Title: OCHA
1OCHA
- Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
2G.A. Resolution 46/182
3- OCHA is an office in the UN Secretariat
- Main functions
- Coordinate international humanitarian response
- Policy development
- Advocacy on humanitarian issues
- Information Management
- Resources mobilization
- Tools and mechanisms for disaster and emergency
response
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4UNDAC
- United Nation Disaster Assessment and Coordination
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5WHAT IS THE UNDAC TEAM?
- 160 disaster management experts
- 47 Governments and 5 International Organizations
- Regional teams in the Americas, Europe, Africa,
the Pacific and Asia - Support to coordination of the international
assistance in case of disaster
6HOW IS IT MOBILIZED?
- Through the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - At the request of
- A national Government
- A UN Resident Coordinator
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7WHEN/ HOW MANY EXPERTS ?
- In the first 12-24 hours after the disaster or
the request - 5-8 UNDAC members
- Duration 2-4 weeks
- Transition (OCHA/UNDP)
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8WHAT DOES IT DO?
- Support to coordination
- Information management and dissemination
- Rapid evaluation of immediate needs
- Resource mobilization
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10 UNDAC IVAN JEANNE 2004
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11Ivan Sept. 2004
12Mains Activities of UNDAC
- Coordination meetings
- Information management
- Reception center at the airport
- Field and aerial assessments with ODPEM,
UN-agencies, Donors, NGOs in all the sectors.
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13Coordination meetings
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14Field and aerial assessments
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15Information ManagementContributions
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16Contact List
17Needs Actions - Gaps
- Response
- JRC
- Food, tarpaulins, blankets, kitchen kits, health
kits - Save The Children Non-food items, water, building
supplies for school and clinics - Children First
- Food
- ODPEM
- Mattresses, Pads
- UNICEF
- Health supplies
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- Needs
- Water and sanitation (15,000)
- Food
- Medical Supplies (4,000)
- Electricity
- Building supplies(9 health centres)
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18OCHA SITREP
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19Some Issues
- Humanitarian principles
- Inter institutional and integrated emergency
preparedness process. - Sustainable capacities
- Early warning
- Private sector
- Visibility
- Transition from relief to recovery.
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