Originally a Triangle of Poland, Czech, and Slovak Federal Republic (respectively, later Czech Republic and Slovak Republic), and Hungary member states who entered in collaborative agreement in 1991 in Bucharest to support collaboration towards the integration of security systems in the aftermath of the break of the Soviet Union; its first mission was removal of Soviet occupying forces in territories of member states.
Published in Chapter:
Preparing for Refugee Exodus in Crisis: Poland Case Study
Magdalena Denham (Sam Houston State University, USA) and Scott Vautrain (Memorial Hermann Hospital System, USA)
Copyright: © 2018
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3194-4.ch009
Abstract
Using macro-, exo-, meso-, and micro-level framework for assessing interdependencies in crisis management system in Poland, this chapter addresses expansion of planning and preparedness to novel hazards and threats such as precipitated mass movements of populations due to environmental changes. The Ukrainian refugee crisis served as backdrop for Poland's crisis management system testing. Benefits of planning and preparedness for mass displacements highlighted (a) an emerging all-hazard approach to crisis management, (b) proactive threat identification and assessment, (c) issuance of acts, laws, and regulations based on novel threats, (d) comprehensive multi-jurisdictional exercises, and (e) increasing importance of mutual aid agreements.