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Training courses on emergency preparedness, response and recovery: theory, practice and application of newly developed tools

¹ SCK•CEN − Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium
² CEPN – Centre d'étude sur l'Evaluation de la Protection dans le domaine Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
³ VUJE, Inc, Trnava, Slovakia
⁴ KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Abstract

Education and training remains an essential factor ensuring the creation and maintenance of critical capacities in the field of emergency preparedness, response and recovery. Within the FP7 PREPARE project, several training activities were organised: (i) basic courses for key players, addressing the early and intermediate phases of emergency preparedness and response as well as the long-term management of contaminated territories; and (ii) course on scientific methods and tools for information collection and exchange, namely the PREPARE analytical platform.