AURA: Proposal title Multi-hazard Resilience Orchestration Framework for Critical Infrastructures against Large-scale, Systemic Disruptions
Critical infrastructures (CI) provide essential services vital to the functioning of society and economy. The growing interconnection of European infrastructures means that a disruption in one sector can rapidly cascade across borders, amplifying risks and societal impacts.
Faced with this challenge, the EU is making efforts to increase the resilience of critical entities to ensure the continuity of essential functions against increasingly complex threats. AURA will strengthen Europe’s capacity to anticipate, withstand, and recover from large-scale, multi-hazard disruptions by developing a Multi-hazard Resilience Orchestration Framework for CI.
Addressing the full resilience cycle (prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery) AURA integrates advanced technologies, harmonised methodologies, and stakeholder co-creation to enhance coordinated action and decision-making across sectors and governance levels. Building on five innovation pillars: (1) proactive threat intelligence and early detection, (2) multi-hazard risk and impact assessment, (3) digital modelling and predictive resilience tools, (4) next-generation protection and response solutions, and (5) recovery optimisation and adaptive preparedness, AURA will deliver validated, scalable, and interoperable solutions through four large-scale demonstrators representing diverse sectors and geographical contexts.
AURA follows a co-creation methodology, engaging CI operators, civil protection authorities, policymakers, and other stakeholders through an External Advisory Board and quintuple helix collaboration model to ensure usability, acceptance, and policy relevance.
Bringing together leading experts from seven European countries, AURA unites the full spectrum of resilience management, from monitoring and risk assessment to recovery and capacity building. AURA will not only address today’s resilience challenges but also lay the foundations for a safer, smarter, and more adaptive European infrastructure systems.
MEMBERS
1 CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE MATERIALES Y CONTROL DE OB
2 ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION
3 UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
4 INLECOM INNOVATION ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIAEL
5 ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA
6 CIVILIO INFORMATION SYSTEMS S.L.
7 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
8 SINTEF AS
9 EUROPEAN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE (ESCI)
10 AYUNTAMIENTO DE MISLATA
11 INDEPENDENT POWER TRANSMISSION OPERATOR SA
12 STATE ENTERPRISE STATE ROAD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
13 STATENS VEGVESEN
The participation of Applied Geotechnologies Research Group has been partially supported by Universidade de Vigo (Axudas propias á investigación da Universidade de Vigo, convocatoria 2025).