October Flashcards
What are the 5 essentials of emergency management? Briefly describe each one
Goals; to devise specific policy that will correspond to the needed capacity with a long-term vision and goals set out
Leadership; with strong management skills and expertise. Has leadership and team building, networking and coordination, and political / bureaucratic / social contextual skill sets
Local engagement; local consent and acceptance with effective networking through local knowledge
Organizational structure; well laid out teams with different levels and clear well functioning roles
Impacts and reporting; indicators and means of tracking accountability and reflexivity
What are the 3 core competencies of leadership within emergency management
1) leadership and team building
2) networking and coordination
3) political, bureaucratic, and social context
According to Moke & Pfeiffer what are the 6 criteria for appropriate reporting?
You must focus on;
Appropriateness / relevance
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Impact
Sustainability
Connectedness
When preparing for a crises response what are some of the means of doing a damage assessment? What is its purpose?
The purpose is to assess the severity of the impact of the disaster by focusing on key indicators like:
-Number of persons affected
-Number of dead
-Number of missing
-Number of homeless and displaced
-Number of houses collapsed or damaged
-Number of health facilities destroyed or damaged
What are the sources for a crisis response damage assessment? What are the challenges in making one?
Sources;
-national level agency reports
-satellites or aerial surveys
-field visits
-IO and INGO reporting
Challenges;
-data reliability and quality
-geographic inclusivity
-institutional weakness
-financial pressures
When preparing for a crises response what are some of the means of doing a needs assessment? What is its sources?
A crises response needs assessment seeks to compile acute vs chronic needs, create a baseline for how post-crises reality can look, and anticipate possible needs
It is sourced from many humanitarian organizations just doing it themselves and some level of interagency mechanisms
What are the challenges of a needs assessment?
The challenges of a needs assessment include;
-time
-distinguishing crisis from chronic need
-role competition
-financial pressures
-lack of supplies
When prioritizing aid what are the three levels of negotiation?
National; including aid clusters, governments, donors, and political actors
Institutional; internal discussions within organizations, ministries, departments, and NGO officers
Local; field officers, UN agencies, local organizations etc
Briefly explain the 1972 Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR)
An alliance of 9 CEOs representing 9 humanitarian agencies looking to improve coordination, bring field experience into international organizations, and to overall improve the effectiveness of humanitarian action
Briefly explain the 1991 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Action (UNOCHA)
Established by the United Nations General Assembly and oversees all emergencies that require a UN response. Their objective is to strengthen international responses to disasters, coordinate response, policy and advocacy, monitor funding, and facilitate information exchange
It’s mechanisms include;
-IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks news source)
-Reliefweb (information, reports, maps, jobs, and training)
Briefly explain the 1991 Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Global humanitarian forum for inter-agency coordination and established by the UNGA.
It works to;
Coordinate humanitarian action, policy development, and decision making
Designate Humanitarian Coordinator for countries experiencing emergencies
Manage working groups and subsidiary bodies
Briefly explain the 1992 European Commission on Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
EU Humanitarian Branch that acts inside and outside Europe
Has acted since 2010 as the European Commissions Directorial actor and seeks to integrate EU civil protection into disaster risk management and improve coordination in disaster responses
Briefly explain the 2005 UN Humanitarian Reform Programme. What was it created in response to?
A global management effort meant to bring together diverse actors in humanitarian action
Was created in response to frustrations over timeliness, appropriateness, and effectiveness of humanitarian action
Spearheaded by UNOCHA and the IASC with the objective of improving partnerships, coordination, coherence, accountability, leadership, enhance capacity, accountability, and improved effectiveness
It was the origins of the 2005 Humanitarian Cluster System
Briefly explain the 2005 Humanitarian Cluster System. What was their 4 goals?
Created in effort to strengthen country coordination and made up of humanitarian orgs both UN and not, that manage different sectors of humanitarian actions
They acted to develop common knowledge procedures and mitigate the potential for power struggles
Their 4 goals were to;
-ensure sufficient global capacity
-ensure predictable leadership
-promote partnerships
-strengthen accountability
How many clusters are in the 2005 Humanitarian Cluster System? What are the 4 cross cutting ones?
There are 11 clusters all with lead agencies who convene through meetings.
The 4 cross cutting clusters are age, gender, environment, and HIV / AIDs
