• Strategic Risk and Crisis Management;
• Climate Change;
• Migration;
• Critical Infrastructure Protection;
• Terrorism, Extremism and Organized Crime;
• Epidemics / Pandemics;
• Cyber Security; etc.

1. Identification of key sources of volatility inan extremely uncertain and hypercomplexenvironment;
2. Establishing a baseline for a newmultidimensional conceptual framework,terminology, as well as methodology forassessment, measurement and monitoring inthe field of contemporary risk and crisismanagement;
3. Connecting and networking eminentexperts, transfer of knowledge and goodpractices;
4. Fostering multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinarity and leaving a long-term legacyto the next generations of academics,researchers, practitioners and leaders;
5. Starting from a whole-of-society approachand promoting science- policy-practice-societyengagement and collaboration.

• Center for Risk Analysis and CrisisManagement (CARUK) - Belgrade;
• Croatian International StudiesAssociation (HUMS) - Zagreb;
• Faculty of Criminal Investigation,Criminology and Security Studies,University of Sarajevo;
• Faculty of Philosophy - Institute forSecurity, Defense and Peace, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.

• Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS);
• Regional Student Network of SEE for Strategic Risk and Crisis Management;
• Institute for Strategic Risk Management, UK;
• University of Manchester;
• Executive Impact, Australia;
• Steinbeis Advanced Risk Techologies Group, Stuttgart, Germany;
• Faculty of political science, University of Montenegro;
• Luarasi University, Tirana, Albanija;
• Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro.

08.45-09.30 Registration of participants

9.30-10.00 Introductory remarks

10.00-11.30  PLENARY SPEECHES

Moderator: Zoran Keković, Faculty of Security Studies, Belgrade University

Global Pandemic Risk Management Challenges, Vlatko Cvrtila, 'Vern' University, Zagreb, Croatia, Rector

Emerging hybrid of the old (geopolitics) and the new (geoeconomics): how to forecast and make sense of the dynamic change? Christian Fjäder, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, Finland; University of Sidney, Australia 

From Prescriptive Standards to Performance Based Regulation, Slobodan Simonović, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

11.30-12.00 Coffee Break

12.00-13.30 Panel 1/Q&A Session - GEOPOLITICAL AND SECURITY CHALLENGES (IN LIGHT OF UKRAINE CRISIS)

Moderator: Jasmin Ahić, Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dean

Ukraine Crisis, EU and Western Balkans, Ivo Josipović, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb

Adapting to the Challenge of Managing Transnational Security Threats, Stephen E. Flynn, Global Resilience Institute, Northeastern University, USA

Legal and ethical aspects of violent extremism and terrorism, Gordana Paović, Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro, Sonja Tomović Šundić, Faculty of Political Science, University of Montenegro

13.30-14.30 Lunch

14.30-16.00 Panel 2/Q&A Session – CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

Moderator: Robert Mikac, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Global overview of critical infrastructure protection status, John Donlon, International Association Critical Infrastructure Protection Professionals, President

EU dimension of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Alessandro Lazari, F24 AG Germany; School of Law, University of Salento, Italy

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break

16.30-18.00 Panel 3/Q&A Session – INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND STANDARDIZATION (SECURITY AND RESILIENCE)

Moderator: Tatjana Bojanić, Institute for Standardization of Serbia, director

Standardizing societal resilience, Duncan Show, University of Manchester, Alliance Manchester Business School and the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, UK

From Celebration to Crisis and Catastrophe, Carl Gibson, Executive Impact, Australia

An Overview of International Standardization Framework on Security and Resilience, Stefan Tangen, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Standardization and international relations, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ISO/TC 292 Security and Resilience - Head of Communication group

Practical/Corporate aspects of application of standards in the field of security and resilience, Sjirk Meijer, Resilience Advisors Network, European Director

20.00-22.00 Cocktail party (Dubrovnik)

09.00-10.30 Panel 4/Q&A Session – PANDEMICS AND EPIDEMICS

Moderator: Jadranka Polović, University of 'Libertas'

Epidemic Location Intelligence System (ELIS): a multidisciplinary approach for prediction, early detection, tracking and response to disease outbreaks, Mirsada Hukić, Mirza Ponjavić, Almir Karabegović, Center for Disease Control and Geohealth Studies, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Experiences and Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Biological Challenges for the Future, Prof. dr Elizabeta Ristanović, Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Defense, Serbia

