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A special challenge is to design a higher level system where data coming from diff erent
public and private organizations may be exchanged, merged and fused, without risking law
infringements, assuring civil rights are preserved (this may be solved also thanks to new laws
which allow private organizations to provide the public sector with information without
infringing civil liberties and data privacy or other laws).
FORENSICS Design of a comprehensive accreditation network for an effective international
response to cross-border incidents and crime. This concerns incidents with respect to
terrorism, drugs trafficking, cybercrime, human trafficking, paedophilia, environmental
crime, etc.) :
Develop standardized methods and best practices
Development of standardised and formal structures for databases to be used for more
objective interpretation. Statistical research is also required in order to discover the
limitations of various methods and their error rates
Organisational models for collaboration of forensic scientists with appropriate industrial
partners in an entrepreneurial manner in order to improve the competitive and
independent position of the EU
COUNTERACTING
EXPLOSIVES
1.3 Conclusions
Development of an extended European platform for Explosives with connections to
knowledge centres, research facilities and the relevant Security organisation. Objectives:
Accessible information systems with data on actual and new threats with explosives and the options
for detection, identifi cation and elimination of explosives in a number of possible situations
Standardisation and - if necessary - certifi cation of techniques concerning explosives
Arrangement of mutual use of validated facilities
Coordination of the formulation of widely accepted regulations concerning restrictions
on the use of precursors for HME’s and improved control during transport and storage of
explosives and their precursors
1.3.1 Clusters of needed capabilities
A systematic analysis of the threats concerning the security of the citizen has revealed the need of capabilities at diff erent
levels. Clustering the indicated capabilities in the previous paragraphs results in the following list:
A. Society as a whole
• Citizens should be better prepared for security incidents, more intensively involved in the security issues related to their
environment and should actively contribute to the security eff ort in the event of a crisis
• Society should be more resilient against security threats of a social origin by improving social coherence/ trust and by
improved capability for early warnings and response to weak signals of potential tensions
• Authorities should strengthen the set of legislative instruments for preventive and responsive measures at the required
national or international level
B. Societal systems
• Supply chains should be better protected against counterfeiting
• Information infrastructure should be better accessible for diversifi ed users via secure user-specifi c interfaces
• ICT-infrastructure, fi nancial and payment-systems should be better protected
• European cooperation for enhancement of resilience of societal systems should be strengthened
C. Security tasks
• Civil protection should develop a more powerful information infrastructure aligned with the involvement of all the
participating actors during operations
ESRIF FINAL REPORT - PART 2 • Working Group: Security of Citizens