Brussels (Brussels Morning) – The European Commission held a high-level conference on ‘Crisis Management in the EU and Beyond,’ focusing on preparedness, information sharing, and scientific-based policymaking to handle complex cross-border crises like Ukraine, COVID-19, and humanitarian emergencies.
European Commission has organized a high-level conference on ‘Crisis Management in the EU and Beyond’ along with the Geneva Center for Security Policy aimed at exploring how to better prepare for Crises and handle them, and discourse issues such as information sharing to assist better dealing with forthcoming risks. The event attracted 100 high-profile speakers and participants engaged in handling crisis management from the EU institutions and member states, Global partners and Academia.
How Is the EU Preparing for Future Crises?
According to the European Commission, the requirement for improved crisis management has emerged due to major, complex cross-border dangers in the past years. These include the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic and multiple humanitarian crises.
What Role Does Innovation Play in Crisis Response?
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, stated: “We are living in an age of crises. Disasters of all kinds are now part of everyday reality for Europeans, and Europe’s resolve is being continuously tested by ever-increasing combinations of threats. This conference is an opportunity to assess how we can create a stronger and more coordinated culture of European crisis management with scientific-based policymaking at its heart.”
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Iliana Ivanova, stated: “Citizens want the EU to be strong and resilient in the face of future crises that hit the continent. This is why this conference, underpinned by evidence produced by the Commission’s in-house science hub, is so important. Together, we need to better anticipate crises, manage them using research and innovation, and adapt and build our resilience.”
How Is the EU Handling Geopolitical Dangers?
The Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is executing research on crisis management technologies, satellite image processing and investigation, as well as systems to sustain the EU’s capacity to deter, prepare for and react to disasters.
What Is the Impact of Cross-Border Crises?
A recent report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to support, amongst others, the Union Disaster Resilience objectives in the area of civil protection legal framework, indicates that Europe is facing a combination of risks with cross-border impacts. These include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, deficits, chemical, industrial, nuclear and radiological casualties, Natech events, risks to vital networks and health risks, as well as security and geopolitical dangers including armed conflict and risks stemming from rapid digital change.
The report states that Anticipating, monitoring and reacting to these disasters can be particularly difficult, yet necessary. For example, nuclear accidents or Natech events — when natural disasters activate technological catastrophes — require rigorous security protocols and preparedness to control widespread damage and radioactive contamination.
Europe is deeply incorporated into a global system that includes networks like global trade, travel, and telecommunications. This suggests that certain events with the potential to impact regions far beyond those directly affected, like extreme weather circumstances, have a strong cross-border component that needs to be tackled.
Brussels (Brussels Morning) – The European Commission held a high-level conference on ‘Crisis Management in the EU and Beyond,’ focusing on preparedness, information sharing, and scientific-based policymaking to handle complex cross-border crises like Ukraine, COVID-19, and humanitarian emergencies.
European Commission has organized a high-level conference on ‘Crisis Management in the EU and Beyond’ along with the Geneva Center for Security Policy aimed at exploring how to better prepare for Crises and handle them, and discourse issues such as information sharing to assist better dealing with forthcoming risks. The event attracted 100 high-profile speakers and participants engaged in handling crisis management from the EU institutions and member states, Global partners and Academia.
How Is the EU Preparing for Future Crises?
According to the European Commission, the requirement for improved crisis management has emerged due to major, complex cross-border dangers in the past years. These include the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic and multiple humanitarian crises.
What Role Does Innovation Play in Crisis Response?
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, stated: “We are living in an age of crises. Disasters of all kinds are now part of everyday reality for Europeans, and Europe’s resolve is being continuously tested by ever-increasing combinations of threats. This conference is an opportunity to assess how we can create a stronger and more coordinated culture of European crisis management with scientific-based policymaking at its heart.”
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Iliana Ivanova, stated: “Citizens want the EU to be strong and resilient in the face of future crises that hit the continent. This is why this conference, underpinned by evidence produced by the Commission’s in-house science hub, is so important. Together, we need to better anticipate crises, manage them using research and innovation, and adapt and build our resilience.”
How Is the EU Handling Geopolitical Dangers?
The Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is executing research on crisis management technologies, satellite image processing and investigation, as well as systems to sustain the EU’s capacity to deter, prepare for and react to disasters.
What Is the Impact of Cross-Border Crises?
A recent report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to support, amongst others, the Union Disaster Resilience objectives in the area of civil protection legal framework, indicates that Europe is facing a combination of risks with cross-border impacts. These include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, deficits, chemical, industrial, nuclear and radiological casualties, Natech events, risks to vital networks and health risks, as well as security and geopolitical dangers including armed conflict and risks stemming from rapid digital change.
The report states that Anticipating, monitoring and reacting to these disasters can be particularly difficult, yet necessary. For example, nuclear accidents or Natech events — when natural disasters activate technological catastrophes — require rigorous security protocols and preparedness to control widespread damage and radioactive contamination.
Europe is deeply incorporated into a global system that includes networks like global trade, travel, and telecommunications. This suggests that certain events with the potential to impact regions far beyond those directly affected, like extreme weather circumstances, have a strong cross-border component that needs to be tackled.
