{"id":3042,"date":"2025-12-16T17:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:00:28","slug":"reda_next_launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/reda_next_launch\/","title":{"rendered":"REDA_NEXt Research project launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REDA_NEXt_Programme-300x50.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REDA_NEXt_Programme-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REDA_NEXt_Programme-1024x172.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REDA_NEXt_Programme-768x129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REDA_NEXt_Programme-1536x257.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REDA_NEXt_Programme.jpg 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Launch Announcement: &#8220;Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment Expended&#8221; (Acronym: REDA_NEXt)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a significant international initiative aimed at enhancing disaster preparedness and response across the Black Sea region, with a particular focus on rapid damage assessment following seismic events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding and Partnerships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>REDA_NEXt<\/strong> project (BSB942) is co-funded by the <strong>European Union (EU)<\/strong> through the <strong>INTERREG NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme<\/strong>. This support underlines the EU&#8217;s commitment to strengthening regional cooperation, sustainable development, and improved civil protection strategies in this vital cross-border area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Budget:<\/strong> \u20ac499,511.03, of which \u20ac449,559.92 are European (Interreg) funds.<\/p>\n<p>The project partners are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>International Hellenic University<\/strong> as Lead Partner,<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Ovidius University of Constan\u021ba (Romania)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary objective of REDA_NEXt is the development and implementation of advanced, standardised methodologies and tools for rapid and accurate earthquake damage assessment. The key objectives include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development and upgrade of an advanced digital platform for real-time post-earthquake data collection and analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Standardisation of damage assessment protocols to ensure consistency and speed across participating regions.<\/li>\n<li>Delivery of training and capacity-building activities for relevant government authorities and civil protection services.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening the cross-border cooperation framework for disaster response among Black Sea Basin partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Duration and Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to last <strong>18 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The outcomes of REDA_NEXt are expected to lead to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Significantly reduced response times following major earthquakes.<\/li>\n<li>More effective allocation of emergency resources.<\/li>\n<li>Improved safety and resilience for communities across the Black Sea region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further information and updates are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/redanext.civil.ihu.gr\/\">REDA_NEXt project website<\/a> and the official channels of the INTERREG NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Launch Announcement: &#8220;Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment Expended&#8221; (Acronym: REDA_NEXt) This is a significant international initiative aimed at enhancing disaster preparedness and response across the Black Sea region, with a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,7,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-anncouncements","category-announcements","category-misc-announcements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3047,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}