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Donetsk Oblast Subnational Cluster Meeting Sloviansk 21 June 2018 Donetsk Oblast Subnational Cluster Meeting Sloviansk 21 June 2018 Agenda: 1. Roundtable introduction of Participants 2. Review of the previous meeting decisions 3. New damages update 4. Focal points for past winterization 2017-2018 5. Goals and benefits of the Shelter Cluster 6. Interactive tools to improve participation and involvement 7. Update from Partners on current Shelter Programs 8. AOB and Wrap-up Present: DRC, ACTED, UNHCR, ADRA Ukraine, Caritas, ICRC, NRC, Proliska, UN OCHA, MinTOT/Donetsk, Help Age, Save the Children, PIN Reviewing Previous Action Points Review of action points from the previous Subnational meeting: Action point Who Status Agencies to appoint focal points for Winterization Humanitarian partners Ongoing Agencies to share success stories or important information for Humanitarian partners Ongoing Factsheet The Cluster reminded again agencies to contribute to the Cluster quarterly Factsheet with their field notes, success stories, photos etc. In addition, the Cluster requested partners to share their PDMs for the preparation of the new winterization recommendations for 2018-2019. Newly damaged houses The Subnational Coordinator updated GCA Luhansk partners with the statistics on newly NGCA 26 damaged houses. Luhansk 14% 6 3% Statistics for May 2018 186 houses were reported as damaged in NGCA the month of May, this year: 83 (45%) in GCA Donetsk GCA and 103 (55%) in NGCA. Donetsk 97 57 52% 31% The Subnational Co-ordinator presented also a calendar with the distribution of the incidents in each day of the month: 2018 Calendar of Incidents and Damages (inhabited houses only) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 2 D.O.:OlenivkaN 3 D.O.:Zaitseve, 4 D.O.: Gorlivka 5 D.O.:Dokucha 6 D.O.: GCA Donetskiy, NGCA ievsk NGCA, Holmivskyi Dokuchaievsk Pyshevyk NGCA, NGCA, GCA Mykolaivka Zhovanka, Zaitseve GCA Mayorsk, L.O.:Zolote GCA 2 houses damaged 18 houses demaged 2 houses damaged 4 houses damaged 7 houses damaged 7 8 L.O.:Loskutiv ka 9 L.O.:Katerinivka 10 D.O.: Pivdene 11 D.O.:Zaitsevo, 12 D.O.: Horlivka 13 D.O.: GCA, D.O.: GCA, GCA Spartak NGCA NGCA Dokuchaiev sk, Horliv ka, D.O.:Zaitseve Shy roka Balka Zaitsev e NGCA GCA NGCA, Zalizne GCA 39 houses damaged 3 houses damaged 1 house damaged 4 houses damaged 14 houses damaged 5 houses damaged 14 15 D.O.: 16 D.O.: Horlivka 17 D.O.: Sakhanka 18 D.O.: Pikuzy, 19 D.O.: Toretsk, 20 D.O.: Zaitseve Novhorodske, NGCA, NGCA, Donetsk,Horli Zaitseve GCA NGCA/GCA May Nelipivka GCA Mykolaivka, Svitlodarsk vka NGCA, 2018 Holmivsky, GCA Toretsk GCA Vozdvyzhenka L.O.: GCA L.O.: Kraikavka Lugansk NGCA 12 houses damaged 9 houses damaged 6 houses damaged 15 houses damaged 4 houses damaged 4 houses damaged 21 D.O.: Horlivka 22 D.O.: Pikuzy, 23 24 D.O.: Zaitseve 25 D.O.: Horlivka, 26 27 NGCA, Avdiivka, Sakhanka NGCA/GCA Dokuchaievsk Marinka, NGCA, NGCA, Toretsk Zaitseve Marinka GCA GCA 8 houses damaged 4 houses damaged 3 houses damaged 6 houses damaged 28 D.O.: 29 D.O.: 30 D.O.: 31 D.O.: D.O. Chigii Chermalyk Chermalyk Dokuchaievsk Chermalyk GCA GCA L.O.: GCA NGCA, GCA Donetskiy Zhovanka GCA NGCA 1 house damaged 50 houses damaged 6 houses damaged 2 houses damaged 2 houses damaged In addition, the cumulative analytics for the first five months of the year was presented in the graph: 80 500 450 70 400 60 350 50 300 40 250 200 30 150 20 100 10 50 0 0 I II III IV V I II III IV I II III IV V I II III IV V I II III IV V January February March April May NGCA_DONETSKA_OBLAST GCA_DONETSKA_OBLAST NGCA_LUHANSKA_OBLAST GCA_LUHANSKA_OBLAST Cumulative Statistics for the period January - May 2018 450 houses were reported as damaged in the first 5 months of 2018: 146 (32%) in GCA and 304 (68%) in NGCA. Flash-points in May: Novoazovskiy raion (near Mariupol), Zaitseve, Toretsk, north-western districts of Donetsk city and Dokuchaevsk area. The last chart to be presented is the usual comparison of the first 5 months of 2018 with the correspondent period of the last year. 1380 1400 1200 1000 800 600 360 330 210 186 400 36 157 200 21 50 0 Jan Feb March Apr May 2017 2018 Important note: figures in this table include both GCA and NGCA damages. Since no verified statistics exist for NGCA damages in 2017, this table is based on the damages reported in 2017 in GCA and on a ratio GCA/NGCA roughly set at 1:2 on the basis of the 2018 trend. Focal points for winterization activities; workshop dedicated to recommendations for winter activities in 2018-2019 All partners, participated in winterization activities in 2017-2018, have agreed to assign focal points to share PDM findings and lessons learned. Winterization recommendations drafted during a dedicated workshop will be built on the PDM reports from the partner’s part. Goals