New HARMONY and ARTEMis projects launched to advance crisis response interoperability

Brussels 10/11/2025

Two innovative research projects are underway! Funded under Horizon Europe, HARMONY and ARTEMis combine their efforts to shape a new era of harmonised and standardised protocols and tools for comprehensive disaster risk management across sectors and borders, at a pan-European level.

By standardising response protocols, fostering collaboration between emergency actors and harnessing innovation, the two projects aim at helping communities better prevent, respond to and recover from crises.

Over the next three years, partners covering a wide range of expertise (practitioners, decision-makers, researchers, standardisation authorities, industry leaders) will seek to improve interoperability and create a framework for key actors to work seamlessly together, regardless of national boundaries.

HARMONY aims to develop harmonised protocols for disaster risk management across prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, for climate-related and geological hazards, focusing on transnational collaboration. The project will also develop a platform for data collection and exchange, allowing real-time data communication from multiple information sources and support tools for strategic, operational and tactical decision-making.

Complementary, ARTEMis will deliver an integrated emergency management framework, including a harmonised approach to alerting and impact forecasting. It will also provide innovative tools to visualise risks, vulnerability and exposure using impact forecasting data and satellite information. Moreover, the consortium will develop multi-lingual trainings to strengthen the skills of relevant stakeholders.

Both projects will conduct tabletop exercises, workshops and pilot activities to assess current practices, identify gaps, design and test practical solutions.

HARMONY and ARTEMis will join efforts to amplify their impact, avoid duplication and support long-term sustainability of project outcomes.

As a key partner in both projects, EENA will play a leading role in ensuring that the outcomes of HARMONY and ARTEMis translate into tangible benefits for public safety stakeholders across Europe.

In HARMONY, EENA will lead the co-design process, bringing together scientific, policy, and first-responder perspectives to develop and validate harmonised protocols for impact forecasting and transnational emergency management. Through extensive stakeholder engagement and targeted dissemination, EENA will facilitate the effective transfer of project knowledge into operational practice, ensuring that the developed solutions meet the needs of end users.

In ARTEMis, EENA will coordinate activities related to knowledge transfer, awareness raising, and capacity building. In addition, EENA will lead the analysis of societal needs to identify challenges in the uptake of ARTEMis innovations, ensuring that the project’s outputs are aligned with real-world requirements and that key solutions address priority issues effectively.

HARMONY consortium (16 partners, 9 countries):
SingularLogic (Coordinator), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), CARTIF Foundation, RINA Consulting, European Emergency Number Association (EENA), European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC), D.M.A.T. Consulting, Spanish Technology Platform for Industrial Safety (PESI), Galician Emergency Agency (AXEGA), National Firefighters School of Portugal, Regional Ministry for Environment, Housing and Territorial Planning of Castilla y León, Alexandria Innovation Zone, Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Association of Rhodope Municipalities, Protection and Rescue Directorate of North Macedonia, Albanian Fire Protection and Rescue Association.

ARTEMis consortium (16 organisations, 10 countries):
Region of Attica (Coordinator), Romanian Standards Association (ASRO), Departmental Fire and Rescue Service of Haute-Corse (SDIS 2B), Geosphere Austria, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy (Slovenia), Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO), European Emergency Number Association (EENA), Italian Meteorological and Climatological Agency (ItaliaMeteo), Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Fraunhofer Society for Applied Research, Edge in Earth Observation Sciences (EDGE), Mitiga Solutions, Satways, IoT Applications and Multi-Layer Development (IOTAM), Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC).