Federation-wide Tsunami Semi-annual Report: Indonesia

Appeal No. 28/2004

This report covers the period of 1 January to 30 April 2007, but reports cumulative totals from December 2004 onwards.

In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, Women members of a water and sanitation committee inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and in a temporary barracks settlement in Aceh province disease, the International Federation with its global of Indonesia map the location of their buildings and network, works to accomplish its Global Agenda, the proposed site of an "MCK" (combined toilet, partnering with local community and civil society to bathing and washing facility) to be constructed by the prevent and alleviate human suffering from disasters, PMI/Federation water and sanitation team. diseases and public health emergencies. International Federation.

In brief

Executive Summary: Implementation of the International Federation’s tsunami recovery programme in Aceh and on Nias continues to progress steadily, as highlighted by two key measures of success: transitional shelters and permanent home construction. The transitional shelter programme has reached the milestone of 17,220 units completed (more than 85 percent of the total target), while the permanent housing programme continues to build momentum, with 4,395 houses completed and 7,088 under construction.

At the 30-month marker, the International Federation’s health programme remains strong, covering a broad range of activities from capacity building of the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia – PMI) blood transfusion unit to the establishment of an ambulance service in Aceh and North Sumatra. In addition, an extensive number of health clinic construction projects are being implemented across the tsunami-impacted area. Psychosocial support programmes are still ongoing, while community-based first aid is the primary focus of preventative health awareness outreach.

In the water and sanitation programme sector, hygiene awareness has been linked to targeted facility construction, rehabilitation and maintenance projects. In all such projects, villagers are engaged to identify their needs and to contribute to the subsequent design stage. There are many examples as well where the beneficiaries themselves are providing the labour to build the infrastructure.

The key cross-cutting factors described in the Federation’s tsunami Regional Strategy and Operational Framework 2 (RSOF) are being addressed. Red Cross and Red Crescent partners’ delivery of an integrated community-based risk reduction (ICBRR) approach is a direct expression of the RSOF disaster risk reduction goal. There is also a realization that disaster risk reduction awareness building is crucial in settlement planning and school education activities. It is also evident in the early warning radio network now installed in 20 of the 21 PMI branches in Aceh province.

The RSOF priority of equity is evident in the Federation-wide adherence to Beneficiary Selection Criteria policy guidelines jointly developed by Red Cross and Red Crescent partners operational in Indonesia. The guidelines are being met in terms of fair distribution of humanitarian assistance; and in terms of gender-balanced community groups for programme design, settlement planning and health and hygiene awareness outreach.

Likewise, the RSOF objectives for beneficiary and community participation are inherent in relationship building at the grassroots level by PMI and its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners. Beneficiary communication, as well as advocacy on their behalf, continues to be promoted through the innovative community outreach programme sponsored by the Irish Red Cross and being leveraged by International Federation partners active in the operational area.

Institutionally, PMI’s Red Cross Red Crescent partners have supported the placement and training of core staff in all branches in Aceh and on Nias. PMI chapter staff and Federation organizational development delegates continue to work together with branch board members to formulate strategic plans appropriate to each branch’s local constituency. Importantly, local consultation and design of new branch buildings has been completed, and construction is underway on the first round of structures; the first of which – the Banda Aceh branch – was inaugurated on 29 May 2007.

Some of the constraints that have impacted the pace of the recovery process are lessening. Development of important infrastructure is underway, including the construction of Aceh’s new west coast highway. However, the vast size of the tsunami-affected area and relatively underdeveloped state of the electrical and transportation infrastructure continue to be barriers to more rapid progress.

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Operational Overview

The tsunami-affected area of Aceh province continues to benefit from socio-economic growth and political stability, brought about by the peace accord agreed between the government of Indonesia and Free Aceh Movement (Gerakin Aceh Merdeka or GAM) in August 2005. The passage one year later of the Law on the Governance of Aceh (LOGA), and the subsequent free, fair and direct elections of the provincial governor on 11 December 2006 have also contributed to stability in the provice..

The Federation Secretariat’s tsunami special representative met with the new governor during the representative’s most recent visit to Aceh, where they discussed the substantial role of the Red Cross Red Crescent in the recovery process, and the importance of a well-considered exit strategy upon completion of the programmes. The need for an orderly transfer of responsibilities to local authorities from the central government’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) was also discussed.

While there is a welcomed increase of economic activity in the tsunami-damaged areas, the more difficult to access, former conflict regions of the province lag in this regard. A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are now working in some of the hard-to-reach sites. However there remains a difference in the pace of development due to logistical constraints and the lack of attention to non-tsunami locations.

2 The construction of a new highway down the west coast of Aceh is now underway, with the pace of construction of the roadway between Banda Aceh and Calang increasing. All those dependent on reliable ground transportation along the west coast eagerly anticipate the opening of this new route.

Steady progress is being achieved on the massive and wide-ranging housing construction projects of several agencies. However, road access and a slow pace in constructing electrical grid and water/sanitation networks continue to cause delays. Added factors include the difficulties in sourcing sufficient skilled labour and local building materials. The trucking in of construction materials by land from Medan and by sea from offshore increases costs and adds time to completion schedules.

After a long period of relative calm, incidents of intimidation and extortion of local contractors to purchase building materials at artificially inflated prices is causing concern. In the meantime, intermittent roadblocks between Banda Aceh and Calang by disgruntled inhabitants awaiting compensation for land used to build roadways are disrupting the timelines. There is also a concern that some construction companies are perpetuating fraud, affecting the timely award of bids and subsequent start of construction. These factors A young student squats under his taken together have changed the security profile. school desk as part of a disaster

preparedness exercise delivered by PMI and Partner National Societies Individuals living and working in the tsunami recovery area are reminded of who are working with the education the geophysical volatility of the region by continuing seismic tremors. department in Aceh as one Although there has been no damage to buildings nor injuries (other than component of the ICBRR from the 6.3 magnitude Padang quake of 6 March 2007 in west Sumatra, programme. International which took 70 lives), the continuing shakes keep people aware that they Federation. reside in an unstable region of the planet’s ‘Ring of Fire’.

Programming in the International Federation’s tsunami operations in Aceh and Nias continues to align with the Regional Strategy and Operating Framework (RSOF). Issues of equity are addressed through community-based first aid (CBFA) and the participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation (PHAST) approach. They are also addressed through adherence to the beneficiary selection criteria established by the Movement Coordination Framework (MCF).

The RSOF goals for disaster risk reduction are ingrained in the integrated community based risk reduction (ICBRR) approach that cuts across all programmes. The Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia or PMI) early warning system radio network is now operational in 20 of its 21 branches in Aceh province.

Federation-wide impact

Programmatic Performance Indicators Total National Secretariat Societies’ Total totals Overall estimated number of persons reached by Int’l Federation and 1,089,672 801,691 287,981 partners (using coverage methodology only, not by sector) Total no. of persons with access to an improved water source 237,966 198,034 39,932 Total number of hospitals & clinics to be provided 234 234 Total number of shelters to be provided 20,000 20000 Total number houses to be provided 19,942 19,942 Total number of schools to be provided 72 72 Figures represent progress achieved up to 30 April 2007

3 Transitional shelter remains a significant indicator for the International Federation's tsunami operation in Indonesia. When looking at the key indicators listed above, permanent shelter construction should be linked closely with transitional shelter. The transitional shelters are built to last for two to four years, and part of their purpose is to fill the housing gap whilst permanent homes are being constructed.

Health and Care

The International Federation is contributing significantly to the rebuilding of health facilities in tsunami-affected areas. Red Cross Red Crescent Societies have refurbished and re-equipped several hospitals, and construction for health clinics across a broad expanse of Aceh’s coastline is ongoing.

The psychosocial support programmes of the American and Danish Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent, begun in the early days following the tsunami, continue to be implemented, providing valuabvle support for those stil recovering from the emotional scars of the tsunami.

The International Federation’s ambulance consortium continues to build PMI capacity to dispatch emergency vehicles. The consortium comprises the Australian, German and Norwegian Red Cross Societies as well as the Hong Kong Red Cross branch of the Red Cross Society of China. Dispatch centres and trained teams are operating in Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar and Meulaboh branches. A similar An Acehnese CBFA (Community Based First Aid) women's programme is being developed in North Sumatra group gathers in a traditional 'Meneusah' meeting hall to province. review the content of teaching materials. The team is preparing for a visit to disseminate hygiene and nutrition best The Australian Red Cross’ assistance to PMI’s blood practices in a barrack settlement. International Federation. programme in Aceh continues, with a new blood transfusion unit building completed and training of blood services staff ongoing.

