Emergency Preparedness for Response How GoJ&K humanitarian action draws attention and resources from wider system and….. How GoJ&K succeeds through its line-departments and partners Foundation: The Convention on the Rights of the Child What results for children do you wish the overall response to deliver? Continuity of services such as health, education, water and sanitation, Child Protection, Nutrition……

Preparedness for Response: Essentials Plan …to respond effectively. Ready to: Assess needs and monitor results …to inform response (IM system, damage and loss…) Scale up resources quickly …People, supplies & money Think …Response with partners …Humanitarian Response Architecture- Multi-stakeholder Platform 2

Self Review of the Scenarios- In the context of shock or stress due to….: What are difficult or rapidly changing conditions that put ‘health and wellbeing’ of women and children in jeopardy (health and wellbeing is an outcome of shelter, WASH, Food…..) ? Focus on child deprivations. What are typical demands for accelerated/urgent action from line-department/administration/SDMA? What are typical bottlenecks in service delivery from line-department/administration/SDMA? Any specific needs/challenges/deficits with respect to communication, information, knowledge etc.

Response Planning What are we (line-department/administration/SDMA?) going to do if next week we have……. what actually can be done, given the resources, capacities, weaknesses, and other constraints of the situation (we plan within the given context) Objectives are: Return to normalcy Humanitarian and development Nexus Time bound (100 days planning) Transition back to development (early recovery) Medium to Long terms recovery

Response Planning Cycle

Information Flow- Databases Gender Balance Specific Equipment, emergency response kits Partnerships Information Flow- Databases Leadership- Policy, Strategy, Command, Control, Communication Budget

Response Planning to address, child deprivations Gaps and challenges Phase of response Level Activity process Responsibility Acute Phase Such as requisitions, approvals, budgeting, monitoring, reporting The process owners, facilitators, supporters etc. Settled Phase Transition phase

Preparedness for Response Team (EMT, ERT), SOPs, ToR Starting Point Surge Plan Capacity Building Plan Response Plan Preparedness Plan Coordination Plan, Mutual Aid Prepositioning Plan Specific Plan IM- Data bases