Responding to Level 3 Emergencies: What 'Empowered Leadership' looks like in practice

Pages
2pp
Date published
01 Nov 2012
Keywords
Coordination, Response and recovery
Organisations
ALNAP, Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Link
http://www.refworld.org/docid/52397b894.html

When disaster strikes, empowered and accountable leadership is a prerequisite to an effective humanitarian response.

Following the adoption of the IASC Transformative Agenda, Humanitarian Coordinators (HC)2 will be empowered to lead the response to any Level 3 (L3) crisis for an initial period of three months.3 Speed in decision-making is essential. To be effective, the HC must be empowered to make timely decisions in the following key areas: setting overall priorities; allocating resources; monitoring performance and dealing with underperformance.