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European observatory on disaster risk and crisis management best practice
Knowledge Network Partnership

European Observatory on Disaster risk and crisis Management good Practices: way ahead.
Knowledge Network Partnership
The document provides an overview on the importance and future possibilities of uncrewed vehicles in CBRN Defence.
13 March 2025
Policies and plansResearch papersCBRNERecoveryResponseall Europe/EU

Mitigating the risk of flooding and landslides via artificial intelligence with a view to extreme climate events.
Knowledge for Action in Prevention & Preparedness (KAPP)
Report by Sauli Niinistö, former President of the Republic of Finland, in his capacity as Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission.
26 November 2024
Policies and plansMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUResilienceChanging security landscape
The report deals with hazards of different natures, highlighting the many links existing between hazards and vulnerabilities.
29 July 2024
Guidelines and manualsGeohazardsMeteorological & HydrologicalPreparednessGlobalall Europe/EUCritical InfrastructureCultural HeritageHealthRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
This paper looks at the dramatic impacts of wildfires worldwide, particularly when they reach Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas.
23 May 2025
Policies and plansall Europe/EUSituational awarenessClimate change
First Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise in Europe.
22 January 2025
Reports and booksSea Level RisePreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUSituational awarenessChanging security landscapeClimate change
Report from the second meeting of Directors of Civil Protection and Firefighting Schools celebrated in Sweden.
29 April 2024
Reports and booksPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUEducation & Training
Guidelines for security depots for the storage of movable cultural heritage, in PROCULTHER-NET Project. Technical Bulletin N. 1, March 2023 pp 30-34
10 July 2025
Guidelines and manualsEarthquakePreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseItalyall Europe/EUCultural Heritage

The SEED-FD project (Strengthening Extreme Events Detection for Floods and Droughts) is highly relevant to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM)
CP/DRM-related Horizon projects
2023 marks the halfway point of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. This mid-term review takes stock of progress so far.
28 April 2024
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EURisk awareness & communication
This report offers a snapshot of the aggregated data reported by Member States across the Europe and Central Asia region.
27 May 2026
Reports and booksResearch papersMulti-hazardPreparednessResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresight
The vision paper shall put the baselines for the creation of a shared European Doctrine on disaster risk and crisis management.
11 September 2024
Policies and plansGuidelines and manualsMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessment
SiLK is a free online tool that helps cultural institutions like museums, libraries and archives to evaluate the potential risks for their collections
8 July 2025
Guidelines and manualsAir PollutionMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionGermanyall Europe/EUCultural HeritageEducation & TrainingChanging security landscapeClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
This paper draws on lessons learnt on the interventions to safeguard the Slovak Mining Archives during the fire in Banská Štiavnica in March 2023.
7 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntCase studiesMulti-hazardRecoveryResponseSlovakiaall Europe/EU

Spanish Maritime Risk Disaster Tool Management. AI advanced data analysis.
Single country grants for disaster risk management (Track 1)
The techniques of sorting and recovering rubble from protected buildings explained through the experience of the 2016 earthquake in central Italy.
9 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntCase studiesEarthquakeRecoveryResponseItalyall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
4 April 2024
Reports and booksBiologicalCoastal ErosionEnvironmentalExtraterrestrialGeohazardsGeomagnetic StormHeatwaveMeteorological & HydrologicalMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EUAI, RPAS & remote sensingAnticipation and foresightHealthResilienceRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessment
European Commission report which aims to share information and good practice on managing forest fires.
25 April 2024
Reports and booksWildfiresPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentClimate change

SparkleFire: playing with fire for disaster risk reduction
Knowledge for Action in Prevention & Preparedness (KAPP)
EU Publication
15 March 2024
Reports and booksSocietalall Europe/EUChanging security landscapeClimate change
Recommendations on how the EU can improve its strategic crisis management and could better prepare for, respond to and recover from crises.
26 April 2024
Reports and booksPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUResilience
Set of guidelines which set out objectives, define shared areas of work and identify the main stakeholders in wildland fire management.
25 April 2024
Guidelines and manualsWildfiresPreparednessPreventionResponseSpainall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Strategic four year plan for the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network. Sets out vision, goals, stakeholders and the way forward.
22 November 2023
Policies and plansChemicalGeohazardsMulti-hazardPandemics and epidemicsPreparednessall Europe/EUEducation & TrainingSituational awareness