Network Projects
ECHO
European network of Cybersecurity centres and competence Hub for innovation and Operations
Programme: H2020
popAI
A European Positive Sum Approach towards AI tools in support of Law Enforcement and safeguarding privacy and fundamental rights.
CYBERSPACE
Enhancing cybersecurity and the reporting of cyberattacks in the EU
Duration: 1 December 2021 – 30 November 2024
The project aims to provide policymakers, law enforcement agencies and the private sector with a more comprehensive understanding of cyberattacks and cybercrime in the EU. Insights will be used to develop investigative tools, improve information sharing, and better detection, response and prevention of cybercrime.
CC-DRIVER
Understanding the drivers of cyber criminality, and new methods to prevent, investigate and mitigate cybercriminal behaviour A Research
EU-HYBNET
Empowering a Pan-European Network to Counter Hybrid Threats
Programme: H2020
LAW-GAME
An Interactive, Collaborative Digital Gamification Approach to Effective Experiential Training and Prediction of Criminal Actions
AI4CYBER
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity Reinforcement and System Resilience
Duration: 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2025
INFINITY Horizon
Immerse. Interact. Investigate
Programme: H2020
ALIGNER
Artificial Intelligence Roadmap for Policing and Law Enforcement
Duration: 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2024
Programme: H2020
CTC Project
Cut The Cord (CTC)
SHIELD
solutionS to enHance Interfaith protEction of pLaces of worship from terrorist Danger
Duration: 3 January 2022 – 2 January 2024
SHIELD is a project funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund aimed at protecting places of worship from the risks of violent extremism. Implementing risk factors’ analysis, SHIELD is to enhance security postures at places of worship through improving the coordination, cooperation, and communication between law enforcement agencies, public authorities, faith leadership, and congregations.
UNCOVER
Development of an efficient steganalysis framework for uncovering hidden data in digital media
Duration: 1 May 2021 – 30 April 2024
Programme: H2020
The main objective of UNCOVER is to develop innovations for detecting hidden information (steganalysis) and to increase the technological autonomy of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in the field of digital media steganalysis. With its consortium of 22 partners, which includes LEAs, forensic institutes, leading researchers and software developers as well as technology companies, UNCOVER aims to improve current standards of steganalysis solutions regarding the performance, usability, operational needs, privacy protection, and chain-of-custody considerations.
ODYSSEUS Project
Preventing, Countering, and Investigating Terrorist Attacks through Prognostic, Detection, and Forensic Mechanisms for Explosive Precursors
Duration: 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2024
Programme: H2020
The EU-funded ODYSSEUS project develops effective and efficient prognostic, detection and forensic tools to improve prevention, countering and investigation of terrorist incidents involving homemade explosives. The knowledge helps in the development of tools for monitoring the chemical supply chain and sensing in (near) real-time explosive precursors. The tools will be field-tested in three operational use cases.
CORE Project
sCience and human factOr for Resilient sociEty
Programme: H2020
The EU-funded CORE project identifies and implements best practice and knowledge, learning from seven past cases and from countries like Japan which has high levels of seismic and tsunami risk, but where risk awareness is high. Blending this European-specific and global best practice, CORE provides optimised actions and harmonised solutions to rebuild socio-economic structures after a disaster. Through transdisciplinary collaboration involving environmental science and social science communities, it defines common metrics related to the different types of disasters, and how to measure, control and mitigate their impact.
EITHOS Project
European Identity THeft Observatory System
Programme: H2020
Project EITHOS (European Identity THeft Observatory System) – funded under Grant Agreement 101073928, Call “Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021”, Topic “Online identity theft is countered” – will develop a novel Identity Theft Observatory System, empowering European citizens, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), and policymakers to further contribute to the prevention, detection, investigation, as well mitigation of OIDT related crime and societal impact.
More specifically, EITHOS will provide a common gateway for identity theft information and intelligence in Europe, built on top of a modern technological back end, based on two pillars: (1) Inform & Educate European citizens through the observatory itself and via innovative awareness campaigns regarding the safety of their personal data and identity, not forgetting a victimology perspective that will focus on socio-psychological impacts; (2) Identify & address the challenges that Police Authorities face against identity theft and develop a robust software toolset to support them and enhance their investigations.
