WHAT IS THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AWARD?
In January 2020, the Crisis Management Innovation Network Europe (CMINE) and the DRIVER+ project organised a competition for crisis management solutions with high innovation potential.
Stakeholders were invited to vote for the solutions registered for the competition and evaluate them against 3 key criteria:
- Contribution to crisis management/disaster risk reduction (CM/DDR);
- Affordability; and
- Contribution to innovation
The winners were selected by a jury and invited to present their solutions at the DRIVER+ Advanced Final Conference, 19-20th February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium.
WHO ARE THE WINNERS?
Crowdtasker (1st place)
Instructing non-institutional volunteers with customisable tasks, contextual information and alerts, and crowdsourcing information from them.
Picture (right to left): Denis Havlik, AIT (Crowdtasker), Todor Tagarev, CMINE Head Chair, Institute of ICT, Marijn Rijken, DRIVER+ Project Coordinator/TNO
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Scenario-enabled PFA capacity building, comprising knowledge, guidelines and an experiential training package.
Picture (right to left): Todor Tagarev, CMINE Head Chair, Institute of ICT, Martha Bird, IFRC Reference Centre for Psychological Support/Danish Red Cross, Marijn Rijken, DRIVER+ Project Coordinator/TNO
E-healthpass
Secure storage and management of patient’s medical information via their phone, providing instant access for healthcare professionals in the case of an emergency.
Picture (right to left): Fotis Gonidis, Gnomon Informatics S.A. (e-HealthPass), Todor Tagarev, CMINE Head Chair, Institute of ICT, Marijn Rijken, DRIVER+ Project Coordinator/TNO
Congratulations to all Winners
Picture (left to right): Martha Bird, IFRC Reference Centre for Psychological Support/Danish Red Cross for PFA, Denis Havlik, AIT for Crowdtasker, Fotis Gonidis, Gnomon Informatics S.A. for e-Healthpass