Transnational scientific co-operation in crises

While many OECD countries have the scientific capacity and management structures in place to deal with 'routine' domestic emergencies, as the scale and complexity of a crisis increases so the need for international cooperation is likely to increase. There are a number of international frameworks that have already been agreed, which govern the exchange of scientific data and information between countries during certain types of crisis.Some of these are 'owned' by international organisations.However, the implementation of these agreements is dependent on the existence of trusted international networks.