IASC Coordination in the Field

Large-scale disasters have led the IASC to reform the humanitarian response system. After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the IASC launched the Humanitarian Reform around coordination, leadership, humanitarian financing and partnership. Emergency capacity has been reinforced but challenges remained. Following the Haiti earthquake and Pakistan floods in 2010, the IASC launched the Transformative Agenda in December 2011, setting the parameters for improved collective response to major humanitarian crises.

The IASC Transformative Agenda still defines the coordination structure on the ground of system-wide humanitarian responses. The documents below, a mixture of original protocols from the Transformative Agenda itself and revised and supporting documents, remain a must read for those trying to join, work with, or understand humanitarian coordination in the field.