Microsoft PowerPoint - Objectives and programme

Pacific Humanitarian Team

Objectives & Programme

Regional meeting 2-4 December 2009

Nadi, Fiji

Workshop Objective

To improve regional preparedness for disaster
response to support Pacific Island Countries by
collectively:

Discussing lessons learned from regional
responses since July 2008
Strengthening collaboration with national and
international partners
Reviewing regional and national preparedness
and response arrangements: Pacific
Humanitarian Team, Regional Cluster approach,
national coordination structures
Identifying minimum preparedness measures.

Programme Day 1 – Lessons Learned

Introductions

Recap of background and progress of PHT in 2008-
09

Disasters and Responses in Pacific:

1) small/limited international involvement: ex.
Guadalcanal floods – Feb 09

2) medium level international involvement: ex. Fiji
floods – Jan 09

3) large/full international involvement: Samoa Tsunami
- Sept 09

Criteria for determining disasters types and level of
assistance

Programme Day 2 – Key Issues &
Minimum Preparedness

Follow up on Identified Key Issues

Clusters roles & responsibilities

Coordination structures: regional and national

Transition humanitarian to non-humanitairan
coordination and action

Ex. Vanuatu: Ambrym Volcano

International Assistance in FSM and RMI

Cluster preparedness and Response: cluster
TOR and minimum preparedness

Programme Day 3 - SOPs

Information Management

Funding & Financing

Activation, coordination and decision making

Steps Forward

Outcome

Common understanding of
appropriate/required international assistance
to different emergencies, and

Agreed (draft) cluster TORs and minimum
preparedness measures to prepare for this,
and

Agreed coordination structures and SOPS to
effectively respond.