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This cluster on Resilience, Crisis and Security regroups R&D activities linked to or contributing to these areas.
There is an urgency to act for the protection of citizens, natural resources and critical infrastructures. Today mostly fragmented solutions exist across Europe, often not (well) known from those who could use them, thus reducing potential responsiveness that a coordinated approach could bring.
Following the adoption in November 2022 of the “Civil Security from Space” (CSS) programme and the “Rapid and Resilient Crisis Response” (R3) initiative to accelerate the use of space, actions were taken to help better know what exists and is being developed and identify capacity gaps to act more effectively by joining forces into a federated system of systems called SERENITY.
A substantial number of low-TRL and early step Discovery activities develop concepts and technologies that contribute to this field of security, crisis & resilience (see list of activities), helping building solutions for those acting on Earth. They could become part of SERENITY.
Links to further relevant information:
- Civil Security from Space programme (with associated news and events): https://connectivity.esa.int/civil-security-space
- User Consultation and Industry Association groups: Partners Groups | ESA CSC
- Rapid & Resilient Crisis Response factsheet: FS-R3_122023.pdf