United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Integrated Regional Information Networks, a humanitarian news and analysis service^[9] (1995–2014) Since 1 January 2015, IRIN now operates as an independent news service, The New Humanitarian, and is no longer affiliated with OCHA.^[10]

IRIN

INSARAG,

International Search and Rescue Advisory Group

a leading source of time-critical humanitarian information on global crises and disasters. ReliefWeb is a 24/7 service that provides the latest reports, maps, infographics, and videos from trusted sources, as well as jobs and training programs for humanitarians.^[11] (1996)

ReliefWeb

a humanitarian fund established by the UN General Assembly to 1) promote early action and response to reduce loss of life; 2) enhance response to time-critical requirements; and 3) strengthen core elements of humanitarian response in underfunded crises (2006)

Central Emergency Response Fund

seeks to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian response by ensuring greater predictability, accountability and partnership.

Humanitarian Reform

Who does What Where Database and Contact Management Directory: To ensure that appropriate and timely humanitarian response is delivered during a disaster or emergency, information must be managed efficiently. The key information that is important to assess and ensure that humanitarian needs are met in any emergency/disaster are, to know which organizations (Who) are carrying out what activities (What) in which locations (Where) which is also universally referred to as the 3W (Who does What Where). The integrated Contact Management Directory, complements the 3W database, making it easy for the user to navigate through the application.(2006)

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are critical datasets that are used to support the work of humanitarian actors across multiple sectors. They are considered a de facto standard for the humanitarian community and should represent the best-available datasets for each theme. The Fundamental Operational Datasets (FODs) are datasets that are relevant to a humanitarian operation, but are more specific to a particular sector or otherwise do not fit into one of the seven COD themes.^[13] The main source of curated CODs is accessible via the Humanitarian Data Exchange,^[14] though CODs may also be found on various governmental and independent websites.

Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets (CODs)

Since 2004, OCHA has partnered with the to facilitate OCHA's Civil Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) course in the Asia-Pacific Region. The UN-CMCoord Course is designed to address the need for coordination between international civilian humanitarian actors, especially UN humanitarian agencies, and international military forces in an international humanitarian emergency. This established UN training plays a critical role in building capacity to facilitate effective coordination in the field by bringing together approximately 30 practitioners from the spectrum of actors sharing operational space during a humanitarian crisis and training them on UN coordination mechanisms and internationally recognized guidelines for civil military coordination.^[15]

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory (OCHAoPt). OCHA's Country Office in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), established in 2002 to support international efforts to respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the oPt.

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Since 2015, the annual production of the reports.^[17]

Global Humanitarian Overview

Since 2015, OCHA acts as the secretariat for the .^[18]

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks

Shifting business models based on public demand: There is a growing amount of humanitarian emergencies and the old model of response does not fit the modern problem.

Increased contributions from the private sector: Private organizations are driven by their obligation to and now associate their contributions to their brand.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Developing partnerships within organizations: Partnerships lead to new ideas and solutions to problems.

Trend toward developing innovative technologies: Technology allows people to respond to emergencies quicker.

United Nations

Martin Griffiths

Civil defense

Humanitarian aid

World Humanitarian Summit

OCHA official website

OCHA Common Operational Datasets

Syria Crisis overview

Humanitarian Response

OCHAoPt

2021 OCHA annual report (most recent)