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Program
Detail:
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Program
Name
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Workshop on
Minimum Standards of Food, Water, Medical Cover, Sanitation & Hygiene
and Psycho-Social Support in Disaster Relief
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Dates
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11th-12th
November, 2009
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Venue
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Uttar
Pradesh Academy of Administration and Management (UPAAM)
Sector D-
Aliganj, Lucknow – 226024
Uttar
Pradesh (India)
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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 from
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
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How to
participate
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Mail your
registration form to Mr. Ratnesh at rat...@sphereindia.org.in
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Program
contact
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Mr. Ratnesh
Srivastawa
Sphere
Coordinator (Uttar Pradesh)
Sphere India
Mobile:
09956999900
E-mail: rat...@sphereindia.org.in
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Mr. Raman
Kumar
Focal Point
– Training & Capacity Building Program
Sphere
India, New Delhi
Mobile:
09910082661
E-mail: ra...@sphereindia.org.in
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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.
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.
Inter Agency Group Uttar Pradesh:
Inter Agency Group Uttar Pradesh is a coalition of agencies working on
humanitarian issues. The core team consists of agencies like - UNICEF, OXFAM,
CRS, CARE, Action Aid, PGVS, PANI, SAHYOG, GEAG, Water Aid and Relief
Commissioner Organization Uttar Pradesh.
Workshop 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.
Sphere India has successfully completed one conference on the
similar theme at Srinagar, J&K during 21st-23rd July, 2009. This
conference was organized jointly with NDMA and J&K State Government
along with Sphere India member agencies. The conference has received high
level of acclaim and appreciation from all the stakeholders.
The Workshop on “Minimum Standards of Food, Water,
Medical Cover, Sanitation & Hygiene and Psycho-Social Support in
Disaster Relief” being organized at Uttar Pradesh Academy of
Administration and Management (UPAAM) on the dates 11th-12th
November, 2009 is another step towards dissemination of the minimum
standards to wider communities and stakeholders and in institutionalizing
the minimum standards in disaster response and relief programs.
Workshop on Minimum Standards:
Sphere India is organizing a workshop on minimum standards
jointly with NDMA and with the support of the Uttar Pradesh State
Government, Sphere India member agencies and the State Inter Agency Groups
of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The objectives of the workshop are awareness
raising and collecting state and regional level feedbacks and suggestions
on the minimum standards in disaster response.
Objectives of Workshop on Minimum
Standards:
The workshop aims at developing awareness and collecting state
& regional level feedbacks & suggestions on the minimum standards
in disaster response.
Objectively, at the end of the workshop, 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 Workshop:
The proposed workshop would create further awareness and
sensitization on minimum standards in the thematic sectors of disaster
response. The following are the expected outcomes of the workshop:
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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 workshop will be
approx. 200-250 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 from
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Duration and venue of Workshop:
The workshop will be organized at Uttar Pradesh Academy of
Administration and Management (UPAAM), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
This will be a two days event starting from 11th-12th
November, 2009. The first day will be for big gathering of around 200-250
people. The second day will be for focused and selected group of
participants (around 40-45 people in number) who have an understanding of
minimum standards, who have practiced minimum standards in their work and
who can contribute to contextualization of the minimum standards and to the
revision process of Sphere Handbook.
How to participate in the Workshop:
Please send your nomination / representation from your
organization to Mr. Ratnesh Srivastava at rat...@sphereindia.org.in to
confirm your participation. Please also copy it to Dr. Bhanu (Convener,
Inter Agency Group, Uttar Pradesh) at pgvs.v...@gmail.com
Program contact:
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Mr. Ratnesh
Srivastava
Sphere
Coordinator (Uttar Pradesh)
Sphere India
Mobile:
09956999900
E-mail: rat...@sphereindia.org.in
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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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