AGEO Observatory 17+

This is the Mobile Observatory of AGEO Project. The AGEO Project is funded by Interreg Atlantic Area Program through the European Regional Development Fund.

The Program overall objective is to implement solutions to answer to regional challenges in the fields of innovation, resource efficiency, environment and cultural assets, supporting regional development and sustainable growth.

The aim is to demonstrate how citizens’ involvement in geohazard risks prevention can strengthen regional and national risk management systems. AGEO believes citizens’ involvement can result the improved geohazard risk prevention and resilience to natural disasters in the Atlantic region.

As part of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy, Interreg Atlantic Area supports transnational cooperation projects in 36 Atlantic regions of five countries: France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, contributing to the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion.

AGEO (Atlantic Geohazard Risk Management) platform has been employed from several pilots in Europe within the INTERREG AGEO project as Citizens’ Observatory on geohazards.

National and regional authorities are directly involved in the project and have been in charge for the project outputs’ development with the help of solution providers and facilitators. Public stakeholders (civil society and individuals) have been directly engaged with locally and on a regional, interregional, and national level.