Inter-American Mechanism for Disaster Response Where do we go?
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Inter-American Mechanismfor Disaster Response
Where do we go?
Dr. Jean Luc Poncelet
Area Manager Emergency preparedness and Disaster Relief PAHO/WHO
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IACNDR
• A solid concept of the OAS:– Established in 1999 : AG/Res.1682– Confirmed in 2005, 06,07 and 2009
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Inter-American Natural Disaster Response
Event
Any agency detects natural disaster event and can trigger the EOC
Posts disaster information on IACNDR
response webpage
Inter-American response Meeting
Situation reports
Convenes Preparedness & Response working
group
Each agency initiates response and informs working group of each agency’s response.
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Day 0 - Day 3
•OAS: Activation of Inter-American Emergency Aid Fund (FONDEM) with pending request of affected state.
•IDB: Mobilization of USD 200k per country conditioned to declaration of emergency and request.
•PADF: Verify needs and mobilize National/ Regional/International/ Private Sector capacity. Establish direct contact with National Authorities.
•IADB: Follow-up with Defense Ministers of affected country. Give technical advice in consultation with OAS & Member States in humanitarian aid & assistance, search & rescue in disaster events.
•IICA: Review of Damage Assessment & Needs Analysis (DANA) prepared by national emergency office.
• PAHO: Mobilize regional response team and activate UN Health Cluster.
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Trigger: EOC alerts IACNDR of event
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Day 4 - Day ?
•OAS-EOC: Maintains point of contact services, enhanced communication, generates reports, monitors deployment of technical advisors to field.
•OAS: Facilitate technical briefing of Ambassadors & IACNDR, coordinate/request information to Embassies. The Response Committee sends a briefing note to the Permanent Mission
•IDB: Identify mission to facilitate immediate response facility loan & loan reformation.
•PADF: Coordinate closely with OAS, continue to mobilize capacity, report on role of private sector.
•IADB: Bilateral support-facilitate contacts (military) with affected countries. Continue technical advice.
•IICA: Conduct detailed Damage Assessment of the Agricultural sector, with UNECLAC, using a Macroeconomic framework.
•PAHO: Implement flash appeal, boost the MOH capacity and beef up the health cluster
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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
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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,
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Where can the OAS make a difference in disaster response
• Good information / Intelligence
• Good governance & accountability
• Professional expertise on-site
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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.
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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.
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Pan AmericanHealthOrganization public
“private page”
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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
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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
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Conclusions