ABOUT
ABOUT THE PROJECT
PREPAREDNESS, BUILT WITH SOCIETY – NOT JUST FOR IT
PREPSHIELD’s main objective is to foster a more holistic and citizen-centric approach to health-crisis preparedness and management, by co-creating policy recommendations, methods and an AI-powered platform from a social and societal perspective.
What happens before a real pandemic?
We train to be more prepared for it! Recap of our PREPSHIELD Table-Top Exercise, which involved all segments of society – from authorities to citizens – to build more efficient and inclusive health crisis management.
FOUR CLEAR, MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES
SO1 | ENABLE CITIZEN-CENTRIC PREPAREDNESS
The COVID 19 pandemic revealed that society was unprepared for such a widespread emergency. However, it also provided an opportunity to reflect on these challenges and improve future preparedness and response. PREPSHIELD aims to create a more comprehensive and people-centered approach to health crisis management, placing individuals and communities at the forefront of planning and decision-making.
SO2 | CO-CREATE THE PLATFORM, APP AND GUIDELINES
Develop and evaluate policy recommendations alongside a cyber-secured PREPSHIELD platform and app, exploiting AI, epidemiological modelling, agent-based simulation and enhanced situational awareness, refined through iterative pilots
SO3 | TRAIN SOCIETAL ACTORS FOR A HEALTH CRISIS
Deliver training, tabletop exercises and an online exercise with public authorities, CSOs, healthcare institutions and citizens across three case studies at different scales, to clarify roles, responsibilities and pathways for participation.
SO4 | RAISE AWARENESS OF FUTURE HEALTH EMERGENCIES
Consider the many dimensions of health (mental, environmental, animal) to imagine future health crises, and produce a video presenting plausible future scenarios based on epidemiological and agent-based predictions.
WHY
The COVID 19 pandemic revealed that society was unprepared for such a widespread emergency. However, it also provided an opportunity to reflect on these challenges and improve future preparedness and response. PREPSHIELD aims to create a more comprehensive and people-centered approach to health crisis management, placing individuals and communities at the forefront of planning and decision-making.
HOW
PREPSHIELD will conduct a need analysis and develop recommendations for health crisis preparedness, response, and communication as well as tools to simulate future crises. The PREPSHIELD platform and app will be developed to facilitate communication among stakeholders and support decision-making in a real or simulated crisis. Once the recommendations and tools are developed, so-called “pilot exercises” will simulate future crises with stakeholders: one communication pilot, one tabletop exercise, and one online exercise relying entirely on the platform and app.
WHERE
The pilot exercises will take place at different scales in different countries: local (Hamburg, DE), regional (Piedmont, IT) and national (Romania).
WHEN
The PREPSHIELD project started in September 2024 and will end in August 2027. Its milestones are presented in the timeline below.
TEAM
Countries with Partners
Currently Selected Country
English 
Italian 
Romanian 
German