ARTEMis will pave the way towards a new era of harmonised, standardised protocols, tools and procedures for emergency management and risk awareness in a pan-European level, delivering innovations in 6 concrete pillars, namely: (i) Assessment and Analysis: Conduct a comprehensive assessment of existing alert and impact forecasting systems and emergency management protocols across Europe for among others identifying gaps and areas for improvement in current practices; (ii) Development of an Integrated Emergency Management Framework: Collaborate with European, national, regional, and local authorities to develop an integrated framework for emergency management making sure that the framework leverages existing systems like the Copernicus Emergency Management Service; (iii) Harmonisation of Alert and Impact Forecasting Systems: Proposal of homogeneous methods for identifying vulnerability and exposure and creation of harmonised protocols for alert and impact forecasting systems, ensuring timely information dissemination to civil protection authorities; (iv) Implementation and Testing: Validation testing of the integrated framework and harmonised protocols in selected regions prone to natural disasters. Conduct exercises (tabletop and full scale) to test the effectiveness of the new systems and protocols; (v) Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building: Organisation of workshops, training sessions, and webinars to build the capacity of relevant stakeholders and develop training materials and resources that can be used for ongoing education and awareness; and (vi) Enhancing Risk Awareness: Development of innovative tools to visualise risks, vulnerability, and exposure using impact forecasting data and satellite information. Implement public awareness campaigns to educate EU citizens about local risks and preparedness measures.

The midterm review of the Sendai Framework highlights persistent challenges in disaster risk reduction (DRR), particularly the lack of coordination between disaster risk agencies, sectoral ministries, stakeholders, and policies, hindering coordinated planning and effective decision-making. Recent disasters, such as the 2024 Spain Valencia flood and the 2020 Gjerdrum quick clay landslide in Norway, reveal governance weaknesses, inadequate risk management, and communication barriers, intensifying disaster impacts. These events demonstrate the need for integrated, multi-sectoral coordination, decentralisation, and better risk-informed decision-making. A positive example is Greece's wildfire risk management system, which integrates science and technology for improved governance in DRR. However, gaps in local- and regional-level implementation persist. The TOGETHER project aims to address these challenges, focusing on multi-level and cross-sectoral coordination to build a disaster-resilient society amidst climate change and multi-hazard risks. The final outcome of this project is a toolkit that embodies three innovations: (1) Five interoperability frameworks (legal, organisational, technical, semantic, and cross-domain) to provide FAIR data, (2) a multi-tool system (MTS)- an intelligent AI agent to generate insights using the FAIR data for Disaster Risk Management Governance (DRMG), and (3) DRMG that comprises innovative solutions and existing systems and best practices to enhance multi-level and cross-sectoral interactions within the existing governance systems and protocols for more efficient disaster management coordination. The tool will implement a novel public-private-civic partnership (PPCP) approach in three Disaster Risk Management Innovation Hubs ( Norway, Greece, Spain) to co-create, co-evaluate, and demonstrate the functionalities. Two replication studies in Portugal and Türkiye will showcase the robustness of the toolkit for DRM.

In 2023, the European Commission will launch the Galileo Emergency Warning Satellite Service (EWSS). EWSS is a worldwide service to broadcast emergency warnings linked to natural or man-made disasters, with the major advantage to remain operational when all terrestrial communication networks are down, and in places where they do not exist at all. Final recipients of EWSS messages (EWM) are primarily citizens equipped with Galileo enabled smartphones, but another category of end-users exists: Public Warning Systems (PWS) stakeholders. For this latter, a specific GNSS equipment is needed to receive and process the EWM, this equipment being integrated in fixed devices which alert citizens via audio, video and text alert messages (such as Long-Range Acoustic Devices or Digital Panels) or adequate digital messages flows within IT systems. The purpose of the AWARE project is to develop this specific GNSS equipment, also secured by the OS-NMA feature. AWARE will also prepare the adoption of EWSS by European Civil Protection Authorities by performing activities in support to EUSPA and EC for the service deployment, dissemination activities aiming at building the AWARE ecosystem within the PWS B2B and B2G markets. AWARE consortium gathers all the necessary competencies ensuring the success of the project with FDC as GNSS receiver manufacturer, Telespazio and EENA with experience on the design and deployment of public safety services (GRALLE, HELP112), CNES as operator of Toulouse SAR/Galileo Service Centre, where the EWSS service centre will be hosted. End to End demonstrations will be performed with JCDecaux and Genasys, PWS equipment providers and solution integrators, and will involve customers such as the Slovenian Civil Protection Authority. The bridge between Galileo EWSS and Copernicus EMS will also be showcased by UNISTRA. The draft business plan demonstrates the consortium commitment to go to the market and the high probability of a quick R.o.I.