Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP)
The CAP is much more than an appeal for money. It is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of:
• Strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); • Resource mobilisation (leading to a Consolidated Appeal or a Flash Appeal); • Coordinated programme implementation; • Joint monitoring and evaluation; • Revision, if necessary; and • Reporting on results.
The CHAP is a strategic plan for humanitarian response in a given country or region and includes the following elements:
• A common analysis of the context in which humanitarian action takes place; • An assessment of needs; • Best, worst, and most likely scenarios; • Stakeholder analysis, i.e. who does what and where; • A clear statement of longer-term objectives and goals; • Prioritised response plans; and • A framework for monitoring the strategy and revising it if necessary.
The CHAP is the foundation for developing a Consolidated Appeal or, when crises break or natural disasters strike, a Flash Appeal. Under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator, the CHAP is developed at the field level by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Country Team. This team mirrors the IASC structure at headquarters and includes UN agencies and standing invitees, i.e. the International Organization for Migration, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and NGOs that belong to ICVA, Interaction, or SCHR. Non-IASC members, such as national NGOs, can be included, and other key stakeholders in humanitarian action, in particular host governments and donors, should be consulted.
The Humanitarian Coordinator is responsible for the annual preparation of the consolidated appeal document. The document is launched globally each November to enhance advocacy and resource mobilisation. An update, known as the Mid-Year Review, is to be presented to donors in July 2007.
Donors provide resources to appealing agencies directly in response to project proposals. The Financial Tracking Service (FTS), managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is a database of donor contributions and can be found on www.reliefweb.int/fts
In sum, the CAP works to provide people in need the best available protection and assistance, on time.
ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATING IN CONSOLIDATED APPEALS DURING 2007:
AARREC CESVI GSLG OCHA UNAIDS AASAA CHFI HDO OCPH UNDP ABS CINS HI ODAG UNDSS Abt Associates CIRID HISAN - WEPA OHCHR UNESCO ACF/ACH/AAH CISV Horn Relief PARACOM UNFPA ACTED CL ILO PARC UN-HABITAT ADRA CONCERN INTERSOS PHG UNHCR Africare COOPI IOM PMRS UNICEF AGROSPHERE CORD IRC PRCS UNIFEM AHA CPAR IRD PSI UNMAS ANERA CRS IRIN PU UNODC ARCI CUAMM JVSF RFEP UNRWA ARM CW MALAO SADO UPHB AVSI DCA MCI SC-UK VETAID CADI DRC MDA SECADEV VIA CAM EMSF MDM SFCG VT CARE ERM MENTOR SNNC WFP CARITAS EQUIP MERLIN SOCADIDO WHO CCF FAO NA Solidarités WVI CCIJD GAA (DWH) NNA SP WR CEMIR Int’l GH NRC STF ZOARC CENAP OA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1 Table I: Summary of Requirements – By Appealing Organisation and By Sector ...... 2
1. INTRODUCTION...... 3
2. 2006 IN REVIEW...... 4
2.1 LESSONS LEARNED ...... 5 2.2 FUNDING OF THE CAP 2006...... 7
3. THE CONTEXT, HUMANITARIAN PRIORITIES AND RESPONSE ...... 8
3.1 THE CONTEXT AND ITS HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES...... 8 3.1.1 Displacement and Social Marginalisation...... 8 3.1.2 Lack of Basic Social Services...... 10 3.1.3 Reintegration and Rehabilitation ...... 12 3.1.4 Human Rights and Protection Issues ...... 13 3.1.5 Poverty, Economic Disparities...... 14 3.1.6 Vulnerable Groups ...... 15
3.2 SCENARIOS...... 16 3.2.1 Most Likely Scenario – Peace consolidated, humanitarian needs remain...... 16 3.2.2 Best Case Scenario – Peace and stability, inclusive social and economic recovery ...... 17 3.2.3 Worst Case Scenario– Breakdown in security, humanitarian crisis...... 17
3.3 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE ...... 17 3.3.1 Provide Basic Social Services to Vulnerable Populations ...... 18 3.3.2 Revitalise Communities to Become Sustainable, Secure and Productive ...... 18 3.3.3 Strengthen the Capacity of Civil Society and Local Authorities to Support the Recovery Process ...... 18 3.3.4 Indicators...... 19
3.4 RESPONSE PLANS ...... 19 3.4.1 HEALTH ...... 19 3.4.2 WATER & SANITATION...... 22 3.4.3 PROTECTION...... 26 3.4.4 FOOD SECURITY...... 31 3.4.5 NUTRITION...... 33 3.4.6 EDUCATION ...... 36 3.4.7 EARLY RECOVERY ...... 38
4. SUMMARY: STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE: LIBERIA COMMON HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN 2007 ...... 43 Table II. List of Projects by Sector ...... 45 Table III. List of Projects by Appealing Organisation ...... 47
5. SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY CLUSTER/SECTOR ...... 51
6. PROJECT SUMMARIES...... 52 6.1 HEALTH...... 52 6.2 WATER & SANITATION ...... 56 6.3 PROTECTION ...... 60 6.4 FOOD SECURITY ...... 69 6.5 NUTRITION ...... 73 6.6 EDUCATION...... 74
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7. ANNEXES ...... 77
