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COORDINATION SAVES LIVES
OCHA mobilizes humanitarian assistance for all in need OCHA delivers its mandate through: COORDINATION POLICY ADVOCACY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT HUMANITARIAN FINANCING $ Cover photo © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1592/Holtz This page photo © Kate Holt/IRIN
OCHA brings together people, tools and experience to save lives
OCHA speaks on behalf of people affected by conflict and disaster
OCHA organizes and monitors humanitarian funding
OCHA helps Governments access tools and services that provide life-saving relief. We deploy rapid-response teams and work with partners to assess needs, take action, secure funds, produce reports and facilitate civil-military coordination.
Using a range of channels and platforms, OCHA speaks out publicly when necessary. It also works behind the scenes, negotiating on issues such as access, protection of civilians and aid workers, and humanitarian principles to ensure aid is where it needs to be.
OCHA’s financial tracking tools and services help manage humanitarian donations from more than 130 countries.
OCHA provides guidance and clarity on humanitarian policy
OCHA collects, analyses and shares critical information
OCHA identifies and analyses trends and helps the humanitarian community develop common policy based on human rights, international law and humanitarian principles.
OCHA gathers and shares reliable data on where crisisaffected people are, what they urgently need and who is best placed to assist them. Information products support swift decision-making and planning.
OCHA helps prepare for the next crisis To reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters on people, OCHA works with Governments to strengthen their capacity to handle emergencies. OCHA assists UN Member States with early warning information, vulnerability analysis, contingency planning, national capacity-building and training, and by mobilizing support from regional networks.
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A brief
1998
history
Department for Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) becomes the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its mandate is refined.
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1971 UN General Assembly (GA) resolution 2816 creates the Disaster Relief Coordinator position and establishes the Office of the UN Disaster Relief Coordinator in Geneva.
1991 GA adopts resolution 46/182 to strengthen the UN response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.
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2005 The Secretary-General introduces humanitarian reforms to ensure greater predictability, accountability and partnership in international humanitarian response.
Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) position was created to serve as a focal point and voice for humanitarian emergencies. Secretary-General assigned the ERC the status of Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Humanitarian Affairs. Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) and Central Emergency Revolving Fund (CERF) were created as key coordination mechanisms and tools of the ERC. Secretary-General established the DHA with offices in New York and Geneva to provide the USG/ERC with institutional support.
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2011
2006
IASC organizations agree on a set of transformative actions to improve the international humanitarian response system.
CERF is upgraded to include a US$450 million grant facility and renamed the Central Emergency Response Fund.
2012 OCHA is coordinating $8.78 billion of humanitarian programming to assist 54 million people affected by the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
2009 The GA establishes World Humanitarian Day (WHD) to be held annually on 19 August. It increases public understanding of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide. The 2012 WHD campaign featured a special performance by music artist Beyoncé and made social media history by sharing more than 1 billion simultaneous messages of hope.
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Information products OCHA offices collect and analyse information to provide an overview of protracted and acute emergencies. OCHA’s information products include maps, graphics, situation reports, humanitarian bulletins, films and photo galleries.
Tools and services OCHA is the steward of several humanitarian tools and services that help our partners make betterinformed decisions and ensure a more predictable approach to preparedness and response. They include: Humanitarian Coordinator System irinnews.org
unocha.org/cerf
humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/
humanitarianinfo.org/ stockmap
Country-level Pooled Funds unocha.org/cap
reliefweb.int
redhum.org
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fts.unocha.org
Civil-Military Coordination System gdacs.org
News and analysis is an award-winning website that provides 24-hour coverage of disasters, conflicts and crises for the international aid community. Based in multiple time zones, ReliefWeb’s editorial team scans thousands of sources daily for the most relevant humanitarian news, reports, maps, analysis and other content.
9.3 million people visited ReliefWeb in 2011 2.7 from
1.8
Europe
from
North America
2.2 0.5
from
Latin America and the Caribbean
0.2
1.7
from
Africa
from
Asia
from
Oceania
0.2
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IRIN Readership
52%
Humanitarian Workers International and national NGOs, UN agencies, Governments, donors, humanitarian and development consultants
25%
Academia Academics, teachers, researchers, analysts, think-tanks and students
14% Others
9% Media
is an award-winning humanitarian news and analysis service covering the parts of the world often under-reported, misunderstood or ignored. It delivers unique reporting in English, French and Arabic to over a million online readers and over 50,000 e-mail subscribers. Millions more people are reached through syndication in newspapers, social networks, websites, magazines, TV and radio stations.
