"CRISIS MANAGEMENT" IN THE STATE ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

The article is focused on the relationship and especially on the mutually
affected methods and procedures used by bodies of the state administration in
everyday activities, and methods and procedures applied when solving
extraordinary events. Despite the fact that the curent legislation (Act No. 239/2000
Coll., on Integrated Rescue System and No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis
Management) and the following regulations define competencies and duties of
individual subjects integrated in the rescue system more or less clearly, it is
important to pay greater attention to the professional preparation of state
administration employees.
The Act No. 239/2000 Coll., on the Integrated Rescue System defines roles
of regional authorities and local authorities with extended competencies which
focuse on the collection of significant information, creation of materials and
technical conditions necessary for solving extraordinary events and also on the
creation of crisis plans. Similarly district commissioners and mayors play mainly a
coordination role. When developing individual "models" of extraordinary events, it
would be useful to specify their duties. Even university research centers could
participate on such a task. It would be also useful to check organizational
principals of solving extraordinary events from the functional and systemic point of
view at certain spans of time