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Information management topic 1: Civilian humanitarian mission personnel tracking
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Location:EU 27
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Grantmaking entity type:Development Institution
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Call updates:
18 March 2016 11:31
An overview of the evaluation results (flash call info) is now available under the tab ‘Call documents’
02 September 2015 17:05
A total of 93 proposals were submitted in response to this call:
BES-01-2015, BES-02-2015, BES-03-2015, BES-04-2015, BES-05-2015, BES-06-2015, BES-07-2015, BES-08-2015, BES-10-2015, BES-11-2015 and BES-13-2015: 93 proposals.
The evaluation of the proposals is planned to start by mid-September 2015 and will be closed by the end of December 2015. Applicants will be informed on the outcome of the evaluations before the end of January 2015.
09 March 2015 16:37
Guidelines for the classification of research results are uploaded under the Information Package section
03 March 2015 12:053 explanatory notes on ethics are uploaded under the Information Package section
05 June 2014 10:59The Secure Societies Information Day website has been updated:
1- Q&As
2- Draft Annex 2 Ethics Issues Table
3- Guide for classification of information emanating from Security Research
28 May 2014 19:03
The “Guide for classification of information emanating from Security Research” is available here.
TOPIC : Information management topic 1: Civilian humanitarian mission personnel tracking
| Topic identifier: | BES-10-2015 | ||
| Publication date: | 11 December 2013 | ||
| Types of action: | RIA Research and Innovation action | ||
| DeadlineModel: Opening date: |
single-stage 25 March 2015 |
Deadline: | 27 August 2015 17:00:00 |
| Time Zone : (Brussels time) | |||
Call identifier: H2020-BES-2014-2015
Topic Description
Scope:Specific challenge:
Civilian intervention staff in humanitarian missions is quite often at risk due to the instability of the countries of deployment and possibly due to the action of adversary forces still trying to gain the control of the country, the population and offered support. Their security is of a paramount importance.
Scope:
Proposals should address the problem of tracking (from the headquarters) the assets (e.g. Automatic Vehicle Location – AVL – technologies) and the staff of the missions deployed in third countries for instance in the CSDP context. Real-time tracking may help to reduce the exposure to security risks of these missions. The proposed solution should integrate and/or complement seamlessly the communication system in use (either standard or specific) and, if any, the Control and Command system in place (even if abroad). It must integrate features to assure its own security not being usable if in wrong hands. It should also integrate navigation/guidance (in the field) of assets and staff, using European GNSS where appropriate. Cost effectiveness should be considered (both acquisition and operation) as clients are quite often NGOs with limited resources.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between €3m and €5m would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected impact:
This project should lead to the development of novel secure communication and tracking solutions/technologies for civilian missions, in particular those of the European External Action Service. Through better tracking of civilian intervention staff it should lead to more efficient and effective humanitarian missions. Ultimately, it should reduce threats to personnel on the ground and contribute to a more efficient implementation of such missions.
Type of action: Research & Innovation Actions
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