Corporate and private sector, military, etc.
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People OCHA’s strength lies in the diversity and dedication of more than 2,000 staff working in over 50 country, regional and headquarters locations. Our staff come from almost 100 countries, bringing flexibility, local knowledge and commitment to humanitarian partnerships and response efforts.
Field coordination is the frontline of our operations It ensures that national and international partners work better together during emergencies. This helps aid reach the right people when they need it most, with fewer gaps and duplications.
Regional Office Country Office Liaison Office Humanitarian Adviser/Team
OCHA New York New York, USA
OCHA Geneva Geneva, Switze
Mexico
ROLAC Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean PanamĂĄ, Panama
Haiti
Jamaica1 Honduras
Dominican Republic
Maur
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Colombia
Peru Bolivia
ROWCA R West and Dakar, Sen
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Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The colour shades depicted define the coverage of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) Regional Offices and do not represent boundaries or frontiers recognized by the United Nations Secretariat or OCHA. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu & Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
GLOBAL PRESENCE 2012 ROMENA Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa Cairo, Egypt Brussels Office
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Mali
Guinea Liberia
ROP Regional Office for the Pacific Suva, Fiji
Kyrgyzstan
Syria
Libya
ritania
ROCCA Regional Office for the Caucasus and Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Burkina Faso
Niger
Sudan Chad
Nigeria
C么te d'Ivoire
CAR
South Sudan
Iraq oPt
Eritrea
DPR Korea
Tajikistan Afghanistan Pakistan Islamic Republic Nepal of Iran
OCHA Gulf Yemen Djibouti
Ethiopia Somalia
Japan
Bangladesh
Philippines
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
DRC Indonesia Zimbabwe
Regional Office for Central Africa negal
Madagascar
ROAP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand
Papua New Guinea
OCHA Eastern Africa Nairobi, Kenya
ROSA Regional Office for Southern Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
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Emergency deployments OCHA manages rapid deployment solutions to ensure the right people are on the ground when new or escalating emergencies require additional support. These deployments are coordinated closely with longer-term staffing.
In 2011, regional office staff deployed 151 times to 37 countries
Almaty
Sub-Regional Office for the Caucasus and Central Asia
20
Cairo
Regional Office for the Middle East North Africa and Central Asia 2 6
Dakar
Panama
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional Office for West and Central Africa
39
Bangkok
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Nairobi
OCHA Eastern Africa
21
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25
Johannesburg
Regional Office for Southern Africa
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Represents one regional office surge deployment 0 0 Total number of deployments per regional office
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OCHA also maintains an Emergency Response Roster (ERR), with 35 staff on standby for six-month rotations. In 2011 there were 42 ERR deployments to 15 countries. Of those deployments, 88 per cent took place within a week of the initial request.
Emergency Response Roster deployments in 2011
to Manila
Geneva New York
Mexico City
Tunis Ras Ajdir El Salloum
Nicosia Cairo
Islamabad Dubai
Khartoum Asmara Niamey N'Djamena Djibouti Monrovia Addis Ababa Juba Yamoussoukro Kinshasa Beni Nairobi Dakar
Manila
Jakarta
Represents one ERR deployment
Additional capacity is provided through the OCHA-managed Associates Surge Pool (ASP) and the Stand-By Partnerships Programme (SBPP), both of which mobilize external expertise at short notice. In 2011, associates deployed 25 times to 15 countries, and SBPP partners from nine organizations deployed 39 times. 9
Funding and planning Humanitarian partners generally develop two types of appeals: Consolidated Appeals (CAPs), produced annually, and Flash Appeals, developed following a sudden-onset emergency.
CAP and Flash Appeals Flash Appeals are developed following a sudden-onset emergency. They structure an initial, rapid, coordinated humanitarian response and are ideally issued within one week of a new emergency. These appeals are intended to cover the first three to six months of a response.
Consolidated Appeals are produced annually and reviewed midyear for prolonged emergencies. These common action plans allow aid organizations to coordinate, implement and monitor their response to emergencies and appeal for funds as a group.
