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Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
2. The Role of the FSC partners at the global level in
supporting country response Tuesday 31 May
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Food Security Cluster – global cell
• Pre-surge– Scoping missions– FSC Infrastructure
needs versus capacity– Partner Response
coverage– Training
• Surge– Coordination support– IM support– Technical support
• Assessments• Monitoring; data
collection and reporting
– Training support
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Food Security Cluster – global cell
• 6 or 8 weeks into the emergency – Training to ensure capacity
and a smooth transition to country based staff
– Review of coordination infrastructure needs to identify collaboration modalities
• Transition to an Exit Strategy – Support transition process
by supporting longer-term coordination/collaboration mechanisms (sector working groups etc.)
– Support preparedness strengthening of sector groups and Government
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Pre-surge– partner agency globally prepositions
resources and updates FSC– inform/update FSC of global resources- unilog
etc – country offices regularly report to agency HQ
of potential disaster flashpoints– develops disaster mapping, early warning
systems, FEWS net awareness
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Pre-surge– forms and has at readiness HQ International
Management Team (IMT) and field DART system
– set protocol for DART team call up and links between global offices during emergency to maximize agency resources.
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Pre-surge– appoints head office representative to global
FSC, and to liaise with home country donor agencies and partner INGO's.
– inform GFSC and Home Country partners of potential agency interest and likely resources available.
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Pre-surge– conducts regular IMT/ DART team training
* compilation of agency multi-sector DART register
– ensure staff training in FSC field systems and cluster operation
– manual and published protocols of emergency operation.
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Surge– HQ to inform GFC of presence in country and
potential resource commitment– immediate on-ground liaison with FSC and attend
meetings– program sector priorities clarified to UN cluster
system– regular IT update links established with partners– look for potential cross agency consortiums and cost
sharing during emergency
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Surge– prepare concise informed regular updates on
their response for FSC circulation– takes part in FSC/ IM bridge calls– GIM team inform of FLASH appeals– overall safety/ access issues discussed *
IM/ FSC help coordinate military and government liaisons.
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Surge– keep FSC informed of sector assessments
completed, data collected– verification of agency local partners and
places of operation– offer support for inter- agency assessment
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Surge– inform FSC of potential agency sub partners
and agency training needs– offer logistic support to joint training programs– pass on FSC information to sub- partners and
local key groups where requested
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• 6 or 8 weeks into the emergency – conduct 'umbrella' activities and roll out for
smaller INGO's on behalf of FSC – train local partners and smaller agencies in
FSC funding support systems and requirements
– assist FSC in clarification of reporting and IT information systems to umbrella partners.
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• 6 or 8 weeks into the emergency – review of intersectoral potentials in agency transitional
program– include specialist training agencies , Red R etc in
training programs– look for infrastructure / training donors/ partners (eg.
Food for Peace TOPS) review and rotate agency staffing from DART to transitional programming team
– work with FSC and UN agencies on contingency planning.
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Transition to an Exit Strategy– review of agency donor longer priorities and
expectations– Transitional awareness, capacity building of
national agency personnel– confirm linkages between activities of major
partners in the field– look for long term agency consortium
possibilities
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Partners
• Transition to an Exit Strategy– technical evaluation and review of agency's
emergency response, IMT/DART processes and lessons learned
– report lessons learned to major donors– inform FSC of intended transition
programming
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
OCHA and other clusters
• Pre-surge– Early Warning, www.gdacs.org, virtual
OSOCC– Briefing packs (baseline data, context, maps,
historical antecedents) www.reliefweb.int– Who-what-where
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
OCHA and other clusters
• Surge – UNDAC - Support to RC/HC - OCHA
Country/ Regional Office– OSOCC - Information Management Officers -
oneresponse.info - humanitarianresponse.info - Situation Reports
– Coordinated Assessment Planning - Humanitarian Dashboard -Flash Appeal - CAP - CERF
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
OCHA and other clusters
• 6 or 8 weeks into the emergency– Info-sharing Coordination meetings (all-
comers) HCT. Cluster Coordinators. – Meeting schedules/ management– Donor Briefings– Support to High-Level Missions– Strategic/ Operational Coordination/Access– Appeal/ Strategy revision - CHF/ERF
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
OCHA and other clusters
• Transition to an Exit Strategy – Facilitates and organises humanitarian
transition strategy: linkages to PCNA/ PDNA, CCA/UNDAF, national development plans.
– Early Recovery – Define exit strategy at outset– Support capacity of national disaster
management authority (assessments, information, coordination)
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Donors
• Pre-surge– Direct financing key preparedness and
contingency activities (lesson learning, tool/ guidance development, capacity building/ training) during the establishment phase
– Advocacy for allocation of core funding to support coordination costs in 'maintenance' phase
– Direct monitoring and donor liaison
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Donors
• Surge– Financing international surge support
mechanisms (rosters, stand-by mechanisms, secondments?)
– Financing/ technical resources/ advocacy for common/ joint/ comparable assessments
– Donor liaison (including exit/ transition)
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Donors
• 6 or 8 weeks into the emergency– Support to national cluster operations– Pooled funds and cluster management -
implications for cluster functions ???– Lessons learnt exercise
Food Security Cluster Inception Meeting, Rome 30 - 31 May 2011
Donors
• Transition to an Exit Strategy – Fine tuning handover developmental donors,
national governments