ETHIOPIA HUMANITARIAN FUND

2018 Second Round Humanitarian Fund Standard Allocation Allocation Strategy Paper Project Proposal Deadline: (11 July 2018)

I. Allocation Overview

A) Introduction

This document outlines the strategic objectives for the 2018 Second Round Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF) Standard Allocation. In accordance with operational modalities outlined in the EHF Operational Manual issued by the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), a Standard Allocation1 is triggered following the launch of the Government / Partner Humanitarian Requirements Document (newly named Humanitarian and Disaster Resilience Plan) and its subsequent prioritization exercise (led by the Inter- Cluster Coordination Forum) that identifies acute relief needs and major gaps that require urgent response in the context of the HDRP. The HC, in consultation with the Advisory Board determines the amount to be allocated through the allocation.

This allocation strategy supports critical humanitarian response priorities and funding gaps that were agreed upon and presented in the Humanitarian Prioritization Document for 2018 published on 24 May 2018. The ‘Ethiopia Immediate Humanitarian Funding Priorities’ was released following preparatory work at regional level (consultation with regional Disaster Risk Management Technical Working Group partners) and within sector-specific clusters (co-chaired by Government Line Ministries), Cluster Coordinators and key UN and NGO partners were convened by OCHA to consider response priorities and the most-critical funding gaps for the next six months in the context of the HDRP. The priorities have been reviewed and endorsed by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team and the Commissioner of the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC). The document indicated that $280.4 million was urgently required to address critical gaps for coming six months of 2018.

An allocation of $23 million was considered and approved by the HC to support the most critical funding gaps that are expected to emerge in the coming months of 2018. The current allocation– made possible with the generous financial support of EHF donors - will support urgent needs in agriculture/livestock, ES/NFI, health, nutrition, protection and WaSH sectors. Key humanitarian issues include continuing issues of conflict-driven displacement crises; malnutrition and water shortages in identified hotspot priority areas; and disease outbreaks and protection concerns due to conflict.

The EHF allocation is based on $10.9 million funding at hand and a pledged contribution of $14 million. Disbursement to partners will be made as per actual transfer/deposit of donor contributions. The EHF allocated 15.6 million in the first standard allocation supporting critical life-saving sectors of

1After initial discussion and guidance from the appropriate cluster coordinator, applications are to be submitted on the OCHA Grants Management System (GMS). For further guidance on the process (including allocation modalities, strategic review and project prioritization), please refer to the EHF Operational Manual, at https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/ethiopia/document/ehf-operational-manual

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nutrition ($5.5m), Health ($3.9m), WaSH ($3.5m), Agriculture/Livestock ($1.2m), Education ($1m) and Protection ($0.5m).

B) Humanitarian Situation

Most of the 2017 humanitarian needs were carried over into 2018 given insufficient recovery opportunities, rising food levels and the lack of sustainable sources of livelihood. The situation is further exacerbated by the continued large-scale displacement due to ethic violence as well as flooding and communicable disease outbreaks such as Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) and measles.

Inter-communal tensions between Gedeo and Guji communities have led to a new wave of large-scale displacement of populations along the SNNPR- regional boundaries between Gedeo and West Guji zones. Although there is continuous movement of IDPs (returns, secondary displacements, etc.), a total of 818,250 people are displaced. Civilian deaths, damage to properties and to public infrastructures, including schools and health facilities were also reported. Government security forces are deployed to the area to prevent the escalation of the conflict and for protection of civilians, but the situation remains tense. The IDPs are mostly settled with relatives or residing in cramped public buildings – schools, churches and training centers across 13 woredas in both regions. Humanitarian assistance to the IDPs is to date very minimal and inadequate; relief deliveries have been erratic, while protection risks and hygiene and sanitation issues are rife. Most support to date was provided by local authorities and mainly the hosting communities, but the capacity of the host community is stretched to the limit. Even prior to the displacement crisis, there was widespread food insecurity and both zones were “hotspots” of acute malnutrition. A multi-sector response plan requesting for US$ 117.7 million is launched on 22 June for priority sectors of ES/NFI, WASH, Food, Protection, nutrition, education and health requirements. The Government and partners have already mobilized $7 million, primarily through diverting resources that were originally intended for important response elsewhere in the country.

An additional 1.07 million persons displaced and located in 439 sites following conflict between Somali and Oromo communities along the border separating the two regions. According to the 11th round of the Displacement Tracking Matrix, a joint Government and IOM-led displacement data collection exercise, there are over 1.77 million persons displaced in the country, located in over 1,000 sites.

Flooding since the second week of April have left over 347,000 people in need of immediate humanitarian support in Afar (Awsi), Oromia (Arsi, East Shewa, East and West Hararge zones), SNNP (Sidama and Gurage), and Somali (7 zones) regions. Flooding has affected ongoing humanitarian operations, limiting access to displaced populations (i.e. conflict and drought). Many of the displaced are in dire need of Emergency Shelter/Non-Food Items (ES/NFI) amongst others. The National Flood Alert has been revised for the third time to provide updated information on the likely weather condition for the 2018 kiremt season. Due to the delayed cessation of the belg rains, it may seem that the belg and kiremt rains are expected to merge in some areas of the country.

An Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak has been reported in Afar Region with 489 cases recorded in Aysaita, Dubti and Mille woredas of zone one. Suspected cases of AWD are also report in (SNNPR). The Government and partners are providing response but more support is deemed to be required, particularly in supply of sprayers, hand wash facilities, water Jerri cans and soaps.

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C) Humanitarian Disaster and Resilience Plan

The 2018 Humanitarian and Disaster Resilience Plan (HDRP) seeks $1.66b to help 7.88 million people with emergency food or cash and 8.49 million people with non-food assistance, mainly in the southern and south-eastern parts of the country. This includes the 2.4 million households in need of livestock support; 3.5million moderately acute malnourished; 350,000 severely acute malnourished; 6 million without safe drinking water; 1.1milliono displaced due to conflict; and 500,000 displaced due to climate induced shocks. In addition, 3.6 million people from the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) public works clients are also estimated to be in need of food assistance during the transitory period, from April to December 2018.

Expected to be launched in August, results of the 2018 mid-year humanitarian needs overview are projected to indicate improvements in the food and nutritional security of drought affected due to the good performance of the rains particularly in central and western areas of Ethiopia.

The response plan issued to the internal displacement around Gedeo (SNNP) and West Guji (Oromia) is not featured in the HRDP for 2018. However, the plan is expected to be reconciled with the mid-year revision of the HRDP.

The HDRP is presented around three ‘pillars’ covering: prevention and mitigation / response and response preparedness / national system strengthening and recovery. The three mutually-reinforcing strategic objectives developed to guide humanitarian action in 2018 continue to be: (1) To save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity; (2) To protect and restore livelihoods; and (3) to prepare for and response to other humanitarian shocks – natural disaster, conflict and displacement.

For this allocation, applications received will be reviewed in the context of Strategic Objective 1: to save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity; and Objective 3: to prepare for and response to other humanitarian shocks – natural disaster, conflict and displacement. This is in line with the Fund’s policy which under the direction of the HC, aims to support timely disbursement of funds to the most critical humanitarian needs as defined in the annual Government/Partner Humanitarian Appeal.

II. Allocation Strategy

A) Purpose of the Allocation Strategy and linkages to the HDRP

The Prioritization Statement representing critical and immediate response/funding gaps for the coming months of 2018 as related to each cluster/sector was released on 24 May after review and endorsement by the EHCT. The response plan issued to the internal displacement in Gedeo (SNNP) and West Guji (Oromia) was launched on 22 June 2018.

Considering the HDRP funding status, standing at 35 percent as at 12 June and the limited funding prospects, the $23 million EHF allocation prioritized the most pressing emergency needs to address life-saving activities in Nutrition ($6m), Health ($2.5m), WaSH ($5m), Agriculture/Livestock ($2m), ES/NFIs ($4m) and Protection ($3.5m) sectors. The allocation will go to support the priority requirements outlined in the Prioritization Statement and the multi-sector response plan issued to the internal displacement in Gedeo and West Guji as described above, including provision of emergency

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shelter and non-food items – NFIs (particularly plastic sheeting, kitchen sets and blankets), multi- purpose cash (where markets are functioning), and water (the trucking of safe water to areas with high concentrations of IDPs), and ensuring continuity of presence of partners already implementing health and nutrition response in priority woredas.

The number of people requiring assistance due to drought, conflict and flooding is far greater than the resources and implementing capacity available. Partners’ response operation remains limited and challenging due to resource and access constraints. Ongoing response to persons displaced due to conflict along the border areas between Oromia and Somali regions, and most recently Gedeo and West Guji zones of SNNP and Oromia regions, has stretched the resource and response capacity of the Government and partners to respond. Recognizing that the IDPs need to be assisted through a major scale-up in humanitarian response in areas of displacement for at least the next six months, until conditions permit voluntary return, partners are trying to mobilize additional resources to expand their operations as and where possible. For the flood response, humanitarian partners are currently responding by flexing existing resources from Oromia-Somali conflict IDPs and the drought response. As Government stocks are depleted, Government is urgently requesting that international partners try to identify additional ES/NFI ‘kits’; equivalent cash transfers or else funds to support international procurement (due to unavailability of some items in the domestic market).

B) Allocation Breakdown

The EHF allocation was made in the context of immediate Cluster priorities for the coming months of 2018 and in consideration of (a) expanding and improving response to existing and new IDP caseloads in Oromia, Somali and SNNPR, particularly arising due to Gedeo and Guji conflicts (b) response to flooding and disease outbreaks particularly related to Acute Watery Diarrhoea; (c) maintaining NGO support in nutrition hotspot areas (d) addressing the most critical livelihood support needs.

Out of the total $23 million allocation, $5 million is dedicated to the multi-sector response plan for the Gedeo and West Guji zones displacements, and $18 million is for priority activities elsewhere in the country as outlined in the prioritization statement.

