ABSTRACT
Interorganizational Cooperation in the Context of Emergency Preparedness e emergency preparedness process involves a wide range of organizations and groups. Clearly, efficient coordination is necessary between them [Peek and Sutton 2003], and the quality and extent of interorganizational cooperation and coordination are highly influential factors among those concerned with the level of
Contents Interorganizational Cooperation in the Context of Emergency Preparedness .....201 Connection between Interorganizational Cooperation and Ethnic Composition of a Country ................................................................................202 General Policy Implications ...............................................................................205 References .........................................................................................................207
emergency preparedness [Drabek 2007]. Intersectoral and interorganizational co - operation throughout the emergency preparedness process on the local level was one of the main conclusions drawn after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina [Simo and Bies 2007]. Similar lessons regarding the significance of intersectoral cooperation on the local and national level were learned in Israel following the war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006 [Katz et al. 2006]. ose lessons were put in practice in Israel through various projects aimed to increase interorganizational coordination and cooperation on the local as well as on the national level.
