25/12/2011
The findings of this 2011 Review confirm that while new initiatives and changing priorities might have distracted attention away from this long-established mechanism, the UNDAC role remains both valid and effective. The UNDAC system allows OCHA to rapidly deploy a team of trained experts with local knowledge and technical resources to assist affected governments and the international humanitarian response system with strengthened capacity in coordination, information management and assessment in sudden-onset emergencies. While the wide range of skillsets available to OCHA from amongst the 250+ active UNDAC members enables diverse and specific needs to be met, the “team” approach gives the flexibility in terms of size and composition which allows UNDAC teams to meet the requirements of any given situation.