PsyResK ("Psychosocial Resilience in Critical Infrastructures") is a KIRAS-funded project that enables a diverse consortium (AIT, Datenkompass, Diakonie de La Tour, GÖG), led by the University of Innsbruck, to develop concrete steps for enhancing resilience in the healthcare sector. These steps are designed to benefit all levels (employees, management, policy makers) and will be outlined in a catalogue of potential measures. The catalogue will take into account different settings, as well as geographical, organizational, and sociodemographic diversity, tailored to the Austrian context. The measures will be implemented following a roadmap, prioritizing different actions and providing a practical guide for effective and targeted measures across Austria’s healthcare system.
The Austrian Red Cross (AutRC) is involved in the project as practitioner partner. In collaboration with academic partners, the AutRC contributes to the scientific analysis of vulnerable groups in health sector. Based on best practice examples from operational experience, the AutRC works with project partners and experts to gather and to analyze insights, providing internal knowledge specific to various groups for the development of the implementation plan and roadmap. This contributes to the potential for further implementation within the organization.
Through a participatory process of developing recommendations and strategies, the Austrian Red Cross supports to strengthen the network of relevant stakeholders in Austria’s crisis management landscape, including all authorities and organizations with security responsibilities (called “BOS”). Additionally, the AutRC contributes for standardized tasks within the project consortium and is actively involved in the dissemination of project results within internal and partner networks.
Hard Facts:
- This project is funded by the Austrian security research program KIRAS of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF).
- Project period: 24 months (October 2024 – September 2026)