This is a periodic publication that reports on the activities that have been implemented in the course of the MASC-CBRN initiative. The Fourth Briefing Paper focuses on the proceedings of the MASC-CBRN international conference highlighting relevant thematic outputs and dissemination activities. Download Full Text (Adobe PDF, English)
This is a periodic publication that reports on the activities that have been implemented in the course of the MASC-CBRN initiative. The Third Briefing Paper focuses on the development of the Methodology for CBRN capacity assessment and supplementary Training guide. Download Full Text (Adobe PDF, English)
Modern chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats are multifaceted which can make them difficult to predict and counter. Ensuring sustainable capacities for tackling CBRN threats at the national level requires an all-hazard approach to the mitigation of CBRN risks regardless of their origins, i.e. whether these occur as a result of natural phenomena, such […]
CBRN threats can be difficult to detect and attribute; their effective prevention and countering requires vigilance on the part of different stakeholder communities both within and outside the security domain. Building trust-based relationships across sectors is an incremental process which makes engagement and interaction among different professionals key factors for the sustainability of implemented […]
Efforts to prevent and counter the misuse of CBRN agents, materials, or related information reinforce the international regimes that outlaw chemical and biological weapons and prohibit the spread of nuclear weapons (collectively known as weapons of mass destruction, WMD). These efforts cut across multiple domains of activity spanning the entire cycle of use of […]
The present report titled International and EU Regulation of Countering the Hostile Misuse of CBRN Materials and Knowledge provides an overview of the international and EU regulatory context of countering the deliberate misuse of CBRN materials and knowledge. The report argues that upholding the international norms against WMD non-proliferation enshrined in the existing international […]
The report notes the extension by one year of the sanctions regime which allows the EU to impose restrictive measures on persons and entities involved in the development and use of chemical weapons. On 14 October 2020 the Council of the EU adopted restrictive measures against six individuals and one entity involved in the assassination […]
Noting that “terrorists have sought to acquire and ‘weaponise’ chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials”, the EU Security Union Strategy 2020-2025 underlines the need for strengthening the EU civil protection response capacities in the field of CBRN and for further enhancing cooperation with third countries on the development of a common culture of CBRN […]
MASC-CBRN is a European Commission-funded initiative that seeks to inform the development of an integrated approach toward CBRN risk management for strengthening the prevention of deliberate CBRN events.
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