D4.2 - Prototype Knowledge Repository

The objective of D4.2 "Prototype Knowledgebase Repository" is to document how the RiskPACC Repository of good practices was set up and designed. The present deliverable thus details what exactly is understood to be a good practice for the scope of RiskPACC, which content was considered for the deliverable and how it was organised within the repository, and how the items in the repository can be assessed. Finally, the deliverable provides the documentation of the technical implementation of the repository, which is embedded within the RiskPACC platform.
This deliverable and the way the items are analysed and organised are building upon the work done in WP1, WP2 and other work done in WP4, in particular on interim results of the RiskPACC Collaborative Framework. The resulting repository and the theoretical definition of it in turn do provide direct input to the final version of the framework (D4.4). Training material to be developed and presented in D4.5 will guide possible users on how to use of the repository. Results of WP5 (technical tool development) are taken up in the repository, and WP7 will use the results of this deliverable to integrate the repository in the RiskPACC platform.
The main aim of this deliverable is to establish a methodology how to populate and organise a repository for disaster and risk management solutions, whether they are technical, structural, or legal. It further aims to provide the RiskPACC platform to host, populate and maintain such a repository during and after the RiskPACC project.
The resulting, already implemented, online repository allows Civil Protection Authorities (CPAs) within and outside of the RiskPACC consortium to add their own practices into the repository, while organising and analysing it in a consistent way. Vice-versa, it does enable CPAs and citizens that need a solution to close any observed Risk Perception Action Gap to assess a structured and commented repository of known practices.
While at this stage of the project, the repository mainly contains practices from outside the project, RiskPACC currently identifies additional ("good") practices and develops new approaches that can later on feed into the repository. Especially, the currently ongoing development of the RiskPACC Collaborative Framework includes an identification of existing, and development of new practices relevant for the repository.