Training for impact: Learning exchange on extreme flooding in Rimini using interoperable tools and governance frameworks
If you manage disaster response or support long-term planning and need to consider climate risks, this event is for you! Come share your experiences and learn from others in a hands-on learning exchange focused on early warning, disaster preparedness, and climate adaptation, using the case of extreme flooding in Rimini, Italy. These scenarios will also be used to collaboratively explore preparedness for future events, which are exacerbated by climate change.
As part of the DIRECTED Project, the Emilia-Romagna Regional Civil Protection Agency, the Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy (Arpae), GECOSistema and other stakeholders in the Real World Lab are co-designing the DIRECTED Data Fabric – a platform designed to improve interoperability in climate/disaster risk management. This includes real-time data sharing, nowcasting, and forecasting for river and coastal floods.
In this session, participants will use the prototype Data Fabric to prepare for extreme climate events in the future in an immersive exercise, which integrates weather datasets with advanced flood modelling tools such as SaferPlaces. The exercise will be guided by the Risk-Tandem Framework, which bridges risk governance and knowledge co-production to support integrated disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA).
Together, we’ll discuss key questions:
- How can tools like the Data Fabric better support decision-makers and vulnerable communities?
- What skills are needed to improve integration of data, models, communication, and governance in DRM and CCA?
- How can open-access eLearning training courses support your work?
Your insights will help shape future training for DRM and CCA professionals!
Organizers: MaREI, University College Cork, Emilia Romagna Regional Agency for Civil Protection, GEOSistema, SEI and DIRECTED Project partners
Target audience: representatives from municipalities, civil protection and other authorities/ agencies/ government responsible for managing extreme climate/ weather events and adaptation/ resilience planning.
(capacity 36 participants – so register early)
Book a place here: https://forms.gle/Fyc6VCRPk2YodGpWA
Facilitators/ speakers
- Valeria Pancioli, Territorial Safety and Civil Protection Agency of the Emilia-Romagna Region (ARSTPC-ER)
- Stefano Bagli, consultant GECOsistema, Rimini, Italy
- Benedikt Gräler, Head of Research at 52°North GmbH, Münster, Germany
- Lydia Cumiskey and Holly Faulkner, MaREI, University College Cork, Ireland
- Natascha Ng, SEI Oxford, United Kingdom
- Max Steinhausen, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
About this Project:
The DIRECTED project is an Innovation Action under the Civil Security for Society, Disaster-Resilient Societies Programme of the Horizon Europe funded by the European Union. Project details and a full list of participant organizations can be found on the link: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101073978. Associate partners SEI Oxford and Oasis Hub are funded by Innovate UK and ETH Zurich is funded by The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland]