Coordinating Among International Organizations in Complex Emergencies (Trainer's Guide, Draft 1st Edition) (Complex Emergency Training Initiative - Disaster Management Training Programme, 80 p.): PART 1: COORDINATION: OBJECTIVES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR COMPLEX EMERGENCIES (90 minutes): 22. Coordination techniques

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

PART 1: COORDINATION: OBJECTIVES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR COMPLEX EMERGENCIES (90 minutes)

		4. Session One: Learning objectives
		5. Definition of terms
		6. Characteristics of complex emergencies
		7. Many meanings of coordination
		8. Other key terms
		9. Coordination vs. Cooperation
		10. Objectives of coordination
		11. Some arguments against coordination
		12. Preconditions to coordination
		13. Other requirements for coordination
		14. The basic questions
		15. Variables affecting the answer
		16. The spectrum of coordination activities
		17. Information sharing activities
		18. Collaboration
		19. Collaboration activities
		20. Joint strategic planning and programming
		21. Joint strategic planning and programming activities
		22. Coordination techniques
		23. More coordination techniques
		24. Still more coordination techniques
		25. Overcoming barriers to inter-organizational coordination

22. Coordination techniques

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The next three overheads all deal with various coordination techniques. These activities are illustrative of the various skills and methods needed for supportive coordination of international organizations. One alternative for the elaboration of these skills would be to have small groups prepare lists of these activities before showing the overheads. The various participant-generated lists can be combined to form a master list, either on flipchart paper or on a clean transparency. If all of the points have been covered do not show the overheads. If time is short you may simply want to go through the points using the bulleted lists on the overheads.

facilitation

consensus building

preparation of memoranda of understanding

identification of each organization’s comparative strengths and mandates in order to establish a division of labor