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The Dynamics of Coordination |
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TITLE: The Dynamics of Coordination (Occasional Paper 40)
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ABSTRACT |
| This study approaches the well-worn (some would say, threadbare) topic of coordination by analyzing the dynamics of its exercise in programs for Rwandan refugees in the Ngara district of Tanzania (1994-96) and for Sierra Leoneans in their own country and in Guinea during the 1990s. After reviewing the conflicts that precipitated the crisis in each setting, the author examines coordination from three vantage points: the relationships among the aid organizations involved, the functions of coordination performed (e.g., fund-raising and managing information on security), and the specific programs mounted (repatriation to Rwanda and education in refugee camps in Guinea). | |
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The study encourages humanitarian agencies to equip themselves better to respond more dynamically to fast-moving changes in situations on the ground. While the importance of decisive leadership by individual officials is acknowledged, the need for clearer institutional mandates and a more assertive approach to the exercise of coordination within the UN system is underscored.
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humanitarian principles, relief-to-development continuum, coordination, peacekeeping, funding, consolidated appeals process, education, peacekeeping, sovereignty, warfare, security, economic sanctions, regional organizations, bilateralism; Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire; UN, SRSG, OCHA, UNDP, UNHCR, UNESCO, WFP, WHO, FAO, ECHO, USAID, ECOWAS, ECOMOG, NGOs, Red Cross Movement.
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