6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016 Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities. 28 August - 01 September 2016 in Davos, Switzerland

1. The European Commission’s
science and knowledge service
Joint Research Centre
Training and awareness
raising in Critical
Infrastructure
Protection & Resilience
Georgios Giannopoulos, Marianthi
Theocharidou, Alessandro Lazari
Directorate E: Space, Security and Migration
Unit E2: Technology Innovation in Security

2. 2
DG JRC Role: facts & figures
• 6 locations in 5 Member States
• 1 500 core research staff, out of
around 3 000 total staff
• Research fellows and visiting
scientists
• 42 lаrge scale research facilities,
more than 110 online databases
• More than 100 economic, bio-
physical and nuclear models

3. 3
The security
landscape
Final implementation report of the EU Internal Security Strategy 2010-2014
COM(2014) 365 final
Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and
humanitarian assistance, COM(2010)600
The EU Action Plan on combating terrorism
The Security Industry Policy Action Plan COM (2012) 417
Cybersecurity Strategy of the European Union: An Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace
COM (2013) 1
The EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012–2016,
COM(2012) 286
European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP),
COM(2006)786
EU Maritime Security Strategy (adopted by Council - General Affairs on 24/6/2014)

4. 4
Commission Green
Paper - 2005
EPCIP - 2006
2004
European
Council
Commission
Green Paper
2005
EPCIP
2006
EPCIP Directive
2008
Revised EPCIP
2013
• Terrorism
• All Hazards
• Operational Security
• Resilience
• Interdepenencie
s
• Training
European Programme for Critical Infrastructure
Protection (EPCIP)

5. 5
Security of critical infrastructures
is a national competence
Geographical – sectoral
interdependencies
Infrastructures of
European dimension
Action at EU level

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We’ve a gap…
•There's a lack of multi-disciplinary
and harmonized training and
education at EU level in the field
of Critical Infrastructure Protection
and Resilience.
Why a training session in CIPR?

7. 7
• Preparedness: “We will then support
…. awareness raising, training, joint
courses….”
• Annex V Roadmap: Agree on
preparedness measures, such as
contingency planning, stress tests,
awareness raising, training
programmes, joint courses,
exercises and/or staff exchanges. DG
HOME (lead), JRC (support) and
selected stakeholders, Starting in the
second half of 2013
EPCIP: Addressing the gap

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Training is an instrument
Equal
level of
security &
resilience
Improve
capacities
Improve
Awareness
Sharing
Knowledge
Build trusted
communities

9. 9
JRC & experts’ consolidated
knowledge offered in training
Share
Structure
Analyze
JRC
activities
CIPS
projects
Trusted
networks
(e.g.
TNCEIP,
ERNCIP)
Information
sharing
activities
Supporting
Commission
Services
FP7 &
H2020
Projects
Why the JRC?

10. 10
Training
Physical
Protection
Cybersecurity
Cyber/Physic
al
Convergence
Industrial
Control
Systems
Insider
Threat
Standards
Modeling
Tools
Definitions
and Terms
Areas/Themes

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What has been done till now?
• Training to EU Member
States (2015)
• Training to operatos of
infrastructures (2016)

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Take home messages
• A long process: Lots of planning and time is
needed
• An international organization may act as a catalyst
• Trust building is fundamental
• Involvement of Academia is important but needs
to be balanced with practical examples
• Operators-to-operators training is a key to success
• Use of practical examples – table top exercises

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Future?
• Take on board the feedback from the
stakeholders and improve the curriculum
• Disseminate it to the community as a best
practice
• What to do and what to be avoided on the
basis of our experience
• Develop an online training platform to be
used by the community

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Stay in touch
•EU Science Hub: ec.europa.eu/jrc
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•LinkedIn: Joint Research Centre
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