presented at “leaders”, st ann’s, jamaica. february 2003
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Presented at “LEADERS”, St Ann’s, Jamaica. February 2003. 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? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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?
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
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
How and When is UNDAC launched?
• 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