7.1 INTERIM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY (IPRS) ...... 77 7.2 THE CLUSTER APPROACH ...... 78 7.3 PROGRESS TOWARDS THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE 2006 CAP FOR LIBERIA...... 79 7.3.1 Provide basic social services to vulnerable populations...... 79 7.3.2 Revitalise communities to become sustainable, secure and productive...... 80 7.3.3 Strengthen capacity of civil society and local authorities to support the recovery process...... 81
8. DONOR RESPONSE TO THE 2006 APPEAL...... 82
9. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...... 108
Please note that appeals are revised regularly. The latest version of this document is available on http://www.humanitarianappeal.net
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LIBERIA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Government of Liberia, with help from its partners, has made significant achievements over the past 12 months, moving the nation along a path of recovery and rehabilitation. However, given the extent of destruction from 14 years of civil strife, far too many Liberians remain in a state of high vulnerability. Though enshrined as basic rights for all, healthcare, safe water and appropriate sanitation, shelter and education remain out of reach for the majority of Liberians. Until rule of law institutions become fully functional, protection issues also remain a serious humanitarian concern.
The Government is leading efforts to make major improvements in social services for all Liberians through a recovery and development agenda defined in the interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (iPRSP). Within the overall context of the iPRSP, urgent humanitarian needs must be highlighted. Government and the international community in Liberia are of the view that current levels of basic social services, achieved largely through the support of humanitarian actors, must at least be maintained in the near future as a foundation for recovery and development. This is highlighted in the Government’s paper on ‘Challenges of Transition from Relief to Development: Health, Education and Food Security.’
This Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) reflects these challenges and includes additional actions to minimise the gap between humanitarian action and development, as prioritised by Clusters of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Country Team. Under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator, clusters are a partnership of all stakeholders at the field level including government line ministries.
Humanitarian support required for Liberia for 2007 is estimated by the clusters at US$1 117 million – a first instalment towards addressing needs identified within the broader iPRSP context. In some clusters, the cluster lead agency is shown as the appealing agency for all projects in that cluster or sector. These may represent consolidated projects where the cluster lead agency is seeking funds on behalf of a number of partners, as agreed locally. As the situation evolves, clusters and the IASC will continue to review whether it is preferable for cluster leads to receive and distribute funds, or for donors to fund implementing cluster partners directly, using the overall cluster response plan as a guide.
Highlighted in this CHAP is the critical juncture that Liberia faces today. The democratically elected Government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has embarked on an ambitious plan to improve governance and to strengthen national institutions. However, peace and stability remain threatened by a persistent lack of economic opportunities for numerous disaffected youth and demobilised ex- combatants. The regional security situation also has the potential to affect this nation’s humanitarian, recovery, and development context.
In 2007, humanitarian support in Liberia must continue in areas of high return for refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), namely in Bomi, Lofa and Nimba counties. Needs are also highlighted for the largely neglected counties in Liberia’s south-east: Grand Kru, River Cess, River Gee and Sinoe. Efforts will be made to ensure a rapid development of national capacity to monitor and address humanitarian issues and to support overall government-led aid coordination as envisaged in the iPRSP. Such sector coordination, under government leadership, is increasingly occurring and will subsume the work of the humanitarian clusters.
The robust engagement of Liberia’s Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) community has helped ensure the breadth of geographical coverage of essential services and protection in Liberia to date. Access to health services is a key example, as more than 70% of health facilities currently rely on NGOs. The assisted refugee return process is expected to conclude in 2007 and a number of emergency NGOs will reduce activities. The projected gap resulting from the withdrawal of these agencies in 2007 is a serious concern across the humanitarian spectrum.
1 All dollar figures in this document are United States dollars. Funding for this appeal should be reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS, [email protected]), which will display its requirements and funding on the CAP 2007 page.
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For 2007, strategic humanitarian priorities remain broadly the same as in 2006. These are: