Among the effects of the climate crisis, the COVID pandemic and more recently the war in Ukraine, Europe is experiencing an extraordinary multidimensional crisis situation like never before in the last decades. One of the obstacles during the local emergency activities is sometimes the limited communication among different groups of people living in a specific area. In case of emergency, it is not always easy to reach all the different resident groups. It is not always ensured that young and elderly people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities (CALD) are included in an emergency plan at the same level.
Considering this need we designed EM-CITY project to promote social cohesion among different groups in the local communities in case of emergency, recognizing that young people, if properly sensitized and involved, can play a pivotal role in facilitating these relations.