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Are you looking for collaborative online communities to exchange knowledge on common topics of interest, thematic areas or projects?

Groups are collaborative online communities to keep in touch with each other and exchange knowledge on common topics of interest, geographical areas or projects. Share documents and audio-visual materials, ask questions, or promote events, lessons learnt and best practices in group discussions.

You can join or request groups with different levels of privacy (public, restricted, or private - by invitation only), to collaborate and engage with your peers. Join the discussion! For more info, please see the platform's Terms of Service as well as brief descriptions of the different Community Roles.

The guidance page provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on moderating and using the discussion groups.

Morning briefing at the coordination centre in Örebro, Sweden — © European Union 2018 (photo by Pavel Koubek)

Groups

European Risk Communication community

This group brings together civil protection professionals to exchange ideas on how to communicate risks effectively. It covers how to build public trust, use clear messaging, counter misinformation, and support people in preparing for emergencies.

CBRN rescEU and European Civil Protection Pool team

CBRN rescEU and European Civil Protection Pool capabilities

This space is dedicated to facilitate technical exchanges among rescEU, ECPP teams and relevant practitioners managing CBRN capabilities.

rescEU stockpiles

This group is a dedicated space to facilitate technical exchange among grant holders or among practitioners managing rescEU stockpiles.

Alumni of Evidence for Policy in DRM Summer School 2024

The Alumni Group will facilitate knowledge-sharing and discussions on disaster risk management, offering a platform for exchanging ideas and staying updated on the latest trends and practices.

Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs)

This is a community platform for team focal points and other stakeholders from Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) in UCPM states to discuss issues of common interest, exchange experiences and to learn from each other.

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Young Civil Protection Professionals Discussion Group

The YCCP group serves as a dedicated space created for the participants of the recent Young Civil Protection Professionals Event.

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Peer certifiers during a certification of the HCP module, consultative visit in Ljubljana.

Discussion group for European Civil Protection Pool peer certifiers

This forum is a platform for peer certifiers to share mission experience, exchange lessons learned on the ground with colleagues from other institutions and to give each other feedback.

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EU MODEX during an exercise taking place in a lake

EU MODEX Lessons Identified and Good Practices

Lessons identified and good practices that other Lots could use for the planning of their exercises.

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NTC s group image photo taken during the last meeting in Hungary.

National Training Coordinators

The purpose of this group is for NTCs to discuss, collaborate, share and exchange information and updates with other National Training Coordinators.

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Firefighters from France soak the smouldering deep, soft, moss carpeting the floor of the old-growth Boreal forest as they battle wildfires in the region of Quebec, Canada.

Expert Community for Hydrometeorological and Technological Multi-Hazards

COVALEX is establishing a community of experts covering a diverse background of experts with different experiences, geographical coverage, and best-practices in hydrometeorological and technological multi-hazards events.

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Challenges and Opportunities of Drone Use in Disaster Management

COLLARIS2 is the successor to COLLARIS (COLLaborative network on unmanned AeRIal Systems) and focuses on the use of UAS in the field of civil protection and disaster management.

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Community for the European Observatory (CEO) of good practices

This group is designed to share information, materials and opinions regarding the activities of the Community for the European Observatory (CEO) of good practice carried out in the context of the ROADMAP2 project.

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