The National Operative Staff (NOST) (Danish : National Operativ Stab (NOST)) is a collaboration at the highest level between authorities in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The staff's main task is to create an overview so that the government and other authorities have a sufficient basis for making decisions. The National Operative Staff is obliged to hold at least one alert exercise every six months. The Danish Resilience Agency coordinates the work.
NOST is activated, for example, by:
NOST was established in 2005 by the government in connection with the tsunami in Thailand as part of the defense agreement 2005-09. [1]
The permanent members of NOST are: [2]
Other authorities are called in as needed. For example, the Danish Meteorological Institute is called in during storms.
For example, NOST has been activated at the:
Myndighederne har som følge af togulykken onsdag morgen valgt at aktivere NOST, National Operativ Stab. [As a result of the train accident on Wednesday morning, the authorities have chosen to activate NOST, National Operative Staff]
Desuden oplyser Rigspolitiet til Altinget, at den såkaldte nationale operative stab – i daglig tale Nost – har afholdt en række møder og er i såkaldt stabsberedskab [In addition, the National Police informs the Alting that the so-called national operative staff – in colloquial language Nost – has held a number of meetings and is on so-called staff readiness alert]
NOST blev den 26. februar 2020 aktiveret første gang i anledning af covid-19 og har siden denne dato koordineret den samlede myndighedshåndtering af covid-19, hvilket er den længste periode, NOST har været aktiveret siden oprettelsen, ligesom der er tale om den mest omfattende og komplekse opgave, NOST har varetaget. [NOST was first activated due to COVID-19 on 26 February 2020, and has since that date coordinated the overall authority handling of COVID-19, which is the longest period NOST has been activated since its establishment, and it is also the most comprehensive and complex task NOST has undertaken.]