BroadMap Workshop in Germany

The national workshop in Germany took place on 22^nd and 23^rd June 2016 near Munich in the Alps region.

It was organized by Bavarian Red Cross (DE-BRK). Mr. Matthias Max Head of Research and Civil Protection German Red Cross - Headquarters was proud that the Red Cross can offer a BroadMap Workshop where 25 participants from Federal Agency for Public Safety Digital Radio, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport, federal police, State’s Fire Brigade School Geretsried, German Maritime Search and Rescue Association, integrate command centre (112) Schweinfurt, medical service, lifeguard service, mountain rescue, fire and rescue services meet to exchange ideas about broadband radio communications systems. It was important that representatives from the Austrian Red Cross Headquarters and the local branches of Salzburg an Tirol took part to discuss about cross border communication and common missions between Germany and Austria.

The workshop started with a warm welcome to all participants from Mr. Leonhard Stärk (CEO) and a presentation from Mrs. Dr. Barbara Held the representative from Federal Agency for Public Safety Digital Radio and board member of Tetra and Critical Communications Association (TCCA) about the status of broadband data communication in Europe, followed by videos about telematic solutions and the future of firefighting.

For the discussion part of the workshop the participants were split into three groups: rescue services, firefighting and government agencies.

At first these three groups discussed about the open questions on the Questionnaire, potential of improvement of current systems and what might be possible and important in the future.

The second discussion forum took place in mixed groups with government agencies and NGO’s to talk about improvement of current systems across organizations.

At the end of the workshop all results were gathered and presented by Mr. Uwe Kippnich (WS-leader) to the audience.

All together it was a successful workshop and the results will be important for development of future systems.

BroadWay @ the 10th CoU meeting in Brussels

David Lund presented the BroadWay project during the “Procurement and Innovation” panel session as part of the 10th Community of User meeting on March 5th 2018 in Brussels.

Mr Lund described the progress made from the one-year BroadMap project, which represented the interests of 15 European countries and prepared the ground for a Pre-Commercial Procurement activity, to the BroadWay project, just validated by the European Commission to implement a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) to develop technologies to enable a pan-European interoperable broadband mobile system for public safety.

Through 5 different stories, the aim of the “Procurement and Innovation” session, was to provide an insight on the new instruments for the acquisition of innovation, identify the strengths and weaknesses of such instruments from the perspective of both sides of the market, identify success stories under the frame of EU funded research and innovation framework and, finally, to propose lines of action for the improvement of the market uptake of security research and innovation outcomes.

A video of the session is available on youtube, to watch Mr Lund's presentation, please click on the following link: https://youtu.be/O2XFgd8wwM0?t=9786

BroadMap Final Deliverable now Available!

We are happy to announce that the Transition Roadmap and Pre-Commercial procurement specification of the BroadMap project is now publicly available.

The European Commission-funded BroadMap project ended earlier this year and marked a first step towards the establishment of a Pan-European Interoperable Broadband Public Safety Communication Network. Gathering PPDR organisations from 15 European countries, this one-year project successfully delivered a core set of specifications to be used for procuring innovative solutions for broadband communication systems.

The final deliverable is available here

BroadMap Presented at Latest PSRG Meeting in Copenhagen

Manfred Blaha had the opportunity to present the BroadMap project and introduce the plan for the PSCE-led proposal to the European Commissions SEC-04-DRS2017 call, purchasing innovative Broadband solutions and pilot systems for Europe's Public Safety Organisations to the "Public Safety Radiocommunications Group" meeting in Copenhagen.

BroadMap Final Stakeholders' Workshop: The start of a journey towards interoperable broadband radio communication systems for public safety and security

Mission accomplished for the EU-funded flagship project taking the first step towards future procurement of interoperable next generation of broadband radio communication systems for public safety and security!

The Success Story of BroadMap: First Step towards Interoperable Radio Communication Systems for Public Safety and Security in Europe

The EU flagship project BroadMap is coming to an end now. The one-year project, which started back in May 2016, has gathered Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) organisations from 15 European countries (Member States and associated countries) to work together to establish a common roadmap for future evolution of EU PPDR radio communications.

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