The Network was approved by the ESF Network Group in May 2000 for a three-year period.
The Chairman was Professor Peter Ziegler from Switzerland.

URGENT (Upper Rhine Graben Evolution and Neotectonics) is an Environmental Earth System Dynamics Research and Training activity that attempts to quantify the likelihood of major seismic activity and consequential environmental damage in the Upper Rhine Graben area, a zone of relatively high risk of earthquakes.

The dossier contains: proposal and research assessments; correspondence; summary report 2000-20003; final report.
It contains documents on workshops ad meetings: SSC and Coordination Committee meeting and workshop, held in Freiburg, on 10-13 July 2000; SSC and Coordination Committee meeting, held in Basel, on 10 Nov 2000; workshop and meeting, held in Mont St. Odile, Vosges, on 7-11 Oct 2001; SSC and Coordination Committee meeting, held in Amsterdam, on 18 April 2001; SSC and Coordination Committee meeting, held in Strasbourg, 25 Feb 2002; SSC and Coordination Committee meeting, held in Basel, on 1 July 2002; SSC and Coordination Committee meeting, held in Tiengen-Waldshut, on 7 Oct 2002; SSC and Coordination Committee meeting, held in Strasbourg, on 26 June 2003; symposium on "Assessing natural hazards in a densely populated area", held in Basel, on 29 Sep – 1 Oct 2003.

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