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Vik
Dear Vikrant,
In support to Mani's view I would also like to add that the SPHERE
Secretariat should be funded by all the member agencies in the state. This
will not only increase ownership but also promote participation and
accountability.
A single source of funding make the institution an extension of that
organisation rather a collective forum. SPHERE have the right linkage and
capacity to engage with all relevant agencies in the state and this can be
used to form the collective forum. Once we have clear shared objective of
the secretariat then the functional process can be organised.
Regards
Jibok...
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From: Mani Kumar [mailto:kumar...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 17 December 2009 19:41
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Sphere' Inter Agency Coordination and Unified Response Strategy- Advice,
Experience
Dear Vikrant,
Here are few of my suggestions:
1. Sphere India should actively ensure quality control in humanitarian
interventions by IAG members. This is critical in terms of meeting quality
standards in various responses and adhering to Sphere.
2. The key challenge I forsee in IAG at state levels is its
institutionalisation i.e. not having a dedicated coordinator and
secratariat to function throughout the year.There's need to have such
mechanism in BIhar, Assam, etc. These should not be mingled with government
set up as we see in some states.
thanks
Mani
2009/12/14 Vik <v...@ecreati.org>
From: Vikrant Mahajan [mailto:v...@sphereindia.org.in]
Sent: 10 December 2009 17:09
To: 'Disaster Management Community'
Subject: [se-drm] URGENT-Reply by 15 December 2009. Strengthening Sphere'
Inter Agency Coordination and Unified Response Strategy- Advice, Experience
Moderators Note: Sphere India, with active support of UNDP, UNICEF and
NDMA, has been supporting Inter Agency Humanitarian coordination in some of
the states in India. Sphere India has launched an exercise to capture the
learning from the working of the interagency platforms that were involved
in handling some of the emergencies in the states. The purpose of this
exercise is to identify issues that need to be addressed collectively to
make such platform robust and efficient. Disaster Management Community
(supported by UNDP) and Sphere India Unified Response Strategy google group
are jointly facilitating the process of getting inputs from Disaster
Management Practitioners in India.
We encourage you to actively participate in the query! Thanks
Dear Members,
The analysis and evaluations of the response of some of the recent
disasters in India and elsewhere has highlighted the need of improved
coordination between different actors. In absence of clear policies,
institutional capacities and processes, initiatives like Orissa Disaster
Mitigation Mission (for Orissa Super Cyclone), Abhiyaan (for Gujarat
Earthquake) and Tamilnadu Tsunami Resource Centre (for Tsunami) emerged
during disaster times. These early experiences provided the learning and
inspiration for Sphere India Unified Response Strategy (URS) to build
capacities on humanitarian coordination in the vulnerable states in India
as a pilot and then replicate to other states. The focus of the URS was to
develop common understanding for coordination during immediate response.
Sphere India URS led to reactivation/strengthening/creation of Inter Agency
groups in different states that started filling in the institutional gaps
and brought in the much desired continuity in Humanitarian coordination in
India. This has been a mix of success and challenges which led to increased
understanding of the URS coordination processes (Common Assessment,
Joint/Collaborative Strategies, Common Response Planning and action, Common
Monitoring and Evaluation) and IAG institutionalisation in 12 of the most
vulnerable states in India. However, a lot is desired to be achieved for
Inter Agency Humanitarian Coordination to optimise the quality of our
collective response and our collective accountability to the affected
community we are committed to serve.
Towards all this we request members of the Disaster Management Community
to:
. Suggest main components for an all-encompassing policy
framework that can ensure effective functioning of Inter Agency
Humanitarian Coordination in India;
. Share limitations and challenges faced by State level
Inter Agency Groups or of working with Inter Agency Groups and;
. Provide suggestions and new innovation ideas for
improving the Current URS Processes (Common Assessments,
Collaborative Strategies, Common Response planning and action,
Common Monitoring and Evaluation) and working of State level IAGs.
Your responses will help us devising better coordination processes and thus
better emergency management at all levels.
Regards
Vikrant Mahajan
Sphere India
New Delhi
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