The meeting was opened by the INSARAG Chairman, Mr. Toni Frisch after introductory remarks from the Tunisian Government, the Governments of Iran and Morocco and OCHA. 91 participants from 34 countries and organisations participated in the meeting.
The meeting began with a review of the results of the INSARAG Lessons Learned meeting following the Algerian earthquake of May 2003, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland n October 2003. The purpose of the revision of previous lessons learned was to provide the context for the meeting to build on previous experience and complement recommendations for improvement where necessary.
The meeting was structured in short presentations about each phase of the international USAR response operation and provided opportunity for participants to discuss lessons learned and make recommendations for improvement in each of the phases. The following response phases covered in the meeting: - Early warning, mobilisation and deployment - On-site USAR coordination - USAR operational issues and application of the INSARAG Guidelines - Role of other international responders and their interface with USAR teams
The agenda of the meeting and the list of participants is attached. Given below is the overview of lessons learned and recommendations for improvement
Resource collections
- Earthquakes
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- Learning from crises (Natural hazards)
- Monitoring of humanitarian action
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience