THE VALKYRIES PROJECT �

Prof. D.Sc. Yantsislav Yanakiev,

Bulgarian Defence Institute

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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE 2023 | MAY 29^TH – MAY 31^ST | RODES, GREECE

TABLE OF CONTENT

• Project Context
• The Consortium
• Work Streams
• SIGRUN Reference Integration
• Demonstration Scenarios
• Use case 1 Definition (Spain - Portugal)

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PROJECT CONTEXT AND SCOPE

• Analysis of the EU first aids protocols, nomenclatures, technologies and procedures current state
• Design of pre-standardization and harmonization actions
• Development of a reference integration platform
• Demonstration in 4 cross-border and cross-sectorial use cases (UCs).

• European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
• Security – Disaster-Resilient Societies
• DRS03-Pre-normative research and demonstration for disaster societies
• ST3-First aids vehicles deployment, training, maintenance, logistics and remote centralized coordination means
• Project duration: 24 months (Oct 21-Sep 23)

Harmonization and Pre-Standardization of Equipment, Training and Tactical Coordinated procedures for First Aid Vehicles deployment on European multi-victim Disasters

THE CONSORTIUM

17 Partners

Large companies and SMEs:

• Indra (Coordinador)
• Tassica
• Particle
• Novotec
• Blockchain 2050
• ARATOS.NET
• ISEMI

Universities and Research Centers

• Univ. Murcia
• Univ. Santa Anna
• Bulgarian Defence Institute
• Univ. South-eastern Norway
• KEMEA

End Users

• SUMMA112
• Bulgarian Red Cross
• Hospital do Espirito Santo
• AREU
• Hellenic Rescue Team

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VALKYRIES has an external comitee of experts (EAB) that guides the design decisions

PROJECT STRUCTURE

WP1 - Project Management and Communication

WP2 - Design Principles and harmonization Tactics

WP3 - Responsible innovation, certification and exploitation

WP4 - Equipment and ICT enablers for First Aid Responses

WP5 - Common Practices, and operational procedures for First Aid Responses

WP6 - Cooperation, Education and Training for First Aid Responses

WP7 - Reference Integration, Evaluation and Demonstration

WORK STREAMS

Collaboration and Training for first aid responders

Procedures and Operation for first aid responders

Technologies and Equipment for first aid responders

Reference integration of legacy solutions and cutting edge technologies based on gathered real requirements and needs highlighted by the Consortium’s end-users and practitioners, with the aim of applying the proposed normalizations on some of the discovered technological (KARA), procedural (HERJA) and collaborative and training (EIR) opportunities.

WHAT WE NEED?

IDENTIFIED NEEDS

DEMONSTRATION SCENARIOS

UC#1 Spain-Portugal,

3-4 May 2023

Coordination: SUMMA 112

Join cross-border first aid response

against major fire disaster

UC#3 Bulgaria-Greece,

12-15 June 2023

Coordination: BDI

Cross-border crisis due to an

Earthquake, flood and pollution

UC#2 Slovakia-Italy, �21-22 June 2023

Coordination: ISEMI

Reassessment toxic threats for

“cross-border regions”

UC#4 Norw.-Nether.-Den.,

28-29 September 2023

Coordination: USN

Rescue of people and collection of

pollution in international waters

WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA

Visits our website and social media accounts!

https://www.valkyries-h2020.eu/

https://twitter.com/ValkyriesH2020

https://www.linkedin.com/company/valkyries-h2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This paper is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 101020676 for the project named VALKYRIES (Harmonization and Pre-Standardization of Equipment, Training and Tactical Coordinated procedures for First Aid Vehicles deployed on European multi-victim Disasters).

For contacts: y.Yanakiev@di.mod.bg

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE 2023 | MAY 29^TH – MAY 31^ST | RODES, GREECE

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