Tag: Disaster Risk Reduction

Collaboration beyond repatriations? Switzerland and the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism

Post author By Andrin Hauri
Post date 26/05/2021
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During the repatriation operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, Switzerland benefited directly and indirectly from the activation of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), despite not being a Participating State thereof. The increasing severity of natural and socio-technical hazards and their far-reaching consequences underscore the importance of international collaboration in other crises beyond the current pandemic. A new CSS Risk and Resilience Report, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), therefore assesses the costs and benefits of potential Swiss participation in the UCPM.

Tags International Relations, European Union, Security, Switzerland, Crisis management, Disaster response, Civilian Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction

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Keeping Up with the Digital COVID Jungle

Post author By Kevin Kohler
Post date 22/06/2020
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This blog belongs to the CSS’ coronavirus blog series, which forms a part of the center’s analysis of the security policy implications of the coronavirus crisis. See the CSS special theme page on the coronavirus for more.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of digital tools for fighting communicable diseases. To cut through this complexity, this blog provides an overview of such tools for information exchange, contact tracing and monitoring compliance with physical distancing and quarantine measures. The large variety of applications can be explained by the (sub‑) national organization of crisis management, different socio-technological contexts, and the initial absence of sunk costs. To avoid an accelerated increase of surveillance that is incompatible with democratic standards, more transparency is needed regarding government contracts and consequential, algorithmic decision-making.

Tags Technology, Disaster Risk Reduction, Coronavirus

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Die Verwundbaren schützen, Resilienz stärken: COVID-19 und die Lehren aus früheren Krisen

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 02/06/2020
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Die gegenwärtige COVID-19 Pandemie macht die Notwendigkeit einer effektiven und gesamtgesellschaftlich verankerten Risikovorsorge offensichtlich. In unserem ersten CSS Brown Bag Webinar analysierte Florian Roth, Senior Researcher im Risk and Resilience Team des CSS, Bedürfnisse sowie Fähigkeiten der Bürgerinnen und Bürger in Hinblick auf Katastrophen und Notlagen.

Tags Security, Natural disasters, Emergency preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction, Coronavirus

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Die Schweiz hat mit einer anderen Pandemie gerechnet, aber flexibel geplant

Post author By Benjamin Scharte
Post date 05/05/2020
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Dieser Blogbeitrag gehört zur Coronavirus-Blog-Reihe des CSS, die einen Teil des Forschungsprojektes zu den sicherheitspolitischen Implikationen der Corona-Krise bildet. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der CSS-Sonderthemenseite zur Corona-Krise.

Der Pandemieplan der Schweiz fokussiert auf Influenzaviren. Wie nützlich ist das in einer Corona-Pandemie? Hat die Schweiz für den falschen Fall geplant? Die Antwort ist ja – und nein. Viele Checklisten und Tabellen des Influenza-Pandemieplans lassen sich in der Corona-Pandemie nur bedingt nutzen. Gleichzeitig ist der Plan aber von der Idee der «systemischen Flexibilität» durchdrungen. Weil eine Pandemie nie so stattfindet, wie im Szenario durchgespielt, müssen sich die Schweiz und ihr Gesundheitssystem anpassungsfähig zeigen.

Tags Switzerland, Pandemic, Disaster Risk Reduction, Coronavirus

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Selected Targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 09/04/2020
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This graphic outlines data related to four of the seven targets set out in the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), which seeks to highlight the interdependencies between sustainable development, human development and disaster risk reduction (DRR). To find out about global disaster risk reduction efforts and more, see Tim Prior and Florian Roth’s CSS Analyses in Security Policy, ‘Resilience to Disaster Is No Small Measure’.

Tags Natural disasters, Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience, Security