| By Ennio V. Picucci | In December 2016, twelve years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Aceh was once again struck by an earthquake. However, over the past decade the landscape of responders has evolved and changed and there is need for better understanding of new actors to strengthen coordination during disasters. Commentary […]

SINGAPORE: What happens when an active volcano erupts in the Philippines followed by a Category 5 typhoon striking the same area just five days later? That was the scenario presented to participants of a multinational drill called Exercise Coordinated Response (EX COORES), as they gathered in Singapore this week to practice real processes in the […]

| By Ennio V. Picucci | In the immediate aftermath of disasters, coordination among different actors is key. Coordination has the potential to make disaster response faster by avoiding the overlapping of response activities of different actors which can ultimately lead to saving more lives and alleviate human suffering in general. The recent earthquake that shook […]