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Overview

Text should include: Overview, purpose, when it happens in the the HPC or IM cycle

Process

Text should include: Step by Step, Checklist, SOPs, TipsTo enhance emergency preparedness within the multilateral humanitarian system, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) has developed the Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) approach.

The aim of the ERP approach is to increase the speed and volume of life-saving assistance delivered in the first four to six weeks of an emergency. The approach, which is designed to be flexible and resource-light, is based on identifying and prioritising preparedness actions that will make sure that the humanitarian community can effectively respond in the first few weeks of a breaking emergency.

The ERP approach provides tools for UN Country Teams and/or Humanitarian Country Teams to:

• Understand risks and establish a system to monitor them;
• Establish a minimum level of preparedness; and
• Take additional action, including developing contingency plans, to ensure readiness to respond to identified risks.

Process

The first step of ERP is to assess the risks that all or part of the country’s population face and which might require a coordinated humanitarian response. This step is detailed in the Risk Analysis sub-page.

Minimum Preparedness Actions (MPAs) include Needs Assessment, Information Management and Response Monitoring Arrangements.

Outputs/Resources

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