First Day of Civil Protection

For the first time ever, Germany’s federal government and the state of Brandenburg jointly hosted a Day of Civil Protection on June 24, 2023. The initiative aims to strengthen the population’s capabilities to help itself in cases of emergency and to attract talent for civil protection agencies. We are pleased that awareness of this issue is growing. […]

Network meeting of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Research thrives on exchange. Therefore, we were pleased to be part of the networking event hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in June 2023. The ministry had invited the people in charge of various research projects to Bonn. This included those responsible for project MIRKKOMM, in which mecom is involved as […]

European Police Congress 2023

On May 3 and 4, 2023, the European Police Congress (https://www.european-police.eu/) took place in Berlin. Our colleagues Baha Kutup and Wolfgang Jurksch attended the meeting in order to exchange ideas with decision makers from public authorities and institutions and take away new impulses for our work. The European Police Congress is organised by Behörden Spiegel […]

mecom member of OASIS OPEN

How can digital standards improve and become more uniform? This is what the non-profit consortium OASIS Open deals with. We are pleased to be a member of OASIS with immediate effect. The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, OASIS for short, is an international organisation for the development of open interoperable and globally […]

CP Conference Berlin

mecom at the Crisis Prevention Conference On March 30 and 31, 2023, the CP Conference took place in Berlin. The event is organised by the specialist portal Crisis Prevention, which focuses on topics such as hazard prevention, homeland security and disaster relief. The motto of the conference: “Crisis prevention as a task for society as […]

BBK Specialist Congress

Mecom Meeting Raum

mecom at the BBK Specialist Congress “Research for Civil Protection” in Bonn What role do research and science play for civil protection? This was the topic of the Specialist Congress hosted by the German Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BKK) in Bonn from January 12 to 14, 2023. Our colleagues Inga Wilkens, […]