Presentation by Jeroen Mutsaers, Policy officer, Directorate resilience, Ministry for Security and Justice, the Netherlands, at the 6th Workshop on Strategic Crisis Management in Geneva on 12-13 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD and the Swiss Federal Chancellery, bringing together government crisis managers and practitioners from international organisations, industry and leading think-tanks to share strategic insights and cutting-edge policy responses. For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/governance/6th-workshop-strategic-crisis-management.htm

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Jeroen Mutsaers
Policy officer
12 June 2017

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The National Coordinator for
Security and Counterterrorism
(NCTV) helps to keep The
Netherlands safe and stable by
identifying threats and
strengthening the resilience and
protection of vital interests.
The purpose is to prevent or
minimise social disruption.
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National Coordinator for Security
and Counterterrorism

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Critical infrastructure in the Netherlands
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Training and exercise
Exercising can:
 Shape our policies,
 Help us strengthen our
cooperation,
 Put our words into practice and
 Bridge our communities.
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Scenario
Planned Blackouts across Europe
“A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an
electrical power supply system. Intentional brownouts are used for
load reduction in a grid emergency.”
Scenario–based discussions (3 rounds with video lead-in):
1. National consequences
2. Cross-border consequences
3. European-level consequences
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Exercise goals
• Bringing together relevant networks (both nationally and
internationally)
• Raising awareness on the importance of working and
exercising together on protecting critical infrastructure
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Lessons learned
• Increased level of cooperation
• Cross border and cascading effects
• Bringing together relevant networks, both on the national level
and in the EU
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Capability development
Development of methodology for the
identification of interdepencies.
• Time dependencies
• Emergency measures/ redundances
• Dependencies of the emergency measures
Development of a National Crisisplan
distribution of diesel(fuel) in scarcity
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Thank you for
your attention!
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