1. Presented at “LEADERS”, St Ann’s, Jamaica. February 2003

2. Objectives What is UNDAC? How are UNDAC team members trained? How is an UNDAC team launched? Could UNDAC be of benefit to your country in a disaster? What are the weak/strong points in the UNDAC system as it pertains to the Caribbean area?

3. Response tools available to OCHA (Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Services) 24 hr duty Situation reports Donor meetings Appeals Emergency Cash Fund Register of Disaster Management capacity

4. Response tools available to OCHA cont’d UNDAC team UNDAC support modules OSOCC (On-site Operation Coordination Centre) International Urban SAR teams Reliefweb (www.relief.int) Virtual OSOCC available as link on reliefweb

5. UNDAC Training – past and future

6. UNDAC TEAM BASE

10. How and When is UNDAC launched?

11. A stand-by alert call is issued to UNDAC members in the affected zone via their National Alerting Centres. A team is selected by OCHA out of the positive responders. Selected teams are mobilized to the affected area via commercial or other means

12. UNDAC EQUIPMENT