I527-290 ESRIF Final Report (WEB).indd - European Commission

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Cluster Timeline
(short-midlong-term)
From WG What? Why? How? Key link
elements
running
No.
mid term
1
3.2; 3.3; 3.7;
3.7.1;
A critical mass of reaserch and policy advice cpacity in
Europen should be created.
Research on the economics of terrorism, microeconomics
of fear of terrorism and economics of the
impact of catastrophes should be organized.
Interests of European citizens and of those
who might do them harm is often directly
correlated with economic issues.
Understanding the one can often serve to
understanding the other
91 11 Economics of security aiming
to understand the rationale
and behaviour of actors
involved in both purveying
and countering threats to
Europe.
short to mid
term
1
3.1; 3.10; 3.11;
3.13;
92 11 Data protection, linking An open society is a necessity for a secure A baseline for privacy should be establish and monitored.
society's need for society. New security technologies risk putting This should be enhanced by an updating and revision of
information about individual aside the dignity of humans in the name of the privacy and data protection law.
citizens and the needs and security of society.
In addition, privacy issues need to be built into innovatin
rights to privacy and dignity.
processes.
long term
1
The well-functioning of technologically based Trust in authorities, systems, and other citizens must be 3.1; 3.7; 3.7.2;
solutions depends on trusts of systems, trust of built through education, training and other forms of long- 3.10; 3.11; 3.13;
systems operators and trust in authorities who term trust-building interactions.
deploy them.
New forms of communication between public authorities
and citizens should be developed and promoted.
93 11 Ethics and trust, referring to
the willingness of European
citizens to put their lives and
well-being into the hands of
others.
mid term
1
3.1; 3.2; 3.3;
Research is needed on the dynamics behind interorganizational
coordination and on the obstacles to
coherent joint action by members of the distinct
professions responsible for aspects of societal security
Failure of coordination is a prevalent cause of
loss of life, property and legitimacy in crises.
94 11 Inter-organizational
coordination refers to the
capacity to achieve coherent
solutions in crisis
short to mid
term
1
3.1; 3.2; 3.11;
3.12;
Research is needed on the impact of novel and widely
dispersed communication technologies for effective
prevention, warning, response and recovery from transboundary
crises.
The loss of control over time, space and
imagery may erode the capacity for societal
resilience
95 11 Instant and citizen generated
news as driven by new
communications technology
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