Australian Emergency Management Institute's Vision
The Australian Emergency Management Institute (AEMI), which operates at Mt Macedon in Victoria, is a centre of excellence for knowledge and skills development in the emergency management sector. AEMI supports a broader national security capability development through the provision of training facilities. Its focus is on vocational education and training and community awareness.
The Institute is responsible for the delivery of national knowledge and skills development activities that build:
- community and emergency management sector understanding, capability, awareness and resilience to disaster
- a heightened strategic consideration of emerging EM capability issues of national importance to inform policy and practitioner debate and action
- emergency management doctrine through better practice manuals, lessons learned and applied research
- professional and volunteer leadership and practitioner competency in high-end emergency management skills to a consistent level across Australia.
The Institute achieves this vision through:
- providing education and training for members of public safety agencies and others involved in emergency management including:
- professional development programs
- competency based training and nationally accredited courses
- leadership courses
- exercise management.
- undertaking applied research into contemporary issues in emergency management to:
- ensure educational activities reflect the contemporary understanding
- inform the development of policy
- provide leadership in the development of emergency management doctrine.
- conducting strategic activities to enhance emerging management community insight into emerging issues, challenges and good practice and to stimulate debate on issues of national importance through:
- strategic think-tanks/workshops/forums examining contemporary issues
- developing collaborative knowledge networks, communities of interest and strategic partnerships and alliances.
- promoting community awareness and resilience through:
- school education activities
- engagement with disadvantaged communities
- working with the volunteer sector to stimulate community understanding and recruitment and retention of volunteers
- supporting Australian Government efforts to build resilience within the region.
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