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Contact La Reunión de INSARAG Américas 2020 se organizó a lo largo de la Consulta Regional de la UNDAC como lo fue desde las últimas 7 reuniones regionales. Tuvo lugar del 27 al 30 de octubre de manera virtual en sesiones de dos horas cada día. La agenda abarcó temas estratégicos y operativos para la región en relación con INSARAG y el sistema UNDAC. Fue organizada por el Gobierno de Colombia, con el apoyo de la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas (OCHA).
Hubo más de 90 participantes de 15 países y 3 organizaciones subregionales de la región, además de la participación de representantes de las regiones de Africa, Europa y Medio Oriente (AEME) y Asia-Pacífico (AP) que compartieron sus balances de actividades de 2020.
Los principales temas discutidos estuvieron relacionados con la respuesta flexible, la acreditación nacional (NAP / IRNAP, NAWG), el curso de coordinación USAR, el balance de INSARAG de las Américas 2020 y el plan INSARAG de las Américas 2021, contribuciones al Plan Global de INSARAG 2021-2026 y declaración de Varsovia, las lecciones aprendidas de Beirut, otros temas. Se presentó la conformación de la Mesa Directiva Regional 2021, que va a ser presidida por Perú, la I Vicepresidencia será asumida por Honduras y la II Vicepresidencia será asumida por Argentina.
The INSARAG New Year Teleconference of Global, Regional, and Working Group Chairs was held remotely on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, and chaired by Ambassador Manuel Bessler. The AEME Chair, Col. Staff Mubarak Sherida Al-Kaabi joined the meeting in person in Bern. The meeting was attended by 47 participants.
INSARAG is pleased to share the Chairman’s Summary for the 2023 INSARAG New Year Teleconference
The Swiss government was pleased to host the INSARAG Earthquake Simulation Exercise 2022 (“SIMEX22”). The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, had hosted this event in Kriens, Switzerland, from June 20-24, 2022. The specific objective of “SIMEX22” was to train and practice INSARAG methods for disaster response, which provided a unique opportunity for national and international responders to participate in a realistic exercise where disaster victims had to fight for survival under rubble. 13 USAR Teams from 14 countries participated: Armenian, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Nederlands, Qatar, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA and Switzerland.
Since 2015, the INSARAG Guidelines explicitly encourage member states to establish a national accreditation process that is developed, adapted, and framed in the member state’s own reality and recommends using the INSARAG Guidelines as reference. In fact, for several years a growing number of member states have been developing their national process using the INSARAG Guidelines as a reference. In addition, the 2020 INSARAG Guidelines encourage the member states to go even a step further by requesting the INSARAG Recognized National Accreditation Process (IRNAP), which certifies that the USAR system in the member state is completely in accordance with the INSARAG Guidelines methodology.
Annex a: IRNAP Guidance Note 2022 – Link
The member states that are recognized since 2017 are listed below:
| Country | IRNAP YEAR | Region |
| France | 2017 | AEME |
| Türkiye | 2017 | AEME |
| Colombia | 2018 | Americas |
| Guatemala | 2018 | Americas |
| Chile | 2022 | Americas |
| Cyprus | 2022 | AEME |
| Singapore | 2022 | AP |
| Argentina | 2023 | AEME |
| Ecuador | 2023 | Americas |
| China | 2025 | AP |
| Countries with an ongoing IRNAP Process | Region |
| Panama | Americas |
| Honduras | Americas |
| Guatemala | Americas |