The NORCAP standby roster strengthens the UN, international organizations and governments' efforts to build resilience and respond to crisis. With 149 person-years in the field last year, NORCAP’s contribution in 2012 was the largest in the history of the roster.
in 2012, NORCAP sent experts on 348 missions around the world, amounting to 1784 person-months - or 149 years - in the field. The main priorities were support to UN and national government's responses to the Syrian refugee crisis and the conflict in Mali.
In total, NORCAP experts worked in 51 countries and for 21 partner organizations and monitoring missions. This included deployments to the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), to UN organisations in South Sudan and Yemen, as well as responses to natural disasters in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel belt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Haiti, and the Philippines.
You can read more about NORCAP's activities and our geographic and thematic priorities, in our 2012 annual report.