The role of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

 

Coordination: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s mission is to mobilise and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. OCHA is actively involved and represented in the different coordination mechanisms established by the United Nations mine action team, governments, donors and other partners at the global, regional and national levels, such as the MACCs, the IACG-MA, SCMA and MASG. 

Advocacy and information: The OCHA advocates for a worldwide ban on anti-personnel landmines and for assistance to mine victims. OCHA collects and analyses information regarding the humanitarian implications of landmines and shares it with the United Nations mine action team and other relevant partners. OCHA also Office promotes MRE and raise public awareness of the humanitarian implications of landmines. 

Resource mobilisation: The OCHA works closely with the United Nations mine action team in its capacity as coordinator of the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) to ensure consistency between the CAP and the Portfolio of Mine Action Projects, and on resource mobilisation in its capacity as manager of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund.