Assessments, planning and prioritization

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Assessments, planning and prioritization

• Cluster lead has to coordinate assessments,
  develop tools and provide TA
• Role of governments in assessments
• Clusters undertake separate assessments and
  prioritize needs that are within their cluster or
  approach
• Added value of joint assessments to
  prioritization, planning and targeting processes.

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• Cluster approach has improved humanitarian
  response, still challenged by poor performance in
  some cases. Who and how do clusters/clusters lead
  are held accountable.
• Performance of cluster lead or cluster
  coordinator affects the overall performance of
  the cluster. How and who does evaluate this
  performance against the cluster lead TOR. What is
  the HC , cluster members and government role in
  this.
• Cluster approach provided funding mechanisms to
  encourage participation of NGOs in clusters. Is
  it working that way or not, why and how we will
  improve it?
• Planning and targeting based on actual needs
  verified by assessments or based on existing
  capacities of clusters
• Local NGOs !!