WP2: Preparation

Objectives

WP2 prepares the ground for all FORWARD activities.
It focuses on communication, capacity mapping, prioritising urban resilience cases, and ensuring that students and staff in war-affected universities have the basic digital tools they need to participate.

WP2 aims to:

Set up the project website, social media channels, and initial dissemination materials.
Assess FAIR and open science competencies across partners.
Identify and prioritise critical urban resilience cases in water, food, energy, housing/sheltering, and gender equity.
Define requirements for cloud-based infrastructure and VR integration.
Validate findings through a stakeholder workshop.
Procure laptops and tablets for training and fieldwork.
Produce a strategic input and priority action report and an academic output based on WP2 results.

Tasks

T2.1 – Project Website & Dissemination Setup

OsloMet, KKNU, and IUG set up the project website on the cloud infrastructure, establish social media channels, and create multilingual promotional materials (English, Arabic, Ukrainian, Norwegian).

T2.2 – FAIR & Open Science Competency Assessment

Partners identify existing and missing competencies related to FAIR data management and open science for urban resilience work.

T2.3 – Prioritisation of Critical Urban Resilience Cases

NMBU, POLIMI and partners select and prioritise key community challenges in:
water, food security, energy, shelter/housing, and gender equity.

T2.4 – Infrastructure Requirements for Cloud & VR

Partners define technical, operational, and security requirements for the project’s cloud-based infrastructure and VR integration.

T2.5 – Stakeholder Workshop 1

An online workshop (~50 participants) from academia, municipalities, utilities, and NGOs validates the findings and provides additional input.

T2.6 – Strategic Input & Priority Action Report

KNEU and ANNU synthesise all findings into a structured strategic report that guides WP3–WP6.

T2.7 – Journal/Conference Publication

OsloMet and partners prepare an academic paper or conference contribution based on WP2 results.

T2.8 – Procurement of Laptops & Tablets

Purchase and distribute 120 laptops and 120 tablets (with eSIMs) to partner universities in Palestine and Ukraine for student training and fieldwork.

T2.9 – Quality Assurance of WP2

POLIMI, OsloMet, and partners carry out internal QA of all WP2 outputs.

T2.10 – Dissemination of WP2 Activities

Regular updates on the website and social media to share WP2 activities, events, and outputs.

Deliverables

D2.1 – Project Website and Social Network Presence

A public website presenting the project, partners, activities, resources, and news, integrated with social media and available in English, Arabic, and Ukrainian.