Guidance on Submitting Offers of Humanitarian Assistance:

From 2 October Note Verbal, the Government of Indonesia has decided to receive, for the time being, assistance as follows:
1. Air transportations - the type of the aircraft is Hercules C-130, or alike. It is strongly advised that prior to the departure of the aircrafts from the sending states, the Embassy concerned in Jakarta sends the Verbal Note providing flight manifest to the Ministry for the flight clearance approval. In addition to this, the entry point for the aircraft is Sepinggan airport in Balikpapan. All operational and overhead costs shall be borne by the sending states. 2. Tents (shelter kits)
3. Water treatment
4. Electric generators
5. Any financial donation from the foreign governments should be channeled through the National Board for the Disaster Relief (BNPB). It is suggested that the financial donation from the Red Cross and NGOs be addressed to the Palang Merah Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross).

Humanitarian partners must make concrete, written offers first, which will be reviewed to ensure the offer meet humanitarian needs, before granting access. AHA Centre is supporting BNPB in coordinating the offers of assistance. Humanitarian partners are encouraged to use ASEAN’s SASOP Form Offer of Assistance available here: http://bit.ly/SASOP4Sulawesi.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the creation of a task force which will respond to offers of assistance to help people affected by the central Sulawesi earthquake. Embassies in Jakarta and international organizations are therefore requested to make contact through the following email address: bantuanln.palu@kemlu.go.id

1. Foreign NGOs are not allowed to go directly to the field. All activities must be conducted in partnership with local partners.

2. Foreign citizens who are working with foreign NGOs are not allowed to conduct any activity on the sites affected by disasters.

3. Foreign NGOs who already procured/prepared relief items in Indonesia need to register their assistance with the relevant ministries/agencies and mandated to work with local partners in distributing the aid.

4. If the respective NGOs have not registered their assistance with the relevant ministries/agencies, they are asked to register with BNPB for the distribution to the affected population in the field.

5. Foreign NGOs wishing to provide aid can do so through the Indonesian Red Cross (PM) or PMI’s – with the guidance of the related ministries/agencies or local partners.

6. Foreign NGOs who have deployed its foreign personnel are advised to retrieve their personnel immediately.

7. A monitoring of foreign volunteers is required.

8. The delivery of relief items is being coordinated temporarily by BNPB through Makassar and Balikpapan

Please find attached the regulations for International NGOs aiming to provide Assistance in Central Sulawesi.

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Update: The Government of Indonesia (Head of BNPB) have indicated that national search and rescue resources are sufficient for the ongoing earthquake/tsunami response. Therefore, all international search and rescue teams that are on standby are kindly requested to stand down.

As of October 1, The government of Indonesia, through BNPB and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have welcomed offer of international assistance as of 1 October 2018.

This statement was also delivered by BNPB during Emergency Briefing and Coordination Meeting Partners at AHA Centre Emergency Operations Centre on 1 October, 10.00 hrs.

Representative of BNPB has strongly stated that humanitarian partners should make concrete and written offers first, which will be reviewed to ensure the offer meet humanitarian needs, before granting access.

For information on specific needs for search and rescue teams (USAR) and emergency medical teams (EMTs), OCHA and WHO, with the AHA Centre, are in discussions with the Government of Indonesia on specific offers as a matter of urgency.

Government of Indonesia will only accept specific USAR and EMTs based on the relief teams indicated their availability on the V-OSOCC.

For other type of assistance, AHA Centre is supporting BNPB in coordinating the offers of assistance. Humanitarian partners are encourage to use ASEAN’s SASOP Form Offer of Assistance available here: http://bit.ly/SASOP4Sulawesi

More information on Standard Operating Procedure for Regional Standby Arrangements and Coordination of Joint Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Operations (SASOP): https://ahacentre.org/publication/asean-sasop/

More information on ASEAN Joint Disaster Response Plan is available here: https://ahacentre.org/publication/ajdrp/

More information on capital and field level coordination will be updated soon.