Summary evaluation national crisis management organisation MH17

Following the crash of flight MH17 the Dutch national crisis structure entered into effect. As prescribed by the protocols, an official crisis management committee was formed in which senior officials of various departments were represented. The crash also activated the ministerial crisis management committee. The ministers of the departments involved convened at the Ministry of Security and Justice. The two committees jointly formed the heart of the national crisis management organisation. In addition, numerous other organisations and private parties started operations to manage the crisis.

The National Manual on Decision‐Making in Crisis Situations prescribes that the government's actions must be evaluated after a crisis. This evaluation was commissioned by the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre and carried out by a team of researchers of University of Twente.

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