Definitions and Abbreviations
- ACEAssessment and Classification of Emergencies
- ACFAction Against Hunger
- AHIAvian and Human Influenza
- AIMBAdvocacy and Information Management Branch
- ALWGAccountability and Learning Working Group
- APISAdvocacy and Public Information Section
- ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
- AUAfrican Union
- AUCAfrican Union Commission
- BCPRBureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP)
- BINUBUnited Nations Integrated Office in Burundi
- BNPBNational Agency for Disaster Management
- BOGsBasic Operating Guidelines
- CADRICapacity for Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative
- CAFAAGChildren Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups
- CANADEMRoster of international experts
- CAPConsolidated Appeals Process
- CAPSConsolidated Appeals Process Section
- CARCentral African Republic
- CCHAConsultative Committee for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- CDICôte d’Ivoire
- CEACentral and East Africa
- CERFCentral Emergency Response Fund
- CFACeasefire Agreement
- CFSVAComprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis
- CHAPCommon Humanitarian Action Plan
- CHFCommon Humanitarian Fund
- CIMICCivil—Military Coordination
- CISBCommunications and Information Services Branch
- CMCSCivil—Military Coordination Section
- CMCOORDCivil—Military Coordination
- CNDPCongrès National pour la Défense du Peuple
- CNSACoordination Nationale de la Sécurité Alimentaire
- CPContingency Planning
- CPIAProvincial Inter Agency Committees
- CPRCrisis Prevention and Recovery
- CRDCoordination and Response Division (OCHA)
- CSSCommunication Services Section
- CTCountry Teams
- CWGERCluster Working Group on Early Recovery
- DACDevelopment Assistance Committee
- DERSDonor and External Relations Section
- DFIDDepartment for International Development (UK)
- DIHADDubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development
- DISIntegrated Detachment for Safety
- DMISData Management Information System
- DODesignated Official
- DOCODevelopment Operations Coordination Office
- DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations (United Nations)
- DPSSDisplacement and Protection Support Section (OCHA)
- DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- DRMDisaster Risk Management
- DRRDisaster Risk Reduction
- DSRSGDeputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
- DVPSDisaster and Vulnerability Policy Section
- ECBEmergency Capacity-Building
- ECCASEconomic Community of Central African States
- ECHAExecutive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs
- ECOSOCEconomic and Social Council (United Nations)
- ECOWASEconomic Community of West African States
- ECPSExecutive Committee on Peace and Security
- EDMEmergency Directors Meeting
- EESEnvironmental Emergencies Section
- EEUEnvironmental Emergencies Unit
- EHCTEthiopia Humanitarian Country Team
- EHRPEmergency Humanitarian Response Plan
- EMERCOMEmergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters
- EO/AOExecutive Office/Administrative Office
- EPREmergency Preparedness and Response
- EPSEmergency Preparedness Section
- EREarly Recovery
- ERCEmergency Relief Coordinator
- ERCCEmergency Relief Coordination Centre
- ERFEmergency Response Fund
- ERREmergency Response Roster
- ERRFEmergency Relief Response Fund
- ERTEmergency Response Team
- ERTEmergency Response Training
- ESBEmergency Services Branch (OCHA)
- ESSEvaluation Studies Section
- ETCEmergency Telecommunications Cluster
- EUEuropean Union
- EUFOREuropean Union Force
- EWCPSEarly Warning Contingency Planning Section
- FAOFood and Agricultural Organization
- FARDCEmergency Response Training
- FATAFederally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan)
- FCSSField Coordination Support Section
- FiDMSField Document Management System
- FISField Information Services
- FNLForces Nationales de Libération
- FTSFinancial Tracking System
- GAGeneral Assembly
- GAMglobal acute malnutrition
- GAPGender Action Plan
- GATGender Advisory Team
- GBVGender-Based Violence
- GCMSGeographic Coordination and Monitoring Section
- GDACSGlobal Disaster Alert and Coordination System
- GEMGender and Media
- GenCapGender Standby Capacity Project
- GFMGlobal Focus Model
- GHDGood Humanitarian Donorship
- GHDIGGood Humanitarian Donorship Implementation Group
- GHPGlobal Humanitarian Platform
- GISGeographic Information Systems
- GMPGuidance Management Project
- GPGuiding Principles
- GPPIGlobal Public Policy Institute
- HAOHumanitarian Affairs Officer
- HAPHumanitarian Action Plan
- HCHumanitarian Coordinator
- HCAPHumanitarian Coordination Assessment Panel
- HCCHumanitarian Coordination Committee
- HCPTHumanitarian Community Partnership Team
- HCSPHumanitarian Coordination Strengthening Project
- HCSSPHumanitarian Coordination System Strengthening Project
- HCTHumanitarian Country Team
- HDPTHumanitarian and Development Partnership Team (Central African Republic)
- HFAHyogo Framework for Action
- HICHumanitarian Information Centre
- HIV/AIDSHuman Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- HLTFHigh-Level Task Force
- HMSFHumanitarian Multi-Stakeholder Fund
- HoOHead of Office
- HRFHumanitarian Response Fund
- HRSUHumanitarian Reform Support Unit (OCHA)
- IAHCCInter-Agency Humanitarian Coordination Committee
- IA RTEInter Agency Real Time Evaluation (IA RTE)
- IASCInter-Agency Standing Committee
- IASC CAPSWGInter-Agency Standing Committee Consolidated Appeals Process Working Group
- IASC CPInter-Agency Standing Committee Contingency Planning
- ICCInternational Criminal Court
- ICGLRInternational Conference on the Great Lakes Region
- ICTInformation and Communications Technology
- IDPInternally Displaced Person
- IFRCInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- IGSSIntergovernmental Support Section
