CBRN-POL project answered the increasing threat of terrorist activities involving the use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials in Europe. Such type of terrorism acts may open the door for the possibility of destabilization of the European Union and lead to undermining economic stability, public security and integrity in the EU community. CBRN-POL project was coordinated by University Lodz (Poland) and involved following partners: General Police Headquarters (Poland), Local Antwerp Police (Belgium), Cyprus Police (Cyprus), Belgian Nuclear Research Centre – SCK-CEN (Belgium), Industrial Chemistry Research Institute (Poland) and Center for the Advancement of Research & Development in Educational Technology – CARDET (Cyprus). Project activities primary focused on:(a) analysis of training needs of police officers (IO1)Analysis and elaborated report cover representatives of target group form Polish, Belgian and Cypriot police. The report includes information about gaps in procedures, training, knowledge and skills of police officers required for conducting duties related to CBRN incidents. It defines the range of CBRN knowledge and skills needed for police patrol units to allow them to carry on their duties at acceptable risk level despite of hazardous external conditions. (b) elaboration of educational materialsWithin the project following educational materials have been developed:- Good practice and partners capabilities report (IO2). The report include good practices applied by each partner and recommendation on how the system of training and reaction to CBRN threats in Poland and the world should be designed.- CBRN course curriculum (IO3). The course curriculum, covers all areas of CBRN knowledge useful and needed by police officers. The curriculum is constructed in an innovative and practical way. It is divided into 4 parts: (1) Knowledge part, (2) Reporting part, (3) Action on the scene part and (4) Practical part. Each part consists of teaching modules and each module is further explained in details through subject sheets. - Trainers Handbook (IO4). The trainers’ handbook is a tool designed for trainers who will be responsible for conducting the courses according to the CBRN course curriculum. The handbook covers not only relevant knowledge areas, but also, method in which the knowledge should be conveyed to policeman. Book also covers specialist scenarios of CBRN threats and possible countermeasure reactions.- Students Handbook (IO5). The handbook include educational material, exercises and tests covering all information necessary to improve knowledge and skills of police officers in CBRN field. The handbook also includes materials for individual CBRN threats, commanding procedures, securing of action as well as rescue procedures- Set of 3 instructing brochures (IO6). The brochures, which graphically enrich educational materials, contain operating procedures schemes for action in each type of CBRN threat.- 7 instructing videos (IO7). Instructing videos in easy and understandable way present most important aspects of: site recon, personal protective equipment, decontamination basis, example response to biological, chemical and radiological threat.- Guidelines for trainers selection (IO8). For the purpose of organization of train-the trainer event guidelines for the trainees selection have been elaborated, and used to select the trainees. (c) intensive internal trainings. Two series of intensive trainings have been organized. The first was dedicated to police trainers and higher rank officers. They have been provided with CBRN knowledge as well as with knowledge related to learning processes and teaching styles, so that they are prepared to run future CBRN courses themselves.The second intensive study courses were dedicated to first line police officers, and was executed by participants of first course. Two sets of intensive training allowed consortium not only to educate Police officers from Poland, Belgium and Cyprus but also to test elaborated materials and introduce required improvement First was dedicated to police trainers and higher rank officers and second to first line police officers. In total 51 police officers have been trained.CBRN-POL achieved planned goals. Project consortium analysed training needs of police officers, compared police response systems in Europe, elaborated tailor-made course curriculum and educational materials, conducted trainings for police officers and educated future training experts in CBRN area. What is also very important, the project allowed for intense cooperation of police officers form 3 European countries and has significant impact on the CBRN training of the police officers in PL, BE and CY but also other EU member states as being promoted through EC DG Home Advisory Group or developed further in EU large scale projects.

Infinity’s ambition is to become a flagship project against society’s most pressing cybercriminal, terrorist and hybrid threats. Synthesising the latest innovations in virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning with big data and visual analytics, Infinity will deliver an integrated solution that aims to revolutionise data-driven investigations. Bringing together a strong representation from national and supranational agencies with an end-user-driven design, it will directly address the core needs of contemporary law enforcement. Specifically, it will equip investigators and analysts with cutting-edge tools to acquire, process, visualise and act upon the enormous quantities of data they are faced with every day. Bolstered by cognitive research, automated systems and instinctive interfaces and controls, Infinity will be designed and developed to maximise the potential of individual investigators. On a collective level, the immersive collaborative environment offered by Infinity will enable co-located and remote LEA cooperation in ways that have not yet been realised. This end-to-end system for LEA operations will cover the full investigative cycle, including generating reports for decision-makers and admissible evidence to demonstrate to juries and judges. Ultimately, the solutions offered by Infinity will propel LEAs ahead of traditional and evolving complex, hybrid and transnational threats and protect the societies they serve.

EU Critical Infrastructures (CIs) are increasingly at risk from cyber-physical attacks and natural hazards. Research and emerging solutions focus on the protection of individual CIs, however, the interrelationships between Cis has become more complex for example in smart cities and managing the impacts of cascading effects and enabling rapid recovery is becoming more pertinent and highly challenging. PRECINCT aims to connect private and public CI stakeholders in a geographical area to a common cyber-physical security management approach which will yield a protected territory for citizens and infrastructures, a ‘PRECINCT’ that can be replicated efficiently for a safer Europe and will deliver: 1. A PRECINCT Framework Specification for systematic CIs security and resilience management fulfilling industry requirements. 2. A Cross-Facility collaborative cyber-physical Security and Resilience management Infrastructure enabling CI stakeholder communities to create AI-enabled PRECINCT Ecosystems and enhanced resilience support services. 3. A vulnerability assessment tool that uses Serious Games to identify potential vulnerabilities to cascading effects and to quantify resilience enhancement measures. 4. PRECINCT’s Digital Twins to represent the CIs network topology and metadata profiles, applying closed-loop Machine Learning techniques to detect violations and provide optimised response and mitigation measures and automated forensics. 5. Smart PRECINCT Ecosystems, deployed in four large-scale Living Labs and Transferability Validation Demonstrators, will provide measurement-based evidence of the targeted advantages and will realize Digital Twins corresponding to the CIs located therein, include active participation of emergency services and city administrations with results feeding back to the Digital Twins developments. 6. Sustainability related outputs including Capacity Building, Dissemination, Exploitation, Resilience Strategy, Policy/Standardisation recommendations