The Netherlands National Handbook on Decision-Making in Crisis Situations V Support for decision-making in crisis situations Interdepartmental Coordination Group (ICG) 1. To support decision-making by the ICMC and/or MCMC, an Interdepartmental Coordination Group (ICG) can be convened on the initiative of a director of the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) or at the request of a ministerial crisis coordinator. The Group is chaired by a director of the NCTV. The decision to convene the Group is taken by the chair following consultation with the ministry with primary responsibility for the matter at hand and simultaneous notification of all other ministries. Ministries that have not been invited to attend the ICG can inform the NCC of their reasons for wishing to attend. The chair will decide on the composition of the ICG following consultation with the ministry with primary responsibility. If the ICMC and/or MCMC has already been mobilised, the ICG will include, at the very least, the ministries represented in these bodies. Following consultation with the ministry most closely involved, the chair can, on its own initiative or otherwise, invite experts to attend the meeting. These may include experts in a specific field or expert representatives of other authorities, government services or vital sectors. 2. Duties of the Interdepartmental Coordination Group include: -- supporting the ICMC and/or MCMC; -- sharing information on the situation; -- contributing to the overall assessment of the situation; -- deciding on the delegation of liaison officers from the national crisis organisation to other authorities, government services or vital sectors; -- coordinating the mobilisation of a Crisis Expert Team (CET) and appointing a national enquiry coordinator; -- deciding on the need to convene the ICMC and coordinating its preparations; -- coordinating the advice provided to the ICMC and/or MCMC regarding the measures to be taken, including the exercise of powers, either on the mandate of the crisis managers or on their own initiative; -- coordinating the measures of the public and private partners concerned; -- coordinating the implementation of the ICMC/MCMC’s decisions; -- dealing with subjects that do not need to be considered by the ICMC and/or MCMC; -- deciding on the further, situation-specific organisation and procedures to support and advise the ICMC and/or MCMC. 3. The ICG can decide on the further, situation-specific organisation and procedures to support and advise the ICMC and/or MCMC. The processes can be dealt with by multidisciplinary, interdepartmental teams headed by the ICMC and/or MCMC. Specific teams will be mobilised as and when required, consisting of representatives of the public and private partners involved. The processes can include governmental and parliamentary accountability, the provision of information, operational advice, substantive expertise (e.g. the ICT Response Board) or legal expertise, the mobilisation of a Crisis Expert Team (CET) and a national enquiry coordinator, the verification of victims, follow-up, evacuation and accommodation, mobility, surveillance and security, etc. The frameworks for these processes and teams are laid down in protocols, fact sheets, etc. 4. For decision-making purposes, liaison officers in the national crisis organisation can be delegated from the NCC or a line ministry to other authorities, government services or vital sectors. 23