First BORIS newsletter published
The first newsletter of the BORIS project has been published! This newsletter provides information about the project and the progress of the individual work packages.
Disaster Competence Network Austria
We bundle Austria’s expertise in the field of security- and disaster research
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Networking science and practice
We bring together Austria’s expertise in security and disaster research.
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Technical Infrastructure
We facilitate technical infrastructure for research activities and operations.
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About DCNA
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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What we do
Our goal is to transfer scientific insights into practice through collaborative research and education activities with stakeholders, as well as providing information to decision-makers in the event of a disaster.
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DCNA News
New project: CAVE
Another new project in the DCNA is CAVE: CAVE has set itself the goal of analyzing where risks and vulnerabilities can exist in the future in health crisis situations and how these can be countered in a participatory manner. Participatory approaches are central to reaching vulnerable groups and integrating them into crisis management. Community engagement refers to the involvement of those affected and local stakeholders in all phases of crisis management, including decisions about prevention and management.
New project: NIKE-MED
With the new year, we are looking forward to several new projects in the DCNA. One of them is NIKE-MED: A project that deals with sustainable interdisciplinarity in complex underground operations with a focus on medical treatment. The project funded by FFG KIRAS aims to record and evaluate specific national but also international emergency capacities, to develop optimized processes for medical and psychosocial care based on this, and finally to improve the organization and implementation of operations in the event of disasters underground and thus enabling better and faster medical care for those affected.