We lead the National Coordination Mechanism (NCM). The NCM is a collaboration tool that brings together the right people from government, industry and non-government organisations across Australia before, during and after a crisis. The NCM shares information, solves problems and finds solutions to stabilise crises quickly.
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National Coordination Mechanism
NCM key features
- Can consider any crisis topic
- Flexible and scalable
- Defines problems quickly
- Shares situational awareness
- Assigns responsibility for solutions
- Promotes stakeholder collaboration
- Strengthens ties among governments, industry and non-government organisations
- Uses national capabilities
In crisis situations, the NCM aims to
- Maintain real-time awareness
- Coordinate actions
- Define the problem
- Mitigate crisis impacts
- Stabilise crises quickly
- Provide national leadership
- Manage public messaging
- Keep public trust
- Support community functions
The NCM is supported by:
- the National Joint Common Operating Picture (NJCOP)
- the Australian Government National Situation Room (NSR)
- the Australian Government Joint Crisis Coordination Team (CCT)
- Crisis Appreciation and Strategic Planning (CASP)
Read about these capabilities here:
The NCM in action
The NCM brought together all levels of government and industry to respond to the national IT outage caused by the CrowdStrike technical incident. The NCM met eight times to coordinate action, share information and solve problems quickly. This meant that key services such as banking, food, transport and health could be restored rapidly.
Further information
Find out more about the NCM by emailing: national.coordination.mechanism@nema.gov.au
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