Radko Komadina

TL;DR: It is suggested that teams often are not competent during the response phase because of education and training deficiencies and foreign medical teams and medically related nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) do not always provide expected capabilities and services.

TL;DR: A systematic review of peer-reviewed studies to identify existing competency sets for disaster management and humanitarian assistance that would serve as guidance for the development of a common disaster curriculum revealed that the largest number of papers were mainly focused on the health care sector and presented a lack of agreement on the terminology for competency-based definition.

TL;DR: The need to develop a standardized competency-based educational and training program for all European countries that will ensure the practice and policies that meet both the standards of care and the broader expectations for professionalization of the disaster and crisis workforce is identified.

TL;DR: The DITAC project identified deficiencies in current responder training approaches and analyzed the characteristics and content required for a new, standardized European course in disaster management and emergencies to standardize and enhance intercultural and inter-agency performance across the disaster management cycle.

TL;DR: This program enables interagency cooperation and collaboration and could be used to increase and improve decision-makers’ understanding of disaster managers’ capabilities; at the strategic/tactical level to promote the knowledge and capability of the disaster managers themselves; and as continuing education or further career development for disaster managers at the operational level.