Médecins Sans Frontières - Espace Bruno Corbé, what is happening there?

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF324445

Date taken / Date Recorded 11/08/2019 12:00 AM

Country Belgium

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Julien Dewarichet

Copyright Julien Dewarichet/MSF

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 3m43s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 431.79 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist WHAT IS EBC
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Bertrand Draguez
It enables people to understand what MSF does.

Robin Vincent-Smith
It's unique in the humanitarian world.

Meinie Nicolai
It’s a place where we can train and run simulations.

Robin Vincent-Smith
The Espace Bruno Corbet is a training, innovation and engagement center. In Brussels, we are close to the center of knowledge, which is the operational center of Brussels. There's 450 experts working here to support field operations.

Instructor
Keep going, keep it in the air for now to see the pressure. Hold it still.

Bertrand Draguez
It’s not only medics who train here. It’s for logisticians too. We also run trainings for financial officers, to really recreate MSF field conditions.

Meinie Nicolai
We put staff in situations they would face on location. So… with limited resources, how do you go about setting up a hospital? How do you develop your services? We can test that, but we can ensure it’s close to the situation that people will encounter on location.

Robin Vincent-Smith
So the idea is to get out of the classroom, get stuck in, get your hands dirty and the ultimate expression of this is the Multiple Casualty Situation. Where we let off some fireworks, spread smoke everywhere, make up some wounded people so that it looks realistic. and then invite a group of medics to come and to the triage and basic first aid care on this kind of population. And afterwards we can do debriefings, often quite emotional debriefings. They really get to explore their own emotions experiencing such situations.

Bertrand Draguez
There are certain types of MSF intervention, and this facility enables us to be ready to have a much bigger impact.

Meinie Nicolai
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014-2015 was unprecedented We had to send to many people to the field that hadn’t ever dealt with Ebola. The EBC facility became a forerunner in terms of training for Ebola.

Robin Vincent-Smith
That way we were able to transfer the knowledge that we had gained over the years to all kind of different actors. In a way, for a period of a few month, Brussels became the center of the world in terms of Ebola knowledge.

Meinie Nicolai
During the Ebola epidemic, the Queen of Belgium and the Minister for Development both visited the centre. This was really important, not only to for the centre itself but also for the fieldworkers, being recognised for their work and preparing them for potentially dangerous missions.

Robin Vincent-Smith
When you are in the field, you have to get things done quickly because the patients are waiting. Here we're allowed to take our time, take photos, discuss with the supplier, make small modifications if necessary. And this vastly increases the chance of success of a product in the field. In terms of engagement, this site offers a wonderful possibility to see into the MSF world and feel and experience it for yourself. Not just for staff, other non-governmental organizations and partners. But also for students, school children, those who are interested to donate to MSF.

Meinie Nicolai
It’s vital that we have places like this and this one in Brussels is unique. It’s where we train people, where we look and evaluate the ways we work. If technology is progressing, we are progressing.

A place where we can test and run simulations is vital.

Espace Bruno Corbé, what is happening there? | WEBCLIP ENG

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