Global Crisis Centre Network (GCCN)

The Global Crisis Centre Network (GCCN) provides a community of
practice for national and regional crisis centres as well as other international actors (e.g. scientific organisations, NGOs, humanitarian agencies) that deal with disaster information analysis and disaster response after major sudden-onset disasters.

The objective of the GCCN is to improve international coordination in the immediate aftermath of sudden-onset natural disasters. To achieve this, the GCCN has developed procedures for alerting its members, and to establish an initial coordination process. The GCCN is an informal coordination mechanism to support information exchange and information analysis among international actors. As such, the GCCN aims at leveraging the collective knowledge, expertise and experience of its members, which include (but are not limited to) disaster managers, logisticians, scientists (e.g. meteorological services), humanitarian Agencies, as well as specialized organisations and NGOs. The GCCN coordination process is expected to contribute to the development of a Common Operational Picture (COP) and to enable comprehensive information analysis in support of decision making in the Affected State and among responders with regard to international assistance and international response coordination.

GCCN at the HNPW 2019
At the HNPW 2019, the GCCN wild hold its annual meeting and co-organize two thematic sessions together with with other Networks and Partnerships. The meetings are open to all participants of the HNPW.

The GCCN meeting and joint sessions at the HNPW 2019 are scheduled as follows:

1. GCCN annual meeting on Thursday, 7 February from 09:00 to 12:30, with the purpose review latest developments of the GCCN, discuss the role of regional organizations and provide updates of related activities.
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2. Interactive demonstration of international dynamics in major emergencies, on Wednesday, 6 February from 11:00 to 15:30. The session will include a presentation of the web-based STN Knowledge Base (prototype), an interactive tool with comprehensive information about mechanisms and actors in international disaster and humanitarian response.
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3. A session on Thursday, 7 February from 14:00 to 17:30 to discuss the creation of a standard product catalogue of information products that support situation analysis and decision making among international responders in the first phase after major disasters.
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