Objective
The general objective of this project is to design, develop, test, improve and quality assure a harmonised CBRN training curriculum for (CBRN) first responders and medical staff, taking into consideration: what training programmes, curricula and materials already exist, what is being used and valued by training institutes in Europe, practitioner’s needs and possible cultural differences.
Since first responders’ needs are actively inventoried in several phases of the project and their input is taken into account in developing and improving the curriculum envisaged by the project team, it is expected that the final CBRN training curriculum will reflect existing needs and match current wishes of practitioners in the field. The training curriculum could therefore be used directly by those practitioners who are interested in learning more about CBRN first response. The curriculum may be easily adopted and deployed in all EU Member States, who can, with minor efforts, tailor it even further should they have any additional, specific needs. Harmonisation of CBRN first response will contribute to a better, and possibly closer, cooperation in case of an incident. This is essential since CBRN incidents may quickly have cross-border effects. The training curriculum aspires to contribute to this.
Work packages
The MELODY project is is performed in seven working groups.
Overview of work packages
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The overall objective for WP1 is to ensure the proper and timely implementation of the grant agreement. Find more information about Work package 1 here.
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This work package aims to create a comprehensive collection of existing CBRN training curricula and teaching materials, to identify professional training needs of CBRN first responders and to identify gaps in the existing CBRN training curricula and teaching materials. Find more information about Work package 2 here.
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This work package aims to deliver a harmonised CBRN training curriculum, based on training needs of CBRN first responders, including a training guideline with user explanation. Find more information about Work package 3 here.
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This work package aims to initially deploy and evaluate the training materials developed in WP3, and to deploy and evaluate the training guide and training steps specified in WP3. Find more information about Work package 4 here.
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This work package aims to gain insight in materials’ strengths and weaknesses and to produce improved training programmes and materials. Find more information about Work package 5 here.
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This work package aims to present, test and evaluate the harmonised CBRN first responders training curriculum, the developed material and the methods. Find more information about Work package 6 here.
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This work package aims to showcase the activities of the project at all stakeholder levels, and to organize demonstration activities in order to raise awareness on the project’s accomplishments. Find more information about Work package 7 here.
Discover all details of the work packages.