CONFERENCE: LEARNING BY DOING. MAKING INTERDISCIPLINARITY WORK Brussels, 15 January, 2013 3rd Panel discussion on FP7 Cooperation themes Interdisciplinary Projects in the field of security The RESPECT Project
THE RESPECT PROJECT facts and figures RESPECT (Rules, Expectations & Security through Privacy-Enhanced Convenient Technologies) Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (Small or Medium scale focused research) - FP7-SEC-2011.10.6 Duration: 36 Months (2012-2015) Co-ordinator: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Prof. Joseph A. Cannataci EU funding: 3,492,687
RESPECT's Objectives Review the actual effectiveness of surveillance systems and procedures Identify and examine the social and economic costs Determine the legal basis adopted for these systems and procedures Explore European citizen s awareness/acceptance of surveillance systems and procedures and Identify the possible effect of cultural influences on citizens acceptance
RESPECT's Objectives Compare and further develop findings on these systems, procedures and attitudes with findings found in the FP7 CONSENT and SMART projects Establish best-practice criteria developed on the basis of operational, economic, social and legal efficiency and citizen perceptions Develop a tool-kit capable of pan-european application on citizens acceptance
RESPECT specificity Adopting an inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary approach which is both more diverse and more comprehensive than that taken in previous studies Aiming at achieving practical results for key stakeholders capable of being deployed across and outside Europe
RESPECT s target audiences and stakeholders Policy makers Police and security services Technology providers Data protection authorities Citizens Media Research and Academia
RESPECT Partners Partner name Country University of Groningen University of Central Lancashire University of Ljubljana Laboratorio di Scienze della Cittadinanza Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca Universitetet i Oslo Universidad de Leon Law and Internet Foundation Uppsala Universitet Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts Sheffield University Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover CNR National Research Council Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave Universita ta Malta University of Vienna Masaryk University Edith Cowan University INTERPOL Netherlands UK Slovenia Italy Romania Norway Spain Bulgaria Sweden Germany UK Germany Italy Slovakia Malta Austria Czech Republic Australia France
Workplan and methodology RESPECT has been divided into 14 research and development work packages Three distinct project streams 1.Status Quo Analysis 2.Citizen Attitudes 3.Best Practice
1. Status quo analysis The design philosophy for RESPECT implements a multi-disciplinary approach to the issues under investigation. It brings together serving or ex-police and intelligence officers with engineers, security specialists, IT/privacy lawyers, sociologists as well as experts in consumer behaviour, marketing and e- government.
2. Citizen attitudes RESPECT uses quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to carry out a study aimed at establishing the attitudes of citizens to most forms of surveillance and privacy web-based questionnaire focus group discussions
3. Best Practice Criteria for fairness covering efficiency, proportionality, privacy and data protection Development of a toolkit for policymakers, system designers and police/security forces to implement and promote a best practice approach based on the fairness criteria
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