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INSARAG Activities Worldwide Since the 2013 Meeting Lima, Peru 15-17 October 2014 www.insarag.org. INSARAG Steering Group Meeting 2014 Key forward looking points. Endorsement of INSARAG Strategy 2014-17
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INSARAG Activities Worldwide Since the 2013 Meeting Lima, Peru 15-17 October 2014 www.insarag.org
INSARAG Steering Group Meeting 2014 Key forward looking points • Endorsement of INSARAG Strategy 2014-17 • Welcomed progress in the INSARAG Guidelines Review and encouraged INSARAG countries to take ownership • IEC/R system: requires commitment and discipline; countries to adopt realistic international deployment aspirations • Welcomed the Regional Capacity assessment of National USAR teams done in the Americas and recommended Africa-Europe-Middle East and Asia-Pacific regional groups to consider doing a similar assessment
INSARAG Steering Group Meeting 2014 Key forward looking points • Welcomes the INSARAG Global Meeting 2015 in UAE • Training Working Group and Medical Working Group to continue to support the GRG work – 2014/15 • Welcomed MOU between INSARAG Secretariat and IFRC - 2013 • WHO Foreign Medical Teams, FMTs collaboration with INSARAG / integration with OSOCC • Update of the virtual OSOCC to include language options
Key Activities at the Global Level • Preparations for Global Meeting in 2015: Initiated First Meeting and milestones established – Feb • Steering Group Meeting – Feb • Guidelines Review Group (GRG) meetings- March, June & November • Working Groups Meetings (TWG, MWG) – April, Sept. • Noted wish of the INSARAG Chair to step down after the INSARAG Global Meeting in 2015.
Global Level Activities • Mid-year teleconference of the Global and Regional Chairs - July • Team Leaders Meeting 2014 – Doha, Qatar(22-24 September) • Regional Meetings • A-P meeting in Korea (15-17 September) • AEME Meeting in Poland (1-2 October) • Americas Meeting in Peru (15-17 October)
Current Regional Troikas Asia-Pacific – Chair: KoreaVice Chairs: Singapore, New Zealand Africa, Europe Middle-East (AEME) – Chair: Poland Vice Chairs: UAE, Germany Americas – Chair: PeruI Vice Chair: Chile, II Vice-Chair: Columbia
IEC PROCESSES Heavy - 5 Countries(6 Teams) Years Classified - 2011: Japan, Korea - 2012: Australia NSW - 2013: Singapore, Australia QL - 2014: China(IER Heavy) - 2015: NZ(IEC), Japan(IER)
EarthquakeResponse Ex Purpose - Support to disaster prone countries and engaging them in INSARAG exercise and activities 2014 Exercise - Chengdu, China(27 to 31 Aug) - 16 countries 146 participants - New INSARAG USAR Coordination Methodology
USARCapacity Building Mission Purpose - To take stock of their domestic capability with the aim of developing a roadmap to obtain national classification as a further step to strengthen national capacity Planned Scoping Mission - Mongolia (from 5 to Oct 10) - Thailand (Dec 2014)
INSARAG A-P Regional Meeting 2014 A-P Meeting - Venue : Seoul, Korea - Participants : 16 countries 45 Participants - Results : Review Guidelines, 2016GHS, 2015IGM TROIKA - Korea : Outgoing Chair (2014) - NZ : 2015 - China : 2016
A-E-ME Regional Group Report • Sub-Regional Groups strengthened and contributing to regional objectives ( e.g. DACHL, GCC+J, Russian Speaking States, JIP’s Project) • Strong regional ownership of the Guidelines review process • On-going USAR Capacity Building initiatives in the AEME region – with OCHA ROs and Bilateral cooperation amongst Member States • AEME Regional EQ (field) Exercise taking place in Istanbul, 17 -21.11.2014 - Americas region welcome to participate.