Establishing operational readiness in a cross-sectoral team

Domenech de Cellès, Constance, Research Associate, German Archaeological Institute (DAI); Rehberger, Alicia, Project Manager, International Division, German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), Germany

ISSN 2975-190X – ISBN 978-88-6864-548-9

This paper describes a national exercise organised by the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) and the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) as part of the KulturGutRetter project. The aim was to test the operational readiness of the Cultural Heritage Response Unit (CHRU) – which subsequently sent a skeleton team to participate in the EU MODEX that took place in Venice in October 2024, the first-ever Union Civil Protection Mechanism exercise to include a specific cultural heritage module and to feature two Cultural Heritage Advisors in the European Union Civil Protection Team.

In PROCULTHER-NET 2 Project. Technical Bulletin N. 5, July 2025, pp 21 – 33

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