PROTECTOR Project
Protecting places of worship from hate crime and terrorism
1 August 2018 – 31 December 2020
Programme: H2020
Supported by the G20 Inter Faith Forum and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the PROTECTOR project designs, develops and delivers the next generation of integrated measures to enhance the protection of places of worship.
ALLIES Project
AI-based framework for supporting micro and small Hosting Service Providers on the report and removal of online terrorist content.
Duration: 1 February 2023 – 28 February 2025
Programme: Horizon Europe
The ALLIES project aims to support micro and small Hosting Service Providers (HSP) in achieving compliance with the new requirements and obligations under the “Terrorist Content Online” (TCO) Regulation. This will be achieved through the creation of proper learning, training, experience sharing mechanisms as well as technical Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.
TATE Project
Tech Against Terrorism Europe will drive greater awareness of the EU’s terrorist content online (TCO) regulation, supporting smaller tech companies in meeting the requirements to counter the terrorist threat.
Programme: European Union (ISF-2021-AG-TCO-101080101)
Tech Against Terrorism Europe will drive greater awareness of the EU’s terrorist content online (TCO) regulation, supporting smaller tech companies in meeting the requirements to counter the terrorist threat.
CYCLOPES Project
Bringing together industry and academia to combat cybercrime
1 May 2021 – 30 April 2026
Programme: Funded under Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
The EU-funded CYCLOPES project will build and maintain an innovation-driven network for LEAs against cybercrime, creating synergies between LEA, industry and the scientific community. The project includes dedicated groups identifying solutions and research activities to assist and support the development of LEAs as well as practitioner workshops to define abilities, gaps and requirements in procedures, training, legal issues and standardisation. The workshops operate in the fields of direct cybercrime impact on people, cybercrime impact on systems and digital forensics.
MELCHIOR Project
MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE and MULTIPHYSICS CONCEALED AND HIDDEN OBJECTS INTERROGATION
1 September 2022 – 31 August 2025
Programme: Horizon Europe
MELCHIOR is an EU funded Coordination and Support Action project, which aims to improve, mature and demonstrate the novel infrasound interrogation Z-MESMERISE technology in operational environments including border controls in airports and sea-ports and land borders as well as other environments where the technology would be quite useful like crowded events and prisons.
ETAPAS Project
Ethical Technology Adoption in Public Administration Services
1 November 2020 – 31 October 2023
Programme: H2020
The EU-funded ETAPAS project plans to build a framework and an assessment methodology to measure and mitigate ethical and legal risks connected to the adoption of DTs in the public sector. The goal is to allow the European public sector to make better use of new technologies and innovative solutions, improving operating efficiency, reducing management costs and increasing public trust and engagement.
FERMI Project
Fake News Risk Mitigator
01 October 2022 – 30 September 2025
Programme: H2020
FERMI develops a framework to detect and monitor the way that D&FN spread, both in terms of locations and within different segments of the society, and to put in place relevant security countermeasures.
PROSPERES Project
Protection System for large gatherings of people in Religious Sites
1 June 2021 – 30 November 2023
Programme: Horizon Europe
FERMI seeks to provide law-enforcement agencies with the tools they need to stem the tide of disinformation-induced crimes. By doing so FERMI attempts to rectify a shortcoming of the dominant approaches to disinformation, which has been mostly seen as a public trust issue. Accordingly, the project’s three pilots are aimed at capturing proceedings where disinformation led to different forms of such violent extremism. The tools will be supplemented by comprehensive training materials for law-enforcement agencies. A seemingly less specific and non-tool-oriented set of training materials for the public will be produced too.
STARLIGHT Project
Enhancing the EU’s strategic autonomy in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for law enforcement agencies (LEAs).
1 October 2021 – 30 September 2025
Programme: H2020
STARLIGHT aims to create a community that brings together LEAs, researchers, industry and practitioners in the security ecosystem under a coordinated and strategic effort to bring AI into operational practices.
PANTHEON Project
Community-Based Smart City Digital Twin Platform for Optimised Disaster Risk Management operations and Enhanced Community Disaster Resilience
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025
Programme: Horizon Europe
PANTHEON aims to design and develop a community-based digital framework for disaster resilience based on SCDT, making use of new and emerging technologies and innovations such as sensing from earth observation and the use of drone technology.