The Parliamentary Committee on comprehensive crisis management, which finished its work this spring, noted that the Finnish participation in crisis management lacked clear and measurable objectives against which the effectiveness of the participation could be evaluated. The committee recommended the establishment of clear quantitative and qualitative objectives for participation in crisis management, and the development […]

The Finnish participation in civilian crisis management suffered a regrettable blow on 21 March 2021, when we lost a specialist who had been working in the European Union’s civilian crisis management mission in Somalia, employed by the State of Finland. The personnel of CMC Finland is deeply saddened by the loss of the civilian crisis […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected crisis management training the world over. Even so, the authorities still need to ensure that their specialists are capable of doing their duty in different areas and regions. Operations have also had to come up with new ways to train the specialists arriving in their area, and online induction is […]

Kirsi Henriksson, Director of the Crisis Management Centre of Finland (CMC Finland), reviews the past year and the changes taking place at the Centre in 2021. The last few years have brought a lot of changes to CMC Finland. The two-year transition period of CMC Finland away from under the wings of the Emergency Services […]

Crisis Management Centre (CMC Finland) has moved to a new location in Helsinki, Pasila. You can find our contact information at the bottom of the page. Please follow our social media channels via the icons on the page to familiarize yourself with CMC´s current news and events. We have rearranged and streamlined this webpage to […]