$9.5 billion requested in 2011
21 appeals 64% funded
The history of CAP and Flash Appeal funding Total requirements (in billion US$)
Funded
Unmet 68
10 5
78
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'93
67 81
78
70
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'95
'96
67
62
75
58
'97
'98
'99
'00
'02
63
62
66
'05
'06
'07
65
56
'01
62
67
59
% funded
64
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In addition, three types of pooled funds—Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) and Emergency Response Fund (ERF)—provide rapid funding for life-saving activities. All funding information is recorded in the Financial Tracking Service.
CERF
CHFs
ERFs
Under OCHA’s stewardship, CERF provides rapid initial funding at the onset of humanitarian crises and critical support for underfunded emergencies. Since 2006, more than 120 members of the General Assembly have contributed to CERF, and more than $2.5 billion has been allocated to emergencies in more than 80 countries.
CHFs provide early and predictable funding to the most critical humanitarian needs as identified and formulated in a CAP. In 2011, $356 million was allocated through CHFs in five countries.
ERFs provide initial funding for sudden-onset emergencies not included in CAPs. Funds predominantly go to NGOs. In 2011, $100 million was allocated through ERFs in 12 countries.
Pooled fund allocations in million US$
CERF has a grant facility of up to $450m (also a loan facility of $30m)
450
CHF
150
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Planned projects
CAP
CERF
300
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Funding flows
Donations
Pooled funds
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FA $
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Humanitarian actions
CERF CHF ERF Unforeseen actions
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Funding OCHA OCHA adds value to every humanitarian dollar spent OCHA is a low-cost, high-value investment in better humanitarian action. We cost a little over 2 per cent of the $9.5 billion in humanitarian programming coordinated through OCHA in 2011. Our capacity to deliver on our mandate relies on timely and generous financial support. We depend almost exclusively on voluntary contributions from Governments. Top 20 Donors in 2011 Combined value of humanitarian
programming coordinated
by OCHA in 2011
$9.5 billion
OCHA programme expenditure
$215.3 million 12
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United Kingdom Sweden United States Norway European Commission Australia Canada Netherlands Spain Switzerland Japan New Zealand Finland Germany Ireland Denmark Belgium Russian Federation France United Arab Emirates
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$40.4 million
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OCHA New York United Nations Secretariat, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: +1 (212) 963 1234 E-mail: ochany@un.org 24-hour emergency number: +1 (917) 402 1114 For more information: www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int www.irinnews.org www.unocha.org/CAP To make a donation: www.unocha.org/cerf www.rapiddisasterrelief.org
OCHA Geneva United Nations, Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 (0) 22 917 1234 E-mail: ochagva@un.org 24-hour emergency number: +41 (0) 22 917 2010 OCHA ROAP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, UNCC Building Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, 10200, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2288 1234 E-mail: ocha-roap@un.org OCHA Eastern Africa UN Complex, Block X, Level 3 United Nations Avenue Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 20 762 2166 E-mail: ochaeasternafrica@un.org OCHA ROCCA Regional Office for the Caucasus and Central Asia UN Building, 67 Tole Bi 05000 Almaty, Kazakhstan Tel: +7 (727) 258 2643 E-mail: ocharocca@un.org 24-hour emergency number: +7 777 7809071
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OCHA ROLAC Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean 119, Vicente Bonilla St., Clayton, Ciudad del Saber P.O. Box 0843-03096, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Rep. of Panama Tel: +507 317 1748/49 E-mail: ocha-rolac@un.org 24-hour emergency number: +507 6679 1861 OCHA ROMENA Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa 2 El Hegaz St. Roxy, Heliopolis, P.O.Box 571, Cairo, 11737 Egypt Tel: +20 2 24535691/96 E-mail: ocharomena@un.org OCHA ROP Regional Office for the Pacific Level 5, Kadavu House 414 Victoria Parade Suva, Fiji Islands Tel: +679 331 6760 E-mail: ochapacific@un.org OCHA ROSA Regional Office for Southern Africa Merafe House, 11 Naivasha Road Sunninghill 2157 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 517 1594 E-mail: ocharosa@un.org 24-hour emergency number: +27 (0) 82 904 6051 OCHA ROWCA Regional Office for West and Central Africa SacrĂŠ Coeur 3, VDN villa no 9364 BP 16922, Dakar, Senegal Tel: +221 33 869 8500 E-mail: ocharowca@un.org 24-hour emergency number: +221 77 569 23 81