THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SOCIETY AISBL

Their core work

TIEMS is a Brussels-based international association focused on emergency and disaster management, serving as a knowledge-sharing platform that bridges practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. Their H2020 work centers on wildfire resilience, urban safety, and cultural heritage protection against climate threats. They contribute cross-sector coordination expertise, facilitating dialogue between diverse actors in disaster risk management and bringing training, education, and governance perspectives to technical research consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

TIEMS started its H2020 participation with broader climate resilience work — HERACLES (2016) dealt with protecting cultural heritage from climate events, a somewhat niche intersection. From 2020 onward, their focus sharpened dramatically toward fire and urban safety: IMPETUS on urban security, then two concurrent wildfire projects (FIRELOGUE and FIRE-RES) from 2021. The recent keyword set — fire simulation, post-fire restoration, landscape design, bioeconomy, proactive governance — reveals a deep pivot into wildfire as a systemic territorial challenge.

TIEMS is consolidating around wildfire and disaster governance, positioning itself as the go-to association for cross-sector dialogue in fire-resilient territory planning across Europe.

How they like to work

TIEMS operates exclusively as a consortium participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project. With 79 unique partners across 19 countries from just 4 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia (averaging ~20 partners per project). This pattern is typical of an association that adds coordination, dissemination, and training value rather than leading technical development.

Despite only 4 projects, TIEMS has built an extensive network of 79 unique partners across 19 countries, reflecting the large multi-national consortia they join. Their Brussels base and international association status give them natural reach across European emergency management communities.

What sets them apart

TIEMS brings something most technical consortia lack: an established international community of emergency management professionals who can bridge research outputs to real-world practice. As an association (not a research institute or company), they offer neutral ground for multi-sector dialogue, training design, and practitioner engagement. For wildfire and disaster management projects specifically, their combined governance expertise and practitioner network makes them a strong dissemination and coordination partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FIRE-RES
  Largest funding (EUR 323,750) and most ambitious scope — integrating socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire-resilient territories across Europe.
• FIRELOGUE
  A Coordination and Support Action specifically designed to facilitate cross-sector dialogue for wildfire risk management — perfectly aligned with TIEMS's association role.
• HERACLES
  Unique topic combination linking disaster management expertise with cultural heritage protection against climate change.