disaster response in asia and the pacific: a guide to international tools and services

Disaster Response in Asia and the Pacific: A Guide to International Tools and Services


A guide of international tools and services available for disaster response and preparedness.

To help UN Member States and their partners to understand the interaction between national, regional, and international response tools.

WHAT IS IT AND WHY WAS IT PRODUCED?


Desk Review Field Testing/ Workshop

Finalization of Guide

TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES

August - October

2012October - November

2012November - March

2013


Recovery Mitigation

Response

Preparedness

DISASTER

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Response Preparedness

SCOPE OF THE GUIDE: RESPONSE & RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS


International humanitarian architecture

Tools and services for disaster response

Tools and services for disaster preparedness

WHAT IS IN IT?


WHAT IS NOT

National government tools and services

Regional DRR efforts

Tools and services still being developed


WHAT THE GUIDE ANSWERS

For each entry, the Guide answers the following questions:

WHAT IS IT?

WHO IS IT FOR?

HOW IS IT ACCESSED?Where can one get further information.


WHAT THE GUIDE ANSWERS

The Flash Appeal can include projects from UN agencies, other internationalorganizations, and NGOs. It may also include project partnerships with the RCRCMovement and/or National Society of the affected country. Government ministriescannotappeal for fundsdirectlythrough aFlash Appeal, butmaybepartnersidentifiedin UNor NGO projects.

WHO IS IT FOR?

THE FLASH APPEAL IN ACTION: THE CASE OF THEPHILIPPINES

Following Tropical StormWashi in the Philippines in 2011, theUNandhumanitarian partners issued a Flash Appeal25 calling for US$ 28.6 million tosupport theGovernment of thePhilippines to respond to theserioushumanitarianneedscaused bythestorm. TheFlash Appeal aimed to provideclean water fordrinking and bathing, food, emergency, shelter, and essential household itemsto471,000 of the worstaffected peoplein Cagayan deOroand Iligan cities for three months.26


TOTAL NUMBER OF ENTRIES IN THE GUIDE

International humanitarian architecture

Response tools and services

Response preparednesstools and services

38

47

34


• Binding agreements between States• Non-binding agreements between States• Voluntary guidelines

• United Nations• Red Cross Red Crescent Movement• Regional intergovernmental organizations and forums• NGOs• Assisting governments• Private sector

• Emergency Relief Coordinator• Inter-Agency Standing Committee• UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator• Humanitarian Country Teams• Clusters• OCHA

REGULATION OF ACTION

DIVERSITY OF ACTORS

COORDINATION MECHANISMS

PART 1: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ARCHITECTURE


Global Level

ERCOCHA

GAECOSOC

Mem

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ission

at the

UN

National Level

Cluster Coordinator

CLUSTERLEADAGENCY

ClusterMember

ClusterMember

ClusterMember

Cluster Coordinator

CLUSTERLEADAGENCY

ClusterMember

ClusterMember

ClusterMember

Cluster Coordinator

CLUSTER LEADAGENCY

ClusterMember

ClusterMember

ClusterMember

HUMANITARIANCOUNTRYTEAM

Gove

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Line

Min

istr

ies

OCHA

HC or RC

IASC

*Adapted from IASC, Handbook for RCs and HCs on EmergencyPreparedness and Response, 2010

HC Humanitarian Coordinator

RC Regional Coordinator

ERC Emergency Relief Coor


PART 2: DISASTER RESPONSE

• Bilateral teams• Intergovernmental teams• Teams of the RCRC movement

• Relief assets and stockpiles• Technical networks• Standby and surge rosters

• “Fast money” mechanisms• Strategic and fundraising tools

• Information management services• Reporting tools• Humanitarian websites• Satellite imagery and mapping services• Assessment tools

TECHNICALTEAMS

TECHNICALSERVICES

FINANCIALRESOURCES

INFORMATIONMANAGEMENT


TIMELINE OF DISASTER RESPONSE TOOLS AND SERVICES


AVAILABLE TOOLS AND SERVICES BY SCALE

OF DISASTER

(as requested by affected Government)


• International training• Bilateral training

• Legal preparedness• Integrated preparedness packages/missions• Support for national incident management systems

• International organization-led• Regional organization-led

• Weather forecasting• Flood warning• Tsunami warning• Multi-hazard

TECHNICALTEAMS

READINESSPLANNING

SIMULATIONEXERCISE

EARLY WARNINGSYSTEMS

PART 3: DISASTER RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS


TOOLS IN GUIDE BY ORGANIZATIONAL SOURCE

UnitedNations

Red Cross/ Red Cresent

NGO ASEAN SAARC SPC BILATERAL OTHER

30

25

20

15

10

5

Response

Preparedness


TOOLS DIRECTLY AVAILABLE TO GOVERNMENTS VS. THROUGH OTHER HUMANITARIAN ENTITIES

30

25

20

15

10

5

35

Disaster response Disaster responsepreparedness

Directly available togovernments

Accessible to governmentsthrough the UN, RCRCand other humanitarianpartnerships

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