The FRANZ Arrangement:

A commitment to Effective Coordination

• Arrangement between France, Australia, New Zealand

• Signed on 22 December 1992

• Civilian led, that is supported by the defence forces of FRANZ partners

What is FRANZ?

• It’s a coordinating mechanism that: “exchanges information to ensure the best use of assets and other resources for relief operations after cyclones and other natural disasters in the region.”

What is FRANZ?

• Coordinate closely with the affected countries

• Coordinates with the Pacific Humanitarian Team (UN led, and includes the Red Cross and civil Society organisations)

• Coordination helps ensure the needs of the affected country can be meet

FRANZ Coordination

• New Zealand places great value on the FRANZ Arrangement.

• It is a simple, flexible and responsive response

mechanism.

Advantages of FRANZ

• The chair rotates between FRANZ partners biennially

• New Zealand is the current chair, France will hold it from October 2015 until October 2017.

• Then Australia.

• Annual meetings are a good chance to discuss any issues arising from the previous cyclone season

• During a Response - Chair’s responsibility is to coordinate meetings and action points arising out of a response.

Chair

• The effectiveness of FRANZ Arrangement has been well demonstrated in recent years.

• This has included the response to: the 2007 tsunami in the Solomon Islands,

the Pacific tsunami in 2009, Ian (Tonga) during the 2013/14 cyclone

season.

FRANZ in Action

Pacific Tsunami Response

Cyclone Evan

Cyclone Ian Response