DCNA has a new member!
We are pleased to announce that the Johanniter Research & Innovation Centre has joined DCNA as an associate member.
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Disaster Competence Network Austria is a cooperation platform of universities and research institutions in the field of security and disaster research.
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DCNA News
New DCNA-project: CREXDATA
Since the beginning of the year, DCNA is part of another EU-funded project: CREXDATA develops a prediction-as-a-service platform that will allow for predictive analytics and forecasting under uncertainty for proactive decision making in crises. Learn more about the project in the following press release.
TREEADS video published
The TREEADS project consortium has published an informational video to showcase all the info about the project. Watch it here.
New project: MEASURE
We're happy to announce a new project in the DCNA: MEASURE is a KIRAS project that started in November. It aims at developing an innovative evaluation tool that supports the evaluation of exercises through a wide variety of measurement sensors and the analysis of key performance indicators. The kick-off event took place in November at the AIT in Vienna.
Open House at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
On October 26, we exhibited as part of the open house of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. We were available to visitors for questions about security and disaster research.
Photo credit: BMBWF/Martin Lusser
A look back on our crisis communication workshop at Naturgefahrentagung 2022
At Naturgefahrentagung 2022, the DCNA team hosted a workshop on crisis communication. Read a summary of the workshop here.
B.PREPARED - project brochure available
The flyer for the B.PREPARED project is now available for download. In it, you will find all information about the project, the project goals and the project consortium.
Second joint workshop of the B.PREPARED project in Graz
On May 30th and 31st, 2022, the second workshop in the KIRAS project B.PREPARED - Emergency Planning and Decision Support System for Accidents with Hazardous Substances - took place. This time, the project consortium and external stakeholders met on the premises of Joanneum Research.