What is OFDA ?
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•USAID, through OFDA, leads the U.S. Government response to natural and man-made disasters internationally.
•Created in 1964 after the U.S. response to an earthquake in the former Yugoslavia and a volcanic eruption in Costa Rica were less than effective
•USAID Administrator is designated by the President as the Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance (IDA)
What is OFDA?
OFDA At a Glance
OFDA FAST FACTS – FY 2011Number of OFDA disaster responses
67
Number of countries that received OFDA disaster support
54
OFDA's total budget$925 million (4% of USAID’s budget)
Most frequent disaster Floods
Most funded sector Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Disaster Response Criteria
SAVE LIVES
ALLEVIATE SUFFERING
REDUCE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DISASTERS
The OFDA Mandate
OFDA’s Response Role
OFDA’s Response Options
Provide immediate assistance of $50,000
Fund NGOs and IOs—
including the U.N.—to provide
assistance
Deploy a Regional Advisor,
Assessment Team, or Disaster
Assistance Response Team
(DART)
Activate a Response
Management Team (RMT)
Dispatch OFDA
Commodities
Provide Technical
Assistance
OFDA’s Special Capabilities
Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction
Resilience vs DRR in the Pacific:•Global USG Resilience Policy focuses on integration of relief and development investments in countries facing chronic crisis.
•Focus countries for initial testing will be in the HOA and Sahel.
•In the Pacific, the USG will continue to focus on more fully integrated and complimentary programming in the areas of DRR and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).
•USAID/OFDA: Emergency Response and DRR
•USAID/Pacific Islands: Development / CCA / GCC
•USG Pacific Resilience Programs will be at the confluence of DRR and CCA investments.
Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction
FY 2012 Investments:Papua New Guinea•Support to PNG Volcanologists for Volcano/Seismic Monitoring
Fiji•Finalization of the PDRMP-II Regional Trainings
Vanuatu•CBDRR Programming in Torba and Tafea•Incident Command System Trainings
Solomon Islands•CBDRR in Western, Guadalcanal and Meleita
Regional Support to OCHA Suva and Port Moresby
Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction
FY 2013 Investment Countries and Program Priorities:Papua New Guinea•Support to PNG Volcanologists for Volcano/Seismic Monitoring•CBDRR
Fiji•CBDRR
Tonga•CBDRR
Vanuatu•CBDRR •Incident Command System Trainings
Solomon Islands•CBDRR•Incident Command System Trainings
Regional Support to OCHA Suva and Port Moresby