Strategic crisis management

This chapter assesses progress across countries in implementing the fourth key OECD Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Critical Risks. The chapter focuses on three core areas highlighted in the Recommendation: to establish strategic crisis management capacities to prepare for the unknown or so-called “black swan” events, to strengthen crisis leadership capacities to warn and make sense of crisis and exercises, and to establish scaling-up mechanisms for emergency response. The chapter describes good practices and policy tools and presents key trends. The conclusions suggest future actions to engage the private sector, benefit from risk analyses and partner with operators of critical infrastructure.