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Latin America and the
Caribbean Interagency
initiatives
2008 - 2009
IASC Meeting
Geneva 03 / 02 / 2009
By OCHA - ROLAC
Regional Context
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA
 35 Countries, 17 Dependencies, 3 French Oversea Departments,
1 Commonwealth
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42,262,209 Km2. (8.3%)
Latinoamérica
North
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2 Countries
3 Dependencies
Caribbean
 12 Countries
 13 Dependencies
Central
 7 Countries
South
 12 Countries
 1 Dependency
Population in 2007: 570 M – 75% Urban
Estimated population in 2015: 626 M – 79% urban
1/3 of the population currently live in areas highly exposed to natural hazards
UNCT + UNRC in 25 countries
UNCT + UNRC/HC 2 countries
Regularly affected 20 countries
38,5%of the population is
still poor in LAC
Population
10% wealthiest
10% poorest
80%
Region`s Income
48%
50%
2%
10 % of the extreme Poor live in Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)
90 % of the extreme Poor live in Middle income countries
80 000 000 people without access to improved
source of water
100 000 000 population without access to
improved sanitation
Natural Disasters in 2008
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LAC reflected in Numbers
102 major events
LAC Major Disasters during in 2008
Total: 102 events
Flood
Storm
39%
Epidemic
Flood
40%
Drought
Cold wave
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Earthquake
Storm
39%
Tech. Disaster
Volcano
Others
8%
Mass Movement
Storm
Almost 10 million affected
LAC Estimated Affected Population 2008
Total: 9,700,000 people
Flood
Volcano
Storm
31%
Epidemic
Drought
Cold wave
Flood
55%
Earthquake
Tech. Disaster
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Mass Movement
Others
Storm
1,400 people dead
LAC Estimated Deaths by Natural Disasters in 2008
Total estimated: 1,400 people
Flood
Volcano
Storm
30%
Epidemic
Flood
43%
Drought
Cold wave
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Earthquake
Others
Epidemic
18%
Tech. Disaster
Mass Movement
Storm
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2007 x 2008
2007 x 2008
LAC Population affected by Disasters
2007 x 2008
5,250,361
TOTAL 2008
9,7 M
2008
2,570,886
25%
1,897,063
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5,082,275
TOTAL 2007
7,8 M
2007
2,161,539
641,398
South America
Central America
Caribbean
INTER AGENCY PREPAREDNESS
AND RESPONSES
ACTIVITIES
LAC 2008 - 2009
Days / Staff
Activities
People
Workshop 98
Day /Rolac Staff : 436
People trained: 1710
Days / Staff
Activities
People
Workshop 97
Day /Rolac Staff : 496
People trained: 2245
Days / Staff
Activities
UNDAC ROLAC response support mission: 6
ROLAC Days staff in Response missions: 215
ROLAC Days staff in post disaster activities : 35
Days / Staff
Activities
ROLAC TL in UNDAC Response missions: 6
ROLAC Days staff in Response missions: 310
ROLAC Days staff in post disaster activities : 108
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27 UNDAC Emergency
Responses 2004 - 2008
México:
• 2007 UNDAC Noel
Belice:
• 2007 UNDAC Dean
Guatemala:
 2005 UNDAC Stan
Honduras
2008 UNDAC
El Salvador :
 2005 UNDAC Stan
Panamá :
 2004 OCHA RO floods
Turks and Caicos
2008 UNDAC
Jamaica:
• 2007 UNDAC Dean
Honduras:
• 2007 UNDAC Felix
Nicaragua :
 2005 UNDAC Beta
Panama:
Haití :
 2004 UNDAC Mapu
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2004 UNDAC Gonaive
Jamaica:
 2004 UNDAC IVAN
Republica Dominicana :
 2004 UNDAC Jimani
 2004 UNDAC Jean
Republica Dominica:
• 2007 UNDAC Noel
Grenade :
 2004 UNDAC IVAN
Haití
2008 UNDAC Gonaive
2008 UNDAC
Surinam :
 2006 UNDAC Floods
Ecuador :
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2008 UNDAC Beta
Peru:
• 2007 UNDAC Pisco
Guyana:
 2005 UNDAC Floods
Bolivia
 2006 UNDAC Floods
Bolivia:
• 2007 UNDAC Floods
Bolivia:
• 2008 UNDAC Floods
Uruguay:
• 2007 UNDAC Floods
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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Humanitarian Funding
in LAC 2007 & 2008
%
%
Flash Appeals 2000 - 2008
14 related to climate
7related to climate
Coordination structures
Interagency coordination
mechanisms
UN
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REG.
