Security Research in the EU
Roundtable at European Parliament
8 December 2010
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
Marco Malacarne
Head of Unit “Security Research and
Development”
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Threats & Policy Responses
• European Security Strategy (December 2003):
• Internal Security Strategy (February 2010)
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Organised crime and cyber-crime
Terrorism
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Regional conflicts and failed states
Natural and man-made disasters
 Policy implications: commitment to Innovation:
... private and public sectors to work together.
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
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FP 7 (2007-2013)
FP7 Cooperation programme: EUR 32,413 million
Ten Research Priority Themes
Health
6100
19%
Security
1400
4%
Socio-economics
623
2%
Space
1430
4%
Transport
4160
13%
Environment
1890
6%
Food
1935
6%
ICT
9050
28%
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
NMT
3475
11%
Energy
2350
7%
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Security R&D - “mission driven”:
from threats to missions to capabilities
4 Mission Areas
• Protection against Terrorism
and Organized Crime
• Critical Infrastructure
Protection
• Border Security
• Restoring Security in Case of
Crisis
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
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DEMO on Maritime Border Security:
detection of small non-cooperative vessels
Data Processing and Data Fusion
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
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DEMO on Security of Mass transportation:
protecting citizens in public urban transport
- Improving the awareness against threats
- Systematically increasing the security level
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Enterprise and Industry
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Perspectives:
the external
dimension
Dual technologies
‘ESDP’ R&D
(ex 2nd Pillar)
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
Security R&D
(ex 1st Pillar)
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Perspectives:
the emerging “new”
security market
Standards and
certification
Testing and validation
only at national level
Fragmentation of the
European market
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
Standardization of new
technical solutions at the
EU level
Certification, liability
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Perspectives:
Security and Society
It’s all about
societal resilience
Human factors
Security v. privacy
Legal & ethical aspects
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
Foresight & scenarios
Impact of technologies
Economics of security
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Thanks for
Your Attention
European Commission
Security Research
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
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