With the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) as coordinator, eNOTICE2 will continue to build on the eNOTICE project for two years (kick-off January 2024), a European network of CBRN centers (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances).

The identified challenges of eNOTICE will be addressed in eNOTICE2.  Furthermore, the focus will be on improving overall preparedness and capacity to respond quickly to major cross-border crises involving C, B or RN agents, or a combination thereof.

Various stakeholders include: first responders, crisis managers, civil protection, training professionals, CBRN technology developers, policy makers and civilian volunteers.

The main results of eNOTICE2 will be:

• New Training Modules – Revised CBRN education courses, with updated content and updated ways to deliver information to trainees.
• Continuously updated, open-access digital library of CBRN resources containing relevant (non-confidential) CBRN best practice documents, procedures, glossaries, guidelines and policies with an emphasis on CBRN decontamination.
• Methodology and development of synthetic operational data (safety data sheets, SDS) that can be used directly by emergency responders during a crisis.
• Exercises and a VR/XR demo, with scenarios focusing on harmonized procedures for decontamination of vulnerable people and their disability aids.
• Pan-EU prenormative guideline for CBRN decontamination, with special emphasis on decontamination of disability devices.

The project will bring together multidisciplinary stakeholders during four simulation exercises to ensure that cooperation, coordination, compatibility and complementarity between actors strengthen. Partnerships between civil protection and DRM (Digital Rights Management) actors ensure cross-pollination with the Research & Development sector.