On 11 March 2017 the future crisis managers in Croatia had the opportunity to hear more about EU-CIRCLE, its progress and expected results at a seminar organized by the University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica, with the participation of National Centre for Scientific Research – DEMOKRITOS. Students of the Crisis Management study programme have first been introduced to the EU-CIRCLE objectives, methodological framework and the agreed risk assessment approach, with a thorough explanation of notions such as critical infrastructure exposure, interconnections, interdependency and resilience. This was accompanied by a presentation of resilience indicators developed within the project, where the concept has been underpinned by various practical examples. Finally, students learned about the role of climate change, its impact on critical infrastructure and how will the individual project case studies be implemented to validate the CIRP software and explore its benefits through simulated crisis situations caused by climate hazards.
