Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT provides scientifically sound assessments and counselling on the entire spectrum of technological and procedural developments. Our specialised knowledge within the disaster risk management domain provides in-depth analysis of political, legal and organisational aspects related with DRM processes and procedures. In the past, we have facilitated technological and organisational review processes aiming at capability gap identification and the development of roadmaps for improving civil protection capabilities and increasing resilience in a broad variety of projects.

Role in the project: Fraunhofer INT is Firelogue's project coordinator and as such is not only in charge of managing the project’s progress and results but also coordinating with the Innovation Actions’ related projects and the wider community to create space for communication and cooperation between them. Fraunhofer INT also leads Work Package 4 on the development and implementation on dialogue workshops, aiming to facilitate exchange formats not only for the Innovation Actions but to include the entire European wildfire risk management community.

Pau Costa Foundation (PCF) is a leading organisation in the field of wildfire management that acts as a contact point to facilitate the exchange between researchers, stakeholders and civil society.

Role in the project: PCF leads WP2 "Stakeholder engagement and Knowledge exchange for the support dimension" aimed to facilitate the gathering and exchange of knowledge between stakeholders. PCF is responsible for the preparation of the survey at the beginning of the project in order to get a first understanding of the scope of the IAs and to identify relevant areas for knowledge sharing and joint activities. Finally, PCF holds the role of stakeholder manager, making it possible that all project activities and particularly knowledge sharing and dissemination formats are closely linked with international, national and EU agencies and cater their needs.

The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) has been historically nominated by the Greek government as the sole institution in charge of environmental, atmosphere, Earth Observation, Geodynamics, Space, Astronomy and Astrophysics research and relevant studies, with a clear mandate to offer innovative services and support for the Associated with document Ref. Ares(2021)5869514 - 27/09/2021 45 benefit of the Greek citizens.

Role in the project: NOA, as a WP3 Leader, is responsible for the proper coordination in order to develop a methodology to set the ground for addressing the Impact of the Call, conduct an assessment for Year 2019 and present an action plan towards achieving 2030 goals. NOA provides its knowledge regarding the Earth Observation horizontal thematic topic. Furthermore, NOA leads the task in which technologies around WFRM will be mapped and assessed in terms of maturity, as well as "Dissemination strategy and action plan". NOA with EDGE lead the development of the "TechMall", a window to market for technologies.

SAFE is the French competitiveness cluster positioned in the Aeronautics & Space, Security & Safety, Defence and Environment (risks & resilience) sectors. It supports its members (operationals, academics, industrials, VSE/SME) in the emergence, assembly, submission and monitoring of their innovation and partnership projects.

Role in the project: SAFE Cluster leads Task 1.2 "Knowledge Consolidation and Integration into FIRELOGUE platform" and Task 5.4 "Discussion, adaptation and validation of multi-stakeholder recommendations in working groups". SAFE Cluster is also involved transversally in all work packages.

Trilateral Research is an SME that provides research and advice for developing new technologies and practices to ensure they achieve sustainable innovation and measurable impact for social good.

Role in the project: TRI leads WP5 which guides the work in assessing the results of FireLogue’s Working Groups to develop recommendations for cross-sectoral, multi-stakeholder, and just transition supportive WFRM practices. TRI is also the ethics manager for the project.

EDGE is a company located in Athens, Greece. EDGE provides advanced product exploitation and scientific results on Earth Observation based mature and state-of-the-art and commercially exploitable solutions that have been resulted from the longstanding activities of the researchers.

Role in the project: EDGE leads WP6 "Dissemination and Insight Upscaling" and more specifically "Communication plan and promotional activities" and "User engagement and Communication Booster". EDGE also contributes significantly to co-lead the creation of the "Technology Market Place" and leads the "Publication and White Paper Development". EDGE finally contributes to the Common impact assessment (WP3).

International research institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) aims at the analysis of natural and socioeconomic systems and advancing their resilience.

Role in the project: IIASA leads WP 1 on knowledge consolidation and integration, collecting knowledge and information from the IAs and the wider WFRM community to consolidate these insights into the FIRELOGUE platform. Also, this WP investigates and assesses (in-)consistencies in the WFRM approaches identified by IAs and translates these insights into valuable starting points for dialogue workshops conducted within and across Working Groups in WP4, where IIASA guides the work on insurance. By leading the analysis of dialogue forums in WP5, IIASA conducts comprehensive discourse analysis of WG workshops, identifying patterns and clusters in WFRM.

INESCTEC is an Associated Laboratory with over 30 years of experience in R&D and technology transfer. The activity at INESC TEC runs under the knowledge to value production chain paradigm: knowledge and results generated at basic research are typically injected in technology transfer projects and, therefore, receive added social relevance.

Role in the project: INESCTEC leads the FIRELOGUE technology thematic strand.

VOST Portugal is the Virtual Operations Support Team operating in Portugal, and responsible for the coordination of VOST Europe, the federation of VOST across the European space. VOSTPT is a civil society organisation, that has a multidisciplinary team consisting of, but not limited to, risk communication professionals; developers; communication professionals; DRM professionals; psychologists; data scientists. 

Role in the project: In Firelogue, VOST Portugal will be leading the Societal Working Group, where a dialogue between all stakeholders will happen focused on the needs of civil society. 

CMCC's mission is to investigate and model the climate system and its interactions with society to provide reliable, rigorous, and timely scientific results to stimulate sustainable growth, protect the environment and develop science driven adaptation and mitigation policies in a changing climate, and to develop foresights and quantitative analysis of our future planet and society. 

Role in the project: CMCC has the leadership of the thematic strand climate change mitigation and adaptation and contributes to WPs 1,2,4,6 and 7.

CTFC mission is to contribute to the modernisation and competitiveness of the forest sector, to promote rural development and to foster the sustainable management of the environment through excellence in research and transfer of knowledge and technology to society.

Role in the project: Based on CTFC expertise in fire ecology and integrated wildfire risk management CTFC is leading the Working Group on “Environment/Ecology”. Moreover, CTFC is responsible of Task 4.1 “Review and application of the Just Transition (JT) Concept to WFRM” and is actively involved in the development of the project, especially in WP4 “ Dialogue formats for the coordination dimension: WFRM integration of measures and strategies”.

The Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (ADAI) is a non-profit private institution created in 1990 and associated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, which promotes activities of fundamental and applied scientific research, development, demonstration, training, specialized consulting and services to the industry. ADAI is located in Coimbra, Portugal.

Role in the project: ADAI leads Task 2.5 "Research Integration Board". In Task 2.2, ADAI is organizing the IX International Conference on Fire Research that will be held in November, 2022. Among other contributions in several tasks and activities, as FirEUrisk coordinator, ADAI will also contribute to common initiatives between projects, including dissemination and impact assessment activities.

KEMEA is the think tank and scientific consultant of the Ministry of Citizen Protection (HMCP) in Greece and is appointed “National Contact Point” with the European Commission for the protection of European Critical infrastructures (ECIs). It has a training and research role inside the HMCP and operates a pilot Coordination Center for Critical Infrastructures.

Role in the project: KEMEA is the leader of the Infrastructure Working Group. It contributes to the "Conceptualisation of IA discussion formats" and will co-create the "Workshop Concept and the Assembly of dialogue toolbox". Following the occurrence of the first Working Group workshops, it will participate in the "Assessment of dialogue forums for conflicts and synergies across WGs", as well as to the "Synthesis of findings from the dialogue forums", especially focusing on the linkages of Wildfire Risk management with Infrastructures. KEMEA will also promote the activities and the results of Firelogue to its broad European network consisting of research institutions, critical infrastructures, civil protection authorities, first responders’ and crisis management organisations, local communities and volunteering organisations.

It is a public university located in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. It is a medium-sized modern institution, covering all fields of study, from classical humanistic studies and social sciences to health sciences and engineering. It has more than 20,000 students and receives more than 6,000 international studies annually.

Role in the project: UAH mainly contributes to WP3 - Common Impact Assessment methodology for WFRM innovation, being responsible for Task 3.2: Baseline Assessment Methodology. It also contributes to WP1- Consolidation of IA WFRM Knowledge, and WP2 - Stakeholder engagement and knowledge exchange for the support dimension.