The aim of the EMERITUS project is to realize and implement a protocol for effective environmental crime investigation, leveraging on the integration of innovative monitoring and analysis technologies (drones, satellite data, virtual sensors, geo-intelligence data, etc.), and on a complementary training programme aimed at fostering environmental enforcement authorities (e.g. Police Authorities and Border Guards Authorities) intelligence and investigation capabilities, at national and cross-border level. In order to achieve this goal, the EMERITUS consortium has gathered 8 Police/Border Guard authorities from 5 countries, 4 security experts, 2 training specialists and 6 technological partners, that will be the core of the platform. The consortium will focus on the co-creation of an investigation protocol centered on environmental crimes investigation, that will orient to the creation of the geo-intelligence platform. This platform will integrate several monitoring and investigation technologies and data sources, in a single view to support Police Authorities and decision-makers. Secondly, a new training programme for Police Authorities and other security practitioners, focused on environmental (waste-related) crimes investigation and prevention, will be delivered combining both theoretical aspects and hand-on simulations to empower end-users to actually use the platform and related technologies. Such exercises will serve to validate both the platform and the protocol, via simulations based on 4 realistic use cases (heterogeneous and of growing complexity), taking advantage of the shared will of Police Authorities and Border Guards to focus on ad hoc demonstration sites, with the additional availability of partners’ simulation facilities. The validation of the platform and of the protocol will result in the successful elaboration of a set of evidence-based recommendations for policy authorities and decision-makers.

In response to evolving risk landscapes, governments and international organizations have adopted comprehensive programs to enhance preparedness and response capabilities. Building on eNOTICE and eNOTICE-2, eNOVATION addresses the increasing threat of Chemical and Biological threats including Toxin (CB/T) incidents, whether natural, intentional, or accidental, as well as the risk posed by "Do-It-Yourself" technologies. eNOVATION aims to expand and strengthen the network of CBRN training centres, including the CBRN Centre of Excellence in regions like the Africa Atlantic Façade (Rabat, Morocco), Central Asia (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), and South East and East Europe (Tbilisi, Georgia, and CBRN CoE partner in Armenia). The project's main goal is to upgrade the training (Trg) framework for first responders in managing CB/T incidents and evaluating on-site emerging tools and technologies for detection, identification, monitoring, and decontamination. eNOVATION introduces new Trg methods that integrate upgraded courses, AI-supported technologies, enhancing automation and user-friendliness, as well as augmented and extended reality (AR/XR). The Network will guide pre-normative research for technologies and Trg methodologies. Altogether, technologies evaluated on-site are sourced from eNOVATION partners, ENCIRCLE, and eNOVATION supplier platforms. The project outcomes aim to integrate human factors and societal considerations into emergency response, including international Assistance to vulnerable and disabled people, assessment of stockpile mobilisation for hospitals in CBRN CoE partner countries during CB/T crises. The web application “eNOVATION Cube” is central to the project: integrating an ontology-driven matchmaking process to serve as a reference and benchmark for training FR and for technologies labelled after success evaluation on-site. This will have a direct impact on research, operational, and policy processes while supporting the sustainability of the netw

PERIVALLON aims to provide an improved and comprehensive intelligence picture of organised environmental crime and develop effective and efficient tools and solutions for detecting and preventing such types of criminal activities and for assessing their environmental impact based on geospatial intelligence, remote sensing, scanning, online monitoring, analysis, correlation, risk assessment, and predictive analytics technologies, by leveraging the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of computer vision and multimodal analytics. As a result, enhanced investigation processes and methodologies will be derived through the capabilities provided by the developed tools and solutions, and the insights obtained though the proposed Environmental Crime Observatory. The capacity of end users (including Police Authorities and Border Guards) will also be improved and will enable them to tackle such criminal activities in an effective manner based on advanced tools and solutions and also on the innovative training curricula developed using physical and/or digital twins of relevant environmental crime scenarios. Moreover, improved international cooperation will be facilitated through improved data sharing enabled by blockchain technologies, while improved regulation shaping and tuning will be supported through relevant policy recommendations. PERIVALLON will be validated in field tests and demonstrations in four operational use cases. Extensive training, hands-on experience, joint exercises, and training material will boost the uptake of PERIVALLON tools and technologies. With a Consortium 5 Police and Border Guard Authorities, 3 authorities related to environmental protection, 6 Research/Academic institutions, 8 industry partners (including seven SMEs), one EU Agency, and one Foundation, PERIVALLON delivers a strong representation of the challenges, requirements and tools to meet its objectives.