1. REGIONAL COMPENDIUM OF REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN EMERGENCIES Barbados October 19, 2011Teresa Camacho,IFRC IDRL Acting Coordinator for America

2. What is the RLC? • A tool to facilitate the rapid exchange on national and sub regional applicable legislation to international disaster assistance.

3. RLC Background and Context

4. Process of Consolidation RLC • An early draft of the Compendium was presented in the Bs As meeting • Follow up group: Bs As Declaration: host countries of the past EIHP meeting: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador as the next host country, OCHA and the IFRC • Virtual meeting Aug. 2010 • Follow- up group workshop Dec. 2010 • Final draft (April 2011) • Approval: Quito Declaration

5. Purpose of the RLC • Facilitate the work of governments in the region in the process of assembling, in the framework of domestic legislation, relevant information on the regulation and facilitation of international humanitarian aid in cases of disasters, as outlined in the IDRL Guidelines • Allow governments of the region to identify the strengths of their national legislation regarding disaster prevention and relief, as well as those areas where regulatory frameworks could be strengthened in anticipation of future disasters; • Allow a rapid exchange of information about existing legal procedures in different countries of the region during an emergency or disaster; and, • Constitute a tool to enhance mutual cooperation between countries and other international actors providing assistance emergencies or disasters.

6. COUNTRY PROFILE Structure of the RLC • 3. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS • documents related to humanitarian assistance which may be relevant and of interest, and that support the answers to the questions included in the Matrix. 2. MATRIX • (1) Information / Request for Assistance to Initiate International Support Mechanisms, • (2) Entry / Legal Facilities (A. Affected State; B. Transit State/Originating State), • (3) Mechanisms for coordinating international humanitarian assistance, • (4) Quality standards, • (5) Private or non-civilian assistance; and, • (6) Procedures for the final phase of assistance. • 1. COUNTRY PROFILE • General overview of the natural hazards that might affect the country. • Mention to major disasters that took place over the past years. • Calls for international assistance and the areas where this aid has been needed • 4. ANNEXES • GLOSSARY • PHONE DIRECTORY

7. Overview of the RLC

8. Examples- Colombia

9. Examples- Peru

10. RLC workshop • Panamá 24- 25 October

11. Caribbean Countries participation in the EIHP • Quito 2011 • Bahamas • Barbados • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Haiti • Saint Lucia • Buenos Aires 2010 • Cuba • Granada • Haiti • Jamaica • Saint Lucia Florianopolis 2009: • Antigua y Barbuda • Belize • Dominican Republic • Granada • Haiti • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Surinam