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Inter-American Mechanism for Disaster Response Where do we go?

Inter-American Mechanism for Disaster Response Where do we go?. Dr. Jean Luc Poncelet Area Manager Emergency preparedness and Disaster Relief PAHO/WHO. IACNDR. A solid concept of the OAS: Established in 1999 : AG/Res.1682 Confirmed in 2005, 06,07 and 2009. Event.

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Inter-American Mechanism for Disaster Response Where do we go?

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  1. Inter-American Mechanismfor Disaster ResponseWhere do we go? Dr. Jean Luc Poncelet Area Manager Emergency preparedness and Disaster Relief PAHO/WHO

  2. IACNDR • A solid concept of the OAS: • Established in 1999 : AG/Res.1682 • Confirmed in 2005, 06,07 and 2009

  3. Event Inter-American Natural Disaster Response Any agency detects natural disaster event and can trigger the EOC Inter-American response Meeting Situation reports Convenes Preparedness & Response working group Each agency initiates response and informs working group of each agency’s response. Posts disaster information on IACNDR response webpage

  4. Inter-American Natural Disaster Response Mechanism Trigger: EOC alerts IACNDR of event

  5. Inter-American Natural Disaster Response Mechanism

  6. The final goal • To enhance national and international assistance to populations affected by natural disasters by: • strengthening and complementing the local response capacity • improving the quality and appropriateness of external assistance

  7. Complementary • A sophisticated humanitarian coordination system already exists at the national, sub-regional and global level: • Civil defense and emergency committees • CDERA, CEPREDENAC, CAPRADE, … • UN System: ERC, OCHA, Clusters, CERF, … • NGOs and Red Cross Coordination mechanisms • OAS: IACNDR, Preparedness and Response Group, …

  8. Where can the OAS make a difference in disaster response • Good information / Intelligence • Good governance & accountability • Professional expertise on-site

  9. Good information/ intelligence Reliable and practical information can be more valuable than stockpiles of supplies. Many donors are on stand-by to provide supplies yet few have information on what is really needed.

  10. Good governance and accountability in handling humanitarian supplies • An Inter-American standardized tool to manage large amounts of humanitarian supplies as well as an indicator of transparency.

  11. “private page” public

  12. Proposals for improvement of the preparedness response mechanism • Better information management: • A unified source of information: an Inter- American website linked with the UN’s ReliefWeb • Creation of a full time disaster response coordination position at the assistant Secretary General office • A stronger instituational link: • Regular Progress report to the permanent council • Nomination on a rotation basis of three member state to integrate the Preparedness and Response committee? • An improved OAS capacity: • Training of Foreign services in Wash in countries with OAS Representatives • Facilitators to be provided by UN and OAS response agencies

  13. Proposals for improvement of the preparedness response mechanism • Stronger Inter-American System: • Propose to OAS assembly the endorsement of technical guidelines on improving the quality of humanitarian donations • A regional guideline for Foreign Affairs • Others proposed by the permanent councils

  14. Conclusions

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