Social Services in Times of Disaster
Multidisciplinary Nordic Symposium
Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
May 4-5 2015
Mervi Hietanen
Project SECC 2015-2017 is co-organized by South Karelia Social and
Health Care District (Eksote) and Saimaa UAS with multidisciplinary
clusters.
Aim of the Project SECC 2015-2017
The aim of the study is to identify the area of preparedness
development needs of health and social services. One of
the project’s objectives is to create an operational scenario
that can be modelled for the entire nation.
Symposium 17th September 2015 in
Lappeenranta
The symposium brings together experts including administrators,
academics and students as well as stakeholders working in the field of
regional threats and preparedness.
The symposium consists of keynote speakers’ inspiring presentations
and functional workshops. The purpose of the day is to share and
gather information alongside generating ideas of new innovations in
the area of comprehensive security.
Methodology
• To study few major incidents from Finnish history of past incidents
that have tested the systems capacity to cope the situation
• The Symposium benchmark the current situation in South-Karelia
district by outcome that participants produce during simulations
• SECC multidisciplinary clusters that are generated by project, study
through scenario (that will be performed by emergency management
rehearsal in autumn 2016) the future challenges and needs for
development in South-Karelia´s preparedness
Timetable
2015May
June
August
17th September
December
The Nordic Symposium, Island. Partnership with similar Projects
Planning Symposium 2015 ”Situation Pictures of Crises”
Project methodology planning and forming clusters & partnerships
Decisions of funding's end of June
Starting the Project
Registration in Symposium opens
The Symposium 2015 ”Situation Pictures of Crises”
First results of Project are published
2016April
November
Urban emergency day for South-Karelia district citizens
Emergency management rehearsal in Lappeenranta
2017March
The Project closing-up Symposium?
Thank you!
Any further questions, please contact
Mervi Hietanen
[email protected]
Kristiina Kapulainen
[email protected]