Simulations Case Study: Playing with Reality

The final evaluation of ECB Phase 1 acknowledged the importance of emergency simulations as a practical preparedness tool that provides a safe space for humanitarian agencies to build staff capacity to respond to emergency situations.

 The ECB Simulations  Project was launched in 2007 when ECB agencies developed a Simulation Administrators‘
Guide that included both a Multi-Agency and a Single Agency Simulation tool. The
development of this Guide was a key milestone in the ECB Project‘s efforts to build national
staff emergency response capacity. This case study focuses on the learning from
implementing the ECB Project Multi-Agency simulations at the national level between April
2010 and March 2012, using the ECB Simulations Administrators‘ Guide.