Given the re-establishment of government health ministry services during the past two years, the attention of the Red Cross Red Crescent current health activities is primarily focused on the harder-to-reach islands of Nias and Simeulue.

Compared to the tsunami-impacted Sumatra mainland, Nias Island has been relatively isolated from humanitarian assistance. The situation is made more difficult as the island had minimal health services infrastructure prior to the tsunami and earthquake.

Consequently, the Federation Secretariat is concentrating on CBFA outreach. The intent is to establish a core capacity and then expand the activity more broadly across the island.

During the reporting period, CBFA outreach was mobilized in five villages in the capital district of Gunung Sitoli, central Nias. Five local PMI training-of-trainers (TOT) were certified, and these individuals have subsequently trained 100 villagers in the CBFA curricula. Malaria awareness and prevention have been added to the curricula (including bednet distribution in cooperation with United Nations Children’s Fund), due to the high incidence of malaria on the island. The number of direct beneficiaries in this first phase is 9,323 villagers.

PMI and the International Federation are also working on the CBFA programme in cooperation with the local district health office to build sustainable local capacity. The next phase will target five more villages in Gunung

4 Sitoli and 15 villages in the northern Lahewa sub-district. Similar CBFA initiatives are ongoing on Simuelue island by the Australian and Japanese Red Cross.

The American Red Cross is ramping up the International Federation’s standardized CBFA curriculum, delivering services to 140 villages in the Aceh districts of Pidie, Aceh Jaya, Aceh Besar, Kota Banda Aceh and Sabang. An integrated community health, hygiene and nutrition education pilot project in Kuta Alam and Pulo Aceh is also being launched.

In addition, several Red Cross Red Crescent Societies are providing technical, logistical and financial support to PMI’s role in polio and measles national immunization days (NID) and in avian influenza awareness campaigns.

Health and Care: Water and Sanitation

The substantial contribution of the Red Cross Red Crescent’s water and sanitation activities in the recovery of Aceh and Nias continues. Across the expanse of the tsunami area, Red Cross Red Crescent partners are working with PMI volunteers to clean wells and build water and sanitation networks, tap stands, washing stands, bathing areas and latrines. Focus is also on the delivery of the PHAST hygiene awareness curriculum.

Two years on, the Federation Secretariat’s water and sanitation projects centre on activities in Meulaboh, Bireun and on Nias.

The long-running support to 16 temporary living centres (TLC) or barrack camps in Aceh Besar and Banda Aceh was reduced in April 2007. Approximately 8,400 remaining internally displaced people (IDP) in the TLC were benefiting from a safe drinking water supply and latrines and sanitation drainage connected to septic tanks. Additionally, projects in target villages on Pulau Weh (Sabang island, north of Banda Aceh) were completed. A total of 5,312 people are directly benefiting from drainage, drinking water and the construction of combined toilet/wash/bath facilities (mandi/cuci/kakus or MCK). Some villages high up in the hills on Nias have no fresh water sources In the current project areas, several kilometres of pipeline networks that available and are inaccessible for water provide water to communities have been installed in identified villages tanker trucks and too distant for water on Nias and in Bireuen. Meanwhile, 41 of 60 planned fresh water pumped through pipes. As a solution, the Spanish Red Cross built a stairway for mountain springs have been harnessed and developed on Nias. villagers to carry water up from wellsprings found at lower altitudes. All water and sanitation projects on Nias island, Bireuen and in the International Federation/ Ardi Sofinar. Meulaboh area have strong community involvement. Community members participated during the design phase of the projects in order to identify needs. Then a local administrator and committee selected by the villagers signed a “Community Agreement” together with the PMI/International Federation water and sanitation team leaders, committing to the sharing of roles and responsibilities. Villagers undertake the actual physical construction work, such as latrine and water pipeline trenching and in some cases, the laying of water lines. In areas where the municipal water authority is not maintaining equipment, the water and sanitation committee coordinates the training of individuals to operate and maintain equipment such as pumps and regulators.

One excellent example of successful water and sanitation capacity building among PMI Aceh volunteers was when the PMI water and sanitation team assisted in the wake of the December 2006 Aceh Tamiang floods. The team cleaned 208 floodwater-contaminated wells in nine villages. This team had gained their expertise maintaining the Banda Aceh water production station for almost two years, until the municipal authorities re- established government services.

5 All Red Cross Red Crescent Societies involved in water and sanitation projects have integrated PHAST training for community participation as an essential part of their activities. These partners include the Red Cross Societies of America, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, the Hong Kong Red Cross branch of the Red Cross Society of China, and the Turkish Red Crescent.

Disaster Management

Across the disaster management programme, risk reduction is the foundation of project implementation. Community-based disaster preparedness had already been established in the region before the tsunami through PMI’s national partnership with the Danish and Norwegian Red CrossSocieties. Through the tsunami operations, community-based disaster preparedness has evolved into a standardized approach by all Red Cross Red Crescent partners, entitled integrated community based risk reduction (ICBRR).The ICBRR initiatives are reflected in all physical construction projects such as housing, health clinics, schools and community centres. In addition, ICBRR principles have guided community settlement Members of a village planning team record their notes on planning. The PMI-branded risk reduction education progress of the house construction process. Their materials are also distributed in the Aceh school observations are shared with PMI and partner national system and to local communities through the 21 societies building houses in Aceh as a substantial provincial branches. contribution to the tsunami recovery process. International Federation. ICBRR induction continues, with the most recent ‘Emergency Response and Preparedness Training’ course delivered in April 2007 to 56 PMI volunteers in Lhokseumawe and Aceh Utara.

Under the government’s national early warning system plan, PMI is responsible for mobilizing communities in times of potential disaster. Installation of a networked radio system in Aceh province is the first phase in PMI’s role. To date, 20 of the 21 branches have their radio systems in place. Installation of radio and antenna on Simeulue island is scheduled for May 2007.

This early warning radio system has the additional benefit of providing PMI in Aceh with a new communications resource for information sharing and reporting among its branches and with the chapter office. So far, three operators per branch – a total of 60 PMI volunteers – have been trained and certified in a ‘Operation and Maintenance of Radios’ course, and a radio operation manual has been drafted in Bahassa Indonesia.

The French government has signed an agreement with the Indonesian government to support the implementation of recently passed disaster management legislation. Funding has been provided to build and equip disaster coordination centres and train personnel. As an integral part of this programme, the French Red Cross is working with the PMI to support their role in the coordinated response as described in the new disaster management legislation.

Livelihoods

A number of Red Cross Red Crescent partners working with PMI in Aceh and Nias have included incremental livelihoods projects as a part of their overall recovery activities. Although these ventures are being carried out on a relatively small and localized scale, they make a significant contribution to the economic security of disaster affected households.

6 Projects relate directly to the local trades in respective Red Cross Red Crescent partner project areas. They centre primarily on traditional subsistence fishing and farming activities, with some entrepreneurial endeavours such as market stalls and animal husbandry. Livelihood project examples include: providing nets, baskets and ice boxes for fishermen; rehabilitating damaged and building new captive aquaculture fish ponds; providing seeds and tools for crop planting and cultivation; supplying equipment and start-up stock for women’s krupuk chip-making and tikar mat-weaving cottage industries.

The women’s bakery in Sigli town, Pidie district funded by French Red Cross is an oft-cited example of a successful, self-sustaining start-up business. Similarly, the construction of 17 Labi Labi deep-water fishing longboats and a complementary fishers cooperative to market the catch, funded by the Belgian Red Cross - Flanders and multilateral donors, is also an excellent example.

One of the most holistic livelihoods projects is the British Red Cross housing programme that ties small business grants to the construction of houses, thereby ensuring long-term household security for identified beneficiaries.

An indirect but effective livelihoods activity is the Irish Red Cross secondary education cash assistance programme (SECAP) project that provides periodic cash stipends to help students stay in school. The money they receive alleviates the family burden of purchasing school supplies, lunch meals and basic needs such as shoes and school uniforms. Several hundred SECAP beneficiaries have already graduated high school thanks to this programme.

Construction

The Red Cross Red Crescent’s goal to provide transitional shelters for 67,500 people displaced by the tsunami and living in tents, has largely been achieved. Shelter construction on the Sumatra mainland is complete, with the remaining shelter units shipped to Simeulue Island for beneficiaries on the island to construct. Given the limited number and reach of roads on Simeulue, most of the shelter kits are being transported around the island’s coastline by small marine craft and then trekked inland to be erected.

