Lithuania: capabilities, organisations, policies, and legislation in crisis management and disaster response

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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Lithuania: capabilities, organisations, policies, and legislation in crisis management and disaster response
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Publication Data:
Sofia : Centre for Security and Defence Management, Institute of ICT, 2015.
Pages:
43 p
Series:
IT4Sec Reports; 126
Contents:
Overview – 1. Policy: 1.1 Risk Assessment; 1.2 Policy and Governance: 1.2.1 Strategy scope and focus; 1.2.2 Monitoring and analytical support to policy making; R&D; 1.2.3 Policy for Prevention; 1.2.4 Policy for Preparedness; 1.2.5 Policy for Response; 1.2.6 Policy for Relief and Recovery; 1.3 Financing: 1.3.1 Investing in preparedness; 1.3.2 Investing in consequence management; 1.4 Policy review, Evaluation &Organisational Learning: 1.4.1 Centralised (national) Lessons Learned system; 1.4.2 Regular policy reviews; 1.5 Resilience; 1.6 Information sharing and data protection — 2. Legislation: 2.1 Crisis (emergency, disaster) management concept; 2.2 General crisis (emergency, disaster) management law; 2.3 Emergency rule; 2.4 Specific, department /agency‐level legal arrangements and regulations on emergency and disaster management; 2.5 Specific to the regional and local authorities legal arrangements and regulations on emergency and disaster management; 2.6 Legal regulations on the involvement of volunteers and specialised NGOs; 2.7 Legal regulations for international engagements of first responders and crisis managers — 3. Organisation: 3.1 Organisational chart; 3.2 Organisational cooperation — 4. Procedures: 4.1 Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidelines; 4.2 Operations planning; 4.3 Logistics support in crises; 4.4 Crisis communication to general public; Alert system; Public Information and Warnings —5. Capabilities: 5.1 Human resources; 5.2 Materiel (non-financial) resources; 5.3 Training; 5.4 Procurement: 5.4.1 Procurement regulation; 5.4.2 Procurement procedures; 5.5 Niche capabilities — Resources: Legislative acts; Other normative acts; Official documents (white papers, strategies, etc.); Online resources (e.g. websites of key CM organizations); Publications; Terhi Elomaa & Anna Halonen, EUROBALTIC Survey: Civil Protection Research in the Baltic Sea Region, University of Helsinki (2007); Expert interviews.
Subject Category:
LT
Valdymas / Management; Viešoji tvarka ir saugumas / Public order and safety.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe point of departure in this report is the fact that in Lithuania the crisis management system is centralised, like in the other two Baltic states. From a legal perspective, the report assesses the National Security Strategy, which establishes the basic goals and means of the national security policy. The authors further describe the levels and elements of the Lithuanian system, comprised by the Government, the state and municipal institutions, economic entities, public organisations, civil protection forces such as fire and rescue, police, state border guard, medical services, public security service, state food and agriculture service, other emergency services, forces of economic entities, volunteers, the emergency commissions and emergency operation centres. Keywords: disaster preparedness, disaster response, civil protection, Lithuania, centralised organisation, crisis management structures.

DOI:
10.11610/it4sec.0126
Subject:
Vadyba / Management
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2026-02-25 13:42:01
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