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Overview of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

Overview of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. August 2007. COE - Contents. Who we are Our mission Where we work Some of our collaborators Our functional areas What we do U.S. Forces & Disaster Response India & COE Requests for support.

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Overview of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

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  1. Overview of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance August 2007

  2. COE - Contents • Who we are • Our mission • Where we work • Some of our collaborators • Our functional areas • What we do • U.S. Forces & Disaster Response • India & COE • Requests for support Photo: John Derick COE COE Photo: Chris Hayden

  3. COE - Who we are • A U.S. Department of Defense Organization • Our Staff consists of : • US Civil Service (6) • Uniformed Services (1 full-time plus consultants/part time) • Private Contractors (23) • Subject Matter Experts, as needed

  4. COE - Our mission • Vision: Reduced human suffering and loss of life through excellence in humanitarian assistance, disaster management, and peace support operations enabled by effective partnerships, with emphasis in the Asia-Pacific region. • Mission: To promote effective civil-military management in international humanitarian assistance, disaster response and peacekeeping through education, training, research and information programs.

  5. COE - Where we work Source: Defenselink

  6. COE - Some of our collaborators • The United Nations • The International Committee of the Red Cross • Academic Institutions • Regional Organizations • NGOs • Other U.S. Government Organizations

  7. COE - Our functional areas • Civil-Military Relations • Humanitarian Affairs & Practice • Medical & Public Health • Information Management COE website Malaysia PKO Seminar, 2006

  8. COE - What we do • Exercise support • Courses • Medical & public health activities • Enhancing peacekeeping capacity • Information products • Limited operational support

  9. COE - What we do: Exercise support • Integration of complex humanitarian response issues into military exercises • Facilitation to enable participation of relevant actors in military training • Facilitation of military support to humanitarian training programs

  10. COE - What we do:Courses • Combined Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (CHART) • Training Assistance Program (TAP) • Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) (co-sponsored by ICRC) • CMCOORD (UN OCHA course on civil-military coordination) HELP Course, Honolulu, 2006

  11. COE - What we do:Medical & public health activities • HIV/AIDS bilateral/multilateral country programs and Regional Training Center • Pandemic influenza support activities (planning, workshops) • Training and seminar curricula enrichment in other medical and public health-related areas • Support US PACOM Theatre Security Cooperation Priorities East Timor HIV/AIDS Senior Leaders’ Strategic Planning Conference, 2006

  12. COE - What we do:Enhancing peacekeeping capacity • Build multilateral capacity and confidence • Strengthen coalitions & promote burden-sharing • Lead to standardized procedures East Timor, 2006 UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2001

  13. COE - What we do:Information products • Daily Asia-Pacific Report • Situational reports • Weekly: Iraq; Afghanistan; Disease Threats • Disaster reports as necessary • “Lessons Learned” reports • Liaison • CenterWorks • Training videos: Working with NGOs; Working with the Military

  14. COE - What we do:Limited operational support • Expertise in humanitarian operations, transition planning, and the international relief community. • COE Responses to disasters • 26 Dec 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami • 8 Oct 2005 South Asia Earthquake • 17 Feb 2006 South Leyte Landslide Sumatra, Indonesia, Jan. 7, 2005

  15. U.S. Forces & Disaster Response • CHART courses (on request) • HELP Course (annually) • TAP courses (on request)

  16. COE – Requests for support • Requests for support should be sent to: frontoffice@coe-dmha.org

  17. COE – Thank You Questions? www.coe-dmha.org

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