- IHFIraq Humanitarian Forum
- IHLInternational Humanitarian Law
- IMInformation Management
- IMUInformation Management Unit
- INSARAGInternational Search and Rescue Advisory Group
- INGOInternational Non-Governmental Organisations
- IOMInternational Organization for Migration
- IPCIntegrated Food Security Phase Classification
- IRACTIndonesia Rapid Assessment and Coordination Training
- IRINIntegrated Regional Information Networks
- ISDRInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- ITSInformation Technology Section
- JOPJoint Operating Principles
- LACLatin America and he Caribbean
- LRALord’s Resistance Army
- LSULogistics Support Unit
- LTTELiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- MCDAMilitary-Civil Defencse Assets
- MIMUMyanmar Information Management Unit
- MINURCATUnited Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
- MNFsMulti National Forces
- MoUMemorandum of Understanding
- MSFMédecins Sans Frontières
- MYRMid-Year Review
- NDRANational Disaster Response Adviser
- NGONon-Governmental Organization
- NWFPNorth West Frontier Province (Pakistan)
- OAUOrganization of African Unity
- OCHAOffice for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations)
- OCMOCHA Contact Management
- ODSGOCHA Donor Support Group
- OECDOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OFDAOffice of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
- OHCHROffice of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- OPAOuagadougou Political Agreement
- OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OPSOnline Projects System
- oPtoccupied Palestinian territory
- PAPalestinian Authority
- PCPolicy Committee
- PCNAPost-Conflict Needs Assessment
- PCWGProtection Cluster Working Group
- PDNAPost-Disaster Needs Assessment
- PDRPeople’s Democratic Republic
- PDRPPeace, Recovery and Development Plan
- PDSBPolicy Development and Studies Branch (OCHA)
- PICPandemic Influenza Contingency
- PNNProgramme National de Nutrition
- PLOPalestine Liberation Organization
- POCProtection of Civilians Section
- PONJAPost Nargis Joint Assessment
- PoNREPPPost-Nargis Recovery and Preparation Plan
- PPASPolicy Planning and Analysis Section
- ProCapProtection Standby Capacity Project
- PRTProvincial Reconstruction Team
- PRSPPoverty Reduction Strategy Paper
- PSEAProtection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
- PSNPProductive Safety Net Program
- RCResident Coordinator
- RCATRecovery Coordination Advisers Team
- RC/RCMRed Cross/Red Crescent Movement
- RDRARegional Disaster Response Adviser
- RDTRegional Directors Team
- RECsRegional Economic Communities
- REDLACRegional Risk, Emergency and Disaster Inter-Agency taskforce for Latin America and the Caribbean
- RESOnetwork of all NGOs in Burundi
- RHCPTRegional Humanitarian Community Partnership Team
- RHPTRegional Humanitarian Partnership Team
- RIASCORegional Inter-Agency Support Coordination Office
- RNARapid Needs Assessment
- RORegional Office
- ROAPRegional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OCHA)
- ROCEARegional Office for Central and East Africa (OCHA)
- ROLACRegional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (OCHA)
- ROMENACARegional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia (OCHA)
- ROSARegional Office for Southern Africa (OCHA)
- ROWARegional Office for West Africa (OCHA)
- R&RRest and Recuperation scheme
- RSETRough Severity Estimation Tool
- RWReliefWeb
- SADCSouthrn Africa Development Community
- SBPStand-By Partner
- SBPPStand-By Partnerships Programme
- SCSSurge Capacity Section
- SDCSpecially Designated Contributions
- SENAHNational Service for Humanitarian Action
- SGBVSexual and Gender based Violence
- SIDASwedish International Development Agency
- SIPRIStockholm International Peace Research Institute
- SMARTStandardised Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions
- SMTSenior Management Team
- SOPStandard Operating Procedure
- SPUStrategic Planning Unit
- SWGSub Working Group
- TCGTripartite Core Group
- TECTsunami Evaluation Coalition
- ToRTerms of Reference
- TSATransitional Strategy and Appeal
- TSFTelecoms Sans Frontières
- UAEUnited Arab Emirates
- UHFUltra High Frequency
- UNAIDSUnited Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS
- UNAMIDAfrican Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
- UNCTUnited Nation Country Teams
- UNDACUnited Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
- UNDAFUnited Nations Development Assistance Framework
- UNDGUnited Nations Development Group
- UNDMTUnited Nations Disaster Management Team
- UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme
- UNDSSUnited Nations Department of Safety and Security
- UNESCOUnited Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNETTUnited Nations Emergency Technical Team
- UNFCCCUnited Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change
- UNFPAUnited Nations Population Fund
- UNHASUnited Nations Humanitarian Air Service
- UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNHRDUnited Nations Humanitarian Response Depot
- UNICEFUnited Nations Children’s Fund
- UNMEEUnited Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- UNMINUnited Nations Mission in Nepal
- UNPOL/DISUnited Nations Police/Détachement Intégré de Sécurité
- UNRWAUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency
- USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
- USRUrban Search and Rescue
- VAMVulnerability Assessment Mapping
- VHFVery High Frequency
- VOSOCCVirtual on-Site operations Coordination Centre
- VPNVirtual Private Network
- WFPWorld Food Programme
- WGETWorking Group on Emergency Telecommunications
- WGTWorking Group on Transition
- WHOWorld Health Organization
- WIDERWireless LAN in Disaster and Emergency Response
- WOAWhole Organization Approach