Presented at “LEADERS”, St Ann’s, Jamaica. February 2003

1. Presented at “LEADERS”,St Ann’s, Jamaica. February 2003

2. Objectives • What is UNDAC? • How are UNDAC team members trained? • How is an UNDAC team launched? • Could UNDAC be of benefit to your country in a disaster? • What are the weak/strong points in the UNDAC system as it pertains to the Caribbean area?

3. Response tools available to OCHA (Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Services) • 24 hr duty • Situation reports • Donor meetings • Appeals • Emergency Cash Fund • Register of Disaster Management capacity

4. Response tools available to OCHA cont’d • UNDAC team • UNDAC support modules • OSOCC (On-site Operation Coordination Centre) • International Urban SAR teams • Reliefweb (www.relief.int) • Virtual OSOCC available as link on reliefweb

5. UNDAC Training – past and future

6. UNDAC TEAM BASE

10. How and When is UNDAC launched?

11. How and When is UNDAC launched? • A stand-by alert call is issued to UNDAC members in the affected zone via their National Alerting Centres. • A team is selected by OCHA out of the positive responders. • Selected teams are mobilized to the affected area via commercial or other means

12. UNDAC EQUIPMENT