•USAID, through OFDA, leads the U.S. Government response to natural and man-made disasters internationally.

•Created in 1964 after the U.S. response to an earthquake in the former Yugoslavia and a volcanic eruption in Costa Rica were less than effective

•USAID Administrator is designated by the President as the Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance (IDA)

What is OFDA?

OFDA At a Glance

OFDA FAST FACTS – FY 2011Number of OFDA disaster responses

67

Number of countries that received OFDA disaster support

54

OFDA's total budget$925 million (4% of USAID’s budget)

Most frequent disaster Floods

Most funded sector Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Disaster Response Criteria

SAVE LIVES

ALLEVIATE SUFFERING

REDUCE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DISASTERS

The OFDA Mandate

OFDA’s Response Role

OFDA’s Response Options

Provide immediate assistance of $50,000

Fund NGOs and IOs—

including the U.N.—to provide

assistance

Deploy a Regional Advisor,

Assessment Team, or Disaster

Assistance Response Team

(DART)

Activate a Response

Management Team (RMT)

Dispatch OFDA

Commodities

Provide Technical

Assistance

OFDA’s Special Capabilities

Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction

Resilience vs DRR in the Pacific:•Global USG Resilience Policy focuses on integration of relief and development investments in countries facing chronic crisis.

•Focus countries for initial testing will be in the HOA and Sahel.

•In the Pacific, the USG will continue to focus on more fully integrated and complimentary programming in the areas of DRR and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).

•USAID/OFDA: Emergency Response and DRR

•USAID/Pacific Islands: Development / CCA / GCC

•USG Pacific Resilience Programs will be at the confluence of DRR and CCA investments.

Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction

FY 2012 Investments:Papua New Guinea•Support to PNG Volcanologists for Volcano/Seismic Monitoring

Fiji•Finalization of the PDRMP-II Regional Trainings

Vanuatu•CBDRR Programming in Torba and Tafea•Incident Command System Trainings

Solomon Islands•CBDRR in Western, Guadalcanal and Meleita

Regional Support to OCHA Suva and Port Moresby

Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction

FY 2013 Investment Countries and Program Priorities:Papua New Guinea•Support to PNG Volcanologists for Volcano/Seismic Monitoring•CBDRR

Fiji•CBDRR

Tonga•CBDRR

Vanuatu•CBDRR •Incident Command System Trainings

Solomon Islands•CBDRR•Incident Command System Trainings

Regional Support to OCHA Suva and Port Moresby