ENSURE

ENSURE

Project Name: ENSURE (Emergency Responders Upskilling System for Enhanced Resilience and Innovation)
Lead Partner: University of Patras
Funding Program: ERASMUS-EDU-2024-PI-ALL-INNO-EDU-ENTERP

Objective:
Promimpresa, is a partner in the project ENSURE, which aims to enhance the disaster response capabilities of emergency responders, such as firefighters and search and rescue teams, in the face of increasing climate change-induced natural disasters like forest fires, floods, and extreme weather events.

Key Focus Areas:

  1. Disaster Response Capacity: Upskilling emergency responders to improve their efficiency and resilience.
  2. Innovation and Collaboration: Utilizing the Quadruple Helix Innovation Model to integrate technology, cooperation, human resilience, and community engagement.

Consortium:
The ENSURE consortium consists of 20 partners from 9 countries, supported by 11 associated partners.

Target Competencies:
the project aims to introduce four new sub-profiles:

  • Disaster Response Technologist (DRT)
  • International Disaster Response Coordinator (IDRC)
  • Community Resilience and Engagement Officer (CREO)
  • Mental Health and Resilience Trainer for Emergency Services (MHRTES)

Objectives:

  1. Capacity Building Interventions: Modernize training and operational strategies for EU firefighter responders.
  2. Upskilling Actions: Design and implement targeted actions to enhance responders’ skills.
  3. Collaborative Networks: Strengthen networks among emergency responders, education, labor market, and society.

Dissemination and Sustainability: Ensure long-term sustainability and dissemination of successful practices.

Work Packages and Specific Objectives:

WP1: Mapping and validation of competencies

  • Identify relevant knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
  • Engage stakeholders in evaluating learning outcomes.

WP2: Capacity Building Intervention Design

  • Sviluppare approcci pedagogici e metodologici.
  • Progettare un programma di intervento per il personale sostenibile.

WP3: Capacity Building Intervention Development

  • Develop tools and resources for pilot programs.

WP4: Professional Development of Emergency Responders

  • Internally assess and enact the intervention program.

WP5: External Validation

  • Externally assess the intervention program.

WP6: Quality Assurance and Open Recognition

  • Establish an Open Recognition scheme.

WP7: Dissemination and Exploitation

  • Develop and apply a Joint Dissemination and Sustainability Strategy.

Partners:

  • University of Patras (Greece)
  • International Hellenic University (Greece)
  • ENOSI PTIHIOUHON AXIOMATIKON (Greece)
  • EPAYPS (Greece)
  • ASSOCIAZIONE EDELWEISS (Italy)
  • PROECO-CBRNE (Romania)
  • Pompiers de l’Urgence Internationale (France)
  • Johanniter Österreich Ausbildung und Forschung (Austria)
  • Escuela Española de Salvamento y Detección con Perros (Spain)
  • Volunteer Fire Department Sveti Nikole (North Macedonia)
  • Directorate of Protection and Rescue (North Macedonia)
  • INSTITUT INPRO (Czech Republic)
  • Olympic Training & Consulting Ltd. (Greece)
  • Promimpresa Società Benefit (Italy)
  • LAND Impresa sociale (Italy)
  • BEST Institut für berufsbezogene Weiterbildung und Personaltraining GmbH (Austria)
  • Centro Superior de Formación Europa Sur (Spain)
  • Center for Promoting Lifelong Learning (Romania)
  • STABILITAS International Institute for Development, Education, and Scientific Research (North Macedonia)
  • Research Innovation and Development Lab ReadLab (Greece)
  • CANDIDE International (Belgium)

ENSURE is committed to developing and implementing effective capacity-building interventions to prepare emergency responders for the challenges posed by climate change, ensuring a resilient and efficient disaster response across Europe.

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