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On September 12-13, the kick-off of the ENACT project was hosted by the NOTIONES partner Polícia Judiciária in Lisbon, Portugal. ENACT (European Network Against Crime and Terrorism) answers the SSRI-01-02 call topic (link) from 2022 which aims at the creation of knowledge networks for security research and innovation, in this...

Major accidents and disasters have their origins in a wide variety of natural phenomena as well as in technical-technological processes and represent a significant social and economic burden for all countries. Vegetation fires occur as a cause-and-effect relationship between climatic factors, the state of fuel material (humidity, types of plant...

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The big challenge on the basis of the criminal and terrorism activities fighting involves not only government, law and security agencies, but also private companies and their technology solutions to support that issue. Modern instruments are continuously evolving to face this challenge, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).  In...

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SYNYO are a partner in the NOTIONES project. What is your role within this network of police and intelligence agencies across Europe?In NOTIONES project SYNYO GmbH (SYNYO) is the lead of the Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation (DEC) work package. As such the organization facilitates and ensures the uptake of the...

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