No. 287: COVID-19: Germany Rethinks Civil Protection

Author(s): Benjamin Scharte
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 287
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Coordination at the national level is key to managing complex crises. In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic showed a lack of coordination. To address this shortcoming, Germany plans to reform its crisis response authorities. This includes creating a Joint Competence Center for Civil Protection. Other countries could use this as a source of inspiration for reassessing their own crisis management systems.

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Crisis Management Structures Federation/Bundeslaender