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

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Trainer’s Guide

The basics

The specifics

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION (15 minutes)

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1. Workshop focus

2. Background

3. Objectives of this training

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

BREAK (30 minutes)

PART 2: ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES (30 minutes)

26. Session Two: Learning objectives

27. Roles and responsibilities of specific offices of the UN

28. Structure of the UN System

29. The UN Secretariat

30. Other organizations in the United Nations System

31. International and intergovernmental organizations

32. Non-governmental organizations

33. Additional organizations with potential contributions in complex emergencies

34. Role and resources of donor governments in coordination

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

WRAP-UP (15 minutes)

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49. Conclusion

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3