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Contact The 3rd INSARAG Global Meeting will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from 4 to 9 October 2020, and is generously hosted by the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of Poland.
Refer to the “IGM 2020” Tab for more information.
On 6 October 2021 Poland virtually hosted the 3rd INSARAG Global Meeting. The network of policy and technical experts discussed and deliberated on new ways of delivering value-added life-saving assistance, aiming to be fit for the future.
The event provided an opportunity for USAR teams from all over the world to share their expertise and to learn from best practices across the regions striving for a global approach. During the 3rd IGM, the Warsaw Declaration was approved and launched. The theme of the meeting was “Strengthen Quality, Predictability, Speed and Flexibility in Support of National and Local Capacities.”
In 2021, INSARAG is celebrating 30 years of life-saving assistance. The Global Meeting offered a unique opportunity to celebrate the anniversary and launch a series of products to commemorate INSARAG’s birthday, all of them are available here:
- This is INSARAG: 30 Years of Preparedness and Response – Anniversary Edition
- The Exposure Story: 30 Years of Urban Search and Rescue
- This is Insarag and The Exposure Story Launch video at the 3rd IGM
IGM Portal is now available at this link. It is a dedicated website designed as a ‘one-stop shop’ for all of the information related to the 3rd IGM. You can find more information on this link.
3rd IGM 2021 Statistics
• 1-month remote event
• 778 participants in the 5 network meetings
• 1 Global Meeting – Over 350 participants from 150 Member States and organizations
Endorsement of the Warsaw Declaration
Launch of the INSARAG Exposure Story
Launch of This is INSARAG
• 3 Regional Meetings
Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting – 105 participants
Africa-Europe-Middle East Regional Meeting – 100 participants
Americas Regional Meeting – 83 participants
• 1 Technical Working Group and Team Leaders Meeting – 140 participants
• 1 Virtual Exhibition Area
26 virtual exhibition stands established
5 live sessions
• 1 Canvas Sheet
85 photos
55 quotes
4 videos
• 6 Technical Discussion Forums
Endorsed IGM Warsaw Declaration
- Version in English
- Version in Spanish
- Warsaw Declaration Endorsement Video
| 3rd INSARAG Global Meeting | 06 October 21 (13:00-16:00) | Recording of the meeting at these links: – English – Spanish | Chairman Summary at this link |
| INSARAG Asia Pacific (AP) Regional Meeting | 1 September 21 (03:00-06:00) | Chairman Summary at this link | |
| INSARAG Africa-Europe-Middle East (AEME) Regional Meeting | 3 September 21 (08:00-11:00) | Recording of the meeting at this link | |
| Technical Meeting of Working Groups and Team Leaders | 14 September 21 (12:00-14:00) | Recording of the meeting at this link | Chairman Summary at this link |
| INSARAG & UNDAC Americas Regional Meeting | 14 September 21 (19:00-22:00) |
Key documents can be consulted here:
DISASTER RISK GOVERNANCE PROJECT LAUNCH
The final phase of the “Disaster Risk Governance Project” for Central America funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) was officially launched on October 5 2022. The general program engulfs three projects tasked to different implementing partners in the Americas region, including, CEPREDENAC, UNDRR, OCHA, and UNDP and unified under one objective of promoting advancements on the 4th priority of the Sendai Framework. The project implemented by UNDP with the technical collaboration of OCHA, involves technical consultations and trainings to consolidate the national USAR accreditation processes and aligning them with established international INSARAG standards towards IRNAP certification or re-certification. The six member states included in this project are Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Guatemala. See photos below.
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AMERICAS 2020 REGIONAL WORK PLAN AND ACTIVITIES
In its annual meeting of 2019, the Regional Group defined the following priorities for 2020:
- Contribute to the definition of INSARAG global strategies and priorities
- Strengthen the IRNAP process
- Strengthen USAR coordination capacities in the region
- Strengthen partnerships with “sister” response networks and other partners to increase the efficiency of emergency preparedness and response
These priorities were presented by the Regional Chair to the INSARAG Steering Group in February 2020 and received full endorsement. Since then, all regions across the world have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has a dramatic impact in all aspects of life, at social and economic level, and has further aggravated the situation of vulnerable populations and those in need of humanitarian assistance.
The INSARAG network is adapting to the new reality. In the regional context of the Americas and the Caribbean, the Regional chairmanship group under the leadership of Colombia as Regional Chair is coordinating the required adaptations. On the one hand, all teams are encouraged inasmuch as possible to prepare for a potential response in a Covid-19 environment[1]; and on the other hand, alternative ways are being sought to implement activities of the regional work plan.
Here is the adapted road map (English, Spanish) for each of the objectives for the year 2020 in the region.
In its face-to-face meeting on 9 February 2018, the Regional Chairmanship Group elaborated the Regional Workplan 2018 (English ,Spanish ), based on the inputs received by the Regional Group in its meeting in 2017. We encourage you to send your comments, contributions and reports on progress to the Chair and the Secretariat.
The Chairmanship Group hopes to count on the participation of all countries of the Regional Group to achieve the objectives of the region.
KEY DATES
15-16 May – INSARAG Earthquake Response Exercise Planning and Coordination Course, Buenos Aires, Argentina
23-28 September – INSARAG Methodology Course, San José, Costa Rica
8-12 October – Regional Earthquake Response Exercise, Salta, Argentina
5-6 November – Regional Group Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico
The XVII meeting of the INSARAG Americas Regional Group was held on from 5 to 6 November 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico. It was hosted by the Government of Mexico in its capacity as Regional Chair and prepared jointly with the I and II Vice-chair, Argentina and the Dominican Republic respectively, as well as with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in its capacity as the INSARAG Secretariat.
The meeting gathered a total of 62 participants from 19 countries of the region and beyond, as well as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Centre for Natural Disasters Prevention in Central America (CEPREDENAC), IRO Americas and the Caribbean Disaster Management Agency (CDEMA). The countries, organizations and USAR teams were all represented by their INSARAG focal points or in delegation of the focal points, as well as with some UNDAC members and UNDAC focal points.
INSARAG REGIONAL EXERCISE-SIMEX 2018 – Argentina – CANCELLED