humanitarian context: current trends and expectations session 1.1.1
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Humanitarian Context: Current trends and expectations
Session 1.1.1
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Humanitarian Context
• identify current trends in humanitarian emergencies
• describe the expectations on humanitarian workers, and relevance of the Core Humanitarian Competencies Framework
• explain importance of understanding trends in preparing and building capacity in emergency response
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Global trends in humanitarian emergencies…..
more….• host governments in control• local actors / local response• NGOs / NGO workers• involvement of private sector• relations with military
increasing need for • quality• standards and principles• accountability• professionalism• collaborative working• preparedness
increasing….• natural disasters• urban disasters• technological disasters• IDPs
Types of disaster
Who’s involved
Funding• relief – a growing business• agencies focusing more on
relief
Expectations
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Competencies Framework
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Disaster Risk Reduction
“Hazards only become disasters when people’s lives and livelihoods are swept away...we must reduce the impact of disasters by building sustainable communities that have long-term capacity to live with risk.”
Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General,
International Day for Disaster Reduction, 8 Oct 2003.
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Value of preparedness and disaster risk reduction
Haiti Earthquake, 7.0 Mw Chile Earthquake 8.8 Mw
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