The AGILE project held its 1st General Assembly (GA) meeting remotely on 19th March, six months after the project’s launch. The meeting brought together representatives from all 14 project partners, providing a key platform to review progress, discuss deliverables, and align on the next steps for the consortium.

 

Project Coordination and Management

• Two deliverables (D7.1, D8.1) and one milestone (MS1) were achieved; four more deliverables (D1.1, D6.1, D7.2, D7.3) and two milestones (MS2, MS3) are due by April 2024.
• All partners were reminded to identify and report potential project risks in SharePoint
• Grant Agreement amendment: budget shifts, inclusion of Tohoku University as a consortium partner, and timeline corrections.

Conceptualising HILP as Concurrent, Cascading, and Systemic Events

• D1.1 is nearing finalization; the working definition of HILP events was piloted within the consortium and refined through feedback.
• Characteristics of “low probability” and “high impact” were defined and voted on as mandatory components for identifying HILP events.
• Partners are requested to provide additional details on emergency management challenges for integration into D1.1
• Quantitative analysis of probability and impact planned under Task 1.2.

Multi-Disciplinary HILP Reference Library

• Develop an architecture and database of HILP events, including causes, triggers, and impacts.
• A survey is planned for early May and a workshop for late June to gather insights on influencing factors.
• Target groups to be defined by task leaders; ethics review required for survey deployment.
• Focus on identifying factors that differentiate HILP from non-HILP events.

Risk and Resilience Stress-Test Methodology

• Aligning methodologies with WP1 and WP2 to ensure integrated stakeholder feedback.
• Refining tools and approaches for effective risk and resilience stress testing.

Scenario Co-Development and Stress Test Implementation

• Collaborating with case study partners to develop realistic scenarios and implement stress tests.

Evidence-Based Planning, Capacity Building, and Risk Communication

• Challenges include data availability, confidentiality, and lessons learned from past events.
• Strengthening ties with regional authorities through case study partners for stress tests.

Dissemination, Communication, and Exploitation

• Stakeholder database expansion through WP1 interviews and WP2 surveys.
• Collaboration with case study partners will ensure effective outreach.
• Website launched by Week 12; social media goals to be adjusted in the Grant Agreement amendment.
• Ensure GDPR compliance for stakeholder contact data sharing.