KROSS ( Karnataka Regional Organisation for Social Service )

[Vik]

 

Dear Vikranth Mahanjan

 

Greetings from Fr. Peter Brank, KROSS, Karnataka

 

Thanks a lot for your initiatives to strengthen the IAG in Karnakata. As you are aware KROSS  is collaborating the works of 11 Partner Organisations. We had held a State Level Meeting of all the Like minded NGOs in which 40 different like minded Organisations had participated. We have also  succeeded in forming District level Networks in about 20 district of Karnataka.

We are willing to be part of IAG that you are envisaging.

 

These are our answers to your questions:

 

 Main components for an all-encompassing policy framework that can ensure effective functioning of Inter Agency Humanitarian Coordination in India;

 

1. A common minimum understanding of people' issues and basic committment to most poor and marginalises.
2. Williness to abide by the principles of networking and colloboration.
3. Be secular minded and not be communal or biased about any particular caste/ religion etc 
4. Non-affiliation to any political party
5. Belief in the Basic Rights of the people
6. Spread atlest in one Taluk or a District.

Limitations and challenges faced by State level Inter Agency Groups or of working with Inter Agency Groups and;

1. Non- existance of structues at District level
2. Non-preparedness among several NGOs and CBOs
3. Non- clarity with regard to real needs of the people
4. Disruption by several Politically backed groups who wanted to use the sitution for their own milages

·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.

1. Arrive at a common minimum understanding and ideology that all of us can agree upon
2. Evolve structrures for better co-ordination
3. Ensure formation of District level Networks before we aim at State level networks

You are most welcome to hold a meeting in our premises.

 

Regards

Fr. Peter Brank

09449084123

 

 

 

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Vik <v...@ecreati.org> wrote:

 

 

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

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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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