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Somalia Common Humanitarian Fund (Chf) SOMALIA COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND (CHF) 2015 ANNUAL REPORT DASHBOARD Key facts and figures for the Somalia Common Humanitarian Fund in 2015 2015 CHF SNAPSHOT 2015 CHF ALLOCATIONS BY REGION (IN US$MILLION) 30.9 million* US$allocated in 2015 DJIBOUTI 36.1 million Gulf of Aden US $received in 2015 (including 1.26 million carry-over from 2014) 1.0 10% AWDAL of Somalia 2015 HRP funding received WOQOOYI SANAAG BARI GALBEED TOGDHEER 34 SOOL partners supported through CHF in 2015 NUGAAL 79 1.1 projects approved for funding in 2015 (77 projects funded by March 2016) ETHIOPIA MUDUG * Total figure doesn’t include CHF programme support and audit costs 2.6 GALGADUUD BAKOOL HIRAAN 2.2 1.9 2015 CHF allocations by type 2.8 KENYA GEDO Allocation Type Amount % BAY MIDDLE 2.0 2.9 SHABELLE Multiple Standard Allocation 29,600,000 96 2.4 regions 2.0 \ BANADIR Individual Reserve 1,300,000 4 2.5 Mogadishu MIDDLE JUBA LOWER TOTAL 30,900,000 100 SHABELLE 3.5 LOWER JUBA Indian Ocean 2015 CHF allocations by organization 4.1 Organization Amount % National NGOs 3,805,000 12 $30.9 million International NGOs 12,710,000 40 UN Agencies 14,385,000 48 TOTAL 30,900,000 100 The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. 2015 ALLOCATIONS BY CLUSTER (IN US$MILLION) CLUSTER FUNDING % FOOD SECURITY 6.5m 21 WASH 5.6m 18 HEALTH 4.8m 16 NUTRITION 4.8m 16 PROTECTION 2.2m 7 ENABLING PROGRAMMES 2.2m 7 SHELTER & NFI 2.0m 6 $30.9 EDUCATION 2.0m 6 million MULTISECTOR 0.8m 3 CONTENTS Cover Photo © IOM 1. Foreword 05 2. How does the Somalia CHF work? 06 3. Humanitarian Context in 2015 07 4. Humanitarian Financing 09 5. Cluster Achievements 12 5.1 Overview of 2015 cluster strategies and allocation 13 5.2 Cluster achievements in 2015 14 6. CHF Management, Accountability and Risk Management 33 7. The Way Forward: The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) in 2016 36 8. Annexes 37 Produced by OCHA Somalia For additional information, please contact [email protected] April 2016 Photo: UN / David Mutua CHF SOMALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FOREWORD by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia am pleased to share with you the admitted to treatment programmes. About 2015 Annual Report for the Common 115,000 children under the age of five and I Humanitarian Fund (CHF) in Somalia. women of child-bearing age were vaccinated The report provides an overview of 2015 against preventable diseases. Furthermore, contributions, funding allocations and 150 health facilities were supported and partner achievements for the projects more than 1,500 health workers received implemented during the course of the year. training in the management and treatment of common illnesses. While 536,000 people The CHF remains an important tool to gained sustained access to safe drinking support a timely and coordinated response water, another 86,000 received access to to the most urgent humanitarian needs sustained sanitation. In addition, about in Somalia. At the beginning of 2015, 37,000 children were enrolled in school and the Fund allocated US$31 million to 387 teachers trained. priority needs identified in the Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). These Humanitarian needs remain high in 2016, funds were channeled through 34 national with some $885 million requested through and international partners to implement the Somalia HRP to provide assistance to 3.2 79 projects designed to address the most million people out of 4.9 million deemed to vulnerable Somalis in humanitarian need. be in need. Globally, the Emergency Relief The CHF remains an Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien recently Thanks to the generous contributions advocated to set targets for country-based important tool to and partnership of CHF donors, including pooled funds (CBPFs) at 15 per cent of the Australia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, support a timely and overall HRP requirements. This target was Sweden, Switzerland and the United recommended after recent endorsements coordinated response Kingdom, total contributions reached some by the High-Level Panel on Humanitarian $36 million by the end of the year. With to the most urgent Financing, the synthesis report of the World deposits occurring throughout the year, Humanitarian Summit (WHS) Consultation humanitarian needs as well as some additional, end-of-year Process and the Secretary General’s contributions amounting to $8 million, net in Somalia. Report for the WHS — which recognized carry-over into 2016 of $4.4 million was the catalytic effect of CBPFs to increase possible. collaboration and direct access to funding Key results indicate that CHF-supported for frontline responders. projects have made an impact on the lives of Finally, I wish to express my appreciation to the most vulnerable people in Somalia. While our CHF donors for their continued support, detailed results can be reviewed from cluster which has enabled us to respond to needs pages that follow, key achievements include as they are identified on the ground. As support to 271,000 people to improve we work together to meet the needs of access to food and protection of livelihoods vulnerable Somalis, I encourage donors to through conditional and unconditional make commitments as early as possible to transfers. About 161,000 children aged from allow for timely response to priority needs. 