The successful transitional shelter programme exemplifies the best of coordinated activities. Thirty-six Red Cross Red Crescent and external agency partners provided community-level liaison and implemented shelter construction in tsunami-ravaged Aceh and Nias. This was enabled by the funding and technical coordination provided by the Federation Secretariat.

Momentum now begins to build towards the realization of permanent housing targets, which are closely linked with the provision of transitional shelters. This is despite issues such as land titles, allocation of new resettlement sites and logistical constraints in transporting material over damaged landscapes challenging the operation. To fill the gap as permanent housing is being constructed, the transitional shelters, which are built to last for a number of years, have enabled tsunami-affected communities previously accommodated in tents to live in safety and with dignity. To date, 17,220 high-quality transitional shelters and 4,395 permanent homes have been built by all Red Cross Red Crescent partners working with PMI in Aceh and on Nias.

The Federation Secretariat’s country delegation continues to provide administrative and logistic support services as part of its supporting role within the Movement Coordination Framework established in February 2005.

Organization Development

The Red Cross Red Crescent tsunami recovery operation has seen a considerable investment of time, expertise and funding made in PMI’s organizational development in Aceh.

The number of chapter personnel, which had earlier peaked at 67 staff, is now winding down to a more long- term sustainable level. Each of the province’s 21 PMI branches and the Gunung Sitoli branch on Nias receive funding for four core staff: organizational development, disaster management, health and finance/administration.

7 Red Cross induction and management development workshops have taken place in all branches. Consultations between the Federation Secretariat delegation’s organizational development team, PMI chapter counterpart and each branch board enhance long-term programme plans appropriate for each of their respective communities.

Additionally, finance/administration staff in branches have undergone training workshops in financial reporting and volunteer management systems.

On Simeulue Island, the PMI chapter recent hosted a planning session support the capacity building of PMI in that remote location. Several internal and external partners are participating in this objective, including American, Australian, Japanese and Norwegian Red Cross, the Federation Secretariat, CordAid and World Food Programme (WFP).

Construction planning and preparation for new PMI Aceh branch structures continues, with building underway for the branches in Sabang, Pidie and Bireuen. The opening ceremony for the completed Banda Aceh branch building took place on 29 May 2007. The Federation Secretariat delegation’s organizational development and disaster management units are collaborating to provide emergency storage containers for each branch building, and subsequent stocking with disaster preparedness supplies.

Within the scope of the Movement’s mandate to promote humanitarian principles and values, the Federation Secretariat is taking an advocacy role on behalf of the tsunami-displaced renters and squatters. These renters and squatters have been instructed by non-Red Cross sources to vacate their dwellings in temporary living centre by end of July 2007 as part of the barracks de-commissioning process.

Cross-cutting Issues and Integrated Programming

The organizational make-up of the Movement Coordination Framework and its technical working groups have provided a platform for Red Cross Red Crescent partners information sharing. This has lead to improved operational linkages in programme implementation.

Examples include the community-empowering objectives of CBFA, PHAST and ICBRR outreach activities, where gender-balanced local participation is inherent in community health, water and sanitation and risk reduction programme delivery. These programmes form the learning foundation for sustainability and self-reliance. A valuable source of income Widow Raimah Usman of Panga in Aceh Jaya breeds ducks Among the many examples that can be cited are the with her British Red Cross livelihood grant. These telor asin British Red Cross integrated approach to housing eggs are then preserved in the traditional way with ash and salt construction and livelihoods development. so that they can keep fresh for months. They are eaten with Beneficiaries receive small business grants and nasi puti (white rice). International Federation. counseling in tandem with earthquake-resistant dwellings that underpin household security. This safety aspect is underscored by participatory settlement planning. This includes hazard awareness and consequent risk reduction tactics such as community-agreed escape routes and identified gathering spots on higher ground.

Another example is the German Red Cross holistic and multi-faceted initiative in house construction and employment generation. Local residents are given skills training to build earthquake-resilient houses. Others are employed to use recycled post-tsunami wood debris to manufacture desks and chairs for German Red Cross-built schools.

8 Further examples of cross-cutting approaches are evidenced in the American Red Cross water and sanitation support to partner house construction projects. The French Red Cross on the other hand combine house construction with rehabilitation of fisheries and local businesses such as the women’s bakery, mat-making and chip-making in Pidie district. In addition, the Japanese Red Cross has planned a mangrove plantation project that combines livelihoods provision and coastal risk reduction.

