Exercise date: 20 March from 1400-1730 UTC / GMT (UK)
Take on the role of a British Cabinet Minister, and participate in one of the world’s most famous crisis response coordination mechanisms. The COBR meeting is attended by ministers or senior officials, and stands up in response to some of the most challenging crisis situations that affect UK interests. It sets the highest level strategic direction of a crisis response. If you would like to better understand how it works, and what techniques you can borrow from the mechanism for your own crisis response, then participating in a simulation is an excellent way to do this.
This exercise teaches you:
How the UK’s COBR crisis response meetings operate, their benefits and challenges
When a COBR meeting is used
The benefits of identifying and setting high-level strategic direction in a crisis
The outputs of a COBR meeting and how these can be translated into action
The importance of cross-unit coordination and collaboration in crisis response
Perfect for:
Government employees, civil service applicants, those with an interest in understanding this crisis coordination method ‘from the inside’, and those who just want to learn and have fun in a safe crisis simulation environment!
Exercise date: 20 March from 1400-1730 UTC / GMT (UK)
Take on the role of a British Cabinet Minister, and participate in one of the world’s most famous crisis response coordination mechanisms. The COBR meeting is attended by ministers or senior officials, and stands up in response to some of the most challenging crisis situations that affect UK interests. It sets the highest level strategic direction of a crisis response. If you would like to better understand how it works, and what techniques you can borrow from the mechanism for your own crisis response, then participating in a simulation is an excellent way to do this.
This exercise teaches you:
How the UK’s COBR crisis response meetings operate, their benefits and challenges
When a COBR meeting is used
The benefits of identifying and setting high-level strategic direction in a crisis
The outputs of a COBR meeting and how these can be translated into action
The importance of cross-unit coordination and collaboration in crisis response
Perfect for:
Government employees, civil service applicants, those with an interest in understanding this crisis coordination method ‘from the inside’, and those who just want to learn and have fun in a safe crisis simulation environment!