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What is OFDA ?

What is OFDA ?. USAID, through OFDA, leads the U.S. Government response to natural and man-made disasters internationally. Created in 1964 after the U.S. response to an earthquake in the former Yugoslavia and a volcanic eruption in Costa Rica were less than effective

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What is OFDA ?

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  1. What is OFDA? • USAID, through OFDA, leads the U.S. Government response to natural and man-made disasters internationally. • Created in 1964 after the U.S. response to an earthquake in the former Yugoslavia and a volcanic eruption in Costa Rica were less than effective • USAID Administrator is designated by the President as the Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance (IDA)

  2. OFDA At a Glance

  3. Disaster Response Criteria

  4. The OFDA Mandate SAVE LIVES ALLEVIATE SUFFERING REDUCE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DISASTERS

  5. OFDA’s Response Role

  6. Provide immediate assistance of $50,000 Provide Technical Assistance OFDA’s Response Options Fund NGOs and IOs—including the U.N.—to provide assistance Dispatch OFDA Commodities Activate a Response Management Team (RMT) Deploy a Regional Advisor, Assessment Team, or Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)

  7. OFDA’s Special Capabilities

  8. Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction • Resilience vs DRR in the Pacific: • Global USG Resilience Policy focuses on integration of relief and development investments in countries facing chronic crisis. • Focus countries for initial testing will be in the HOA and Sahel. • In the Pacific, the USG will continue to focus on more fully integrated and complimentary programming in the areas of DRR and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA). • USAID/OFDA: Emergency Response and DRR • USAID/Pacific Islands: Development / CCA / GCC • USG Pacific Resilience Programs will be at the confluence of DRR and CCA investments.

  9. Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction • FY 2012 Investments: • Papua New Guinea • Support to PNG Volcanologists for Volcano/Seismic Monitoring • Fiji • Finalization of the PDRMP-II Regional Trainings • Vanuatu • CBDRR Programming in Torba and Tafea • Incident Command System Trainings • Solomon Islands • CBDRR in Western, Guadalcanal and Meleita • Regional Support to OCHA Suva and Port Moresby

  10. Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction • FY 2013 Investment Countries and Program Priorities: • Papua New Guinea • Support to PNG Volcanologists for Volcano/Seismic Monitoring • CBDRR • Fiji • CBDRR • Tonga • CBDRR • Vanuatu • CBDRR • Incident Command System Trainings • Solomon Islands • CBDRR • Incident Command System Trainings • Regional Support to OCHA Suva and Port Moresby

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