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Overview of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. August 2007. COE - Contents. Who we are Our mission Where we work Some of our collaborators Our functional areas What we do U.S. Forces & Disaster Response India & COE Requests for support. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Overview of the Center for Overview of the Center for Excellence in Disaster Excellence in Disaster
Management and Management and Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian Assistance
August 2007August 2007
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COE - ContentsCOE - Contents
Who we areWho we are Our missionOur mission Where we workWhere we work Some of our collaboratorsSome of our collaborators Our functional areasOur functional areas What we doWhat we do U.S. Forces & Disaster ResponseU.S. Forces & Disaster Response India & COEIndia & COE Requests for supportRequests for support
COE
Photo: Chris Hayden
Photo: John Derick
COE
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COE - Who we areCOE - Who we are
A U.S. Department of Defense A U.S. Department of Defense OrganizationOrganization
Our Staff consists of :Our Staff consists of : US Civil Service (6)US Civil Service (6) Uniformed Services (1 full-time plus Uniformed Services (1 full-time plus
consultants/part time)consultants/part time) Private Contractors (23)Private Contractors (23) Subject Matter Experts, as neededSubject Matter Experts, as needed
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COE - Our missionCOE - Our mission
Vision: Vision: Reduced human suffering and loss Reduced human suffering and loss of life through excellence in humanitarian of life through excellence in humanitarian assistance, disaster management, and peace assistance, disaster management, and peace support operations enabled by effective support operations enabled by effective partnerships, with emphasis in the Asia-partnerships, with emphasis in the Asia-Pacific region.Pacific region.
Mission: To promote effective civil-military Mission: To promote effective civil-military management in international humanitarian management in international humanitarian assistance, disaster response and assistance, disaster response and peacekeeping through education, training, peacekeeping through education, training, research and information programs.research and information programs.
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COE - Where we workCOE - Where we work
Source: Defenselink
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COE - Some of our collaboratorsCOE - Some of our collaborators
The United Nations The United Nations The International Committee of the The International Committee of the
Red CrossRed Cross Academic InstitutionsAcademic Institutions Regional OrganizationsRegional Organizations NGOs NGOs Other U.S. Government Other U.S. Government
Organizations Organizations
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COE - Our functional areasCOE - Our functional areas
Civil-Military RelationsCivil-Military Relations Humanitarian Affairs & Practice Humanitarian Affairs & Practice Medical & Public HealthMedical & Public Health Information ManagementInformation Management
Malaysia PKO Seminar, 2006
COE website
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COE - What we doCOE - What we do
Exercise supportExercise support CoursesCourses Medical & public health activitiesMedical & public health activities Enhancing peacekeeping capacityEnhancing peacekeeping capacity Information productsInformation products Limited operational supportLimited operational support
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COE - What we do: COE - What we do: Exercise supportExercise support
Integration of complex humanitarian Integration of complex humanitarian response issues into military response issues into military exercisesexercises
Facilitation to enable participation of Facilitation to enable participation of relevant actors in military trainingrelevant actors in military training
Facilitation of military support to Facilitation of military support to humanitarian training programshumanitarian training programs
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COE - What we do:COE - What we do:CoursesCourses
Combined Humanitarian Assistance Combined Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (CHART)Response Training (CHART) Training Assistance Program (TAP)Training Assistance Program (TAP) Health Emergencies in Large Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) (co-sponsored by Populations (HELP) (co-sponsored by ICRC)ICRC) CMCOORD (UN OCHA CMCOORD (UN OCHA course on civil-military course on civil-military coordination)coordination)
HELP Course, Honolulu, 2006
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COE - What we do:COE - What we do:Medical & public health activitiesMedical & public health activities
HIV/AIDS bilateral/multilateral HIV/AIDS bilateral/multilateral country programs and Regional country programs and Regional Training CenterTraining Center
Pandemic influenza support Pandemic influenza support activities (planning, workshops)activities (planning, workshops)
Training and seminar curricula Training and seminar curricula enrichment in other medical and enrichment in other medical and public health-related areaspublic health-related areas
Support US PACOM Theatre Support US PACOM Theatre Security Cooperation PrioritiesSecurity Cooperation Priorities East Timor HIV/AIDS
Senior Leaders’ Strategic Planning Conference, 2006
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COE - What we do:COE - What we do:Enhancing peacekeeping capacity Enhancing peacekeeping capacity
Build multilateral Build multilateral capacity and confidencecapacity and confidence
Strengthen coalitions & Strengthen coalitions & promote burden-sharingpromote burden-sharing
Lead to standardized Lead to standardized proceduresprocedures
UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2001
East Timor, 2006
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COE - What we do:COE - What we do:Information productsInformation products
Daily Asia-Pacific ReportDaily Asia-Pacific Report Situational reports Situational reports
Weekly: Iraq; Afghanistan; Disease Threats Weekly: Iraq; Afghanistan; Disease Threats Disaster reports as necessaryDisaster reports as necessary ““Lessons Learned” reportsLessons Learned” reports LiaisonLiaison CenterWorksCenterWorks Training videos: Training videos: Working with NGOsWorking with NGOs; ;
Working with the MilitaryWorking with the Military
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COE - What we do:COE - What we do:Limited operational supportLimited operational support
Expertise in humanitarian Expertise in humanitarian operations, transition planning, operations, transition planning, and the international relief and the international relief community.community.
COE Responses to disastersCOE Responses to disasters 26 Dec 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami26 Dec 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 8 Oct 2005 South Asia Earthquake8 Oct 2005 South Asia Earthquake 17 Feb 2006 South Leyte Landslide17 Feb 2006 South Leyte Landslide
Sumatra, Indonesia, Jan. 7, 2005
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U.S. Forces & Disaster ResponseU.S. Forces & Disaster Response
CHART courses (on request)CHART courses (on request) HELP Course (annually)HELP Course (annually) TAP courses (on request)TAP courses (on request)
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COE – Requests for supportCOE – Requests for support
Requests for support should be Requests for support should be sent to:sent to:
frontoffice@coe-dmha.org frontoffice@coe-dmha.org
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COE – Thank YouCOE – Thank You
Questions?
www.coe-dmha.org
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