Annex 2

Coordination Discussion Questions - Techniques

EXERCISE: Provide examples from your own or your organization’s experience in which information sharing, collaboration, and joint strategic planning took place. What were the positive and/or negative results of each?

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Q. As a facilitator, what would be your meeting-management technique when you find there are several medical relief agencies competing to work in the same community?

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Q. Describe a model process for writing a Memorandum of Understanding for two agencies working in a complex emergency.

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Q. What would you do as a facilitator if an agency in the coordination body had a mandate that significantly over-reached its operational capacity?

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Q. What are some practical techniques to encourage organizations to stay in touch during emergency operations?

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Q. Do you agree with this recommendation, or would you include all legitimate organizations that want to participate in the coordination body? Why?

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Q. What does this mean in practice? Give an example.

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Q. Describe a personnel policy that would reward coordination.

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EXERCISE

For each of the barriers identified, suggest one or more coordination facilitation strategies that should help overcome it.