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World: Americas Zone Annual Report 2013 (MAA42003)

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Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Country: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, World

Overview

The Americas zone of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) comprises of the zone office in Panama City, four IFRC coordination offices covering Guatemala and El Salvador; Honduras and Nicaragua; Costa Rica and Panama and the Dominican Republic and Cuba, three IFRC country representations in Haiti; Chile and Paraguay; and Argentina and Uruguay. There are also two regional representations for the Andean region and the English-speaking Caribbean.

The 35 National Societies in America work to help the most vulnerable groups in their respective countries who are most affected by disasters and socio-economic and health crises. With the wide network of members and volunteers, the National Societies seek to address the needs of the most vulnerable people in disaster and non-disaster situations. The Americas zone’s mission is to support its regional and country offices as well as the National Societies in the Americas to increase humanitarian and development standards, helping them remain relevant within their country and sustainable and accountable for their actions, guided by the implementation of Strategy 2020.

The main achievements for the Americas zone in 2013 can be summarized as follows:

Business line I: Raise humanitarian standards.

  • The Red Cross was positioned as a key humanitarian actor through high level dialogues with seven States’ defence bodies or armed forces. Dialogues and participation in regional events opened doors for increased coordination and knowledge-sharing between government’s defence systems and the Red Cross during disaster response.

  • Governments, regional and sub-regional organizations, international organizations, and Red Cross National Societies met to discuss the movement of international assistance in Central America in case Americas Zone Annual Report 2013 of disasters resulting in national plans of action and one regional plan of action to implement recommendations on the facilitation of humanitarian assistance.

  • 11 National Societies received technical support in 2013, with continuous advice to IDRL projects in other countries which started in 2012.

  • One case study was done in El Salvador on green initiatives and other climate change issues related to increase vulnerability and overall study of the level of implementation of green friendly disaster response of the IFRC.

  • The agenda of urban risk issues under the umbrella of multidimensional challenge has being widely promoted at different Intergovernmental forums, such as the MIAH Platform that brings together Government actors from the Americas, the UN System, the Red Cross and the Civil society.

  • The IFRC presented the new Friendly Neighbourhood Initiative at the IV Regional Forum on Violence Prevention.

  • All 35 National Societies in the Americas are using the Federation-Wide Databank and Reporting System (FDRS) databank.

  • 24 National Societies submitted their strategic plans and 25 National Societies submitted their audited annual reports.

  • Nine National Societies have thus far participated in the Organizational Capacity Assessment and Certification (OCAC) process.

  • There are 18 National Societies in the America with more than 100 users registered in the Learning Platform.

  • The Caribbean National Societies leaders and the Movement components operating within the Caribbean region, fortified their collaboration links through an event in which common trends and joint approaches were identified to address important themes affecting vulnerability in the region, such as violence, migration, humanitarian diplomacy, disaster laws and non-communicable diseases.

  • By the end of 2013, 22 National Societies (Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivian, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela) had aligned their Strategic Plans to Strategy 2020 and The Inter-American Framework for Action.

  • Since the roll-out of the OCAC process and training of facilitators in 2012, 9 National Societies have completed their self-assessments up to 2013: Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala Honduras and Peru.


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