EU HNS Civil Protection Exercise in Amman successfully conducted

The EU HNS Tabletop Exercise from 20-25 November in Amman, Jordan, was successfully conducted: Let’s take a look behind the curtains of the TTX from the participant’s point of view. EXORG, the organizational part of the TTX, EXLOG, the exercise logistics, the event management, and the public relations were tasks that were mainly handled by […]

Stakeholder Meeting in Chișinău, Moldova

EU HNS: our new project started yesterday with the stakeholder meeting with the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Moldova in Chișinău. The consortium of DSU (Department of Emergency Situations, Romania), PubliComm (experts consultancy, Austria) and iHELP Institute (Poland), evaluated by UMFST (University of Târgu Mureş will conduct two EU HNS (Host Nation Support) table-top exercises, funded […]

EU HNS kick-off in Bucharest

Bucharest: From 1. May till 2. May we participate in a very successful consortium meeting for EU HNS at the Department of Emergency Situations of MAI Romania. publiComm will cover the planning and communication, internal coordination, and logistic planning for this challenging project. Photo: Harald Maierl-Fellner, left, CEO of publiComm with the head of Department […]

SIMEX successful completed

SIMEX, the simulation exercise of the INDIMA project, should prepare the participants for new requirements in disaster management and integrate all relevant stakeholders. The use of contemporary tools like virtual reality injects and situations and the newly developed network concept makes the exercise very realistic and cost-effective. The project INDIMA is funded by European Union, […]

Kick-off in Brussels: EU HNS TTX

Kick-Off in Brussels: EU HNS TTX. The consortium for the second tender of EU Host Nation Support exercises met on 3rd March at DG ECHO to discuss the details of the upcoming project. PubliComm GmbH will do the planning, logistics and visibility. The consortium lead is DSU (Department of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, […]

Pre-exercise meeting on 3rd and 4th February in Timișoara, Romania

The INDIMA consortium conducted the pre-exercise meeting on 3rd and 4th February in Timișoara, Romania, for an on-site visit of the venue of the SIMEX. Experts from iHELP, Poland, Hungarian Red Cross and PubliComm, Austria discussed with the executives from DSU (Department for Emergency Situations), Fundatia pentru SMURD and ISU Timiș (Timiș county Inspectorate for Emergency Situations) to […]

INDIMA: new survey started

Several disasters this year have given the EU community mechanism new impulses and experiences: earthquakes, medical operations, floods and forest fires, the INDIMA consortium is applying the knowledge in the ongoing project. We are looking for new insights from current disasters such as the floods in Northern Europe and the lessons from the forest fire […]

INDIMA project: pre-exercise meeting

Innovation and the implementation of contemporary tools are key for the DG ECHO’s Knowledge Network projects. publiComm GmbH is a partner at the project INDIMA, funded by European Commission, responsible for working packages WP2 (planning and activities) and WP3 (communication and visibility). Our participation in the INDIMA PEM (SIMEX pre-exercise meeting) was very important for […]

Partnermeeting in Budapest

Preparing for the partner meeting next week in Budapest. Our partner Hungarian Red Cross, will be represented by András Molnár, disaster preparedness focal point and researcher in our mutual project. We will discuss the next online survey and the PEM (pre-exercise meeting) in October… #EUCivPro #EUsaveslives #disastermanagement #disasterpreparedness

Coordination meeting in Warsaw

Warsaw, at Friday, 24. September, Josef H. Riener, representing publiComm, had a coordination meeting with some members of the board of our INDIMA partner iHELP: ongoing projects, new projects and a trend analysis were the topics of our coordination meeting today. #projectmanagement #projectdevelopment #partnership #disastermanagement