Building Roads to Resilience.
Common Effort connects civilian and military partners to prepare for complex challenges. Before pressure becomes crisis.
The Challenge
Complexity does not wait for permission.
Hybrid threats, disrupted infrastructure and fragmented systems demand cooperation before pressure becomes crisis. Resilience is not a single capability. It is a connected architecture of civilian institutions, emergency services, critical infrastructure and military partners working together.
Network Logic
Common Effort connects systems, people and perspectives.
01
Connect
Bring civilian and military actors together across institutions, sectors and borders.
02
Understand
Translate complexity into shared insight through dialogue, scenarios and expertise.
03
Act
Move from awareness to prepared cooperation before crisis forces alignment.
The system under pressure.
Each requirement depends on the others. A failure in one area can cascade across the entire resilience architecture. Common Effort trains civilian and military teams to see these dependencies before crisis exposes them.
The Network Before the Crisis
All seven baseline requirements form a connected resilience architecture.
Interaction
Resilience Insights
Roads to Resilience.
Latest thinking from the Common Effort network on resilience, preparedness and cooperation.
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Civilian and Military Partners
The network that keeps societies moving.
Civilian organisations, government, emergency services, infrastructure operators, business, academia and military partners, connected around one goal: societies that hold under pressure.
Government and Local Authorities
Government and Local Authorities
Coordinate policy, public services and decision-making under pressure.
Emergency Services
Emergency Services
Protect lives, support crisis response and keep communities informed.
Critical Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure
Maintain the systems that societies depend on, from energy to communications.
Transport and Logistics
Transport and Logistics
Keep people, goods and support moving when routes are under strain.
Healthcare and Medical Support
Healthcare and Medical Support
Sustain care, capacity and coordination during disruption.
Industry and Business
Industry and Business
Provide services, resources and specialist expertise that strengthen preparedness.
Academia and Research
Academia and Research
Bring analysis, lessons and methods that improve shared understanding.
NGOs and Civil Society
NGOs and Civil Society
Connect communities, support vulnerable groups and strengthen social resilience.
Military Partners
Military Partners
Support planning, coordination and operational readiness with civilian partners.
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Roads to Resilience: Sustaining Futures
Common Effort 2026 will focus on the civilian and military cooperation needed to sustain operations, protect essential functions and strengthen resilience behind the lines.
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