(iii) A regional instrument on disaster management and emergency response

They are specialized in the response component of the emergency management framework.

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Coordinating emergency response

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Ensuring capacity for emergency response

Emergency response and civil defense.

(f) Supporting emergency preparedness and response and post emergency transition.

H. Emergency information management

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Strengthening the sector through emergency response

Emergency response and relief, care and

4. Inter agency emergency response teams

II. APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Central government has the authority to coordinate the response through the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC), operated by the Ministry of Civil Defence Emergency Management (MCDEM).

SUBPROGRAMME 3. EMERGENCY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

UNFPA role in emergency preparedness, humanitarian response,

UNFPA ROLE IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE,

EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RELIEF, CARE AND MAINTENANCE

Safety of operations, emergency response and contingency planning

The use of inter agency emergency response teams

The UNICEF emergency response capacity was strengthened by a new Emergency Response Team and stand by arrangements for rapid deployment of personnel.

Emergency response, information technology, disaster recovery and business continuity

The International Emergency Readiness and Response Information System (IERRIS).

Subprogramme 4. Emergency response and relief, care and maintenance

Several delegations endorsed the mainstreaming of emergency response in the focus areas, but one delegation suggested that emergency response be a separate focus area.

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Subprogramme 3. Emergency information management 17.6 25.0

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is lead federal agency for emergency management.

In that connection, ASEAN is pleased to inform that it has concluded the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response in July 2005.

This position will focus on management of the office and inter agency partnerships at headquarters, and supervise the emergency preparedness and response and landmines clusters.

(b) An Environmental Management Programme (to include an Environmental Emergency Response Plan, an Auditing Plan, and an Employee Training Programme and Decommissioning or Abandonment Plan)

Several speakers called for strengthening of UNICEF emergency response systems.

Several speakers called for strengthening of UNICEF emergency response systems.

This is especially important in large scale and long term emergency response programmes and in programmes to support the transition from emergency response to development programming.

How to strengthen crisis and emergency management capacities

Hurricane Jeanne, the most destructive, produced 2.5 million worth of damage to roads, power lines and sewers.64 The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in general, provides programmes of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery in the Territory through the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency.

Mainstreaming emergency relief into development programmes at the expense of the emergency response capacity should be avoided.

(b) Improvement and streamlining existing in house emergency procedures, work methods and systems applicable to emergency response

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), established in 1991 by the Caribbean Community, is a tangible example of our subregion apos s determination to develop an indigenous capacity for disaster management and response.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Disaster Management is working with national authorities to facilitate coordination among its Member States in managing regional cooperation in disaster management and emergency response.

(d) Response to and management of crises

UNDP management response and audit action plan

ASEAN had concluded an Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response in July 2005, to provide a legally binding regional framework for implementing disaster reduction activities.

UNFPA role in emergency preparedness, humanitarian response, and transition and recovery