COUNTERACT

Kick-off year : 2006 Title : Cluster Of User Networks in Transport and Energy Relating to Anti-terrorist ACTivities Programme : 6th Framework Program Status : Completed Link : www.counteract.eu

ON-LINE REGISTRATION FOR THE FINAL CONFERENCE

COUNTERACT focuses on the protection of critical transport infrastructures, public transport passengers and goods. It aims to support the transport and energy sectors by assessing the state-of-the-art and identifying, prioritizing and assessing the needs for security policies and concrete measures.

COUNTERACT will contribute to:

• Improving the knowledge and understanding of current terrorist threats and related risks for the transport and energy sector,
• Collecting available experience and existing best practices;
• Establishing a sound collaboration with police, security, emergency and military services including a framework for co-operation of public and private institutions;
• Identifying existing gaps of knowledge and lacks in legal provisions, policies, procedures, tools, technologies and standards;
• Providing targeted solutions in framework of targeted studies;
• Elaborating recommendations for measures to enhance protection of infrastructures and to improve preparedness and response to crises as well as future legislative initiatives and RTD activities;
• Specification of needs for education and training;
• Recommendations to assist policy and legislative processes.

The Thematic User Group (TUG) for the Freight Transport Cluster is led by the UIRR and includes freight transporters; freight terminal, -parking and -depot operators; air cargo handling companies; freight forwarders; 3rd party logistics providers; warehouse operators; and Customs as well as other authorities (police, security, intelligence, anti-terrorist, etc.).