The Preparedness Compendium is a BRF initiative comprising two complementary outputs designed to advance health, security and preparedness through a joint civilian-military lens. It aims to identify gaps, blind spots, and vulnerabilities that may require policy action and/or investment in order to strengthen the contribution of health systems to joint civilian-military preparedness.
It comprises two complementary tracks:
This track conducts a structured examination of the functions, capabilities and vulnerabilities of health systems when confronted with four high-impact scenarios and implications on Member States Resilience:
The assessment process includes bilateral interviews, a dedicated workshop with experts and practitioners, and the development of policy-relevant recommendations on resilience strategies, investments and incentives that provide mutual benefit for both civilians and the military.
The Analysis will serve as the basis for shared understanding of what may constitute defence-related expenditure within the 1.5% of GDP threshold, while also strengthening health security, civil protection, and broader preparedness.
This track is led by Dr. Daniel Furby, lecturer at the European Law & Governance University
Investment in global health has long been argued to contribute to security beyond the countries in which it is made. In some respects, the relation is well established; in others it is contested, and the evidence is uneven. This output, a report by LSE Health, develops a framework that clarifies the relation. The framework starts from the capabilities of health systems in partner countries and the health security they provide. It relates these to security in its wider sense, including defence, for those countries, for Europe and for the international system.
On that basis, the report sets out which global health investments can be recognised as relevant to European and international security, and on what conditions, in terms that can be used across ministries and budgets. It reviews the evidence that each such investment builds a capability that delivers a security co-benefit and asks through which instruments and partnerships the investment can be delivered.
This track is led by Dr. George Wharton, Deputy Head of Department (Teaching), Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics (LSE)
The findings of the research will be presented at the Brussels Resilience Forum Symposium, on 3 December 2026 in Brussels. They will contribute to policy recommendations that the BRF will champion for national governments, the EU and NATO adoption.