3rd IWG MEETING ON HADR

IONS Guidelines for HADR were provisionally approved during the Conclave of Chiefs at Tehran on Apr 18. The Guidelines have been validated and approved by the IWG through conduct of a Table Top Exercise at Visakhapatnam from 27 to 28 Sep 18. The approved Guidelines Ver 3.2 have been hosted on the IONS website.

IWG members will continue to share HADR operational experiences including analysis/lessons learnt.

IONS member nations are encouraged to invite other IONS member nations as active participants or observers in HADR training events and exercises.

IWG member nations are encouraged to volunteer for conducting Field Training Exercise based on IONS Guidelines for HADR.

The following resolutions were drawn out from the lessons learnt after the conduct of the Table Top Exercise:

• The HADR Resource Directory needs to be further developed with contribution from all member nations. All member nations are requested to provide information by 31 Dec 18.
• A common format towards reporting incident/disaster and requesting assistance, with an aim to promptly disseminate information for common understanding, is proposed to be incorporated in the IONS Guidelines for HADR.
• In order to further develop and strengthen response by IONS member nations in HADR operations, there is a need to establish a co-ordination centre.