INSARAG Activities Worldwide Since the 2013 Meeting Lima, Peru October

 Endorsement of INSARAG Strategy  Welcomed progress in the INSARAG Guidelines Review and encouraged INSARAG countries to take ownership  IEC/R system: requires commitment and discipline; countries to adopt realistic international deployment aspirations  Welcomed the Regional Capacity assessment of National USAR teams done in the Americas and recommended Africa-Europe-Middle East and Asia-Pacific regional groups to consider doing a similar assessment INSARAG Steering Group Meeting 2014 Key forward looking points

INSARAG Steering Group Meeting 2014 Key forward looking points  Welcomes the INSARAG Global Meeting 2015 in UAE  Training Working Group and Medical Working Group to continue to support the GRG work – 2014/15  Welcomed MOU between INSARAG Secretariat and IFRC  WHO Foreign Medical Teams, FMTs collaboration with INSARAG / integration with OSOCC  Update of the virtual OSOCC to include language options

Key Activities at the Global Level  Preparations for Global Meeting in 2015: Initiated First Meeting and milestones established – Feb  Steering Group Meeting – Feb  Guidelines Review Group (GRG) meetings- March, June & November  Working Groups Meetings (TWG, MWG) – April, Sept.  Noted wish of the INSARAG Chair to step down after the INSARAG Global Meeting in 2015.

Global Level Activities  Mid-year teleconference of the Global and Regional Chairs - July  Team Leaders Meeting 2014 – Doha, Qatar (22-24 September)  Regional Meetings  A-P meeting in Korea (15-17 September)  AEME Meeting in Poland (1-2 October)  Americas Meeting in Peru (15-17 October)

Current Regional Troikas Asia-Pacific – Chair: Korea Vice Chairs: Singapore, New Zealand Africa, Europe Middle-East (AEME) – Chair: Poland Vice Chairs: UAE, Germany Americas – Chair: Peru I Vice Chair: Chile, II Vice-Chair: Columbia

Work Plans/ Activities by Region

Asia and the Pacific Regional Group

IEC PROCESSES Heavy - 5 Countries(6 Teams) Years Classified : Japan, Korea : Australia NSW : Singapore, Australia QL : China(IER Heavy) : NZ(IEC), Japan(IER)

Earthquake Response Ex Purpose - Support to disaster prone countries and engaging them in INSARAG exercise and activities 2014 Exercise - Chengdu, China(27 to 31 Aug) - 16 countries 146 participants - New INSARAG USAR Coordination Methodology

USAR Capacity Building Mission Purpose - To take stock of their domestic capability with the aim of developing a roadmap to obtain national classification as a further step to strengthen national capacity Planned Scoping Mission - Mongolia (from 5 to Oct 10) - Thailand (Dec 2014)

INSARAG A-P Regional Meeting 2014 A-P Meeting - Venue : Seoul, Korea - Participants : 16 countries 45 Participants - Results : Review Guidelines, 2016GHS, 2015IGM TROIKA - Korea : Outgoing Chair (2014) - NZ : China : 2016

A-E-ME Regional Group Report  Sub-Regional Groups strengthened and contributing to regional objectives ( e.g. DACHL, GCC+J, Russian Speaking States, JIP’s Project)  Strong regional ownership of the Guidelines review process  On-going USAR Capacity Building initiatives in the AEME region – with OCHA ROs and Bilateral cooperation amongst Member States  AEME Regional EQ (field) Exercise taking place in Istanbul, Americas region welcome to participate.