<< 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.

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.

ARMADILLO aims to equip Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) and more particularly, Police Authorities and Forensic Institutes, with a holistic, ground-breaking, easy-to-use, portable toolset that rapidly detects GHB concentrations in urine, saliva and beverages. To realize this, the project will focus on the design and development of in-situ GHB detection systems, integrating advanced optical spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques for precise GHB identification in the different matrices. Both optical and electrochemical detection techniques will be integrated to portable readers capable of quantitative GHB on-site determination. The optical spectroscopy techniques will explore surface-enhanced signal-based approaches (Raman and fluorescence) alongside paper strip methods, while electrochemical detection will combine a specialized fluidics module and NAD/NADH electrodes. In parallel, GHB-specific antibodies will be developed aiming to further enhance its detection selectivity and accuracy. The project will prioritize the enhanced collection and sharing of forensic evidence, emphasizing on forensics' data management and ensuring interoperability and harmonization across systems. By integrating data fusion mechanisms, it will provide reliable, safe, and court-proof forensic evidence, while also leveraging the potential of AI for refined Raman analysis. Concurrently, it will undertake a comprehensive risk assessment to bolster prevention strategies against drug-facilitated violence and assault, all while standardizing user interfaces and employing advanced visualization and reporting techniques. In order to avoid clinical trials and comply with the ethical considerations including the privacy and safety of any involved human subject, ARMADILLO will assess the accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of its sensing technologies using synthetic samples that simulate a wide range of GHB concentrations in urine and saliva samples.