UN-CMCoord Platforms

CMCoord platforms facilitate the dialogue between the humanitarian community and military forces. They can be exclusively composed of humanitarian actors, with the CMCoord Officer acting as interlocutor, or of both humanitarian and military actors. They are scalable and based on agreed deliverables and the prevailing dynamics in the operational area. CMCoord platforms must remain humanitarian in nature and must be chaired by a humanitarian actor (usually OCHA). In disasters in peacetime, the Humanitarian-Military Operational Coordination Concept (HuMOCC) is often the most appropriate platform, CMCoord platforms will take different forms as dictated by the context and the need for distinction. The name can change, depending on local level decisions: CMCoord Cell, CMCoord Forum, CMCoord Working Group, etc.