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): 41. DHA coordination mechanisms

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

41. DHA coordination mechanisms - Primary functions

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DHA is mandated to perform these core functions, all of which relate to the coordination of international humanitarian interventions. Ask for examples of these activities from the group. Were they successful or not? If successful, why? If not successful, what were the impediments?

Primary functions

Operations/Programme Coordination

Information

Liaison