Crisis management (management in crisis situations) encompasses a wide field of management of various forms of risk and at its core is the reduction of the negative consequences of crisis and disaster. Uncertainty and the limited knowledge as features that surround threats, as well as the limited ability of further forecasting such events leads to the fact that the safety aspects are usually not seen as a threat but interpreted as a risk. With the increase in the development of the society we must highlight the interdependence and dynamic environment that is resulting in increasing complexity of calculating incidence and impact which methodologically leads to a transition from risk to the function of vulnerability. The implementation of effective risk management and of the reduction of vulnerability requires a thorough understanding of the dynamics and nature of risks and vulnerabilities, as well as the resistance of the community. Therefore, crisis management is based on the gained knowledge, experiential knowledge always through further developed and research.
Croatian Crisis Management Association was established in 2003. To date, the Association acts as a place to exchange knowledge and whose members are in larger extent current and former students of undergraduate program Management in crisis situations and specialized professional studies Crisis management coming from the Polytechnic Velika Gorica and of other professionals associated with the system.
The association is the voice of the profession
The aim of the Association is to encourage, promote, facilitate and develop the system of crisis management, the activities of protection and rescue, the principles of leadership and command and to provide assistance in disasters and other areas of protection and rescue that require urgent and immediate intervention.
Achieving the objective of the Association is realized by the following activities:
- bringing together experts in the field of crisis management and through other interventions in the field of protection and rescue,
- promoting and improving the system of civil protection, management and command in disasters and other emergency situations,
- organizing conferences, lectures, seminars, congresses, forums and other expert meetings on issues of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery disaster management,
- professional connectivity and technical and professional training of members,
- encouraging scientists, experts and students to engage in the study of crisis management, civil protection and in particular the system of protection and rescue in disasters,
- coordination and cooperation with other similar professional associations and organizations at home and abroad, and other organizations that support the activities and work of the Association,
- issuing specialized journal and other publications in accordance with the law,
- establishing and awarding of prizes and awards for the contribution to the development of civil protection and for leadership and dedication to the interventions of protection and rescue,
- performing other tasks in accordance with applicable laws and regulations that contribute to achieving the objectives of establishment laid down by the Statute.
Membership in the Association can be regular and honorary.
To become a regular member one can be a leader, commander and any other expert in the field of crisis management, disaster management and civil protection, students of undergraduate program Management in crisis situations and specialist studies Crisis management Polytechnic Velika Gorica that accept the Statute and general acts of the Association.
Honorary member of the Association can be Croatian citizens and foreigners who are prominent experts in the field of protection and rescue and whose work contributed to the development of protection and rescue and other persons whose special contribution can improve the work, the promotion and the development of the Association.
The Honorary member of the Association can be any legal entity based in the Republic of Croatia that supports the activities of the Association.
