Civil Security for Society 2026

Advanced border surveillance and situational awareness

Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutions

Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparedness

Open topic on preventing and countering the misuse of emerging technologies for criminal purposes, including issues related to lawful access to data

Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management

Enhancing the security of citizens against terrorism and lone-actor violence in confined spaces such as schools

Accessible and available travel facilitation

Missing persons: prevention and investigation

Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crime

Open topic on supporting disruptive technological innovations for civil security

Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe

Targeted innovative capabilities for the resilience of critical entities to natural and human-induced disasters, including hybrid scenarios

Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditions

Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impacts

Development of ecosystem and next-generation capabilities for a secured European Critical Communication System in civil security

Tools and processes to support stress tests of critical infrastructure

Improving capabilities of law enforcement to counter climate-related challenges

Demand-led innovation in security

Prevention and mitigation of misuse of synthetic biology for bioterrorism purposes

Public procurement of innovation for security

Security challenges of the green transition in urban und peri urban areas