Deadline: December 15th, 2017.
Natural phenomena such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, storms, droughts, but also technical hazards threaten millions of people and cause tremendous economic damage all over the world.
At the international level, agreements have been made to better handle the social, economic and environmental effects of these events. Triggered by the United Nations, the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction” (SFDRR) Action Plan was adopted in 2015.
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is aimed at the priorities of this action until 2030.
Civil security is one of the priority tasks and prerequisite for future life quality and value creation in Germany. The Government’s “Research for Civil Security” program specifically addresses disaster and risk prevention and Germany has extensive experience in applicationoriented security research.
IKARIM´s goal is to strengthen Germany´s contribution to achieve the Sendai goals and to tackle global challenges by R&D-co-operation with both emerging and developed countries.
IKARIM addresses demand-driven R & D co-operations with selected African and Asian countries. The goal is to jointly develop and implement innovative and application-oriented solutions in the fields of disaster prevention, disaster management and restoration. The aim is to strengthen the resilience of the partnering countries against natural and technical risks.
Subject of funding
The IKARIM grant aims to transfer know-how and to form international partnerships for disaster risk management. The focus is on innovative, application-oriented co-operation projects that contribute to population protection, disaster prevention and the protection of critical infrastructures as well as the development of early warning systems in selected african and asian countries.
Experts of both Germany and the respective country are requested co-operate within the collaborative projects. The goal is to develop solutions for specific national challenges making use of relevant experiences of German security research. The collaborative projects are to be carried out jointly by science, business and practitioners. Cross-border inter- and trans-disciplinary cooperation is expected.
Project proposals must go well beyond the current state of science and technology as well as existing implementations in the partnering countries. They must have clear advantages over existing solutions.
Funding of definition projects (see below) as a preparatory measure upfront to an R & D project is possible and recommended.
Eligible Regions:
The focus of this grant is on the following selected african and asian countries:
– Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Cameroon, Madagascar, South Africa, Tunisia,
– Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam.
Funding Benefit:
The maximum support for a definition project is € 60,000.
For more information, Contact:
Dr. Anja Köhler
phone: +49 2 28/3821 1428
E-Mail: [email protected]
International Office of the BMBF
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
OR
Dr. Leif Brand
phone: +49 2 11/62 14-5 16
fax: +49 2 11/62 14-97 516
E-Mail: [email protected]
VDI-Technologiezentrum GmbH
Funding Agency of the BMBF for Research for Civil Security
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