Friday, 11 May 10h00 – 12h00 (Geneva time) Online Session 2.2: Setting-up Coordination for Needs Assessment and Analysis Friday, 11 May 10h00 – 12h00 (Geneva time) Please configure your audio & video for the Webinar Please mute once you have checked your mic Please message Fawad Hussain on webex chat or on Skype if you are having problems to configure audio

Focus of today’s webinar

Guest Speakers Ms. Alexandra LAZAU-RATZ Mr. Marcus ELTEN “Coordination experience from Iraq” Humanitarian Affairs Officer / Assessment Coordinator UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Erbil, Iraq E-mail: lazau-ratz@un.org Skype: alexandra.l.ratz “Needs assessment and analysis in sudden onset disasters” Humanitarian Affairs Officer Needs Assessment and Analysis Section Assessment, Planning and Monitoring Branch United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland Email: elten@un.org Skype: marcuselten

Todays webinar 25 mins: Setting-up Coordination - (Presentation and discussion) 30 mins: Experience from Iraq - Ms. Alexandra Lazau-Ratz (Presentation and discussion) 5 mins: Break 20 mins: Planning 30 mins: Needs assessment and analysis in sudden onset - Mr. Marcus Elten (Presentation and discussion) 5 mins: Summary Announcements/Reminders

Understanding of context and enabling factors

Setting-up Coordination: Understanding of context and enabling factors Understanding of current context https://www.alnap.org/help-library/whats-missing-adding-context-to-the-urban-response-toolbox

Setting-up Coordination: Understanding of context and enabling factors Coordination structures, understanding the dynamics and stakeholders and decision makers influence

Setting-up Coordination: Understanding of context and enabling factors Understanding of existing information management, assessment and monitoring mechanisms and systems.

Establishing coordination

Setting-up Coordination: Establishing coordination Assessment Coordinator or Assessment focal points from Clusters Assessment Coordinator and Cluster Assessment focal points (IASC Guidance on Coordinated Assessment 2012, MIRA Guidance 2015 revision)

Setting-up Coordination: Establishing coordination Establishing assessment coordination structure Inter-Cluster Coordinator (OCHA) Cluster Coordinators from different clusters Assessment and Information Management working group or Information Management Working Group (IASC Guidance on Coordinated Assessment 2012) Inter-Cluster Coordination Group/meeting

Determining current state of needs assessments

Setting-up Coordination: Determining current state of needs assessments Before starting the discussion on Coordinated Assessments, try to determine the state of Coordinated Assessment. Establish Assessment registry and analyze the current assessments gaps. Use data sharing agreements and protocols to promote sharing of data by partners.

Global Assessment Registry https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/assessments

Q&A / Discussion What are the challenges of coordination in your current context or previous experience ?