Dolakha Minutes of meeting 10/09/2015
MINUTES OF MEETING | Dolakha
Participants: IOM, WFP, OCHA, Concern Worldwide, Acted, Red Cross society, PLAN, UNDP
Agenda: Cluster information Completed, ongoing and planned ER activities Issues and challenges Livelihood assessment Cash for work ER transition AOB
Action points: Since the MoU between UNDP and IOM at central level is no longer valid, IOM is suggested to freely take part in SDDM activities in urban and rural areas. Agencies planning to provide trainings for masons and carpenters are suggested to get their curriculum approved from DUDBC. ER cluster is suggested to share the ER transition plan with Dolakha district Government. Agencies are requested to submit the updates on their ER activities in the 4W template. ER cluster is suggested to produce maps reflecting updated 4W datasheet.
Discussion points Safe demolition and debris management (SDDM) o Dolakha has high need of SDDM of public infrastructure. o ER cluster has produced maps of the damaged public infrastructures with the data received from- MoH, MoE, MOFALD and MOUD. o IOM is performing SDDM in urban areas of Dolakha. o The MoU between UNDP and IOM in KTM level is no more applicable . Neither IOM nor UNDP has possibility to address all the SDDM needs in the urban and the rural areas respectively. . UNDP does not have funds for SDDM in Dolakha. . IOM has funds for SDDM in Dolakha. o SDDM is directly connected to the reconstruction. o Discussions are going on about requesting Nepal Army to get involved in SDDM. However, it is not likely to come into effect very soon. o Because of the difficulties in road access, heavy equipment cannot be taken to the villages and SDDM should be performed manually. o Safety is an important issue to be addressed during SDDM.
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. Having insurance policy and following safety measures can be supportive. . Some informative materials on safe demolition, i.e. document, poster, video, are available in ER’s website: https://humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/nepal/early-recovery . The infographics may not be enough and hence special trainings on safety would be effective. Training and orientation activities o Swiss Red Cross is providing 2 weeks long training of trainers (TOT) for carpenters and masons o WFP is planning for ‘food for training’ in 13 VDCs in the Northern belt. o UNDP has not started in pillar 3 in Dolakha. Cash for work (CfW) o The purpose of CfW is to ensure people have cash in hand. o Partners have different understandings for CfW. o DDRC has published district rate list. However some organizations are paying higher than the GOVT rate. o IOM has experienced high drop-outs of labours in between the CfW activities. o Quantifying the work and providing volume based remuneration can be one of the ways to address wage rate related issues. Livelihood assessment o It would be good proxy for community infrastructure and livelihood. o Food security, livelihood and ER assessment is being conducted in 11 districts from 16th September. The findings would be shared with in October. The major purposes of the assessment are - to understand community infrastructure needs and to have a baseline for livelihood. ER transition o The current cluster setup with 3 pillar approach will conclude at the end of September and ER will have a wider role from then. o A dedicated ER liaison officer will be placed in DDRC to support the coordination and IM needs.
Issues and challenges Safety is a major issue during SDDM, especially in urban areas. Implementing CfW is a challenge o General public has not understood CfW properly o Agencies are finding difficulty to make people work as per the district wage rate o It is difficult to represent vulnerable people in CfW program
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Updates on ER activities
Agency Activities
Involved in CfW and SDDM activities IOM Had to stop the work for 5 days due to some internal issues Will be working until November
Cash for Work (780 HH): Thulopatal, Gairimudi, Mirge Acted Livelihood Inputs for Work (960 HH): Mali, Syama, Melung
Plan Performing CfW, in 14 vdcs for 30 days for public work, which include, International building community shelter, debris clearance and more.
Providing trainings for masons and carpenters in 10 VDCs by making use of the local materials that are available in Charikot. The training curriculum is designed by a French consultant and approved by DUDBC and NSET. Swiss Red Cross Training will go in 3 levels- DDC, VDC and Ward levels 2 weeks long training of trainers (TOT) has just started. 4 individuals from each VDC are selected for TOT, who are supposed to train other individuals in their areas. Planning to conduct ‘food for training’ in 13 VDCs in the Northern belt. Planning for ‘food for asset’ for public infrastructure, which would be selected on the basis of the priority set by locals. WFP 40 day work to be provided for each HH, 10 days a month. Total of 35000 employment to be generated. Is searching for development partners to work together in the reconstruction phase.
CWW Planning for CfW program
Any other businesses
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Attendance
SN Name Organization Email Phone
1 Prem Singh WFP [email protected] 8951081652
2 Uttam Shrestha WFP [email protected] 9801083641
Camila 3 IOM [email protected] 9801108446 Riveromaldonado
4 Alex Tsakiridil IOM [email protected] 9810171948
5 Andreanne Cote OCHA [email protected] 9801244609
ninh.nguyentrong@plan- 6 Ninh Nguyen Plan 9802058378 international.org
7 Paras Acharya OCHA [email protected] 9851167188
8 Alexis Porter OCHA [email protected] 9801244649
9 Kapil Ranjit OCHA [email protected] 9841787321
10 MDINA Paudel RRN/CWW [email protected] 9851191825
11 Shila Shrestha ACTED [email protected] 9844466772
Nepal Red 12 Amit Pokharel [email protected] 9841405884 Cross
13 Cecilia Utas UNDP/ER [email protected] 9851113087
14 Binod Ghimire UNDP/ER [email protected] 9851145988
15 Bibhor Baral UNDP/ER [email protected] 9841459618
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