6 to 59 months and lactating women were Peter de Clercq Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia April 2016 5 CHF SOMALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 OCHA HOW DOES THE SOMALIA CHF WORK? What is the CHF? those allocations selected through the standard allocation process. The need for a reserve allocation The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) is a multi- must be cleared by cluster coordinators and then donor pooled fund established in 2010 to support the reviewed by the OCHA HFU before being approved timely allocation and disbursement of donor resources and signed off by the Humanitarian Coordinator. to the most urgent humanitarian needs and critical gaps in Somalia. The Humanitarian Coordinator leads In January 2016, the CHF Advisory Board the overall management and oversight of the Fund recommended a new Reserve Plus funding model supported by the OCHA Head of Office and the for the CHF to allow for a more flexible and timely OCHA Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU), and relies response to the most urgent needs. Under this model, on its Advisory Board to further inform the decision available funds will be allocated using a reserve model making process. (on a rolling basis) as highest priority humanitarian needs and critical gaps are identified. Clusters will As of 2016, as part of standardizing of OCHA- maintain a transparent inclusive process while ensuring managed pooled funds to be identified as a a light and quick review of projects to ensure strategic humanitarian fund for that specific country, the Somalia allocation of resources. Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has been renamed to Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF). Who provides the funding? What organizations and projects does the CHF The Somalia CHF is funded with contributions from UN Member States. Since its inception in 2010, the fund? fund has disbursed a total of US$335 million through The CHF provides funding to national NGOs, its standard and reserve allocation windows with funds international NGOs and UN humanitarian agencies contributed by 15 Member States. Any UN Member in Somalia. The CHF funds activities that have been State can become a donor to the CHF. prioritized as most urgent and critical humanitarian needs in alignment with the Somalia HRP. Who manages the CHF? The Humanitarian Coordinator is responsible for the Who decides on the most urgent and critical management of the CHF and is accountable for the humanitarian needs? use of the fund. An Advisory Board, chaired by the The HC decides on the most critical needs to be funded, HC and comprising four UN agencies, four NGOs (with in consultation with the CHF Advisory Board and one national NGO), and three donor representatives informed by cluster coordinators’ recommendations. advises on the use of funds. The Humanitarian Cluster Coordinators work with partners to define Financing Unit in OCHA oversees the management CHF cluster priorities derived from the highest priority of the Fund on behalf of the HC and serves as the needs articulated in the HRP. ‘Managing Agent’ in contracting and disbursing funds How are individual projects chosen for funding? to NGO-implemented projects. The UNDP Multi- Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office serves as the Fund’s The Somalia CHF has two allocation mechanisms: ‘Administrative Agent’ and receives, administers and The standard allocation allocates the majority of manages contributions from donors, and disburses funds received from donors to projects included funds to UN agencies. in the Somalia HRP at the outset of the year based upon a strategy that identifies the highest priority How is the CHF governed? needs underpinned by vulnerability data. The strategy The CHF is guided by the OCHA Country Based is approved by the HC and endorsed by the CHF Pooled Fund (CBPF) guidelines comprising a Policy Advisory Board and is the basis for project submissions. Instruction and an Operational Handbook. The Project proposals are prioritized and vetted by the Policy Instruction sets out the principles, objectives, clusters through the cluster review committees and governance and management arrangements for then recommended to the CHF Advisory Board for CBPFs while the Operational Handbook provides endorsement and approval by the Humanitarian technical guidance, tools and templates used in the Coordinator. management of CBPFs. CHF to SHF: The reserve is primarily intended for the rapid and As of 2016, as part of standardizing flexible allocation of funds in the event of unforeseen of OCHA-managed pooled funds to be identified emergencies or to address strategic needs.
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