The Brussels Resilience Forum brings together leaders from across health, civil protection, industry and defense to advance a strategic, whole-of-society approach to resilience, and consider when and how these sectors can work in a complementary way to help deliver a preparedness agenda.
Building on the success of its inaugural symposium in 2025, the BRF has attracted sustained interest from EU and international institutions, NATO, and national governments and over the course of 2026 has built a robust Advisory Board (below), while advancing on its academic-led tracks in building the BRF Preparedness Compendium.
This engagement reflects an urgent shared priority: adapting to a rapidly evolving geopolitical and security environment, strengthening civilian–military cooperation, and embedding resilience at the core of policy planning to enhance Europe’s ability to prevent, withstand, and respond to future crises.
To advance a strategy that integrates health, defence, civil protection, and industry – ensuring that all sectors contribute to national and European resilience.
By aligning security tools such as field diagnostics, emergency stockpiles, and biosafety systems with civilian needs we seek to enable proactive, whole-of-society preparedness for current and future crises.
The ability of governments, economies, and societies to withstand and respond to major disruptions and transformation and move forward better.
A resilient Europe where security policy is people-centred—protecting lives before, during, and after crises and where health security is seen as a strategic asset, as well as a public good strengthened by international partnerships.
Harnessing dual-use innovation, translating defence investments into civilian benefits, and embedding civil-military collaboration can be integrated into policy frameworks that serve health security, emergency preparedness and strategic objectives.
The BRF is funded by rani’s philanthropic support and industry sponsorship including, Emergent, Shionogi, Terumo, Philips, EUCOPE, and MSD.
rani secures project-specific funding from a range of philanthropic partners.
