Welcome! to the first COBACORE blog entry!

22nd August 2013

The COBACORE project is leading the development of an innovative approach for community based comprehensive recovery. The COBACORE project is building new tools that supports local communities in their needs assessments and recovery planning during post-disaster recovery. It represents a vision on how next-generation disaster recovery will be conducted. It is grounded in a holistic, community-based approach to needs assessment and recovery planning. COBACORE will deliver an integrated and interactive workspace platform, a collaborative environment where a complete-picture of the post-crisis situation can be generated. The dynamic nature of our natural and physical environment, together with the increasing frequency and intensity of disasters and emergencies, requires a quicker yet more robust needs assessment. The COBACORE platform will provide the solution, and will offer different interfaces for different stakeholders in this complex environment. Importantly, civilians, private and public organisations will be specifically considered within a community-based approach. Citizens and relief workers will benefit from facilities to share needs and capabilities, and to build local partnerships. Governmental bodies and humanitarian relief organisations will have a community-generated view of the recovery process and means to collaborate strategically. Volunteers and online communities will have channels to contribute in a more coherent and visible manner.

COBACORE is a project funded by the EU 7th framework programme

Call identifier: FP7-SEC-2012-1

Grant no.: 313308

Start: 1 April 2013

Duration of project: 36 months

Consortium Management: Paul Tilanus, TNO, The Netherlands