🚀Launched on 1st April 2026 our new 🇪🇺 EU-funded project, proudly coordinated by CERIDES – Center of Excellence in Risk and Decision Sciences of European University Cyprus 🥳

🏛️ EU-DRIVE is an EACEA ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PEX-COVE project with Grant Agreement no.101260905, with a duration of 4 years and a total maximum EU contribution of approx. EUR 4Mil. 🏛️

👉 ⚙️ 📚 EU-DRIVE addresses the urgent demand for vocational skills in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), civil protection, and climate resilience. The project unites VET-providers, research centres, universities, and public policy actors to co-create innovative, inclusive, and labour market-relevant training solutions. At its core, EU-DRIVE will establish five Regional DRM Skills Hubs and a transnational Alliance to foster sustained cooperation between VET institutions, emergency services, local authorities, and civil society.
🤗 Leveraging the consortium’s strong territorial roots and thematic expertise in wildfires, floods, drought, and crosshazard resilience, the project will design modular curricula, deliver simulation-based training, and implement work-based learning (WBL) in real operational settings. It will issue micro-credentials, integrate cutting-edge technologies like VR and GIS, and engage stakeholders in policy roundtables and knowledge exchange.
🎯 EU-DRIVE aims to enhance the skills pipeline into the DRM sector, especially in the public workforce, while supporting systemic innovation in VET. Ultimately, the project sets a scalable, sustainable model of vocational excellence in disaster resilience for Europe.

🏛️🤝 Our Kick-Off Meeting, and first accomplished Milestone of our project, was held in Nicosia – Cyprus, on 27 and 28 April 2026!
👉📸 Take a look at some photos below!

🌐 🤝 EU-DRIVE brings together 15 Beneficiaries and 4 Associated Partners from Cyprus 🇨🇾, France 🇫🇷, Greece 🇬🇷, Italy 🇮🇹, Spain 🇪🇸, and Moldova 🇲🇩.
🎓 Coordinator: European University Cyprus
🤝 Beneficiaries:
BK Plus Europe
RTD Talos
Center for Security Studies (KEMEA)
Region of Thessaly (PERIFEREIA THESSALIAS)
University of Thessaly
University of Camerino
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Enfap Marche
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Pau Costa Foundation
FyG Consultores
Nîmes Métropole
VALABRE
Université de Nîmes