KRI Food Security Cluster Meeting

14/12/2016 – 1pm-2pm | NCCI Office, Erbil

Chair
National Coordinator (ai)
Participants
FSC IMO, Oxfam, ISHO, NPA, RIRP, ACF, WFP, MH, UIMS, Odessa, IRCS, PAH, Help-ev, KFD, SP, BCF,HTN, IHAO, FAO, WVI, PLC, FOCSIV, EORD, Solidarites International, ACTED, Iraq-Impact, Reach-Iraq, SCI, TGH, Global Communities, WHH, Almortaqa

Agenda

  1. Round of introduction
  2. Approval of minutes of the last meeting
  3. Updates on HRP 2017 process
  4. Updates on Mosul operational planning and response
  5. Key situation and response updates across Iraq
  6. AOB

Action points

  1. FSC to provide more guidance on potential agricultural livelihood needs and responses in 2017
  2. (Previous action point) The FSC to acquire more information from IDP Information Centre (IIC) on the average waiting time for IDPs to reach IIC and share with partners.

  1. Round of introductions

  1. Approval of minutes of the last meeting

Approved and action points follow-up:

  1. The FSC to circulate further information regarding the 2017 HRP. – DONE, more updates below
  2. The FSC to host an ad-hoc meeting on 01 December from 1pm-3pm to discuss the 2016 HRP and the 2017 HRP process/plan. - DONE
  3. (Previous action point) The FSC to acquire more information from IDP Information Centre (IIC) on the average waiting time for IDPs to reach IIC and share with partners. – Ongoing

  1. Updates on HRP 2017 process

(Handout: HRP 2017 – Food Security)

  • In preparation for a meeting of donors in December, the HRP process has shifted and is happening before the finalized HNO and is a modified not a full HRP.
  • Online Project System (OPS) still pending. By next week, we will have more information on when it will be open.
  • Tentative deadline for partners to upload programs is 15 January.
  • People in need numbers still being finalized. Note: this is not the number for people targeted.
  • 3 Objectives- the wording has been revised by the HC, so it is modified from our original, more technical language:
  • Objective 1: Provide emergency food and agricultural assets to highly vulnerable people as soon as they are accessible
  • Objective 2: Facilitateaccesstofoodandhelp to restore the agriculturalassets of highly vulnerable families in priority locations
  • Objective 3: Help to strengthen food-related social protection mechanisms and key agricultural production systems
  • To achieve the objectives every cluster has a 3 tiered sequenced response: First line, Second line and Full cluster response
  • First-Line: Provide emergency food and agricultural assets to highly vulnerable families as soon as they are accessible by:
  • Distributing ready-to-eat food rations and cooked meals to families in emergency sites, camps, transit centres and in newly accessible re-taken areas and return communities
  • Distributing dry-food rations for three months to highly vulnerable families in priority locations
  • Providing animal feed and essential live-stock vaccines to highly vulnerable herders
  • Second-Line: Help highly vulnerable families in priority locations secure sufficient food and restore agricultural livelihoods by:
  • Conducting food security, nutrition and livelihood assessments to identify highly vulnerable, food-insecure families
  • Distributing food, cash or vouchers, depending on market and local conditions, to targeted families
  • Establishing cash for work schemes for food-insecure and highly vulnerable families
  • Helping to restock and provide animal health services to highly vulnerable small herders ¥ Distributing essential agricultural inputs and providing technical assistance to highly vulnerable families in priority locations
  • Full-Cluster: Help to strengthen food-related social protection mechanisms and key agricultural production systems by:
  • Providing guidance to the managers of the Government’s Public Distribution System on the transition from emergency food support
  • Rehabilitating agriculture infrastructure including irrigation and water supply structures, crop storage, horticulture nurseries and poultry houses
  • Distributing bread wheat seeds and fertilizers to highly vulnerable families in priority locations
  • First Line: New: Provide emergency livestock livelihood support: This includes supporting vulnerable herders with animal feed to protect their livestock, and providing essential vaccine doses officially requested by the authorities as a part of the national vaccination campaign.
  • Second Line: see a shift to cash/voucher response depending on the needs
  • Full Cluster: key message- response is time bound and should see a shift towards the government being able to reestablish covering needs and support
  • The HRP advanced summary produced is only part A of the HRP process and there will be more space for clusters to include detailed technical and response information in part B (the full-fledged HRP).
  • The document and figures are presenting the projected trend throughout 2017 instead of a static snapshot of Jan. 2017.
  • Recognizing this HRP is currently focusing on Mosul, the components of the HRP will be reviewed and adjusted as required at the conclusion of the Mosul campaign in 2017.
  • The official launch of the HRP 2017 will coincide with the government's launch of its Humanitarian & Return Plan, which is currently being worked on by the GoI.
  • Increased engagement of NNGOs in the humanitarian program cycle is highlighted.
  • Attention needed for recovery and rehabilitation following Mosul campaign is well noted, and it will be considered later in 2017 as required at the conclusion of the Mosul campaign.
  • While no immediate action from donors is anticipated following the top donor meeting in Brussels, donors are asked to ensure that the ongoing first-line operation by NGOs and UN agencies is not interrupted due to lack of funding.
  • Overall estimated figure for HRP 2017 - $930 million pledge
  • FSC estimated figure for 6 month Mosul response: $150 million
  • Clusters have listed out special concerns and FSC will give particular attention to:
  • Establishing life-line corridors into Mosul in the case of protracted conflict and siege conditions
  • Determining the need and timing of repeated rounds of distributions, understanding that populations are likely to shift given that the situation is still very fluid
  • Assessing the feasibility of using cash to address food security
  • Providing essential vaccine doses and animal feed to vulnerable herders in emergency sites and newly re-taken areas
  • Notes on project design:
  • Note on designing agricultural livelihoods programs: please consider that there are complicated land use and ownership issues here.
  • Note on caseloads: expecting that there will be a shifting caseloads and it is recommended to consider needs of various caseloads (IDPs, Remainees, Host Communities, etc).

