Regional Consultative Group on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific: Seventh Abbreviated session (01 December 2021) - Summary Report

Building upon the outcomes of the Asia-Pacific Conferences and related guidelines, a multi-stakeholder Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific was formed in 2014 to act as a regional forum to bring together the humanitarian actors, local organizations, government officials, and military actors involved in disaster response and disaster response preparedness in the region.

The main objectives of the RCG, as outlined in the RCG Terms of Reference, are to:

• discuss response preparedness planning, with a focus on coordination of operational planning between civilian and military actors;

• facilitate exchange of information and innovative ideas to enable well-coordinated and needs-based effective disaster response to a broad range of humanitarian emergency operations; and

• strengthen linkages with other relevant platforms with an emphasis on the relationship with Regional Organizations and the Global Consultative Group on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination.