PUBLIC-PRIVATE COOPERATION FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

The next severe pandemic will not only cause great illness and loss of life but could also trigger major cascading economic and societal consequences that could contribute greatly to global impact and suffering. Efforts to prevent such consequences or respond to them as they unfold will require unprecedented levels of collaboration between governments, international organizations, and the private sector. There have been important efforts to engage the private sector in epidemic and outbreak preparedness at the national or regional level.…

U.S. National Response Team

The U.S. National Response Team (NRT) is an organization of 15 Federal departments and agencies responsible for coordinating emergency preparedness and response to oil and hazardous substance pollution incidents. The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) serve as Chair and Vice Chair respectively. The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) and the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR part 300) outline the role of the NRT and Regional Response Teams (RRTs). The response…

INTERNATIONAL POLICE CONFEDERATION – IPC

The International Police Confederation (IPC) is mainly reserved for members of law enforcement and special units, active or retired (police, army, customs, penitentiary), private security and sponsored civilian members. This organization is a link between different security forces to exchange technical and operational police practices, cooperation and know-how of experts and organizations around the world. This structure is led by a group of recognized professional instructors, with the founder and world president Captain Jacques Levinet, international expert and founder of…

Coronavirus: Recruiting Startup Innovation. IHLS Looking for New Technologies to Cope with Coronavirus

The State of Israel is making all the efforts to block the spread of the coronavirus. Now, iHLS is addressing the technology and startup community in order to find innovative technologies that would help defeat the coronavirus and prevent its further spread. iHLS Group is looking for startups and potential technological ideas. The Group has extensive experience in the development and acceleration of startups, both within the framework of the INNOFENSE security-civilian innovation center it operates in collaboration with DDR&D…