  1. Updates on Mosul operational planning and response

  • Seeing people continuing to move towards Khazer and Qayyarah, while more out of camp response is happening in Zone 2.Following the feedback and discussions with partners working in these villages, the FSC is proposing to use a geographic approach for coordination of plans and activities. Each of the proposed geographic areas, or cluster of villages. The planned outcome is to ease the pressure on populations pursuing humanitarian assistance, registration issues due to population movements, help mitigate the pull factor of using a single distribution point and improved coordination for assistance to affected populations.
  • People are returning to Hamam Al Alil as well as Nimrud.
  • CCCM infographic:
  • QayyarahAirstrip has opened and is receiving people
  • Jad’ah has expanded to accommodate more people
  • Qaimawa (Zelikan) also a new camp named Zelikan
  • Al Alam open and receiving people
  • Khazer M3 has been removed and is no longer being pursued by the government
  • Seeing a general Increase of needs in health, clean water and winterization
  • Access: moving challenging as response moves further into Mosul
  • UNOCHA CMCoord-led Access missions
  • 13 December: Intisar (distribution)
  • 14 December: Hammam Al Alil (site scoping)
  • 14 December: Bazawiya (assessment)
  • 15 December: Al Qadisiyyah 2 (access/assessment)
  • 17 December: Bawizah
  • If you have access to these areas and plan to respond, please let the FSC know
  • FSC Mosul Response Map as of 20 November
  • Based on Mosul Response Tracker
  • Please include GPS points in your reporting

  1. Key situation and response updates across Iraq

  • Hawiga displacement
  • Kirkuk: 26,000 people in Daquq, 16,000 people in Salah al-Din
  • Projecting over 16,000 more people to be displaced from Hawiga
  • Mostly in camp response and being covered in the majority by WFP partners
  • Assistance being provided in the villages surrounding Kirkuk City
  • Forced returns has reportedly been stopped, but feedback is still coming that there are ID checks and other investigations ongoing resulting in protection concerns and some people choosing to leave.
  • Falluja:
  • Return is ongoing, mostly to the northern part of the city
  • A key factor for return is infrastructure rehabilitation
  • 85,000 people still living in camp and in need of continued assistance
  • ISHO: distributions completed in coordination with MOMD
  • IHAO: Telafar (left side) reached 500 HHs
  • WVI: Pilot- Mobile funds transfer in Erbil
  • After WFP approval to re - include some excluded families on last march and remove one targeting criteria which related to girls over 18th, so for December cycle WVI have re- include 1,366 H.H (women above age 18), Children (boys and girls under age 18), and elderly (any member above age 60 regardless of gender) collectively are double than the total number of male members (Men above age 18), then the family is vulnerable.
  • Giving short explanation about delivering the cash assistance to the IDPs with using new modality through MMT (Mobile Money Transfer) with Asia Hawala company and this modality have done with fully logistic support from World Vision for Bnaslawa, Mamzawa and Mala Omer districts for December cycle and we were able to distribute Sim Cards for 4,988 H.H, then from Dec. 16th the SIMs will be effective after the Asia Hawala opened account and wallet WFP will charge or will send their entitlements through Asia Hawala then the IDPs can go to the Asia Hawala shops to cash out or they can go to TEAM MART branches and buy food item, and when the IDPs will not spend their money during one month the money will keep and stay in their wallet they can spend whenever they want.
  • For November cycle WVI were able to reach (13,900 HH) with (68,926 Ben), the total distributed amount for cash was (1,378,520,000 IQD), the achievement was (94%).
  • WVI are using E-voucher modality in Shaqlawa including the sub-Shaqlawa areas and Soran with sub Soran areas, it wasable to reach (4,489 Households) with (24,363 Beneficiaries), the total distributed amount was 487,280,000 IQD.

  1. AOB

  • Almortaqa is requesting information on the humanitarian situation in Shiekhan, please contact Aras Ibrahim if you have information.

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