The Crisis Center is made up of the Coordinating Unit, Secretariat Unit and Alert Unit.
The Coordinating Unit is to solve any problem created by the crisis, follow any developments and transmit instructions to Romania’s diplomatic representation structures and relevant authorities.
The Secretariat Unit will be permanent and in charge of inter-institutional cooperation, maintaining contact with specialized structures in Romania, the European Union and the world.
The Alert Unit will be activated only in a crisis, when the life of Romania citizens is threatened. The Unit will collect and evaluate information on the crisis, draw up and distribute up-to-date reports on the situation, and suggest specific courses of action.
Abroad, the Crisis Center will act through the Rapid Reaction Unit and the authorities of other EU member states, where necessary. The Unit will act directly on field to provide support and consular assistance. Reaction teams will be created according with the threat responsible for the crisis and will be equipped with what the Ministry called an “emergency kit.”
The kit contains a mobile E-pass station, a sufficient number of travel passes, temporary passports and Emergency Travel Documents, a mobile phone with Internet access (and equipped with a mobile modem), a walkie-talkie, notebook computer, cap and vest with Romanian symbols, tricolor armband and a medical kit.
“We have decided to create the Consular Crisis Center and the Info Point to improve the Foreign Ministry’s ability to manage consular crises in cooperation with the other relevant Romanian institutions and EU partners,” said minister Baconschi, reminding that consular emergencies have grown in frequency in recent years.