David Lund's BroadMap Presentation @ SMIIG 2017

In the course of a panel debate on the involvement and the role of practitioners in Horizon 2020 projects, held in the last SMIIG meeting, David Lund presented the case of the BroadMap project which gathers 15 practitioners from a wide variety of countries across Europe (including 8 Ministries of Interior) and which is successfully preparing the PPDR’s wireless broadband communication requirements, the specifications as well as the roadmap for procurement. He explained the steps for having practitioners on board: start early to build your consortium and facilitate the administrative management.

The Security Mission Information & Innovation Group (SMIIG) held its last meeting on 02 and 03 February 2017. The SMIIG focuses on the features of Horizon 2020 (H2020) with the objective of exchanging information on the Secure Societies calls to stimulate networking and consortia building. The aim is to give opportunities to create ideas, to receive feedback from end-users, to discuss lessons learnt and the future of the EU security research programme.

Other panelists presented the challenges and opportunities raised by Horizon 2020 for practitioner organisations to take part in projects: focus on projects which are related to the missions of the organization and present concrete solutions. It appears clearly that the role of practitioners is reinforced by allowing their voice to be heard in a more systematic way.

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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