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Marco Malacarne Head of Unit “Security Research and Development”
Security Research in the EU
Roundtable at European Parliament8 December 2010
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Threats & Policy Responses
• European Security Strategy (December 2003):
• Internal Security Strategy (February 2010)
Organised crime and cyber-crime Terrorism Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Regional conflicts and failed states Natural and man-made disasters
Policy implications: commitment to Innovation: ... private and public sectors to work together.
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FP7 Cooperation programme: EUR 32,413 million Ten Research Priority Themes
Space14304%
Transport416013%
Environment18906%
Energy23507%
NMT347511%
ICT905028%
Food19356%
Health610019%
Security14004%
Socio-economics6232%
FP 7 (2007-2013)
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Security R&D - “mission driven”:from threats to missions to capabilities
4 Mission Areas• Protection against Terrorism
and Organized Crime
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Border Security
• Restoring Security in Case of Crisis
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Data Processing and Data Fusion
DEMO on Maritime Border Security: detection of small non-cooperative vessels
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DEMO on Security of Mass transportation: protecting citizens in public urban transport
- Improving the awareness against threats- Systematically increasing the security level
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Perspectives:the external dimension
Dual technologies
‘ESDP’ R&D Security R&D(ex 2nd Pillar) (ex 1st Pillar)
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Testing and validation only at national level
Fragmentation of the European market
Perspectives: the emerging “new”
security market
Standardization of new technical solutions at the EU level
Certification, liability
Standards and certification
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Human factorsSecurity v. privacyLegal & ethical aspects
Foresight & scenariosImpact of technologiesEconomics of security
It’s all about societal resilience
Perspectives: Security and Society
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Thanks for
Your Attention
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