European resilience management guideline

Smart Mature Resilience (SMR) project is a multidisciplinary research project working for more resilient cities in Europe. Supporting and building key resilient cities across Europe the project created a strong European Resilience Backbone for all of Europe’s cities to support one another in overcoming the challenges arising from risks ahead. In the SMR project researchers and cities came together to enhance cities’ capacity to resist, absorb, adapt to and recover from the hazardous effects of climate change, by developing, implementing and validating a city focused European Resilience Management Guideline (ERMG). The European Resilience Management Guideline defines an operational framework for cities that provides guidance on local resilience planning and supports their efforts in building resilience. The European Resilience Management Guideline aims to direct available resources towards defined goals, while securing transparency and the democratic principles of decision-making for city resilience development and planning.