Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog

Referring to the home front exercise that the National Emergency Authority recently launched, deputy minister of defense Matan Vilnai stated that “the exercise is a further test of the relations between the sectors [in Israel]“.

A “Culture of Preparedness” is a concept that refers to the idea of partnering all sectors of society – individuals and households, communities, non-profits, businesses, municipalities and central government agencies – in order to ensure their readiness in the face of national emergencies.

However, unlike conservative preparedness approaches that focus on personal and organizational preparedness for emergencies, a “culture of preparedness” stresses the importance of developing links and partnerships among sectors. Connections across sectors in the preparedness stage can contribute enormously towards enhancing solidarity and national resilience.

This subject is further developed in Reut’s forthcoming policy paper: “National Resilience”.