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Disaster Assessment and Coordination FCSS

UNDAC United Nations Disaster Assessment

and Coordination (UNDAC) team

OCHA Emergency Services Branch

Rapid Response Mechanisms

Briefing to delegates from the

Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

Geneva, 19 June 2015

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Objectives of the briefing

I. Present the different response models

II. Case Study: UNDAC System & Nepal Response

III. Q&A

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Emergency staffing requirements

• Expand workforce swiftly

• Highly specialized skills (hard & soft)

• Challenging environment

• Predictability

• Funding

• Impact & engagement

• Processes

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Surge Mechanisms

Internal

• OCHA Offices

• Surge mechanisms

– Emergency Response roster

– Senior Surge Roster

– Emergency Roaming Officers

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Surge Mechanisms

External

• Stand-By Partnership Programme

• Associates Surge Pool

• GENCAP / PROCAP

• Technical partners

• Environmental Expert Roster

• United Nations Disaster & Coordination (UNDAC)

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Profiles

• Humanitarian Affairs Officers (Civil-Military Coordination,

Needs Assessment, Inter-Cluster Coordination, Protection, Field Coordination, Access Negotiations)

• Information Management Officers • Public Information / Advocacy / Reports Officers • Information Communication Technology experts • Admin / Finance Officers • Communication with Communities Coordinators • Environmental Field Advisors

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Surge Deployments 2014

197 Surge personnel

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The UNDAC system &

Nepal Earthquake Response

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Pillars of UNDAC System

Staff ~ 200s experienced emergency managers (23% female)

Deployment

Methodology

Standard 24/7 deployment procedures, Deployment within

12-48 hrs

Standardized methodology in coordination, assessment,

IM, UNDAC Handbook

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Methodology

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Mobilization of an UNDAC

team

National Focal Point

OCHA

UNDAC Member

3. Alert: SMS,

email (fax) –

«M1»

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4. Reply: email,

virtual OSOCC, (tel)

5. Selection– «M2»

6. Deployment «M3a»

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• 0611 GMT on 25 Apr 2015 • Massive 7.8 magnitude

earthquake

• 77 kilometres northwest of Nepal's capital Kathmandu

• Toppling office blocks and towers and killing thousands of people

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• Discussion set up within 1 hour of EQ

• 2,800 users (disaster managers and aid

workers)

• 230 countries and organisations

• 300 people from 90 countries and

organisations contributed

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Nepal

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Nepal

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UNDAC Concept beyond Response

A preparedness support tool

A regional cooperation tool (common

global system and methodology)

Links disaster

management approach with humanitarian coordination

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