Meisinger WernerAustrian Red Cross

Case study earthquake Haiti

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General complex conditions in HaitiPoverty and violence

- 2/3 of the population lives with less than 2 US$ / day, ¼ in slums in PaP- Biggest source of national income are private money remittances from

abroad- High level of criminality, gang incidents and violence

Political instability and weakened national capacity to coordinate the assistance- The economic and political center, the capital PoP, is largely in ruins

Lack of local ressources- Forests have been cleared, land is eroded and qualified manpower is

scarce due to „brain drain“ to richer countriesHeavy rains / hurrican season since July

- Prolonged emergency phase until the end of the year

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Internationale Katastrophenhilfe

• More than 220.000 dead acc. MoH (Tsunami: 230.000)• Approx. 1,5 Mio. displaced persons live in camps, more than

650.000 live with host families.• More than 180.000 buildings destroyed or damaged• Evaluation of 82.000 buildings: 43% green, 27 % yellow, 30 % red• 4.758 schools either destroyed or damaged• Little access to sanitary facilities and safe drinking water / before

the earthquake 80 % of the diseases were water-borne diseases

FACTS & FIGURES

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Internationale Katastrophenhilfe

• Biggest Assistance Operation in the history of the Red Cross Movement supporting one country

• Coordinated by IFRC Geneva and the IFRC zone in Panama • 21 ERUs deployed to Haiti • IFRC coordination of the Shelter Cluster • ICRC delegation in Haiti with focus on WatSan and family links• More than 1.400 international delegates deployed to Haiti• Red Cross total budget CHF 882 Mio. (= EUR 631 Mio.)• The Red Cross in Haiti – Detailed IFRC Report www.ifrc.org/haiti

Red Cross Assistance for Haiti

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The Emergency Environment

Overwhelming needs Competing priorities Destroyed/damaged infrastructure Rapid influx of providers Outburst of mutual aid Highly stressed local officials Intense media scrutiny Gap of coordinations

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Absence of Coordination

Gaps and duplications Inappropriate assistance Inefficient use of resources Bottlenecks, impediments Slow reaction to changing conditions Frustration of providers, officials,

survivors Difficult to identify decision makers

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Effective Coordination

is essential and important is a result of intentional actions/a

shared responsibility results in humane, neutral and

impartial assistance, management effectiveness, shared vision, and donor confidence

is a voluntary effort/a secondary priority

costly and results in adaptation

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But the reality ?

IFRC

ICRC

CEDERAPNSs

WFPNGOs

UNDP

MIL

OCHAGeneva

HumanitarianCoordinator

AffectedAffectedPopulationPopulationAffected

Government

CIMIC

NationalRed Cross

USAID/DART

Ambassadors

DonorGovt’s

NGOs

Nationalmilitary

HCR

UNICEF

IGOs

OSSOC

UNDAC

MEDIA

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Global Capacity-Building

Cluster Global Cluster Leads

Agriculture FAO

Camp Coordination & Camp Mgmt. UNHCR, IOM

Early Recovery UNDP

Education UNICEF, Save the Children

Emergency Shelter UNHCR, IFRC

Emergency Telecomm. OCHA (UNICEF, WFP)

Health WHO

Logistics WFP

Nutrition UNICEF

Protection UNHCR

WASH UNICEF

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AIM of the cluster approach

High standards of predictability, accountability and partnership in all sectors or areas of activity

More strategic responses Better prioritization of available resources

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Terms of Reference for National cluster leads

Develop overall strategy for the response Ensure that response is based on needs assessment and

analysis Coordination with national/local authorities, local civil society

etc Ensure Inclusion of key humanitarian partners Establish appropriate coordination mechanisms Facilitate participatory and community-based approaches Attention to priority cross-cutting issues (vulnerable groups)

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The Role of OCHA / UNDAC

Provide the HC with analyses on the humanitarian situation updates, analyses and trends

Report to Donors on priorities and funding requirements

Support the incoming relief teams though establishment of OSOCC and facilitate an effective information exchange

Support the National cluster leads- establish inter cluster coordination mechanism- ensure information management systems- ensure that cross clusteral issues are addressed

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The Role of the EUCP-team

Facilitate the links between the relief teams from the EU-Member states and the OSOCC/Cluster leads

Liaison with teams sent by member states to provide practical assistance on the ground

Advice to the cluster leads regarding possibilities for support from EU-member states

Co-ordinate the practical issues relating to the provision of assistance once offers have been accepted

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Disaster MIC

Request

MIC

Response Yes/No

Disaster

Compiled offer

MIC Selection

MS

All MS informed

MS

Availibility?

Direct contact

EU Community mechanism

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On Site Coordination

Within the EU Outside the EU

LEMA

EU team EU teamNational

Team

LEMA

OSOCC

UN teamEU teamEU team UN team

MIC

OCHA

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Emergency Response Units - ERUs

to put together highly qualified pre-trained teams and pre-packed sets of standardised equipment

to be deployed within 48hrs all over the world

if a situation necessitates high reaction and affected national societies eg. regional Federation deleagtions are unable to cope with the situation

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ERUs in the Federation

Basic health care

Referral hospital facilities

Water and sanitation (3 modules)

Logistics

Relief

Information Technology and Telecomm. (6 modules)

Base Camp

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Procedures

HNS volunteersstart working

Country of DisasterHost National Society

RC/RC Societies

Alert, Appeal

Request forassistance

Relief goods Personnel Cash

Federation SecretariatGeneva

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ARC Haiti Assistance Disaster Relief Operation• Deployement of ERU Mass Sanitation Module (MSM 20)

• Relief goods to IFRC / ICRC – through ARC E & S

• Restoring family links (ARC personnel seconded to ICRC)

• Deployment of bilateral delegates to IFRC and GRC field hospital Recovery Programme• 3 year recovery programme

with the GRC - rehabilitation

of selected earthquake affected

villages

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• ARC programme location:

Leogane, west of PoP

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