1. Deployment Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures
Surge
Deployment Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures

2. Why new SOPS?
Equal opportunity: all RCRC personnel can have access to all operations worldwide
Elimination of artificial barriers and preconceptions between regional & global tools
Better and harmonized duty of care for our RCRC surge personnel
Compatible trainings and development opportunities for RCRC volunteers & staff
Better support to slow onset and protracted crisis
Increase in speed: NS can receive support much faster
Advocates for higher and standarised quality of responses amongst RCRC members
Provides more transparent and accountable processes of surge support worldwide

3. Some history
~ 120 people from 65 National Societies have provided feedback
Dec- Jan 2019 –consultation with ICRC
Sept th round of consultation with NS & IFRC: main points of contention
May rd round of consultation with NS: full document
March nd round of consultation with IFRC staff: full document
Nov st round of consultation with RG6 members
July Budapest RG6 Meeting
* Also presentations during DM meetings or special regional calls

4. 4th round survey: Looking for NS/person opinion on eight issues
Do you agree with the proposed standard?
Alert Methodology
2. Change of Labels
3. Timeline for surge alerts
(when can surge be called for)
4. Length of deployments
Yes
107
86.99% No 15
12.20%

5. 4th round survey: Looking for NS/person opinion on eight issues
Do you agree with the proposed standard? 5. Contracting Modality 6. Use of Surge pool outside of emergencies 7. Role of the Receiving NS 8. Database

6. What is new?
WHO
WE ARE

7. Surge Definition
For the purposes of this set of guidelines and SOPs, surge is defined as specialized personnel deployed to support humanitarian operations:
in unforeseen, imminent or deteriorating emergencies, including sudden onset, protracted and slow onset disasters and crisis;
where there is an urgent need of the particular expertise, either at field level or at the office supporting the response; and
where the urgent need is a result of natural or man-made disasters or RCRC institutional crisis.
Clarity on length of deployments (individual deployment vs surge “phase”)

8. Alerts by type of disaster, not by type of tool
In yellow level emergencies only the regional roster is activated. It can be scaled up if profile is not available
In orange level emergencies the Joint Task Force decides if there will be a regional or global alert, depending on context and profiles needed
In red level emergencies there is global activation, all registers are alerted simultaneously

9. Redefinition of Global Alert
A Global alert now means the simultaneous activation of all RCRC surge registers:
RDRT/RIT register of all five regions
FACT registers
NS Registers
Technical registers
Some ICRC registers

10. Rules on Selection 20 criteria defined and quantified, some of them…
Indicator
Details
Scoring
Profile 1
P. 2
P. 3
P. 4
Language skills
Knowledge of the language used in the operational area (3 = Native; 2 = Proficient; 1 = Working Knowledge; 0= basic/none)
0-3
Speaks a secondary language that is deemed appropriate for the operational area
0-1
Experience in that country and geographical region
Has experience in the country (4 = less than 6 months; 6= 6 months or more)
4 or 6
Has experience in the region 2
Does not have experience in the country or region
Experience of that type of emergency
Has experience of this type of emergency (earthquake, Cholera etc.) 3
Does not have experience of this type of emergency 1

11. What else?
Guidance on SIMS activation and use of surge in slow onset and protracted crisis
Definition of HR modalities that can be used for surge deployments
Standard templates for surge performance appraisals, handover reports, mission feedback
More clarity on medical clearance and duty of care

12. Next Steps June 2019: - integration of surge training analysis
- selection of new label
Sept. 2019: develop comms materials for roster members, NS HQ and external partners
Dec. 2019: support HR in their Emergencies procedures. Finalize regional alignment.
Dec. 2020: review of first year, integration of new standard allowance system.