Coordinating Among International Organizations in Complex Emergencies (Trainer's Guide, Draft 1st Edition) (Complex Emergency Training Initiative - Disaster Management Training Programme, 80 p.): PART 3: COORDINATION MECHANISM IN THE FIELD (1 HOUR): 46. “Integrated Operations Center”

Coordinating Among International Organizations in Complex Emergencies (Trainer's Guide, Draft 1st Edition) (Complex Emergency Training Initiative - Disaster Management Training Programme, 80 p.)

PART 3: COORDINATION MECHANISM IN THE FIELD (1 HOUR)

		35. Session Three: Learning objectives
		36. Government and local authorities
		37. Coordination of the UN system in-country
		38. UN Disaster Management Team (UN DMT)
		39. Special Representative of the Secretary-General
		40. Designated Official for Security
		41. DHA coordination mechanisms - Primary functions
		42. DHA coordination mechanisms - Auxiliary functions
		43. UN Coordination Units
		44. Coordination in the Peacekeeping Forces office
		45. Other coordinating bodies
		46. “Integrated Operations Center”
		47. DHA/DPKO/DPA cooperation
		48. Use of military and civil defense assets in complex emergencies

46. “Integrated Operations Center”

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Follow the list as provided on the overhead to describe who should be involved in an integrated operations center. Involve the participants by asking them to verify and or expand this listing of likely partners in the operations center. Are there any types of organizations that should not be included within this structure?

An IOC should include:

government lead agency

UN DMT or Coordinating Unit

NGO consortia

donor’s body

military force, where present