The Community of Practice (CoP)

You are welcome to join. Please send an email to stopit-cop@iww-online.de.

STOP-IT has created Communities of Practice (CoPs) and learning alliances with a multi-stakeholder perspective to contribute to the development of the project products. Three levels of CoPs have been created to ensure the required levels of confidentiality for the information exchanged.

The local CoP’s for the Frontrunner water utilities will deal with technical aspects to be treated in a confidential environment.

The project CoP is designed to establish a network of different groups of stakeholders on the project and is open to a broader audience (water utilities, national water associations, first aid associations, NGO’s).

The trans-project CoP is crossing boundaries between different critical infrastructure sectors and involves international networks and non-project expert groups.

Here you can find some results of the work within the CoP’s.

Our Networks

STOP-IT is already embedded into a number of initiatives and clusters, such as:

STOP-IT has created (with others) a cluster of H2020 projects, the European Cluster for Securing Critical Infrastructures (ECSCI). Its main objective is to bring about synergetic, emerging disruptive solutions to security issues via cross-projects collaboration and innovation.

ECSCI

The ICT4water cluster aims at safe, sufficient, valued and ‘smart’ water for EU citizens by stimulating the development of innovative water management products and services, based on information and communication technologies and enabling greater cooperation among researchers, industry, water regulators, operators and users across the EU. The cluster comprises 20 ongoing H2020 projects and STOP-IT already has been featured in the ICT4water newsletter.

ICT4Water

The IMG-S is an informal and wide European network of experts in the security domain, connecting academia (UNIV and RTO), industry (SMEs and large) and end-users. IMG-S participants have extensive experience in EU security, with active participation in the Security Theme in H2020.

IMG-S

STOP-IT is linked to the European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP). ERNCIP is a Joint Research Centre (JRC)- facilitated network of security related experts volunteering to address issues of pre-standardisation at EU-level towards fostering the development of innovative and competitive security solutions. It involves EU institutions, operators, academia, industry and research facilities and has different thematic groups, such as cyber security, aviation security, radiological and nuclear threats and chemical and biological risks to drinking water.

ERNCIP

The Community of Users on Secure, Safe and Resilient Societies (CoU) has been launched in January 2014 and has since developed to become an efficient platform of exchanges among different actors of different branches of security and crisis management. The CoU has developed a thematic programme for 2018, among which a dedicated theme focuses on water safety and security. At the beginning of March 2018, Rita Ugarelli (SINTEF) participated in the ‘Science to Science’ round-table, representing the STOP-IT Consortium.

CoU

Net4Society is the international network of National Contact Points for the Societal Challenge 6 (Europe in a changing world: inclusive, innovative and reflective societies) in Horizon 2020.

Net4Society