Register, Trainingand Deployment

Registered Engineers for

Disaster Relief

Who we areWho we areRedR Australia is a humanitarian agency

with a register of technical personnelwho are trained and available to help

frontline agencies in the aftermath of adisaster.

Key PrinciplesKey Principles

Impartiality

Neutrality

Independence

Voluntary Service

Unity

Patrons/Founding BodiesPatrons/Founding Bodies

❚ Engineers Australia❚ The Association of

Consulting EngineersAustralia

❚ The Institution of PublicWorks and EngineeringAustralia

❚ The Association ofProfessional Engineers,Scientists and Managersof Australia

M A (Tim) Besley ACHon Tim FischerA B (Bruce) Sinclair AM

Around the WorldAround the World

• Established in UK in 1979• Australia 1992• New Zealand 1994• RedR International, Geneva, 1996• Canada 2002• India 2003• Initiatives in East Africa and Malaysia and Malaysia

COMPENCY BASED RECRUITMENT & TRAININGCOMPENCY BASED RECRUITMENT & TRAINING

RedR ActivitiesRedR Activities• The Register

– Selection of personnel

– Maintenance ofRegister

• Training

• Deployments

• Technical Advice Service• Needs Assessment• Support from members

- networking, training,recruitment, fundraising

Annual FundingAnnual Funding

• AustralianGovernment Contracts

• Nippon Foundation

• Corporate partners

• Private donations

Corporate PartnersCorporate Partners

• Alstom

• Areva

• Arup

• Engineers Australia

• Golder Associates

• Maunsell

• Sinclair Knight Merz

Standby ArrangementsStandby Arrangements

• AusAID funds RedRAustralia to provideEmergency StaffStandbyArrangements withUN agencies.

• UNHCR• United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees

• WFP• World Food Programme

• UNOPS• UN Office for Project Services

• UNICEF• UN Children’s Agency

• UN OCHA• United Nations Office for Co-ordination

of Humanitarian Affairs

ContextContext

RedR members often work in dangerous situations wherethe local populations and people fleeing war and turmoil

look to them to provide the basic necessities of life –shelter, food, clean water and sanitation.

ContextContextHarsh climatic conditions in remote

areas calls for ingenuity andappropriate solutions.

The RegisterThe Register

Areas of expertise• Civil/Shelter Construction• Roads and Bridges• Water Supply• Sanitation• Electrical services• Site (urban) planning• Architecture• Environment

•Logistics•Transport•IT & Telecommunications•Financial Management•Programme Management•Public Health•Community Services•Mental Health

Who should apply?Experienced Technical Professionalswho are available at short notice toassist front-line agencies in disaster

relief.

The RegisterThe Register

WFP delivers food, but it is alsoresponsible for sophisticatedcommunications for UN agencieson the front-line.

Increasingly RedR isasked for peoplewith trade certificates inelectrical services,information technologyand telecommunications.

DeploymentsDeployments• To UN agencies• To Non-Government Organisations• To Government agencies• Salaries are usually paid – many different

levels depending on the agency• Daily living allowance• All travel expenses• Insurance –Travel, health, war risk policy• Professional Indemnity

Types of Humanitarian Types of HumanitarianTrainingTraining

�Introductory

�Technical

�Management

�Training of Trainers

Introduction toIntroduction toHumanitarian PracticeHumanitarian Practice

�Essentials ofHumanitarian Practice

�Personal Security &Communications

TechnicalTechnical�Core Technical Sectors

of HumanitarianPractice (SPHERE)�Wat/San Sector�Health Sector�Nutrition Sector�Food Aid Sector�Shelter & Site

Planning

TechnicalTechnical�Humanitarian Logistics

ManagementManagement�Humanitarian Management

� Humanitarian MediaManagement

� Human Resources

Training of TrainersTraining of Trainers

Working with UN AgenciesWorking with UN Agencies

In the past 2 years RedRAustralia members haveworked with UN and NGOagencies in most of theworld’s trouble spots.

They have assistedrefugees and internallydisplaced people inAfghanistan, Ethiopia,Mozambique, Jordan,Syria, Iraq, Palestine,Sudan, Chad, Namibia,Malaysia, Cambodia,Myanmar, Sri Lanka, TheMaldives, Somalia,Indonesia and CookIslands.

SyriaSyria

Jordan IraqJordan Iraq

Palestine AfghanistanPalestine Afghanistan

Chad SudanChad Sudan Somalia Somalia MyanmarMyanmar

Ethiopia Ethiopia CambodiaCambodia

Sri LankaSri Lanka

The Maldives The Maldives MalaysiaMalaysia

IndonesiaIndonesia

MozambiqueMozambique

NamibiaNamibia

Afghan refugee responseAfghan refugee response

Food and hospitality are animportant part of Afghan life.

