Enhancing Capabilities for Crisis Management and Disaster Response: Implementation in the Western Balkans Region (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)

Foreword\nPreface\nContents\nAbbreviations\nAbout the Editors\nAbout NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme\n	1 Historical Context\n	2 Programme Overview\n	3 SPS Programme’s Contributions to Civil Emergency Planning and Crisis Management\n	References\nCritical Role of Information Sharing Technologies in Advancing Public Safety\n	1 An Age of Acceleration and Convergence in Homeland Security and Public Safety\n	2 Information Sharing Technologies to Advance Regional Civil Emergency Coordination\n	3 Interoperability Continuum and Information Sharing Capability Maturity\n	4 Conclusion\n	References\nThe Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS)\n	1 Introduction\n	2 What Is NICS\n	3 NICS Development\n	4 NICS Description\n	5 Technical Description/Capabilities\nDevelopment, Structure, and Organization of the ARCECP\n	1 A Slow and Steady Start\n	2 Developing the SPS Multi-year Project Proposal\n	3 Goals/Objectives\n	4 Project Plan and Milestones\n	5 Working/Advisory Group of End-Users\n	6 Needs and Capability Survey\n	7 Technical Development\n	8 Training\n	9 Demonstration(s)/Exercises/Evaluations\n	10 Transition and Sustainability\n	11 Implementation\n	12 The Risks\n	13 Financial – Budget at a High Level\n	14 Project Collaboration\n	15 Meeting Highlights\n		15.1 Initial Meetings\n		15.2 Kick-Off Conference, Brussels, Belgium\n		15.3 Progress Meeting – June 2017\n		15.4 Field Exercise – September 2017\n		15.5 Train-the-Trainer Workshop – March 2018\n		15.6 Second Progress Meeting – June 2018\n		15.7 Consequence Management Exercise – September 2018\n		15.8 NATO EARDCC Lessons Learned Conference – January 2019\n		15.9 Initial Planning Conference – February 2018\n		15.10 Final Planning Conference – April 2018\n		15.11 Third Progress Meeting – June 2019\n		15.12 Regional Cooperation Exercise – October 2019\n	References\nValidation of NICS in Exercises – Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia\n	1 Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre\n	2 Exercises Timeline\n	3 Exercise Objectives\n	4 Visibility\n	5 NICS Integration into Exercises\n		5.1 BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA 2017\n		5.2 SRBIJA 2018\n		5.3 NICS-Montenegro 2019\n	6 Conclusions and Recommendations\n	References\nImplementation of NICS in the Western Balkans\n	1 Introduction\n		1.1 Bosnia\n	2 Bosnia – Young Researchers\n	3 Croatia\n	4 Croatia – Young Researchers\n	5 North Macedonia\n	6 North Macedonia – Young Researchers\n		6.1 Multimodal Incident Command System Interface\n	7 Montenegro\n	8 Montenegro – Young Researchers\n	9 Localization\n	10 Other Functions\n	References\nTowards Open Source Technologies for Public Safety\n	1 Concept of Social Media Data Analytics for NICS\n	2 Integration of Simulated Social Media in Live Exercises\nAppendices\n	Appendix 1: ARCECP CONOPS\n		CONOPS for ARCECP\n		Regional Agreements\n		Incident Command System\n	Appendix 2: Montenegro 2019 Exercise Guidebook\n		Introduction\n		Purpose\n		Exercise Objectives\n		Exercise Participants\n		Exercise Area of Operation\n		Schedule\n		Safety and Security\n		Emergency Termination or Suspension\n		Communications\n		Internet Access\n		Host Nation Support\n		Food\n		Accommodations\n		Transportation\n		Uniform Requirements\n		Medical Support\n		Roles and Responsibilities\n		Exercise Management\n		Exercise Media\n		Social Media Monitoring