<< Objectives >>VR4React aims to contribute to reducing reactive aggression in prison by:- Train prison educators and psychologists to deliver the VR psychoeducational intervention to reduce aggressive behaviours of inmates with a history of reactive aggression. It seeks to promote inmates’ ability to adopt prosocial and adaptative behaviours when facing triggering situations.- Capacitate prison officers with skills and competencies to handle reactive aggressive behaviours among inmates more effectively.<< Implementation >>VR4React intends to design, create and implement a twofold approach intervention programme, on the scope thematic and intervention of reactive aggression, by:TRAINING- creating and psychoeducational intervention programme using VR, for inmates, and capacitating psychologists and prison educators to deliver it;- creating a technology-enhanced training (using VR) to capacity building of prison guards.ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS- Stakeholders Discussion Events.- Final conference<< Results >>The VR4React’s foreseen impacts are as follow:- Promote psychological, social, and emotional well-being (by reducing victimisation and developing adaptive behaviours in inmates).- Promote the capacity building and training of prison staff on reactive aggression topics.- Promote the trainer's skills and knowledge on the delivery of the intervention.- Reduce the risks of reactive aggression to prison staff and inmates.- Promote rehabilitation and reintegration for reactive aggressive offender

<< Objectives >>IN2PREV aims to improve LEAs and NGOs’ response to refugees and asylum seekers in European host and transit countries to prevent their radicalisation by ensuring their successful integration. More specifically, it aims to comprehensively enhance LEAs and NGOs’ competencies and knowledge regarding working with refugees and asylum seekers, thus boosting their fundamental involvement in the integration of these populations and the prevention of radicalisation.<< Implementation >>IN2PREV will create an EU-wide network of frontline practitioners to promote information-sharing and collaboration, produce a tool to be implemented by LEA and NGO’s staff to assess refugees’ vulnerability to radicalisation, develop a mentoring programme for refugees and asylum seekers’ successful inclusion and integration, and train professionals to identify vulnerability risk factors to radicalisation on these populations and facilitate their inclusion through a mentoring approach.<< Results >>IN2PREV will create a digital platform to host the network of frontline practitioners, develop the Frontline Extremism Vulnerability Risk–Structured Evaluation Screening (FEVR-SES) tool, produce the Mentoring Approach for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Assurance Programme (M4-Rinc), and create two training programmes on preventing and identifying vulnerability risk factors to radicalisation on refugees and asylum seekers, and on facilitating these individuals’ integration through mentoring.

SHIELD4CROWD focuses on enhancing the protection of public spaces in EU cities against security threats related to crowd management. Public spaces are indeed largely exposed to several threats like UAV and UGV attacks, CBRN attacks, cold weapons/ firearms attacks or urban riots, and gatherings are by themselves a potential target for terrorist or criminal attacks. This focus is shared, from the start, by several actors and specifically by security practitioners. 3 ministries of Interior from 3 EU countries, 1 Public Transport Operator and 2 security practitioners from Poland and Slovakia are thus involved as full partners. Many other end-users will also be involved through the User Observatory Group (UOG) and some of them have already expressed official interest for the project. SHIELD4CROWD implements a progressive and iterative process to jointly define one common challenge that can be tackled with identified candidate technology serving the basis for future PCP, for which the buyers group will be created during the project, through the continuous involvement of the UOG. First, 10 jointly defined Common Security Use Cases will fully describe the gaps between available solutions, existing processes and identified needs. A technological analysis of those needs will then be conducted by technological experts, including exploration of legal, societal, ethical, and environmental considerations, to allow the end users to converge to 3 uses cases, from which a SOTA analysis and 4 Open Market Consultations will be conducted. All the results will finally serve to the definition of the common challenge and the elaboration of the first set of Tender Documentation. SHIELD4CROWD includes a Security Advisory Board to manage the sensitive knowledge generated by its activities, and several advisors to guide the elaboration of a Common Challenge fully compliant with Europe’s privacy and data protection regulations.

The SHIELD PCP initiative aims to drive innovation by empowering buyers to actively influence the development of cost-effective solutions tailored to their unique requirements. The overarching aim is to equip security stakeholders with cutting-edge technology procured through innovative processes, offering solutions that enable seamless coordination and cooperation among all stakeholders, especially law enforcement agencies (LEAs). Building on the achievements of its predecessor, SHIEL4CROWD, the SHIELD PCP project adopts a top-down approach. This method consolidates widely agreed-upon scenarios to address critical security challenges, providing a detailed identification of innovation needs at both the process and technology levels. This top-down approach enabled the alignment of stakeholders, from security forces to public authorities, ensuring innovative solutions meet shared needs for public space protection. SHIELD4CROWD also developed a roadmap of innovations addressing operational and technical challenges while considering regulatory and economic factors. SHIELD PCP continues this work to enhance collaboration and improve public space security. The project follows a phased Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) process, which includes: Preparatory Phase: Finalizing the tendering documentation developed during SHIEL4CROWD; Phase 1: Solution Design ;Phase 2: Prototype Development; and Phase 3: Operational Validation, conducted across three pilot sites in France, Spain, and Slovakia. A consortium of 10 partners from 6 EU countries, including 3 Ministries of Interior and 1 public transport operators as Public Buyers and 1 end-user, is collaborating on this project. Many other end-users will also be involved through the User Observatory Group (UOG).

INTERCEPT aims to strengthen the capabilities of law enforcement authorities in the EU and equip them with effective methods to remotely and safely stop vehicles posing imminent and high-security threats to citizens and society. This involves identifying technology gaps to address in order to minimize existing vulnerabilities and enhance security efficiency. This objective is endorsed from the outset by various stakeholders, particularly security practitioners. INTERCEPT involves eight end-users from eight EU countries (Belgium, Finland, France, Poland, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Spain, and the United Kingdom), all of whom are also public buyers. Additionally, numerous other end-users will participate through the User Observatory Group (UOG). The project follows a progressive and iterative approach to collectively identify a common challenge that can be addressed with identified candidate technologies, laying the groundwork for future PCP, for which the buyer's group will be created during the project, through the continuous involvement of the UOG. Initially, at least six jointly defined common security use cases will comprehensively outline the gaps between available solutions, existing procedures, and identified requirements. Subsequently, technological experts will analyse these needs, considering legal, societal, ethical, and environmental factors, as well as state-of-the-art (SOTA) analysis and consultations with the open market. The outcomes will ultimately inform the definition of the common challenge and the development of the initial set of tender documents.