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Insights into INSARAG's worldwide activities and key meetings since 2013, including strategy endorsement, capacity assessments, and regional group reports. Updates on future meetings, training, and collaboration efforts. Comprehensive regional insights and planned missions for capacity building and response coordination.
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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.