UN Disaster Management Team

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UN Disaster Management Team

• AI Preparedness workshop beyond health
• New Delhi, April 2008

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UN DMT Mandate

• UN DMTs mandatory for all UN Agencies country
  offices
• UN Resident Coordinator is responsible for
  forming and leading a UNDMT (India established
  in the 1990s)

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Mandate

• To ensure prompt, effective, concerted UN System
  disaster support to GOI, based on each Agencys
  core area of competence
• To support UN disaster preparedness in the
  country

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Core Agencies

• UN agencies
• FAO
• ILO
• UNDP
• UNESCO
• UNFPA
• UNHCR
• UNICEF
• WFP
• WHO

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Towards an expanded DMT

• Natural partners such as
• Red Cross (Indian Red Cross, Federation)
• NGO coordination teams (Sphere)
• Other disaster management agencies

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Roles

• Ensuring concerted support to GOI response
• Information-sharing role
• consolidated Sit Reps to partners using
  government sources and inputs from UN agencies,
  NGOs and district project officers
• Tsunami DMT initiates long-term recovery team
• Capacity Building for members and partners in
  collaboration with GoI institutions
• Programming drafted Vulnerability Reduction
  chapter for UN Programme 2008-12

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Roles (contd)

• Lessons learnt and best practices from other
  countries and international experts
• Link to UN global system (for example PIC/ UNSIC)
  on international preparedness frameworks
• Enhancing partnerships a place for government,
  non-government agencies, private sector and other
  international bodies

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From past achievements to the future

• From Gujarat Orissa to tsunami accumulation of
  learning
• Pandemic preparedness as a joint event
• Looking forward to further opportunities

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Thank you