The DARE (Deployment And engagement of Resources and citizens for European Emergency Response) project aims to enhance Europe’s capability to respond to large-scale cross-country disasters, focusing on interoperability and information sharing. By addressing the challenges posed by varied national response systems, equipment, training, and procedures, DARE targets four main gaps: operational standardization, command structure interoperability, digital tool integration, and citizen engagement.The project seeks to harmonize emergency response across European countries by creating guidelines for both technical and command-level procedures. This involves comparing and mapping Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to identify commonalities and improve interoperability. DARE will develop an open-source Dashboard that integrates real-time data from diverse sources, including hazard monitoring systems, local authorities, and citizen inputs. This platform will support situational awareness, enhance communication between command centers and field responders, and provide a public-facing layer for citizen engagement, including tasking volunteers.To achieve these goals, DARE involves numerous European partners, including research institutions, emergency services, NGOs, and universities, collaborating to test harmonized procedures and training modules through workshops and field exercises. The Dashboard will support standardized information exchange, enhancing cross-country deployments and assisting local commanders with up-to-date hazard and resource information. By leveraging artificial intelligence, it will facilitate multilingual communication and engage citizens, enabling real-time volunteer mobilization and feedback loops with communities during crises. Through structured training, interoperability assessments, and cross-country trials, DARE aims to create a resilient emergency response framework. This system will be scalable and adaptable to various types of emergencies.

Many European regions and communities have limited experience and resources to integrate available local and global data, models, and concepts into a context-specific Climate Risk Assessment (CRA). For an authoritative CRA, local data and evidence need to be integrated with established pan-European reference data and scenarios. CLIMAAX will provide substantial financial, analytical and practical support to regions and communities to develop and improve their CRAs by a number of activities. CLIMAAX will deliver (a) a standardized CRA framework CRA built on current community experience and best-practices, (b) a Toolbox with data, models and utilities to provide access to European and global open data archives integrated with local data and procedures, (c) five European pilot regional CRAs to shape the framework and toolset, (d) financial support for at least 50 regions to execute a context-specific CRA, (e) CRA guidance material and online helpdesk for other European regions, and (f) a proposal to upscale results into the future operationalization of the regional CRA support function. The main target groups are regional authorities, community organizations (sectoral stakeholder organizations, NGOs, citizen networks) and Civil Protection Agencies focusing on climate risk management and emergency response. The project will engage a large Community of Practice to co-creates the framework and toolbox and co-define the financial support application and monitoring criteria. The main outcome will be a demonstrated acceleration of the design and implementation of regional risk management plans for climate adaptation and emergency response.