Emergency preparedness forum III final report

This document reports on the third annual Emergency Preparedness Forum (EPF III), which was organised by the Emergency Preparedness Section (EPS) of the Emergency Services Branch (ESB), to bring together OCHA colleagues dealing with preparedness in the field and headquarters, and was expanded to encompass preparedness partners, including a Civil Protection Directorate official from Haiti, donors at the technical level from Swedish MSB and Swiss SDC, along with UNDP, UNICEF, CADRI, WorldVision, and IFRC - a positive step forward that will undoubtedly lead to closer and better collaboration.

The report is organised around the six sessions of the forum, all linked to OCHA Strategic Framework objectives related to preparedness with a view to identifying 'actionable outcomes' or tangible results and under the main theme: 'Capacity Assessment and Development' to underscore the importance of this cross-cutting topic that touches upon many different preparedness issues. The six sessions are: (i) big picture - respective roles in the preparedness landscape; (ii) capacity assessment & development - role of OCHA ROs/COs vis-à-vis governments & regional organizations; (iii) supporting government response capacity – role of the RO/OCHA in Haiti response & lessons for ROs; (iv) role of ROs in strengthening response capacity of OCHA & RCs/HCs/HCTs; (v) linking humanitarian action (preparedness) with development actors/policy frameworks; and (vi) climate change adaptation & preparedness.