Afghan children gather outsidea nearly completed new home.

In the north-east RedRengineers ran the re-integrationprogramme for over 450,000refugees who had returned tothe four provinces aroundJalalabad.

Afghan refugee responseAfghan refugee response

Travelling out to villages is noeasy ride. The craggy outcrops

provide shelter for roving militiaawaiting an easy target.

Children play in the poppy fields.The abolition of the opium trade

is a challenge to the newauthorities.

Afghan refugee responseAfghan refugee response

In remote areas ofAfghanistan an emergencytrip to a health centre could

take over seven hours.

RedR engineers built bridgesand improved roads to allow

villagers quicker access tohealth services for the first

time in their lives.

RedR in IraqRedR in Iraq

RedR deployed 8 people into Iraq.Three logisticians worked with WFPto help deliver food to 23 millionpeople.

In the month of June 2003, 750,000tonnes of food was delivered – the

largest food delivery in history

RedR in IraqRedR in IraqIn northern Iraq, fourRedR members supportedUNOPS who provided publicand mental healthprogrammes and fieldco-ordination for displacedpeople recovering from yearsof war.

Eight people share this room in a campfor internally displaced people

RedR in IraqRedR in Iraq

Immediately after thebombing of the UN HQ, aRedR member flew toBaghdad with WFP to repairthe electrical system and keepvitally needed communicationsoperating.

RedR in PalestineRedR in Palestine

The restriction of movementaround the OccupiedPalestinian Territoriescompelled UNICEF toestablish 5 zonal offices inthe West Bank and Gaza.

Four RedR members workedas Advisors to theirPalestinian counterpartsmaintaining UNICEF’sprogram for children andfamilies in Jenin and Hebron.

RedR in Chad/SudanRedR in Chad/Sudan

More than 1.8 millionpeople are displaced inSudan due to internalconflict. 200,000 fledacross the border toChad. The conditions areharsh and the people havesuffered terrible abuse.

RedR in Chad/SudanRedR in Chad/Sudan

RedR is working withUNICEF, WFP andUNCHR to provideengineering, transportand logistics support.

We are sourcing potablewater.

RedR in Chad/SudanRedR in Chad/Sudan

Providing educationinfrastructure

RedR in Chad/SudanRedR in Chad/Sudan

Organising food drops in remote regions

RedR in Chad/SudanRedR in Chad/Sudan

Using all means available tokeep the cold chain viable

RedR worked with the UNJoint Logistics Centre inBanda Aceh and Medanproviding support for airoperations.

RedR – Tsunami ResponseRedR – Tsunami Response

RedR in Aceh, IndonesiaRedR in Aceh, Indonesia

With limited resources and muchneeded assistance from the ADF,

RedR logisticians helped WFP

receive and distribute 250 mt of

food every day for the first 25 days.

350,000 people were fed.

RedR working with UNHCRRedR working with UNHCR RedR is working with UNHCR to deliver

a shelter programme to assist 35,000

families rebuild their homes. This is

an enormous challenge with the hope

that 1,000 homes will be built within thenext 12 months. A programme of

resconstruction will also be delivered

in the earthquake devastated areas of

Nias.

RedR Australia provided30 personnel to assist inthe tsunami response.

In Indonesia: Jakarta,Banda Aceh, Medan,Meulaboh and Calang. InSomalia and Sri Lanka.

We worked with UNagencies, AusAID,International Red Cross,MSF, Caritas, CareAustralia and WorldVision.

RedR – Tsunami ResponseRedR – Tsunami Response

Two RedR logisticiansdeployed immediately toNias to establish the supplychain for WFP food delivery.

Four structural engineersjoined AusAID health teamsto assess the safety of vitalhospitals and infrastructure.Their movement around theisland was provided by theIndonesian-based agency,Surf Aid.

RedR – Nias EarthquakeRedR – Nias Earthquake

Why should youWhy should you

join the RedRjoin the RedR

Register?Register?

To fix WATSAN problemsTo fix WATSAN problems

Water supplyWater supply

Do Structural AssessmentDo Structural Assessment

Infrastructure AssessmentInfrastructure Assessment

Coastal assessmentCoastal assessment

Air OperationsAir Operations

Camp ManagementCamp Management

LogisticsLogistics

You can build roadsYou can build roads

Field visitField visit

Nr Jalalabad,Nr Jalalabad,

AfghanistanAfghanistan

You can build bridgesYou can build bridges

UNHCRUNHCR

projectproject

CambodiaCambodia

You know the value of educationYou know the value of education

Girls backGirls back

at school,at school,

AfghanistanAfghanistan

You can help people rebuild their livesYou can help people rebuild their lives

We need youWe need you

And it is fun!And it is fun!

For an application andmore information about

RedR visitwww.redr.org