As part of Task 5.1, the CRISAFE project has completed a major milestone focused on mapping key stakeholders in its three pilot areas: Zagreb (Croatia), Rotterdam (Netherlands), and Gorizia (Italy). This effort lays the foundation for targeted and locally adapted engagement strategies to support cascading risk preparedness and multi-hazard early warning systems.
Guided by the Council of Europe’s civil participation framework and ISIG’s participatory methodologies, the project followed a three-step approach: stakeholder assessment, contextualisation, and preliminary strategy design.
The process comprised:
- Preliminary stakeholder maps for each pilot site
- Draft engagement strategies adapted to local governance settings
- Formation of local “Core Groups” for co-production activities
- Initial plans for awareness-raising initiatives, including campaigns and events
Workshops and consultations held in March 2025 helped identify stakeholders across five key groups – institutional actors, emergency operators, civil society, volunteers, and private sector actors – and placed them into three levels of engagement: partnership, consultation, and information.
The approach is already being tailored to local needs:
- Zagreb will focus on municipal coordination and vulnerable populations
- Rotterdam will emphasise technical, expert-level collaboration
- Gorizia will build on cross-border cooperation for inclusive resilience
These activities also strengthen the connection between stakeholder engagement (WP5) and dissemination (WP6), ensuring clear, aligned communication moving forward. The final outcome is to foster meaningful collaboration and ensure long-term impact and sustainability of project’s outputs in each community.