“Coordination of the multilateral response to humanitarian crisis”
This course, dedicated to students with significant academic (ISPI’s Diploma of Emergencies and Humanitarian Action) or field experience, provides an in-depth analysis of policy and practical issues for the coordination of multilateral response to complex emergencies and natural disasters, and a comprehensive and detailed review of the actual coordination mechanisms at headquarters and in the field.
Lesson One
- Coordination – how: the exponential growth in the importance of humanitarian coordination during the last two decades
- Coordination – what: the different conceptual models of coordination and their application to the multilateral system.
Lesson Two
- Coordination – why: why it is so important to invest in humanitarian coordination.
- Coordination – who: the actors of the humanitarian community
Lesson Three
- UN General Assembly Resolution 46/152
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee – top-level policy coordination for the humanitarian community
Lesson Four
- Other Headquarters coordination mechanisms (the Executive Committees and the Framework for Coordination)
- The collaborative approach: coordination of assistance and protection for IDPs
Lesson Five
- At the center of humanitarian coordination: the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Lesson Six
- Field coordination arrangements: the Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator system
- Coordination in complex emergencies
Lesson Seven
- Humanitarian coordination in practice: a case study on Burundi
Lesson Eight
- The 2005 UN Humanitarian Reform
- The Clusters Approach
Lesson Nine
- Strategic coordination and resource mobilization in the humanitarian sector
- The Consolidated Appeal Process
Lesson Ten
- Coordination among humanitarian, political and military actors
- Integrated missions in practice: a case study on Afghanistan
Lesson Eleven
- Coordination of international assistance following natural disasters
- The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination teams
- INSARAG and the coordination of Search and Rescue
