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Disaster & Crisis Management

Disaster & Crisis Management

We Support Effective Disaster and Crisis Management

The primary causes of current disasters include the impacts of climate change (such as floods, storms and wildfires), natural disasters (like earthquakes) and human or technical failures. The main focus of emergency management and disaster risk reduction activities is to prevent damages and reduce these to a minimum.

Key actions include:

  • Identifying high-risk areas
  • Establishing preventive measures
  • Avoiding or limiting potential damages
  • Providing rapid and adequate assistance
  • Ensuring swift and effective recovery

To reduce the impact of disasters, the United Nations adopted the "2030 Agenda" in 2015, outlining 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals highlight key actions for climate protection (SDG 13), sustainable urban living (SDG 11) and responsible management of land and water ecosystems (SDG 15, SDG 16).

Crisis Management all over Europe

We support effective disaster and crisis management - in Europe and worldwide.
This is done in particular through the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) within the Copernicus programme and through Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) programmes.

Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS)

This Copernicus services support disaster and crisis management authorities and organisations in the coordination and management of natural hazards such as (flash) flood, forest fire, drought, earthquake, erosion and landslide, or volcanic eruption. CEMS further focuses on human-made disasters (e.g. transportation accidents) or humanitarian crises (e.g. refugee movements, reconstruction monitoring).

The early warning and monitoring component provides real-time information on selected topics: forest fires, short-term forecasts on floods and a monitoring and early warning system related to drought across Europe and globally.

The on-demand mapping component supports participating actors with highly up-to-date and accurate geo-information in the event of a disaster.

IABG supports CEMS in the mapping component, covering all phases of the crisis management cycle. The implementation is based on the two service levels

Rapid Mapping
The 24/7 Service to support emergency management activities and actions during or immediately after an event.

Risk & Recovery Mapping
Support to disaster management activities, including the phases of prevention, preparedness, risk reduction and recovery.

Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM)

Disasters know no borders, and it is not uncommon for events to affect multiple countries simultaneously. The aim of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism is to strengthen cooperation between the Union and its Member States and to facilitate the coordination of measures. This applies to both preventive and reactive actions, as only a common, Europe-wide approach ensures efficient response.

Activations have been numerous, triggered in various contexts such as the Ukraine conflict, forest fires in Europe, the COVID-19 crisis and several flood events. In 2022 alone, the mechanism was activated 106 times.

In the context of UCPM, co-funded by the DG European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), IABG has initiated and successfully conducted prevention projects in neighboring EU countries, including:

Pilot and Demonstration Project

ARIMA | Morocco

EU Co-Funded Project

  • Conducting a multi-risk analysis in light of multiple natural hazards (flood, erosion, drought)
  • Development & implementation of a GIS database
  • Development & implementation of a web-based information system for stakeholders in the Marrakech-Safi region, Morocco

Pilot and Demonstration Project

UDRASP | Tunisia

EU Co-Funded Project

  • Enhancing the resilience of cities against natural disasters
  • Advancing disaster prevention and resilience strategies
  • Developing a standardized process to deliver insights on urban growth and disaster risk trends in the pilot area

At the national level, IABG supports by providing geoinformation and working in close internal collaboration with other departments, such as:

Test and Training Center

TT-GSAT

Establishment of a Test and Training Center for a geoinformation and satellite-based rescue service (TT-GSAT).

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