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Co-Protect: Collaborative Cluster for Enhanced Civil Protection Solutions

George Eftychidis, Ilias Gkotsis, Dimitris Diagourtas

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

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STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

Background information
Skills & Capabilities
Outsourcing
Co-protect Goals
Project organization
Interoperability framework
Business models

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BACKGROUND OF CO-PROTECT

Defkalion: The Disaster Resilience Innovation Cluster (https://www.dric-defkalion.org)
A coordinated, Innovative Alliance of Greek SMEs and R&D providers to develop Improved Protection and Safety from Environmental Risks
Co-Protect: A cluster project of DRIC members to create a Partnership to make Interoperable systems & solutions addressing Civil Protection challenges

Hazards & risks considered:
Extreme weather
Wildfires
Earthquakes
Floods
Disruption of continuity of Critical Infrastructures

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AVAILABLE SKILLS & CAPABILITIES

α/α	Company	Contribution - Components
1	SATWAYS	ENGAGE IMS (Information Management System) and PSIM (Physical Security Information Management) Command & Control platform.
2	Draxis	Provision of weather forecasts and accurate alerts for the probability of extreme weather events.
3	GAP Analysis	Integrated risk management framework for protecting critical infrastructure and enhancing resilience against disasters, hazards, and malicious actions.
4	F-INT	Solutions and products for the environment and climate change.
5	EXUS	Scenario builder for natural disasters related to forest fires.
6	Geosystems	5DMUPLIS (eoMALL), Space technologies for micro-displacement monitoring in urban areas
7	Telenavis	Platform to monitor weather phenomena and assess the likelihood of extreme events.
8	EUDYN	Cyber risk assessment for critical entities
9	PRISMΑ	Advanced Electronic Systems and Information Technology Applications for real time monitoring.
10	Altus	Development UAV systems for Intelligent Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions in Natural disaster management and Critical Infrastructure protection.
11	Space	GUARDIAN2: Security Operation Center for CIP
12	TotalView	Real-time risk assessment modeling using satellite products and services
13	CONSORTIS	Engineering solutions on Environmental risk management and CIP
14	Inforest	Applications to monitoring the impact of geophysical or anthropogenic processes to large constructions
15	Omikron	Data management and decision-making tools to protect societal, economic, and CIP assets.
16	WeMET	Platform for weather forecasting and assessment of extreme weather events
17	EUROPORT	Port Community System
18	Redi	Multi-hazard risk engineering tools for planning and assess the impact and structural behavior of large constructions
19	GRID	Specialized engineering solutions in infrastructure design, upgrading, and maintenance
20	AEGEAN	Knowledge management and content management systems.

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OUTSOURCES (RESEARCH INSTITUTES & ACADEMIA)

Subcontractor	Capability
NTUA	Specialized services in creating stochastic time series.
NTUA	Specialized services for assessing the seismic vulnerability of industrial facilities and logistics centers.
NOA	Provision of data from selected geophysical measurement stations.
CERTH	Decision support system for extreme weather events.
GAP	Platform for incident management reporting in critical infrastructures and coordination of information flow
NCSRD	Smart weather stations for meteorological risk monitoring and alert
ICCS	Interoperability common data model
AUTH	Forest type mapping and fuel modeling
FORTH	Extreme event management in the coastal zone of Crete, focusing to rip currents

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PROJECT ORGANIZATION

A/A	Work package title	WPL
1	Requirements and Specifications Analysis for Civil Protection Systems	DRAXIS
2	Interoperability Framework for Civil Protection Systems	SPH
3	Seismic Crisis Management Tools	SATWAYS
4	Platform for Addressing and Managing Risks from Severe Weather Phenomena	TELENAVIS A.E
5	Forest Fire Management Toolkit	SATWAYS
6	Security & Protection of Critical Infrastructures	EUDYN
7	Experimental Development, Pilot and demos of integrated solutions	GSH
8	Dissemination and Commercial Exploitation of the Platform	PRISMA

Co-protect has the structure of a typical R&D project, adapted to the needs of applied research. A mapping of the needs and challenges addressed by the individual solutions and the systems provided by the partners is made combined with the relevant functional specifications. The most critical work of Co-Protect is the definition of the common interoperability framework, which will ensure increased modularity, smooth cooperation between the diverse systems, and solutions’ expandability. Four hazards & solutions-focused WPs (earthquakes, extreme weather, Wildfires, and CIP) are reworked to comply with the common interoperability framework set that allows integration into the Co-protect ecosystem. For each hazard, a platform is developed to support integrating the relevant individual systems & components. A dashboard that will allow visualization of the I/O of these platforms is foreseen to demonstrate the capabilities of the individual systems and their integration. Finally, the Co-protect partnership considers alternative business models to exploit the cooperative capabilities and solutions developed.

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THE CLUSTER PROJECT GOALS

Co-protect is a collaboration test for the Greek SMEs and Research organizations to deliver integrated solutions to the crisis management and civil protection stakeholders
Increase the collaboration and synergy between SMEs to address complex environmental issues by developing comprehensive products and solutions, enhancing their competitiveness in the Greek, European, and international markets.
Allow utilizing individual systems and applications to create modular and interoperable solutions with enhanced capabilities in environmental risk management
Establish an infrastructure that enables continuous demonstration of the integrated solutions offered by Greek SMES in addressing natural and man-made disasters, showcasing problem-solving technologies in a realistic environment.
Develop businesses with higher standards and strengthen relationships among SMEs and Academia through collaborative efforts and shared goals.

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COMMON INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK

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COOPERATIVE BUSINESS MODELS

Considered alternatives of business models to allow the delivery of the Co-protect outcome include:

Integrated Solution Provider: embed Co-Protect components in end-to-end solutions for civil protection stakeholders)
Platform as a Service (PaaS): Cloud-based platform enabling stakeholders to access and utilize Co-Protect solutions
Software as a Service (SaaS): Facilitate data sharing, communication, coordination, and analytics among various civil protection entities.
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): develop and deliver interoperable Co-Protect solutions
Licensing and Intellectual Property: license the use of Co-Protect solutions to stakeholders

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This CO-PROTECT project, coded as ΓΓ2CL-0363842, has received funding from the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GGEK) according to Decision 75101 - 25-07-2022 (ΑΔΑ: 65Κ346ΜΤΛΡ-0ΡΘ). This article reflects only the authors’ views, and the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Innovation is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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Mr George Eftychidis

Satways Ltd

g.eftychidis@satways.net

co-protect.gr

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

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