The RSOF communication, advocacy and participation objectives are being addressed in an integrated way through the Irish Red Cross community outreach project. This project sponsors Red Cross Red Crescent Societies’ beneficiary communication initiatives such as signs, posters and newsletters that explain project intentions. In addition, the long-running Rumoh PMI (PMI House) radio programme interactively engages listeners in the tsunami area in issues that concern them. The radio show is complemented by a community advocacy unit that works with Red Cross Red Crescent partners and other agencies to follow up on specific problems experienced by beneficiaries in the recovery process.

Host National Society Development

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is integrally involved in the Red Cross Red Crescent tsunami recovery operation at all level, from PMI national headquarters in Jakarta through the Aceh chapter in Banda Aceh. Such close involvement is also evident across the 21 branches of Aceh province and on Nias Island.

At the national level, the demands on PMI senior decision-makers working at the governance levels of the Movement Coordination Framework continue to strengthen PMI management capacities. However, the tsunami operation has made heavy demands on the time of executive and director-level staff, which has tended to draw the focus of these staff away from programme activities in other parts of the archipelago. The increased administrative burden has also taxed the PMI’s financial resources.

These factors have been recognized by the International Federation’s tsunami high-level group, which had earlier visited the country. Red Cross Red Crescent partners are now working more closely with PMI in support of the broad national context. This is evidenced in the development of a renewed Cooperation Agreement Strategy (CAS), where a number of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies present in Aceh have committed to long-term support of PMI national programmes, as outlined in its strategic plan. The recently concluded cooperation agreement provides a complementary mechanism for these Red Cross Red Crescent Societies to continue operating in the country.

In Aceh, the impact of the tsunami recovery operation on PMI has been intensive. The number and scope of projects implemented by Red Cross Red Crescent partners working with PMI have resulted in a significantly increased profile for PMI in the province. The social mobilization inherent in the participatory aspects of settlement planning, housing construction, preventative health programming and the risk reduction element common to all activities have enhanced the PMI presence throughout the tsunami-affected areas.

This increased activity has also resulted in increased responsibility and decision-making by branch and chapter board members, which has also improved their management capacities and experience.

The organizational development assistance to support this level of activity has grown staff levels significantly during the early-stage recovery period. However, the drawdown on funding resources as projects reach completion are resulting in an equivalent decrease in staff size at the chapter office and to a lesser extent, at the branches.

Similarly, with this huge expansion having passed its apex in staff needed for project implementation, it remains to be seen how many of these individuals will be retained as PMI volunteers over the long term after the majority of recovery projects have been completed. There has been a widespread dissemination of Red Cross Red Crescent principles, values and organizational awareness building to these project staff, as well as to PMI staff at chapter and branch levels through ongoing induction courses. It is hoped that this expanded knowledge of the

9 Movement will provide a sustained motivation for these individuals to continue their support of Red Cross Red Crescent work in Aceh.

One specific positive impact of the tsunami operations has been the building of PMI’s technical capacity in Aceh. Staff have been trained in financial and programme management and in disaster management logistics. There are now trained radio operators as well to control the emergency warning system radio equipment installed at the PMI chapter office, in all 21 branches of Aceh and in the two branches on Nias. The ambulance consortium has helped PMI to establish dispatch call-in centres and trained ambulance crews at Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar and Meulaboh branches.

Working as a Movement

Coordination and collaboration is mature and well established among International Federation partners working in support of PMI in the tsunami recovery efforts. The Movement Coordination Framework has been active for more than two years, and its formal and informal mechanisms provide stable and reliable channels for information sharing and cooperation among Red Cross Red Crescent partners.

The Red Cross Red Crescent ten-building headquarters (known as ‘the campus’) at Ajeun Jeumpet in Aceh Besar, immediately adjacent to the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, is fully operational. This venue provides not only a working base for programme administration, warehousing and logistic support, but the adjacency of the Red Cross Red Crescent partners located in these buildings also creates a cordial atmosphere conducive to collaboration.

Technically, the reporting processes that have been built up over the past 24 months since inception of the Movement Coordination Framework are fully integrated into Red Cross Red Crescent Societies’ regular monthly communications of project progress and constraints. The reporting matrix serves both the Federation Secretariat’s accountability requirements as well as the responsibility of external reporting to BRR, the Indonesian government’s rehabilitation and reconstruction agency for Aceh and Nias.

