CM Gaps Explorer

An evaluator needs to know why participants do certain things and whether they follow their own procedures, which are different from those of the evaluator's country, or whether they have no procedures but improvise.

Communication is a relevant factor in collaboration when carrying an exercise into execution. In order to provide a basis for a communication, that makes the integration of all participants possible, language barriers have to be taken into consideration.

Ohjemeetodid ja ressursside kasutamine tulekahjude ära hoidmiseks sõltuvad tulekahjude tekkekohast ja -viisist. Arusaamine, mis teeb piirkonnast eriti tuleohtliku või mitte, on oluline mitte ainult selle väärtuste ja ressursside säilitamiseks, vaid ka tulevaste ohjemeetodite põhjustatava suurema haavatavuse vältimiseks; seda eriti piirkondades kus tulekahjud akumuleeruvad.

Crisis management is a collective effort encompassing various organisations that need to work seamlessly together across domain and administrative borders.

Ökosüsteemi haavatavuse ja muudatustega kohandumise potentsiaali mõistmine võib olla abiks ennetavate kaitsemeetmete ja tulekahjujärgsete regenereerimise strateegiate välja töötamisel.

Arusaamine sellest, kuidas elanikkonna sotsiaalsete ja majanduslike näitajate muutumine võib luua tingimused suuremaks tuleohuks erinevates piirkondades ja riikides, on eelduseks kohalike kogukondade kokkupuute vähendamisele läbi parema maastikuplaneerimise.

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

To find out if the exercise was conducted in an optimal way and if the plan of the exercise was respected.

• SOPs for defining methodology and proces of the evaluation based on its type
• defining the methodology (literature review, interview, observation, etc.) 
• should cover all phases of exercise 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 need to have skills in management and processes. Activities from organisational work are needed as well as understanding of evaluation processes.

• (National/Critical Infrastructure) Sensible Information Security
• Quality management of the evaluation

When conducting an exercise, evaluators play an important role in examining the workflow of the exercise. For them having information about the general setup of the exercise is necessary.

Without clearly defined objectives it’s impossible to measure if the exercise was successful or not. They are necessary to give value to an exercise.