EENA Members workshop & Meet Your MEP on 16-18 October, Brussels
SAVE THE DATES! The time has finally come: We are happy to announce the second edition of the EENA Members Workshop & Meet your MEP events, this autumn 2017! SAVE THE DATES : 16-18 October 2017 WHERE? Pentahotel Brussels City Centre & the European Parliament, Brussels WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES? The EENA Members’ workshop aims […]
#EuropeDay2017 – Let’s make sure 112 continues to serve Europeans
NOT OFTEN AN ACHIEVEMENT HOLDS AS MUCH SYMBOLIC VALUE AS IT DOES PRACTICAL, BUT 112 DOES EXACTLY THAT. Today it is Europe Day (#EuropeDay2017), a day celebrating peace and unity in Europe, bringing us together and reminding Europeans of the achievements of the European Union, its member-states and its citizens. It’s not often that a […]
Next Generation 112: Report of NG112 Communications Plugtests event now available!
We are happy to announce that the final report of the 2nd edition of “Next Generation 112 (NG112) Emergency Communications Plugtests™ event in Europe” is now available! About The event took place in the premises of ETSI (Sophia-Antipolis, France) on 6-10 March 2017. While the 2016 edition focused on voice and geo-localization solutions, the 2017 […]
M. Macron, nouveau Président français – Quel impact pour les appels d’urgence en France et en Europe?
— English version available here— A la suite de l’élection de M. Emmanuel Macron au second tour de l’élection présidentielle française du 7 mai 2017, EENA félicite le nouveau président de la République française et lui adresse ses voeux de réussite dans ses nouvelles fonctions. M. Macron devra faire face à de nombreux défis, parmi […]
Mr Macron is the new French President – What does it mean for the 112 service in France and in Europe?
— Version en français ici — Yesterday France elected Mr Emmanuel Macron as the country’s new President. EENA would like to congratulate him and wish him every success within his new role. Mr Macron has many challenging tasks to face, public safety being one of them. France can have a great impact both on French […]
Emergency Number Associations announce intensified standards cooperation
NEXT GENERATION SYSTEMS & STANDARDISATION COOPERATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC… 7 April 2017 – Alexandria, Virginia / Brussels, Belgium International emergency calling associations from the U.S. and Europe announced today their intent to increase cooperation and efforts on international standardisation of emergency calling systems. The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) represents 112 interests in Europe, and […]
Waze joins forces with EENA in Europe-wide public safety pilot project
DUE TO THE HIGH INTEREST IN THE PROGRAMME & SEVERAL REQUESTS, EENA & WAZE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS UNTIL 8 MAY. EENA, the European Emergency Number Association, announces a data-sharing partnership with Waze, the free, real-time crowdsourced traffic and navigation app powered by the world’s largest community of drivers. EENA and Waze […]
Watch live: David Ginola, social media & crises, drones in rescue operations
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, 3 KEY-SESSIONS OF THE EENA CONFERENCE LIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Watch live the the hottest topics of the emergency services field! For the first time ever, 3 key-sessions of the EENA Conference to be broadcasted live! The EENA Conference , the largest pan-European event on emergency services, brings you every […]
EENA start-up programme
HELPING START-UPS GROW WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO PUBLIC SAFETY EENA is excited to announce the beginning of a new adventure: in only a few months, the EENA start-up programme will be launched, helping start-ups in the field of emergency services grow while benefiting public safety. Many start-ups gather expertise and a valuable skill-set, with dynamic people […]
Joint paper by Google, Microsoft and EENA on emergency calls and OTTs
Microsoft, Google and the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) published today a joint position paper on the provisions of the proposed European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) referring to access to emergency services from over-the-top players (OTTs). Summary: The signatories welcome the proposal but would like to highlight some points necessary to understand the mandate on […]