CM Gaps Explorer

1. Faciliate expressing the practitioners The means to accomplish one or more tasks under specific conditions.

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   needs and Gaps.
2. Faciliate the understanding of these needs by

   A solution is a means that contributes to a crisis management function. A solution is either one or more processes or one or more tools with related procedures.

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   owners, so that they can develop and advertise the innovative Solutions resolving them.
3. Faciliate discovering of the innovative Solutions addressing the

   Crisis and Disaster Management

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   needs and Gaps.

Insufficiencies in terms of resource management (human resources, hardware, etc.) during multi-stakeholder long-term

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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operations.

Limitations in the planning of resources (qualified personnel and equipment) for

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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during large scale and long-term

Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.
 

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Mis- and disinformation can have adverse effects on

Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.
 

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management and even cause cascading Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.

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(e.g. civil disobedience and even insurrections)

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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the individuals and organisations and testing their

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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level increases the

The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions.

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and exposes the shortcomings that

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to be handled.

Understandding the manner in which a fire reacts to the variables of fuel, weather, and topography, including variables as rate of spread and intensity, can help both in fighting the already ignited fires and in

Measures that enable an organization to avoid, preclude or limit the impact of an undesirable event or potential disruption.

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Evaluators

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to be aware of the topic that shall be evaluated, knowledge is needed on how to evaluate. 

Examples of topics: CBRN, wildfire, flooding.

If participants don't have knowledge about the

Observer participant who witnesses the exercise while remaining separate from exercise activities.
Note 1 to entry: Observers may be part of the evaluation process.

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’s knowledge and capabilities and expertise, they will lose trust.

To find out if the

Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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was conducted in an optimal way and if the plan of the Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization. Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation. Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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was respected.

• SOPs for defining methodology and proces of the

  Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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  based on its type
• defining the methodology (literature review, interview,

  Method of data collection in which the situation of interest is watched and the relevant facts, actions and behaviours are recorded.

  DRIVER+ Note 1: Please consider also the notes in the original definition.

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  , etc.) 
• should cover all phases of

  Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
  Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
  Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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  planning/execution
• model for a final report

Evaluators should be from a correct field/have to have expertise in the specific area. If an evaluator of a process is needed, then a generalistic approach would work. Evaluators of evaluators

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to have skills in management and processes. Activities from organisational work are needed as well as understanding of

Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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processes.

• (National/Critical Infrastructure) Sensible Information Security
• Quality management of the Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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When conducting an

Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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, evaluators play an important role in examining the workflow of the Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization. Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation. Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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. For them having information about the general setup of the exercise is necessary.

Without clearly defined objectives it’s impossible to measure if the

Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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was successful or not. They are necessary to give value to an Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization. Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation. Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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