The International Federation continues its normal relationships with BRR, UN agencies and other stakeholders on an as-needed basis and through regularly scheduled information-sharing meetings. PMI has created a BRR liaison officer position, whereby a dedicated staff will maintain daily interaction with the government’s implementing agency.

Looking Forward

There are four primary objectives as the Red Cross Red Crescent partners working in Aceh and Nias look forward into the mid and long term.

First amongst these is the completion of tsunami recovery project commitments agreed through the Movement Cooperation Framework and registered with BRR. Many Red Cross Red Crescent Society activities have already been completed; others are estimated to finish over the next six to 18 months – especially construction projects – while some are intended to continue until the end of the decade.

By the end of 2007, it is expected that approximately 65 percent of housing commitments, representing some 12,000 homes, will be finished and subsequently be occupied by target beneficiaries.

At the time of this report’s publication, the transitional shelter programme is in its final stage, with the remaining allocation of 2,500 units shipped to Simeulue Island and all recipients identified. It is expected that the originally-targeted 20,000 unit objective will be met by end of September 2007.

The next objective, closely linked to project completion, is the planning and realization of an orderly exit strategy for Red Cross Red Crescent Society projects and the scaling down of the International Federation’s presence in Aceh. In tandem is the capacity building of PMI in the province and on Nias, so that PMI is left,

10 ideally, as a stronger institution than pre-tsunami, and with an effective disaster preparedness and early warning capability.

Orderly project completion plans depend on political stability in the tsunami region and the maintenance of a reliable security environment. It is hoped that the current relative safety and calm will persist after the presence of international actors is reduced.

The third and fourth Movement goals in support of PMI relate to their long-term, nation-wide strengthening. During the past two plus years, PMI has been distracted from its strategic plan by the enormity of managing the tsunami response with assistance from its Red Cross Red Crescent partners. Apart from the completion and wind-down of tsunami activities, discussions now focus on a third objective. This objective is to carry forward and adapt the Movement Cooperation Framework structure for Red Cross Red Crescent partners to continue working with PMI.

To that effect, the fourth objective draws upon the Federation’s CAS tool to formalize relationships established through the Movement Cooperation Framework, so that partners align with PMI’s country-wide strategic plan. Complementing the CAS is the recently-concluded cooperation agreement stemming from the tsunami Movement Cooperation Framework experience; an agreement that provides PMI CAS partners an enhanced legal context in which to work with them nationally.

The third and fourth objectives taken together represent a logical extension of the Movement Cooperation Framework to implement CAS by signatories to the cooperation agreement; a dynamic process that serves to an example of the Federation of the Future in action.

For further information specifically related to the tsunami operation, please contact: Indonesia: • Indonesian Red Cross (PMI): Mr. Arifin M. Hadi (acting head of disaster management division); mobile: +62.811.943.952; telephone: +62.21.799.2325 ext. 222; email: [email protected] • Country delegation in Indonesia: Bob McKerrow, head of delegation, email: [email protected], phone: +622 1 791 91841; fax : +622 1 791 80905

Federation Secretariat in Geneva: • Johan Schaar, special representative for the tsunami operation; email: [email protected]; phone: +41 22 730 4231; fax: +41 22 733 0395. • Josse Gillijns, Indonesia desk officer, email: [email protected], phone: +41 22 730 4224; • Lesley Schaffer, tsunami grants officer; email: [email protected], phone: +41 22 730 4854 • Matthew Cochrane, media and public relations officer; email: [email protected]; phone: +41 22 730 4426; mobile: +41 79 308 9804. • Oscar Vispo, tsunami operations web communications officer; email [email protected]; phone: +41 22 730 4570

Asia Pacific Service Centre in Kuala Lumpur - phone: +60 3 2161 0892; fax: +60 3 2161 1210 • Igor Dmitryuk, head of regional logistics unit, ext. 600; email: [email protected] • Umadevi Selvarajah, head of regional finance unit, ext. 140; email: [email protected] • Karl O’Flaherty, tsunami finance coordinator, ext. 613; email: [email protected] • Cheekeong Chew, acting head of regional reporting unit, ext. 300; email: [email protected]

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