CERIDES is proud to present the GIS Storymap created for HOPE FSX project funded by the Directorate-General (DG) for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations – (ECHO), through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (Call: UCPM-2021-EXT).
‘GIS’ stands for Geographic Information System (GIS Software) designed to store, retrieve, manage, display, and analyze all types of geographic and spatial data.
Here you can visit the Storymap created, where you can expect to:
- Get acquainted with the specific earthquake challenges in South Caucasus and how the Republic of Armenia is acting to help its people
- Play with interactive maps
- Test your basic knowledge about Armenia in a 4 question quiz,
- See the Key Milestones accomplished so far
- Watch an aerial video of the Base of Operation (BoO)
- Learn about preparation, common misunderstandings in disaster management and lots more via 20 humoristic illustrations
The specific GIS storymap is attempting to induce all citizens in the project’s activities, motivate people to participate as volunteers / actors and help spread the message across their communities and help in creating a safety culture.
We are expecting to increase the participation of citizens to HOPE’s activities and support our efforts to create a safety culture among citizens through trust relationships between the society and the civil protection authorities.
CERIDES acts as the Coordinating Organisation for this project. The aim of the project is to improve civil protection preparedness and response capabilities of Armenia in dealing with large, complex disasters that require joint response coordination facilitated via the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and INSARAG. South Caucasus countries’ efforts for sustainable development are clearly threatened by a devastating earthquake. Thus, sharing capacities, capabilities and resources, scientific support decision making, use of proven innovative tools, and joint training / exercising can lead to radical improvement of international cross border cooperation procedures of the Mechanism.
The CERIDES Team responsible for the management, coordination, and implementation of the HOPE project, comprises of the following scientists:
Mr. Evangelos Katsaros (Project Manager)
Dr. Christos Dimopoulos (Scientific Manager & Head Evaluator)
Dr. Georgia Solomonidou (Research Associate)
Professor George Boustras (Scientific Advisor)