Designing a resilience network for inter-organizational partnerships in disasters

Area of Science:

• Disaster Management and Resilience Science
• Public Administration
• Organizational Network Analysis

Background:

• Existing disaster management networks face challenges in multiorganizational collaboration and coordination.
• Effective disaster response requires a robust framework that facilitates involvement from all stakeholders.
• The study addresses the need for improved inter-organizational collaboration in disaster resilience.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and propose a comprehensive resilience network for enhanced disaster management.
• To facilitate seamless collaboration among diverse entities in disaster response.
• To address shortcomings in current multiorganizational disaster coordination.

Main Methods:

• Comparative review of disaster management networks in ten countries.
• Benchmarking advantages for public-private partnership network design.
• Validation through focus group discussions and interviews with stakeholders.

Main Results:

• Governments often lead disaster management via councils/workgroups, utilizing network administrative organization (NAO) approaches.
• Proposed network features four inter-organizational coordination groups across national to local levels.
• Voluntary groups (CHEED) and local councils collaborate with public entities for participant organization and competency.

Conclusions:

• The proposed network offers situation-based responses within central, administrative, and participatory governance.
• Integration of NAO, lead organization-governed network (LOGN), and participant-governed networks (PGN) ensures effective collaboration.
• This multi-tiered, integrated network enhances disaster management efficiency and resilience through public-private partnerships.