OCHA is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. The aim is to assist people when they most need relief or protection. A key pillar of OCHA's mandate is to “coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors”.

Humanitarian coordination seeks to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian response by ensuring greater predictability, accountability and partnership. OCHA is leading the international community's efforts to develop a better architecture for the humanitarian system, including strong in-country humanitarian leaders (Humanitarian Coordinators); representative and inclusive Humanitarian Country Teams; an effective and well-coordinated framework within which all humanitarian organizations can contribute systematically; and predictable funding tools.

Country-Level Humanitarian Coordination Architecture

Humanitarian Coordination along the Humanitarian Programme Cycle

Coordination with Integrated UN Presence