of environmental exposure and human health data – the concept of “exposome”
Indicative budget: 42 M€
27/02/2019

3. Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards Sub-activities involved
Sub-activity Natural hazards
Sub-activity Environment and health
Sub-activity Environmental technologies
Sub-activity Earth and ocean observation systems and monitoring methods
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4. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
ENV
Improving the resilience of society to catastrophic natural hazards through new risk-management partnerships
Goals:
To strengthen the economic and societal resilience to potential catastrophic disasters and to improve preparedness, prevention and mitigation through more appropriate risk assessment and new management schemes.
Proposals should address:
For key representative geological and/or hydro-meteorological hazards, the development of new probabilistic hazards and risk scenarios and improve the methodologies for pan-European risk assessment and for estimating disaster impacts
New ways of risk governance and management responses: there is the need to improve or redefine the respective roles or possible forms of partnerships between the private sector including the (re)insurance and finance sectors, the relevant authorities and stakeholders.
27/02/2019

5. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
ENV (cont.)
Expected impact:
Contribution to a new pan-European harmonised risk assessment scheme
Elaboration of a new risk management governance approach
Support to EU relevant policies and to the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Hyogo framework for action.
Reduction of risks of major economic losses through innovative non-structural mitigation measures and new public-private partnerships on financial and insurance schemes
Additional information:
Collaborative Project
Two-stage evaluation. One or more proposals can be selected
Projects linked through a coordination mechanism defined during the negotiation stage
Max. EU contribution per project <6 M€
27/02/2019

6. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
ENV
Long-term monitoring experiment in geologically active regions of Europe prone to natural hazards: the Supersite concept
Goals:
Long-term monitoring and study of European land reference sites in high-risk seismic and volcanic areas to provide a better scientific understanding of the occurrence of those natural hazards, contributing to the international ‘Supersite’ initiative.
Proposals should address:
Select few core sites in Europe as focal points for large geographical regions, linking together observations and end users in the framework of the risk management cycle
Develop and demonstrate the next generation of geo-hazards monitoring/observing systems
Establish comprehensive natural hazards observatories in collaboration with the relevant industrial sectors and SME's.
To run a monitoring pilot phase as a European supersite demonstrator.
27/02/2019

7. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
ENV (cont.)
Expected impact:
Increased European technical know-how for the monitoring of geological disasters and contribution to the development of the relevant European industrial sector
Improved use of observations and related information to inform policies, decisions and actions associated with disaster preparedness and mitigation.
Improved access to observations and related information to facilitate warning, response and recovery to disasters.
Increased communication and coordination between national, regional and global communities in support of disaster risk reduction
Contribute with other ‘Supersites’ to GEOSS and to the GEO work plan
Additional information:
Collaborative Project
Two-stage evaluation, One or more proposals can be selected
Projects linked through a coordination mechanism defined during the negotiation stage
Max. EU contribution per project <6 M€, EU contribution to SME >15%
27/02/2019

8. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
ENV
Integrating environmental and health data to advance knowledge of the role of environment in human health and well-being in support of a European exposome initiative
Goal:
To contribute to a global view on population exposures including critical periods of exposure (the 'exposome' concept) and possible health effects
Proposals should address
How to integrate and link environmental data with health data and information
How to exploit available or to-be-developed novel tools and methods to do this
How to best apply them to (large-scale) population studies to learn as much as possible about exposures of populations to environmental factors and possible effects
27/02/2019

9. Work Programme 2012 Challenge 6
Work Programme Challenge 6.4 Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
ENV (cont.)
Expected impact:
Scientific: Contribution to the definition of an integrated exposure concept and prediction of individual disease risks related to environment
Policy: Contribution to one or more EU policies on environment and health, such as
Risk assessment of chemicals
Public health – linked to the priority goals of the Parma Declaration on Environment and Health (2010)
Additional information:
Collaborative Project
Two-stage evaluation, One or more proposals can be selected
Projects linked through a coordination mechanism defined during the negotiation stage
Max. EU contribution per project <9 M€
27/02/2019

10. Summary of key features
Protecting citizens from environmental hazards - two-stage: 48 M€
3 topic areas, all selecting one or more projects
Bottom-up approach: each applicant may choose the specific subject on which to focus
Upper budget limit for each topic area: within this cap, each applicant should propose a project size that is adequate and suitable for the goals of the specific project
27/02/2019

11. General information on environmental research
Further information
General information on environmental research
CORDIS
Participants portal
27/02/2019