The UN SitRrep Generator, a Microsoft EXCEL-based file, has been developed to enable you to easily adapt the UN situation report memos to reflect your agency details, the emergency scenario you are using in your simulation, the priority needs imposed by the emergency and the simulation calendar.   

These memos are critical to both simulations. They provide the “data” on the crisis:  the numbers of affected and displaced, the priority needs, the calendar for the simulation.  You should take the time to familiarize yourself with the functioning of the Generator.  Instructions are available on the first worksheet in the EXCEL file (Click the first tab at the bottom left of the screen.)

Note:  Each time you open the Generator file, you will see a pop-up that asks you to “disable” or “enable” macros.  This is normal.  Simply c7lick “enable” and continue.

Before setting up the “Generator”, you should work out the actual simulation calendar with the senior managers of the host country:  that is, decide what period or phase of the emergency should be represented by each hour of the simulation.  The Generator enables you to assign any duration of time to each Hour. 

For example, Hour One could represent the actual first hour of a crisis (if you wish to simulate the initial tasks of a response, etc.), or Day One of the crisis, or Days One through Four, or Week One, and so forth. Likewise, later hours could represent several weeks or months after the crisis. The determination of the calendar really depends on the learning objectives and the phase(s) of emergency response that you wish to simulate.