Transcript Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Panama

United Nations
Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs
Regional Office for
Latin America and the
Caribbean
Panama City, Panama
What is OCHA?
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Part of the United Nations Secretariat with
the mandate to coordinate UN assistance
in humanitarian crises that go beyond the
capacity and mandate of any single
humanitarian agency
OCHA works with Humanitarian
Community to ensure that there is a
coherent framework within which each
actor can contribute effectively and
promptly to the overall effort.
Resolution 46/182
“The United Nations has a central and unique role to
play in providing leadership and coordinating the
efforts of the international community to support the
affected countries, and should ensure the prompt and
smooth delivery of this relief assistance”
• Reinforce the UN response to complex emergencies and natural
disasters
• Improve the efficiency of UN humanitarian operations in the field.
• Creation of the posts of “Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC)” and
“Under- secretary general for humanitarian affairs (USG)”
• The “Inter Agency Standing Committee” (IASC)
• Institutional support though OCHA
Functions of OCHA
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Response Coordination
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Policy Development
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Advocate for humanitarian causes
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Facilitate Information Management
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Mobilize Resources for Response
OCHA Response Mechanisms and Tools
• 24 hours Duty system
• ReliefWeb, RedHum, HIC
• UNDAC Support modules
from (from IHP Countries)
• Emergency Cash Grant,
CERF
• On Site Operations
Coordination Centre
(OSOCC)
• Environmental Emergency
Section
• Virtual OSOCC (GDAS)
• Register of Disaster
Management Capabilities
• INSARAG Secretariat
• Civil Milt Coord staff
• Standby Partners
• Brindisi Warehouse
•UNDAC Teams
• CAP sections
•Technical advisors
Strategic Objectives
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Identification of costs
• Prioritization
• Advocacy
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Identification of gaps
• Hyogo guidelines and indicators
• UNDAC preparedness missions
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Practical measures
• UNDAC regional teams
• RedHum
• On site coordination
Strategic Lines of Action and OCHA
Contributions
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Coordination with national
international and regional
actors
• Permanent coordination
forums, on-site coordination
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Disaster Preparedness
Actions
• Humanitarian Reform
(Cluster, CERF) UNDAC
preparedness missions,
training, RedHum
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Recovery Process
• Early consolidated assessments, IDPs
protection
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Risk management
• Response preparedness and capacity
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Hyogo Framework
• Guidelines and indicators
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