and benefits from participating in the Shelter/NFI Cluster activities With the little change in the Shelter Cluster team, there was a necessity to remind old and new partners about goals of the Cluster and the ways that organizations can benefit from participating in it. The Shelter/NFI Cluster exists to make sure every single beneficiary eligible for humanitarian assistance gets means to live in a safe, dignified and appropriate shelter. Feedback from partners was requested to know if benefits are still relevant and accessible. Up-to-date information showing shelter needs, how these needs are being met, who meets them, as well as the remaining gaps. This includes maps, factsheets, distribution data etc. Technical expertise and lessons learnt . A place where shelter actors can agree on standards and decide on common strategies . Information about available funding, what it is for and how to access it . A platform for coordination to help avoid duplication and overlap of activities and to facilitate targeting of those most in need . Advice on how to connect the current shelter programmes to early recovery, contingency planning and risk reduction . A team that will advocate on behalf of the shelter sector. Interactive tools to improve participation and involvement The Shelter/NFI cluster team has suggested using interactive tools to improve participation and involvement of its partners besides conventional ways of communication. Groups on social communication platforms might in the future facilitate the exchange of information among stakeholders. Every participant can have an on-line access to any sort of updates produced by the Cluster and make his/her contribution as well. All pieces of information are welcomed so not to overlook critical details. Partner Updates DRC: is currently having trouble with PVC window’s contractor and this is slowing down the shelter programmes; to date has finished all activities in Stanitsa Luhanska ADRA: in May have completed 14 MR and 3 HR; works are ongoing in 70 houses UNHCR: is present in the field with two partners - PIN and Proliska. PIN provides longer-term house repairs; Proliska has a stock of emergency kits (both shelter and NFI) and is able to reach out quickly most of the front-line locations very quickly. ACTED: strengthens coordination among stakeholders, seeks support from the cluster; partner organisation REACH will conduct trainings for local authorities on collecting and processing information; from mid- summer will start reviewing needs and drafting a new Humanitarian response plan. Caritas: works in buffer zone. Save the Children: in May - June covered last 536 household with winterization activities with Pope for Ukraine funds. HelpAge: is ready to sign first 6 MoU to open Communities Safe Spaces (CSS): in the process of selecting beneficiaries; distributed NFI items to 96 households in Pivdenne village, will start trainings on inclusion of people with disabilities in humanitarian response plan. MinTOT: provided updates from Chyhari (Pivdenne) – . 9 houses are totally destroyed, . no possibility to number all damaged houses due to cross fire, . OSCE visited this location on June 5, . there was a request to encourage affected people to ask local authorities for act of destruction, . roofs of the houses were intentionally put on fire with bullets to make this territory a war zone, . distance between conflicting parties is 600 meters, . no special needs in food, no electricity, . locals spend nights in neighbourhoods and come during day to take care of livestock, . Ambulance, which tried to enter village, was stopped by cross fire. Action Points Who Workshop dedicated to winterization activities All partners Agencies to share success stories or important information for Factsheet All partners Attendance List Organization Name Function Email Address DRC Tetiana Kurinska Shelter Officer [email protected] ACTED Iana Havrylenko Senior Project Officer [email protected] HelpAge Protection and Victoria Panchenko [email protected] International Inclusion Coordinator ICRC Kovalevskyi Dmytro Engineer [email protected] Anastasiia ADRA M&E Coordinator [email protected] Yarmolenko ADRA Serhii Holikov Shelter Coordinator [email protected] Caritas Daniil Batiuk PM assistant [email protected] Save the Children Sergey Marchenko FSL Officer [email protected] UNHCR Saifullah Mehrabi Shelter Associate [email protected] Shelter Cluster/ Shelter Cluster Coord. Andrea Parisi [email protected] UNHCR UNHCR Shelter Officer Subnational Shelter Shelter Cluster Victor Gladchenko [email protected] Cluster Co-Chair Field Coordination OCHA Serhii Ishynov [email protected] Officer PIN Rudenko Olena Project Administrator [email protected] MinTOT/Donetsk Dmytro Malysh Chief Specialist [email protected] .
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