M-ITI research on low-cost community platforms for communication -- called Civic Media -- has won a coveted H2020 grant. It will investigate the implementation of a low-power radio network in rural Ireland, Romania and Portugal, with particular emphasis on the remote and rural areas of these countries. In Madeira and mainland Portugal, this type of innovation, once rooted in the communities, could represent an immediate alternative in the improvement of communications in the event of emergencies and catastrophes such as the last fires, in which the adequacy and unfortunately, with devastating consequences.
