1. Friday, 11 May 10h00 – 12h00 (Geneva time)
Online Session 2.2: Setting-up Coordination for Needs Assessment and Analysis
Friday, 11 May
10h00 – 12h00 (Geneva time)
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2. Focus of today’s webinar

3. Guest Speakers Ms. Alexandra LAZAU-RATZ Mr. Marcus ELTEN
“Coordination experience from Iraq”
Humanitarian Affairs Officer / Assessment Coordinator
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Erbil, Iraq
Skype: alexandra.l.ratz
“Needs assessment and analysis in sudden onset disasters”
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
Needs Assessment and Analysis Section
Assessment, Planning and Monitoring Branch
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland
Skype: marcuselten

4. Todays webinar
25 mins: Setting-up Coordination - (Presentation and discussion)
30 mins: Experience from Iraq - Ms. Alexandra Lazau-Ratz (Presentation and discussion)
5 mins: Break
20 mins: Planning
30 mins: Needs assessment and analysis in sudden onset - Mr. Marcus Elten (Presentation and discussion)
5 mins: Summary
Announcements/Reminders

5. Understanding of context and enabling factors

6. Setting-up Coordination: Understanding of context and enabling factors
Understanding of current context

7. Setting-up Coordination: Understanding of context and enabling factors
Coordination structures, understanding the dynamics and stakeholders and decision makers influence

8. Setting-up Coordination: Understanding of context and enabling factors
Understanding of existing information management, assessment and monitoring mechanisms and systems.

9. Establishing coordination

10. Setting-up Coordination: Establishing coordination
Assessment Coordinator or Assessment focal points from Clusters
Assessment Coordinator and Cluster Assessment focal points
(IASC Guidance on Coordinated Assessment 2012, MIRA Guidance 2015 revision)

11. Setting-up Coordination: Establishing coordination
Establishing assessment coordination structure
Inter-Cluster Coordinator (OCHA)
Cluster Coordinators
from different clusters
Assessment and Information Management
working group or Information Management Working Group
(IASC Guidance on Coordinated Assessment 2012)
Inter-Cluster Coordination Group/meeting

12. Determining current state of needs assessments

13. Setting-up Coordination: Determining current state of needs assessments
Before starting the discussion on Coordinated Assessments, try to determine the state of Coordinated Assessment.
Establish Assessment registry and analyze the current assessments gaps.
Use data sharing agreements and protocols to promote sharing of data by partners.

14. Global Assessment Registry

15. Q&A / Discussion
What are the challenges of coordination in your current context or previous experience ?