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.

Le azioni di gestione e l’impiego di risorse per impedire gli incendi si basano su dove e come si verificano gli incendi. La comprensione di cosa rende un’area particolarmente soggetta agli incendi o meno non è importante solo per preservare i suoi valori e le sue risorse ma anche per prevenire che le azioni future di gestione, in particolare in aree dove si accumulano gli incendi, non provochino un aumento della vulnerabilità agli incendi boschivi.

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

La comprensione della vulnerabilità dell’ecosistema e del suo potenziale di adattamento a tali cambiamenti può aiutare lo sviluppo di strategie proattive di

Misure che consentono ad un’organizzazione di evitare, precludere o limitare l’impatto di un evento indesiderato o di potenziali disagi.

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e di rigenerazione post-incendio.

La comprensione di come i cambiamenti delle caratteristiche sociali ed economiche della popolazione possano creare condizioni di

Effetto dell’incertezza degli obiettivi.

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di incendio aumentato nelle varie regioni e nazioni è un prerequisito per ridurre il livello di esposizione delle comunità locali attraverso una migliore pianificazione del territorio.

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.