A/70/334 practices in governance structures put in place to assist internally displaced persons in emergency situations. 1. Designation of a national institutional focal point 55. The response by national authorities to internal displacement would benefit from the appointment or establishment of an institutional focal point to take the lead in coordinating responses to internal displacement. Such a focal point could take the form of a dedicated ministry, department, agency or other expert body and would have the authority to oversee the national and local responses, supervise all efforts and ensure coordination with relevant authorities while avoiding duplication. Establishing the focal point at the most senior level, for example under the Office of the President or Prime Minister, would give the necessary authority, resources and political weight to its activities. 56. States that have ratified the Kampala Convention are explicitly required, under article 3, to designate an authority or body, where needed, responsible for coordinating activities aimed at protecting and assisting internally displaced persons and assign responsibilities to appropriate organs for protection and assistance, and for cooperating with relevant international organizations or agencies, and civil society organizations, where no such authority or body exists. 57. The Special Rapporteur notes that the lack of such an institutional focal point has a direct impact on the response of national authorities to the displacement crisis, ultimately affecting the internally displaced persons themselves. Duplication of tasks, lack of communication between different bodies and the lack of a common understanding of who is doing what and where could severely und ermine collective efforts to respond to the situation. As the central body under which all other bodies and agencies operate, the focal point has a holistic view of the response and can ensure smooth management of a crisis which can quickly become overwhel ming when no coordination mechanism exists. 58. The governmental focal point could be responsible for co -chairing an inter-agency or inter-ministerial committee on internal displacement issues to ensure that the specific needs and rights of internally displaced persons are included in the sectoral laws, policies, plans and programmes of relevant ministries at the national and local levels. As the official voice of the Government on displacement issues, the institutional focal point would also be the key interlocutor with the international community and other stakeholders and would participate in relevant meetings of international agencies. 59. In Kenya, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes was designated as the institutional focal point responsible for internal displacement issues, including the resettlement of internally displaced persons and the coordination of disast er risk reduction programmes during the 2007/08 post-election violence. However, on his follow-up mission to Kenya in June 2014, the Special Rapporteur found that the Ministry of Devolution had been established instead as the institutional focal point for internally displaced persons under the new Constitution of 2010 while the former Ministry of State for Special Programmes became the Department of Social Programmes within the Ministry of Devolution. 60. The role of the focal point could also include developing a consolidated information management system to coordinate the collection of relevant information 16/26 15-12504