NGO IFRC N-A
IASC
IASC
WG
Regional Hum.
Inter agency
Partner.
RED LAC
RED LAC
WG
NAT.
UNDMT
UNETE
Humanitarian Country Team
N-P
Risk, Emergency &
Disaster task force for
Latin America and the
Caribbean
RED-LAC
Partnership
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18 members
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UNICEF/TACRO- Regional Office for LAC
WFP- Regional Bureau for LAC
UNDP-BCPR Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Disaster Reduction and Recovery- Regional Unit
PAHO/WHO- Sub-Regional office for Central America Emergency and Disaster Program
ISDR- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
FAO – Regional Office for LAC
UNEP – Regional Office for LAC
UNFPA – Regional Office for LAC
ECLAC- Regional Office for LAC
OCHA- Regional Office for LAC (Chairman and Executive Secretariat functions)
IFRC- IFRC Regional Delegation & the Pan-American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU)
IOM – International Organization for Migration
Plan International
CARE International
OXFAM
World Vision International
Medicos sin Fronteras – Spain
(UNESCO Regional Ofice for LAC – in Process)
7 Special Guests:
– Donors: ECHO, USAID/OFDA, AECID, COSUDE
– Regional & Sub-regional institutions: CEPREDENAC, CDERA, CAPRADE
Risk, Emergency & Disaster
task force (REDLAC)
Regional Coordination mechanism
established in 2003 considering the
presence
of
several
regional
agencies present in Panama and
inspired by the IASC
vision
Reduce the impact of natural
disasters and emergencies in
Latin America and the
Caribbean.
Mission
Raise the impact of humanitarian actions
in Latin America and the Caribbean
through the coordination of
humanitarian actors and their
assistance to public institutions and
civil society for the benefit of
vulnerable populations.
RED – LAC’s
Functions and activities
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Inter-agency activities are discussed
and carried- out according to annual
action plans approved by members at
the beginning of the year (+ all Ad
Hoc activities)
Functions and activities
 Discussion
and
analysis
of
institutional policies adopted at the
global level and its implementation
at regional and national levels.
Functions and activities
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Information issues:
 vulnerability
analysis,
 trends,
 humanitarian
context,
 directories and contact info.,
 sharing of experiences and
lessons learned,
 Communication
 RED - HUM
Functions and activities
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Conjoint mission in countries
– Preparedness
– Response
– Workshop, meeting, seminars,
– Collective representation
Functions and activities
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Conjoint mission in countries
– Preparedness
– Response
– Workshop, meeting, seminars,
– Collective representation
Prevention
UN (A)
UN (B)
UN (C)
R-C
NGO
NGO
Others
Mitigation
Preparation
Response
Rehabilitation Reconstruction
E.D
Prevention
Mitigation
Preparation
Response
Rehabilitation Reconstruction
UN (A)
UN (C)
R-C
NGO
NGO
others
TRANSITION
UN (B)
R
Prevention
Mitigation
E.D
Preparation
Response
R
Rehabilitation Reconstruction
UN (A)
UN (C)
R-C
NGO
NGO
others
TRANSITION
UN (B)
REDLAC - SOPs
03 Immediate after the impact
03.01 Information management
03.01.01
03.01.02
Inform any on-going or planned response activities
and resource mobilization by member agencies and
partners to OCHA
Exchange and consolidate all the emergency impact
information received from members and other
sources
Members
OCHA
03.02. Liaison with the national level
03.02.01
03.02.02
03.02.03
03.02.04
Establish contact with member’s own
organisation’s representative(s) of the affected
country(ies)
Share consolidated report (updated) with national
focal points from member agencies
Establish contact with the UN Resident
Coordinator(s)/ UNDMT/UNETE of the affected
country(ies)
Inform the UN Resident Coordinator(s)/
UNDMT/UNETE of the affected country(ies) on
REDLAC operational plans and support
Members
Members
OCHA
OCHA
03.03. Emergency meeting
02.03.01
Call REDLAC emergency response meeting and
bring updated information to the meeting
OCHA and
members
Regional priorities
Proposal
issue
Proposal 1:
ORGANIZE A MEETING IN 2009 WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE
REDLAC
Proposal 2 :
SUPPORT THE CREATION OF AN OPERATIONAL REGIONAL REDLAC TEAM
Proposal 3 :
NAME THE REGIONAL MECHANISM
Proposal 4 :
CREATE NATIONAL HUMANITARIAN COUNTRY TEAMS
Proposal 5:
INCREASE THE SUPPORT TO THE UNRC
Proposal 6 :
STRENGTHEN THE INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS
Proposal 7:
CONTRIBUTE ACTIVELY TO THE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS PLAN
Proposal 8 :
FACILITATE THE COMMON HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN (CHAP) DURING
