Partners and Organization

Current Partners

The Partnership was launched by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Environmental Emergencies Section and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with strong support from a range of national and interntational stakeholders. OCHA and UNEP remain the core founding agencies, with OCHA performing a Secretariat function in Geneva.

A range of national and international stakeholders supported and contributed to the Partnership at the May 15, 2003 international Partners meeting - click here for link to participants.

Current Partnership involvement includes:

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations Environment Programme Division of Technology, Industry and Economics 
United Nations Environment Programme Division of Environmental Policy Implementation
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
United Nations Volunteers
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
European Commission
Global Fire Monitoring Center
BASF 
Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
Caribbean Emergency Disaster Response Agency
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Government of Chile - National Emergency Office
Government of Egypt
Government of Germany
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Government of Jamaica
Government of Sweden - Swedish Rescue Services Agency
Russian Federation
United Kingdom
Government of Yemen
Government of Turkey
Benfield Hazard Research Centre
CENACID