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?

• 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

UNDAC Training – past and future

UNDAC TEAM BASE

How and When is UNDAC launched?

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

UNDAC EQUIPMENT