AN EMERGENCY
Proposal 9 :
ENSURE MAJOR PARTICIPATION TO THE CLUSTER APPROACH
Proposal 10 :
FACILITATE THE FLASH APPEAL PROCESS
Proposal 11:
SUPPORT ACTIVELY THE UNRC IN THE CERF REQUEST
Proposal 12:
ESTABLISH BETTER CONECTION BETWEEN THE REDLAC TEAM AND UNDAC
Proposal 13:
PROMOTE THE USE OF THE RAPID NEED ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
(RNA)
TOOLS and JOINT PRODUCTS
Regional Warehouse
•PADRU
•UNHRD
•AECID
•MSF - E
Reflecting on 2008
• Increased;
• Strengthened;
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• Participated;
• Recognized;
Type of Information published in Redhum
4%
4%
3%
Information
published
2%
20%
67%
News
Documents
Maps
Vacancies
Images
Activities
Contribution from different sources publishing in Redhum
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8%
Reliable
Sources
20%
46.50%
25.50%
Press and Media partners
Government Institutions
United Nations
Others
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2008 Top visitors countries
2 Classes of visitors
32%
68 %
RETURNING
NEW USERS
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150,000
48,000
When audience seeks info?
Storm Noel and Olga
in the Caribbean
Chaiten Volcano in Chile
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Floods in
Ecuador and Bolivia
Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna,
Ile in the Caribbean and
Floods in Central America
Vision for 2009
• Participate;
• Strengthen;
• Consolidate;
REDLAC - 2008
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Panorama de Tendencias
Stockpile Register, consolidation of humanitarian cargo
Red Hum as humanitarian platform
New UNETT and Humanitarian Country Teams
Second regional UNETT coordinators meeting
Mitigation start in the school campaign
Inclusion of new partners MSF, AECID..
Coordination in the Hurricane season and other
emergencies
11 regular meetings. 15 ad-hoc meetings for emergency
REDLAC Work Plan 2009
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Capacities strengthening
– Strengthen and create Humanitarian country teams
– Elaborate logistics survey on priority countries
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Advocacy
– Improve impact of REDLAC on humanitarian issues
– Recognize IASC as regional body
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Coordination
– Strengthen and create Humanitarian Networks
– Improve relations with sub regional bodies work plan
– Promote cluster approach at country level
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Information
– Improve the use of standard tools
– Improve the analysis and quality of the disaster’s information
Challenges
Cluster at regional level
Formal role at global and national level but
nothing at regional level
 Particularity of the region
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– Middle income country
– International presence in development rather than in
humanitarian
– Presence of national authorities and sub regional
Major advisor role of regional cluster lead
 Activation of support vs. activation of cluster
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Global
Regional
National
RDT and REDLAC
Support REDLAC´s work plan
 Strengthen and improve mechanisms for
coordination ( REDLAC IASC)…ref RDT plan
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Post-Crisis Assessments and Recovery Planning
(UNDG, WB, EC)
 Preparedness
 Transition from response to recovery
RAPID EVALUATION
METHODOLOGY FOR
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
TRAINING MODULE
Rapid need assessment
methodology
Design, validation and training
process
Interviews with
members of
REDLAC
Revision
by
agency
First
proposal
Formulation
of basic
principles
Final
proposal
Revision
by
sector
Processing of
responses
Documentary
revision
of
other tools
Hurricane
Ivan
REDLAC
cabinet
trial
Darien
flooding 06
Pilot
trial
Validation
by UNETE
teams
Training and
dissemination
What is the Methodology?
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A logical procedure agreed by REDLAC available to
UNETE teams and humanitarian partners in the countries
of the region
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The Methodology itself covers Humanitarian Rapid
Evaluation and its tools
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The methodology integrated the cluster approach
How should the Methodology
be used?
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As a guide procedure to help teams from
each country to establish evaluation and
decision-making systems in a disaster
situation
When should the Methodology
be used?
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The Methodology is designed for
application in the first few days of an
emergency, but it can be used at any time
(post disaster) and as a basis for detailed
evaluation (in-depth)