The nature of emergencies and how we deal with them is constantly evolving. Early societies would generally use a cooperative and informal approach (neighbour to neighbour) to dealing with danger […]
A notable example of how to use technology in disaster management is the ERTZAINTZA app. It was created as a communication channel between citizens and the regional police of the […]
Conducting an interview with survivors, victims or volunteers will have to take extra precautions to not contribute to psychological harm for the interviewee. Here is what we do in ENGAGE […]
Over the past year, the work mitigating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and safekeeping of citizens heavily depended on successful vaccination campaigns. However, organising a massive vaccination regime […]
On the “19th National Day of Safety in Schools”, held in Italy last November, Cittadinanzattiva, ANP and Civil Protection Department launched an investigation to understand how the pandemic changed schools […]
It is not easy to select a topic when writing a blog post concerning the ENGAGE project, mainly because of the number of aspects that the project encompasses. From the […]
Resilience is today a broadly used concept in academia and its use by disaster managers to plan for crisis and to manage crisis situations has also steadily increased over the […]
Fostering societal resilience has been the polar star for most of the emergency management agencies all over the world. Over the last year, we were reminded that no country and […]
Societal resilience starts with community involvement, but also with a pro-active approach at the level of public institutions, following the paradigm that societal resilience implies coordinated efforts and synergies. In […]
This autumn, EENA organised the EENA Conference & Exhibition 2021 in Riga, Latvia.
The event took place from the 6th to the 8th of October and was packed […]