1 / 15

Outline of presentation

Outline of presentation. What is the International Humanitarian Partnership Membership History Aims Principles Services Process Operations Training and exercises Lessons learned What next?. What is IHP?. Informal donor group of humanitarian responders Informal co-operation

britanney-kidd
Download Presentation

Outline of presentation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Outline of presentation • What is the International Humanitarian Partnership • Membership • History • Aims • Principles • Services • Process • Operations • Training and exercises • Lessons learned • What next?

  2. What is IHP? Informal donor group of humanitarian responders • Informal co-operation • Voluntary participation • Based on personal relations

  3. Membership Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) Department for International Development, UK (DFID) Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, Norway (DCPEP) Finnish Ministry of the Interior, FinnRescueForce (FRF) Humanitarian Aid Division, Netherlands MOFA Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRSA)

  4. History 1994: UNHCR - Government Service Packages 1995: DHA - Support for UNDAC team DEMA, DFID and SRSA 1998: DCDEP and FRF join 2001: NL joins

  5. Aims • Provide practical support for multilateral & bilateral action • Demonstrate donor cooperation & coordination • Improve operational effectiveness and efficiency • Cost benefit • Improve interoperability • Provide training & capacity building • The beneficiaries

  6. Principles • Implementation is voluntary • No MoU • Free to opt in or out of joint activities • Cooperation on an equal footing • Cooperation levels • Policy • Training • Technical • Field operations • Does not restrict individual responses

  7. Services Packages, modules & training • Logistics • Communications • Office facilities • Accommodation & Catering • Training facilities • Field exercises

  8. Process • IHP countries become aware of need for international assistance • One or more IHP national focal points are requested to take on an operation or • National focal points get in contact • Information on own policy and capacity • Agreement on joint and/or own operations • Reply to requesting agency • Close contact during national preparation • Joint/Collaborative operations on the ground • Changes in hand

  9. Operations 1 1996/97: Burundi (UNDAC) DEMA, DFID & SRSA 1997: Zaire (UNHCR Air Operations Cell) DFID & SRSA 1997: Guinea (UNDAC Support) DEMA & SRSA 1999: Albania (Airfield Handling for UNHCR) DFID & DEMA; DCPEP (WFP)

  10. Operations 2 1999: East Timor (OCHA) DFID & SRSA 2001: Guinea (UNHCR) DCPEP & SRSA 2002: Afghanistan: (UNOCHA) DEMA & DFID (WFP) DCPEP, DFID & SRSA 2003: Iraq: (UNOHCI) DEMA, DFID, FinnRescue, SRSA (HIC, UNJLC) DFID (WFP, UNMAS) SRSA

  11. Training and Exercises • Since 1995: UNDAC training - Exercisedesign, Support Staff and equipment • 2000, 2001, 2002: UNDAC Support Staff Training Courses • Pre-deployment training • 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004: TRIPLEX - IHP and OCHA plus invited participants

  12. Lessons Learned • IHP WORKS: • Exceeded expectations • Joint operations make more operations possible • Joint operations benefit from mutual knowledge • Joint operations save money • Joint training and exercise develop knowledge • Personal relationships make things easier • Greater potential but possible overstretch The overall humanitarian effort benefits from IHP

  13. What Next? 1 • Embrace the greater potential • New members (Belgium?) • Additional partners? (e.g. NGOs, CIMIC) • Support more actors (HIC, UNJLC, UNHAS) • Improve procedures • Rotating Chair • Permanent Secretariat (FCSU) • Encourage partners to go through Secretariat • More efficient use of limited resources

  14. What Next ? 2 • Emphasis on Flexibility • Maintain informality • Demand driven • No unnecessary replication • Move with the times • Encourage further cooperation at all levels • In policy, operations & training • Work more closely with our partners

More Related