Early Recovery Cluster Lead agency: UNDP

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Early Recovery ClusterLead agency UNDP

• 22-23 May Workshop -Appeal For Building Global
  Humanitarian Response Capacity

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Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery (CWGER)

• Cluster members 19 UN and non-UN entities from
  humanitarian and development communities
• FAO, ICRC, IFRC, ILO, IOM, ISDR, OCHA, OHCHR,
  UNDGO, UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, UN-HABITAT, UNHCR,
  UNICEF, UNOSAT, UNV, WFP, WHO

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Strategic Framework

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Changes in working culture

• Increased acceptance by traditionally
  humanitarian agencies to include ER in their work
• Strategic partnerships between cluster members
  have evolved

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Conceptual clarity promoted

• Improved understanding of early recovery
• Rationalization efforts with UNDG/ECHA Working
  Groups on Transitions
• Development of Early Recovery network model

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Tools and methodologies adapted/developed

• Guidance How-to
• Overarching ER Guidance Note
• ER in transition
• Sectoral guidance
• on post-crisis land tenure and property rights
• on return and reintegration in ER context
• on child protection, wash, health, nutrition,
  education in an ER context
• Needs assessment tools
• Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) as
  framework
• Sectoral Assessments
• Livelihood Assessment Toolkit
• initial shelter needs assessment
• inclusion of satellite based mapping tools
• Framework for integrated local-level/area-based
  programming

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Capacity for ER at country level increased

• Training Package
• Training for IASC country teams
• Training for ER Coordinator surge pool
• Training on tools application
• Specialized sectoral training

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Country-level response

• Deployment of ER Coordinators to support RCs in
  set-up of ER network and strategic planning for
  ER
• ER Coordinators network
• Facilitate timely deployment of inter-agency
  expert teams
• Support country-level resource mobilization
• Establishing field presence with sub-offices

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Cross-cutting issues mainstreamed

• Mainstreaming cross-cutting issues into ER
  gender, environment and HIV/AIDS
• Mainstreaming ER into all other clusters ER
  network
• Common framework for inclusion of cross-cutting
  issues in cluster approach

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Capacity and sustainability issues

• ER Team at CLA established including dedicated
  CWGER secretariat staff
• Cluster members have expanded their capacity in
  ER area and dedicated staff to clusters
• Some activities only require one-time funding,
  examples include
• Tools development
• Development of training materials
• Establishment of surge-capacity mechanism
• Recurrent costs can then be mainstreamed

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Capacity and sustainability issues (cont.)

• ER Coordinators never part of global appeal,
  funding through country level appeals so far not
  possible, currently supported by CLA
• Mainstreaming of ER into existing clusters as
  proposed by the ER network model

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Challenges way forward

• Large cluster (19 members) dealing with
  cross-cutting issues
• Still need to work on transfering conceptual
  clarity into operational effectiveness at field
  level
• common methodologies and tools take time to
  develop but need to react to crises now
• Still inadequate response to ER needs in existing
  appeal mechanisms
• Engagement with IFIs
• Lack of human resources

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Challenges way forward

• Low government involvement sometimes leading to
  weak operational linkage between cluster and
  government mechanisms
• Cross-cutting nature makes it hard to identify
  one counterpart agency within national and local
  authorities
• Need for recovery planning in addition to
  response planning at country level

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Challenges way forward

• Lack of reliable baseline information
• Rush back to normality competes with time
  required for an effective participatory process
• Inclusion of conflict prevention/risk reduction
  into response
• Need to improve ME aspects of Early Recovery
  programmes

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Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery

• Thank you!