STRENGTHENING OF R&D+i CAPACITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE TO VOLCANIC EMERGENCIES IN MACARONESIA
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Acronym: VOLRISKMAC II
Reference: MAC2/3.5b/328
Partners: Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), Agencia Insular de la Energía de Tenerife (AIET), Centro de Informação e Vigilância Sismovulcânica dos Açores (CIVISA), Universidade dos Açores (UAc), Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza (IP-RAM), Universidade de Cabo Verde (UniCV) and Laboratorio de Engenharia Civil de Cabo Verde.
Duration: 2019-2022 (36 months)
Budget: 1,609,594.76 €
Co-Financing: Interreg Territorial Cooperation Programme Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (MAC) 2014-2020. 2nd Call. Axis 3 – Climate change and risk management.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
VOLRISKMAC II, a project funded by the Territorial Cooperation Programme INTERREG V A Spain-Portugal MAC 2014-2020, is born as a continuation of the VOLRISKMAC project.
The overall objective of VOLRISKMAC II is to strengthen R&D&i capacities for resilience development in future volcanic emergencies in Macaronesia.
This project aims to strengthen the volcanic early warning system in Macaronesia by improving instrumental networks and developing and implementing innovative methodologies, strengthen the resilience of volcanic monitoring systems in Macaronesia and generate a collaborative network between participating partners and nationally and/or internationally recognized R&D institutions to strengthen scientific response to Volcanic emergencies in Macaronesia.
General objective: to strengthen R&D+i capacities for the development of resilience against future volcanic emergencies in Macaronesia.
Specific objectives:
Specific objective 1: Strengthening the volcanic early warning system in Macaronesia by improving instrumental networks and developing and implementing innovative methodologies.
Specific objective 2: Strengthen the resilience of volcanic monitoring systems in Macaronesia.
Specific objective 3: Generate a collaborative network between participating partners and nationally and/or internationally recognized R&D institutions to strengthen the scientific response to volcanic emergencies in Macaronesia.
Activities:
S.O. 1: Strengthening the volcanic early warning system in Macaronesia by improving instrumental networks and developing and implementing innovative methodologies.
Activity 2.1.1 – Design and implementation of geophysical and geochemical instrumental networks to strengthen the response to volcanic emergencies.
Activity 2.1.2 – Design and implementation of an instrumental network of remote optical sensors to strengthen the response to volcanic emergencies.
Activity 2.1.3 – Implementation of a petrological methodology to establish the time scales of the precursors of volcanic eruptions in Macaronesia.
S.O. 2: Strengthen the resilience of volcanic monitoring systems in Macaronesia.
Activity 2.2.1 – Improved data acquisition and transmission systems to ensure effective operation of volcanic monitoring systems during emergencies.
Activity 2.2.2 – Development and improvement of the system for processing and storing information generated by instrumental volcanic monitoring networks.
Activity 2.2.3 – Create, strengthen and maintain a technological infrastructure, technological equipment and ad-hoc technical personnel for the development of monitoring centers for the scientific management of volcanic emergencies.
S.O. 3: Generate a collaborative network between participating partners and nationally and/or internationally recognized R&D institutions to strengthen the scientific response to volcanic emergencies in Macaronesia
Activity 2.3.1 – Conducting volcanic emergency simulations in Macaronesia to strengthen the response of participating partners during the pre-eruptive and eruptive phases.
Actividad 2.3.2 – Generation of human capital specialized in issues of volcanic risk and resilience to volcanic emergency, through the transfer of knowledge, tools and technologies from and to society.
Actividad 2.3.3 – Organisation of three workshops for the dissemination of results.
