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Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Panama City, Panama

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Panama City, Panama. What is OCHA?.

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Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Panama City, Panama

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  1. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Regional Office for Latin America and the CaribbeanPanama City, Panama

  2. What is OCHA? • Part of the United Nations Secretariat with the mandate to coordinate UN assistance in humanitarian crises that go beyond the capacity and mandate of any single humanitarian agency • OCHA works with Humanitarian Community to ensure that there is a coherent framework within which each actor can contribute effectively and promptly to the overall effort.

  3. Resolution 46/182 • Reinforce the UN response to complex emergencies and natural disasters • Improve the efficiency of UN humanitarian operations in the field. • Creation of the posts of “Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC)” and “Under- secretary general for humanitarian affairs (USG)” • The “Inter Agency Standing Committee” (IASC) • Institutional support though OCHA “The United Nations has a central and unique role to play in providing leadership and coordinating the efforts of the international community to support the affected countries, and should ensure the prompt and smooth delivery of this relief assistance”

  4. Functions of OCHA • Response Coordination • Policy Development • Advocate for humanitarian causes • Facilitate Information Management • Mobilize Resources for Response

  5. OCHA Response Mechanisms and Tools • UNDAC Support modules from (from IHP Countries) • On Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC) • Virtual OSOCC (GDAS) • INSARAG Secretariat • Technical advisors • Standby Partners • UNDAC Teams • 24 hours Duty system • ReliefWeb, RedHum, HIC • Emergency Cash Grant, CERF • Environmental Emergency • Section • Register of Disaster • Management Capabilities • Civil Milt Coord staff • Brindisi Warehouse • CAP sections

  6. Strategic Objectives • Identification of costs • Prioritization • Advocacy • Identification of gaps • Hyogo guidelines and indicators • UNDAC preparedness missions • Practical measures • UNDAC regional teams • RedHum • On site coordination

  7. Strategic Lines of Action and OCHA Contributions • Coordination with national international and regional actors • Permanent coordination forums, on-site coordination • Disaster Preparedness Actions • Humanitarian Reform (Cluster, CERF) UNDAC preparedness missions, training, RedHum

  8. Recovery Process • Early consolidated assessments, IDPs protection • Risk management • Response preparedness and capacity • Hyogo Framework • Guidelines and indicators

  9. THANK YOU!

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