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Program
Detail:
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Program Name
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“Conference on Minimum Standards of Relief for
different services in Disaster Response”
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Duration
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2nd July – 4th July, 2009
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Venue
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J&K Institute of Management & Public
Administration, Srinagar, J&K
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Intended participants
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Representatives from key Government Departments,
International NGOs, National & State level NGOs, Grassroots level
NGOs and volunteers & professionals
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How to participate
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Mail your registration form to Mr. Raman Kumar at ra...@sphereindia.org.in (copy to Dr. Rouf Mohiuddin Malik at
drrou...@gmail.com)
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Program contact
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Mr. Raman Kumar
Focal Point – Training & Capacity Building
Program
Sphere India, New Delhi
Mobile: 09999985461
E-mail: ra...@sphereindia.org.in
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Dr. Rouf Mohiuddin Malik
Convener, Inter Agency Group (Jammu & Kashmir)
Mobile: 09419015201
E-mail: drrou...@gmail.com
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Sphere India:
Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in India. The
members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN, INGOs, NGO
Networks and National NGOs. Sphere India facilitates (1) Inter Agency
Coordination, (2) Training & Capacity Building, (3) Information &
Knowledge Management and (4) Common Advocacy through a collaborative
process for Quality & Accountability.
National Disaster Management
Authority:
National Disaster Management Authority, headed by the Prime Minister of
India, is the Apex Body for Disaster Management in India. The setting up of
the NDMA and the creation of an enabling environment for institutional
mechanisms at the State and District levels is mandated by the Disaster
Management Act, 2005.
Conference Background:
Experiences and learning from the previous disasters have
emphasized the need of setting out and institutionalizing minimum standards
in different sectors to be achieved during disaster response. Humanitarian
perspective and the victims’ right to life with dignity form the
basis of these minimum standards.
Sphere India has been conducting awareness programs and
trainings on minimum standards in disaster response in different states of
the country for last few years. There has been number of consultations and
workshops on the similar theme to aware the stakeholders in minimum
standards and also to get community’s feedbacks and inputs in
revision of the minimum standards in the context of India.
The previous training and capacity building events have
developed consideration awareness in the communities and stakeholders on
the issues of minimum standards and Disaster Risk Reduction. The programs
have also been much successful in sensitizing the communities and
stakeholders on the theme.
Conference on Minimum Standards:
Sphere India is organizing a conference on minimum standards
jointly with NDMA and with the support of the J&K State Government,
Sphere India member agencies and J&K State Inter Agency Group. The
objectives of the conference are awareness raising and collecting state and
regional level feedbacks and suggestions on the minimum standards in
disaster response.
Objectives of Conference on Minimum
Standards:
The conference aims at developing awareness and collecting
state & regional level feedbacks & suggestions on the minimum
standards in disaster response.
Objectively, at the end of the conference, the participants
would be able to:
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Understand the
importance of minimum standards for disaster response
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Understand NDMA’s
perspectives on minimum standards
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Understand sectoral
approach of minimum standards
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Understand minimum
standards of different sectors
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Provide recommendations
and feedbacks on minimum standards
Expected outcomes of the Conference:
The proposed conference would create further awareness and
sensitization on minimum standards in the thematic sectors of disaster
response. The following are the expected outcomes of the conference:
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Awareness and
sensitization on minimum standards in different thematic sectors of
disaster response
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Recommendations and
suggestions from communities and other stakeholders on minimum standards
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Contextualization of
minimum standards
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Learning from
experiences and case stories from field level implementers
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Future plan and road
map
Expected participants:
The expected number of participants in the conference will be
approx. 150 persons from different sections of the key stakeholders. This
will include representatives from key Government Departments, State
Disaster Management Authority, International NGOs, National & State
level NGOs, Grassroots level NGOs and volunteers & professionals.
Duration and venue of Conference:
The conference will be organized at J&K Institute of
Management and Public Administration, Srinagar, J&K.
This will be a three days event starting from 2nd
July to 4th July, 2009. The first day will be for big gathering
of around 150 people. The second and third day will be for limited and
selected group of participants (around 30 in number) who have an
understanding of minimum standards and who can contribute to
contextualization of the minimum standards and to the revision process of
Sphere Handbook.
How to participate in the Conference:
Please send your nomination / representation from your organization
to Mr. Raman Kumar at ra...@sphereindia.org.in on or before 28 June, 2009 to confirm your
participation. Please also copy it to Dr. Rouf Mohiuddin Malik (Convener,
Inter Agency Group (J&K) at drrou...@gmail.com
Program contact:
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Mr. Raman
Kumar
Focal Point
– Training & Capacity Building Program
Sphere
India, New Delhi
Mobile:
099100-82661
E-mail: ra...@sphereindia.org.in
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Dr. Rouf Mohiuddin Malik
Convener, Inter Agency Group (J&K)
Mobile: 094190-15201
E-mail: drrou...@gmail.com
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