DG ECHO / Federation Capacity Buiding Programme 2009 - 2010, Joint IFRC-DG ECHO Review Mission to Kuala Lumpur and Cambodia

A third joint IFRC-DG ECHO monitoring mission was carried out in South/East Asia from 13 to 18 October, 2010 as part of the performance management process established within the context of the IFRC Capacity Building programme (2009/10). The mission included a country visit to Cambodia as well as a visit to the Zone office in Kuala Lumpur focusing on the Disaster Management Unit and the Regional Logistics Unit.

The purpose of this visit was to gain an understanding of how DG ECHO Capacity Building global support has contributed to building stronger capacity in disaster management (DM) in this region. This report aims at complementing and / or validating progress reported in previous official reports and informal updates, including a recent paper focusing on Asia / Pacific which was submitted by the Federation as reference material in preparation for this mission (see annexes).

Overall the mission confirmed that the Federation has reached a fair level of capacity in preparing and responding to humanitarian crisis in the Asia and Pacific region and that investments supported through previous DG ECHO thematic funding and the current CB Programme are likely to have contributed to this level of organisational preparedness.