Designing<scp>EU</scp>Crisis Management Capacities: Filling the Glass

Attinà, Fulvio; Boin, Arjen; Ekengren, Magnus

doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12056

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“…The EU has in place autonomous agencies with specific crisis-related tasks and expertise, the Civil Protection Mechanism which helps to coordinate the pooling of crisis management resources in response to a request of an overwhelmed member state, a joint crisis management center in Brussels, and the Solidarity Clause in the Lisbon Treaty in which member states agree that a crisis to one is a crisis to all. 1 Academics have begun to take notice of the EU's growing role in the fields of crisis, disaster, and security management (Attina, Boin, & Ekengren, 2014;Boin, Busuioc, & Groenleer, 2014;Norheim-Martinsen, 2013;Olsson, 2009;Sperling, 2014). Yet surprisingly little is known about the civil protection systems of EU member states, which constitute the key elements of any European transboundary response system.…”

Section: The Need For Transboundary Crisis Management Cooperationmentioning

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Building Joint Crisis Management Capacity? Comparing Civil Security Systems in 22 European Countries

Kuipers¹,

Boin²,

Bossong³

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Risk, Hazards &Amp; Crisis in Public Policy

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A series of transboundary crises and disasters has increased pressure on European states to cooperate in the realm of crisis and disaster management. The European Union has taken an active role to connect national capacities of member states. Little is known, however, about the compatibilities of national civil protection systems. This article attempts to fill that void. We draw on a comparative study on 22 European states and highlight similarities as well as patterns of variation. We explore how different states define the role of government during crises and disasters; we map the administrative structures and procedures in place to provide civil security. We also assess the quality of these systems. Our findings reveal that administrative responsibilities, legal frameworks and operational practices differ markedly, as the national systems are rooted in national contexts and historical experiences. In the light of our findings, we contemplate what role the EU can play to build joint transboundary crisis management capacity.

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Section: The Need For Transboundary Crisis Management Cooperationmentioning

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Building Joint Crisis Management Capacity? Comparing Civil Security Systems in 22 European Countries

Kuipers¹,

Boin²,

Bossong³

et al. 2015

Risk, Hazards &Amp; Crisis in Public Policy

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“…This article focuses on one such international organisation—the European Union—to assess this very question. While the EU has received some scholarly crisis management attention (e.g., Attinà, Boin, & Ekengren, ; Boin, Ekengren, et al., ; Hollis, ; Morsut, ; Olsson & Hammargård, ), two developments of late require a reassessment of our understanding of supranational crisis management. First, how scholars assess the politico‐administrative requirements of modern transboundary crisis management has changed.…”

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The European Union's capacities for managing crises

Backman

Rhinard

2017

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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This article draws on a comprehensive new data set of crisis management capacities at the European Union level to highlight key patterns in their development and use. Organised within the categories of detection, sense‐making, decision‐making, coordination, meaning‐making, communication, and accountability, the data show considerable accumulation of capacities in detection and sense‐making, while decision‐making capacities lag behind. We find that most capacities are sector‐oriented rather than cross‐sectoral, and reside primarily within the European Commission rather than other EU institutions. Comparing the data to previous studies, we note that capacities overall are increasing and some are undergoing evolution; for example, horizon‐scanning tools once limited to collecting information have increasingly been given an analytical, “information enrichment” function akin to sense‐making.

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The Humanitarian System, the EU, and NGOs: The State of the Art

Irrera

2017

EU Emergency Response Policies and NGOs

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DesigningEUCrisis Management Capacities: Filling the Glass

Cited by 4 publications

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Building Joint Crisis Management Capacity? Comparing Civil Security Systems in 22 European Countries

Building Joint Crisis Management Capacity? Comparing Civil Security Systems in 22 European Countries

The European Union's capacities for managing crises

The Humanitarian System, the EU, and NGOs: The State of the Art

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