United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Regional Office for the Caucasus and Central Asia
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OCHA ROCCA improves levels of preparedness in the region through early warning and contingency planning, ensuring inclusion of all relevant key partners in the Caucasus and Central Asia. OCHA makes sure that Governments, civil society and international actors are well prepared, so that in the face of slow- or sudden-onset emergencies, the entire humanitarian community joins efforts to assist affected people.
OCHA ROCCA promotes early coordination agreements on who does what in the likeliest disaster scenarios. By advancing disaster preparedness and regional cooperation, OCHA ROCCA reduces risks of suffering high losses in potential major disasters due to indecision or lack of response capacity.
OCHA ROCCA provides the following preparedness assistance to UN Country Teams and wider humanitarian communities in the Caucasus and Central Asia:
• Inter-agency contingency planning (IACP): facilitate IACP workshops and support the development and endorsement of updated IACP documents
• Inter-agency simulation exercises to review/test IACP documents
• Thematic workshops aimed at strengthening information management in disaster preparedness and response, communications in emergency situations, etc.
• Placement of National Disaster Response Advisers in the region’s most vulnerable countries in support of UN Resident Coordinators, the wider humanitarian community, and the national disaster management authorities
• Strengthening local disaster response coordination mechanisms in the region’s most vulnerable countries
• Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force for Caucasus and Central Asia
• Tajikistan Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team (REACT) mechanism
• Kyrgyzstan Disaster Response Coordination Unit (DRCU)
• National Platforms in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
• UN Country Teams in all countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia
• Extended Disaster Management Team in Armenia and Georgia
• Supporting disaster-prone countries through the Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator system
• Supporting the launch of the Almaty Center for Disaster Response & Risk Reduction
• Enhancing a regional coordinated approach in collaboration with humanitarian actors, regional organizations and Member States
• Developing consistent, long-term strategies towards partnerships in the region involving key inter-governmental organizations, emerging donors and Member States
• Enhancing capacity to analyze vulnerability and evaluate risk factors in the region
• Supporting better information sharing in the region among humanitarian partners and national governments
• Promoting information management in disaster preparedness
• Supporting conferences and events pertaining to disaster risk reduction and preparedness
• Together with humanitarian partners in the region, promoting humanitarian principles, improve humanitarian space and increase Member States’ participation in humanitarian response
• Advocating to address global and underlying risk factors and promotion/support for early action on slow-onset disasters
• Promoting inter-agency action, fostering strong partnerships and raising awareness of disaster preparedness
• Supporting capacity-building, disaster preparedness and emergency response among humanitarian actors and with Governments in the most vulnerable countries
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.