Humanitarian Programme Cycle 2015

August 2014https://humanitarianresponse.info/programme-cycle

Joint Analysis

HNO►

Strategic Planning

SRP►

Response Monitoring

PMR

HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERVIEW

HNO Template

1. Key Humanitarian Issues Priority Needs

2. Impact of the Crisis

3. Information Gaps

Annex: Operational Environment

Drivers +

underlying factors

Geographic scope, humanitarian profile

Status of population in affected areas

Capacity and access constraints / enablers

HNO Process

Planning

• Analysis Plan (what are the main questions we need to answer)

Data Consoli-dation

&

Infor-mation gaps

• Compiledevidence-base

Joint Analysis

• Shared understanding of humanitarian situation

Using the findings

• Needs analysis informs strategic planning

1 day / one meeting 2-3 weeks 1-3 days as needed to inform response planning

Sources for Analysis

Analysis

Current situation +

likely evolution over planning

cycleOther secondary and baseline data:

cluster reports, maps, government statistics, media

reports

Existing assessment, monitoring and survey data

e.g. MIRA, SMART, IPC, market, livelihood surveys

Vulnerability / severity ranking tools

(recommended)

Expert judgement clusters, agencies, NGOs,

national representatives government, affected

population

HNO Toolbox

https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/programme-cycle/space/page/assessments-useful-links

• Prioritization Tool• Gender Analysis• Environmental Analysis• Terminology Caseloads• Indicator Registry• Presentations

STRATEGIC RESPONSEPLAN

Overview

What? When? By whom? How?

• Within the HPC “the strategic response plan

is a response management tool for

country-based decision makers”.

• Aim: making collective, well-informed

decisions to set the course of the

response and its coordination.

WHAT?

“For a protracted crisis or after a PRP in a sudden onset

emergency that requires international humanitarian assistance”.

WHEN?

Under the auspices of

Humanitarian Coordinator (HC)

Humanitarian Country Team

(HCT)

Cluster Coordinators

Agency Non-governmental

organization (directors, managers)

And facilitated by

BY WHOM?

Design a humanitarian strategy and frame it using principles such as inclusiveness, needs-based, set

boundaries.

• Agree on 3-5 strategic objectives with indicators.

• Make sure it provides a solid basis to monitor the humanitarian response throughout the period of the plan.

• Formulate each objective in a way that indicates: • What should result from

the action.• Who will benefit from it.

Strategic objectives

1. Country strategy

HOW?

2. Cluster Response Plan

Base the financial requirements on

the projects

Coordinated project planning follows

(including cluster

review/vetting)

Agree on cluster

objectives, top-line activities

and indicators

“They detail how the strategy will be implemented and how much funding is required”.

HOW?

The finalisation is essentially done in-country

HQ review of narrative

HQ review of projects

Finalisation of document (style, format…)

Publication

FINALISATION

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MONITORING

• A continuous process that records the aid delivered to affected populations as well as the achieved results set out in the objectives of Strategic Response Plan.

RESPONSE MONITORING

PURPOSE1) Provides humanitarian actors an evidence base for making

decisions about what actions should be taken to redress shortcomings, fill gaps and/or adjust the SRP, contributing to a more effective and efficient humanitarian response, in the short and long term and

2) Serves to improve accountability of the humanitarian community for the achievement of results outlined in the SRP, towards affected populations, local governments, donors and the general public.

RESULTSRESOURCES

Inputs

Activities

Outputs

Outcomes

Impact

•$40,000•10 staff members•100 household water treatment kits

Distribution 100 households received water treatment kits

Increased number of people who have access to safe drinking water

Reduced mortality in affected population

EXAMPLE

RESULTS CHAIN

Planning sets the base for Monitoring

1 Preparing

2 Monitoring

3 Reporting

3 STAGES

KEY STEPS

Organising the monitoring framework

Monitoring Framework

finalized

HC/HCT review & endorse

Monitoring Framework

Monitoring Framework Document

drafted

Strategic level

indicators and targets

selected

Cluster Response Plans & Cluster

Monitoring Plans created

Strategic Objectives

drafted

1. PREPARING

Core & Supplemental information

SAMPLE Reporting Schedule