1. UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE COORDINATION SYSTEM

2. International Court of Justice Economic and Social Council
United Nations System
International Court of Justice
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Trusteeship Council
Secretariat
6 Principal Organs of the United Nations
NOTE: Agencies are Separate

3. Secretariat OSG Office for the Secretary General
OIOS Office of Internal Oversight Services
OLA Office of Legal Affairs
DPA Department of Political Affairs
DDA Department for Disarmament Affairs
DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations
OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DGAACS Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services
DPI Department of Public Information
DM Department of Management
UNSECOORD Office for the United Nations Security Coordinator
UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva
UNOV United Nations Office at Vienna
UNON United Nations Office at Nairobi
Secretariat

4. OCHA Mission Statement
“ To mobilize and coordinate the collective efforts of the international community, in particular those of the UN system, to meet in a coherent and timely manner the needs of those exposed to human suffering and material destruction in disasters and emergencies. This involves reducing vulnerability, promoting solutions to root causes and facilitating the smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation and development.”
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5. UN OCHA L A N O I T R E C M U Y Donor Countries NGOs MEDIA IGOs Y A R
UNDP UN
Agencies
Res Coord.
OSOCC
OSOCC
UNDMT Y A R
SAR
MCDA F
LEMA T F N E
National Government
Local Government U C O T C E D

6. A MESS!!! OCHA UN L A N O I T R E C M U Y Donor Countries NGOs MEDIA
IGOs
OCHA
UNDP UN
Agencies/
Organiz.
Res. Coord.
OSOCC
OSOCC
UNDMT Y A R
SAR
MCDA F
LEMA T F N E
Local Government U C O T C
A MESS!!! E D

7. Definition
“Coordination is the management of interdependencies between activities”
(Malone & Crowston 1992)

8. “Everyone wants coordination but no one wants to be coordinated.”
Coordination Fact
“Everyone wants coordination but no one wants to be coordinated.”
UN Field Officer

9. UN Coordination Structures
General Assembly/Security Council
Oslo Guidelines
UN Resident Coordinator
UN Disaster Management Team
Lead Agency/Nation Concepts
Operations Coordination Centres
Humanitarian Ops Centre
Civil-Military Ops Centre
On-Site Ops Coordination Centre

10. Levels of Coordination
Strategic
Planning & direction of the overall programme
NY, Geneva, Regionally, and Affected Nation(s)
Operational
Coordination of humanitarian activities
Needs assessments and appeals
Assignment of specific sectors/beneficiary groups
Ensure common services (security, communications, logistics)
Field-Level
On-site operations coordination

11. OCHA Coordination Functions
Primary Functions
Needs assessments/appeals
Joint planning
Information sharing
Task coordination
Secondary Functions
Telecommunications coordination
Logistics support coordination
Security information dissemination

12. Field-level Coordination
Identifies critical needs
Facilitates access to population at risk
Distributes responsibilities
Improves information flow
Provides better common services
Promotes effective use of resources

13. Need for Assistance Time
Military and Civil Defence Assets
“Normal” Disaster Relief
The United Nations initiated project DPR 213/3 on the background of the growing dimensions, frequency and complexity of disaster, which made it necessary to search for new and varied resources with which to respond.
Reconstruction
Time

14. A model for coordination?
ICRC UN
Agencies
Coordination
centre
Force
Providers
NGOs

15. The East Timor Model CMOC
ICRC
United Nations Humanitarian Operations Centre UN
AGENCIES
CMOC
INTERFET
NGOs

16. The Mozambique model JLOC
IFRC
INGC - Mozambique Government Disaster Management Centre UN
agencies
JLOC
CMOC
Asset providers
NGOs

17. Common Challenges Frequently mandates differ
Different policies, objectives, geography
Cultural factors and past experiences
Lack of shared vocabulary
Incompatible communications systems
Classification

18. UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE COORDINATION SYSTEM

20. Other Coordination Fora
Regional/national/local agencies
Sector coordination organizations
Military/humanitarian operations centres
NGO coordination councils
Donor councils
UN IASC

21. Joint Planning Situations Techniques Pending crisis
Relocation of Assistance effort
Techniques
Facilitated planning sessions
Local lead organization
Sector lead organization

22. Information Exchange Situations Techniques
Security coordination meetings
Logistics nodes
Communications sites
Techniques
Messenger service
Bulletin boards
Exchange of frequency and call signs

23. Task Sharing Situations Techniques Security in common areas
Assessments of need
Logistics handling
Techniques
Divide responsibility for checkpoints
Form joint assessment teams
Share handling equipment