Regulations to Control Communicable Deseases adn Reality, Prof. dr Valentina Arsić Arsenijević, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade University, Serbia

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.30 Panel 5/Closing Session – ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY CHALLENGES

Moderator: Prof. dr Ratko Duev, Faculty of Philosophy, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia, Dean

Managing the Risks of Net-Zero Strategy of the Climate Policy, Boris Porfiriev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Economic Forecasting

Security of the contemporary world in light of new (space) technologies, Momčilo Milinović, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

Energy as a Factor/Instrument of Global Security, Prof. dr Petar Stanojević, Faculty of Security Studies, Belgrade University; Ministry of Mining and Energy of Republic of Serbia, Adviser to the Minister

From Social Isolation to Mass Formation ‘When Decision of Individual is Determined by Collective Unconsciousness’, Drago Kraljević, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Italy

Russian Energy and EU Security Policy, Dušan Proroković, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Head of the Center for Eurasian Studies, Serbia

13.00 Departure to Miločer (Montenegro) and lunch in Hotel 'Maestral'

17.00 Visit to Kotor City (Old Town)

Course: Crisis management in XXI century

COURSE PRESENTATION

Crises represent the largest threat that a contemporary organization can face. Crises are complex situation, with a high degree of uncertainty, that represent a threat for organization’s strategic goals, reputation, and fundamental values.

Due to the high degree of uncertainty and volatility the existing rules are more a part of the problem, than a part of the solution. Therefore, the capability to manage crisis is among the most important aspects of the organization’s resilience and survival.   

The “Crisis Management“ course is based on the most up-to date standards, personal experiences of the lecturers, as well as on the good and bad crisis management practice in corporate and public sector.   

WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?

The course is intended for all organizations, regardless of their size, industry, or structure, particularly to their strategic and operational management responsible for the management of crises of various origins. The seminar participants are decision makers on all organizational levels: crisis managers, risk managers, human resource managers, security managers, business continuity managers, public relations managers, logistics and supply chain managers, including the employees integrated in the information security management system.  

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The general goal of the course is improvement of the readiness of the organization to plan, implement, control and maintain strategic and operational capabilities and capacities for managing crises stemming from various sources. 

The specific goals are:

• Understanding of context and challenges in managing contemporary crises.
• Improving of the predictive capacity and reaction to the changes, leading to the improved readiness of organizations to potentially harmful events.
• Maintaining of the organizational capabilities for crisis response, recovery and learning from the crises.
• Development of competencies for decision making and crisis communications in the  elevated risk environment. 
• Development of decision makers’ capabilities for managing the entire crisis cycle: readiness and preparedness, response, recovery.
• Knowledge building for the crisis management capacity development, preparation of crisis plans and forming and development of crisis teams.  

COURSE TOPICS

Crisis Management: concepts and principles

Crisis management capacity development: leadership, structure, culture, competencies (crisis plan development, crisis team, time and information management)  

Crisis management phases and decision-making process

Leadership in crisis and crisis of leadership – main challenges

Learning from crises

International standards and current standardization efforts in the field of crisis management 

AGENDA

27.09.2022. (9,00 – 17,00)

Crisis management and similar concepts

Crisis management capacity development: leadership, structure, culture, competencies (crisis plan development, crisis team, time and information management) 

Crisis management phases and decision-making process

Leadership in crisis and crisis of leadership – main challenges

International standards and current standardization efforts in the field of crisis management   

Prof. dr Zoran Keković, Centar za analizu rizika i upravljanje krizama, Beograd

CRISIS MANAGEMENT – CASE STUDIES (International, regional, national and corporate levels of crisis management)

Case study 1: Afghanistan – acting within an international military operation   

Case study 2: Recovery from the floods in 2014 and crisis management in the cross-border environment (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia)   

Case study 3: Management of the refugee crisis in 2015

Case study 4: Management of the COVID-19 crisis cycle (prevention, preparedness, response, recovery) on the state and corporate levels    

Prof. dr Robert Mikac, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb

28.09.2022. (9,00 – 17,00)

Workshop: CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION SIMULATION 

Mr Vladimir Ninković, Centre for Risk Analysis and Crisis Management, Belgrade

Certificate award ceremony

Course location: Hotel Croatia, Cavtat,  Dubrovnik