The allocation will complement the $5.3 million Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation approved in May to provide life-saving assistance emergency shelter and non-food items for flood affected IDPs. Another CERF allocation from the Rapid Response window is under development to respond to the displacement in West Guji and Gedeo zones.

The second round EHF Standard Allocation window is prioritized as follows:

Sectors for response Amount in million Coordination (US$) Agriculture and Livestock 2.0 Agr Cluster Emergency Shelter/ Non-Food Items 4.0 ESNFI/Cluster Health 2.5 Health Cluster/WHO Nutrition 6.0 ENCU

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Protection / Site Management2 3.5 Protection Cluster/UNHCR/IOM WASH 5.0 WaSH Cluster/UNICEF Total 23m

C) Prioritization of Projects

In coherence with the 2018 Humanitarian Prioritization Statement published on 24 May and the multi- sector response plan in response to the displacement in Gedeo (SNNP) and West Guji (Oromia) issued on 22 June, this allocation will prioritize support to activities that address the below requirements: 1) address immediate, lifesaving needs with immediate impact on the lives and livelihoods of conflict- induced IDP households; 2) are time critical, ensuring timely delivery of emergency response activities; 3) are critically enabling of other multi-sector responses would not be possible; 4) are responsive to the sectoral plans, which include a “short list” of prioritized activities and locations as presented in the government’s “hotspot woreda” classification; 5) are based on known funding gaps and cost effectiveness; 6) are implemented by organizations that regularly participate in federal and local coordination efforts; 7) Project duration should be set at the minimum necessary for efficient implementation of the project and may not be longer than 12 months; 8) Projects should be cost efficient and should include the following cross-cutting themes: accountability to affected populations, ‘do no harm’, protection and gender; 9) Are coordinated to avoid project implementation or funding overlap.

D) 2018 Second Round EHF Standard Allocation Strategic Priorities

Sectors Prioritized Activities Geographic Amount in Coordinating Areas million (US$) Organization Agriculture & Animal feed & health Livestock Priority areas in Prevention & mitigation Afar, Amhara, FAO (Riverine fodder production Oromia, SNNP 2m systems/fodder banks) Somali and Tigray Provision of emergency seed regions for prioritized HH Emergency Distribution of ES/ NFI Priority areas in 2.5m IOM Shelter/ Non-Food support in kind and in cash Oromia, Somali & Items for 14,250 HHs (conflict and SNNPR flooding affected) Procurement and provision West 1.5m of ES/ NFI in kind and in (Oromia) & cash for 8,500 HHs Gedeo zone (SNNPR)

2 In line with the concept note of Strengthening Site Management Support for IDP Response in Oromia and Somali Regions of Ethiopia endorsed by EHCT on 21 June 2018.

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Health Address the present stock Countrywide as 1m out of medicines and prioritized by the medical supplies to enable Health Cluster the health activities of the WHO MHNTs of NGOs and support to Regional Health Bureaus Continuation of the Mobile Priority areas in 1m Health and Nutrition Teams Oromia, SNNP and expansion to cover and Somali prioritized IDP areas by regions additional teams/ temporary static clinics Support Regional Health Afar and Somali 0.5m Bureaus to continue the running of MHNTs Nutrition NGO Presence in Priority Priority one 5m ENCU one woredas with low woredas as triaged (NGO response) capacity to manage as the most critical significant increase in Acute by the ENCU malnutrition Provide full SAM treatment West Guji zone 1m and management with and Gedeo zone enhanced coordination and (SNNPR) quality assurance support to government Protection/ Site A comprehensive package of Priority areas in 2.5m Pending Management protection services in the Oromia, SNNP agreement IOM prioritized IDP sites and Somali & UNHCR Establish Mobile Protection West Guji zone 1m Teams; provision of (Oromia) and psychosocial support; Gedeo zone provision of dignity kits; (SNNPR) establishment of women friendly spaces. WASH Provision of water supply to Oromia, SNNP 3.5m IDPs and host communities and Somali through alternatives to water regions (excluding UNICEF trucking (durable piped West Guji and solutions); Water trucking in Gedeo zones) areas with high concentrations of IDPs; Installation of sanitation facilities especially in IDP sites; Hygiene promotion (social mobilization); procurement of essential WASH NFIs and water treatment chemicals; & rehabilitation and operation maintenance

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Access to safe drinking West Guji zone 1.5m water via water trucking; (Oromia) and access to emergency Gedeo zone sanitation (latrine (SNNPR) construction); and hygiene promotion activities.

TOTAL 23m

III. Timeline and Procedure

Stakeholders Activity Indicative duration involved EHF eligible3 partners submit 7 working days from 3 July (by Partners applications through GMS 11 July) Strategic review completed 2 working days (by 16 July) AB, CCs, HFU CCs present portfolio to AB HC endorsement 1 working days (by 17 July) HC Re-submission of applications 2 working days (by 19 July) Partners Financial and technical review & re- 4 working days (by 24 July) CCs, HFU, FCS, submission of budget Partners Project proposals re-submission 2 days (by 26 July) Partners HC to share list of project proposals 1 days (by 27 July) HC, AB, HFU with AB & HC Final Approval Finalization of Grant Agreement 2 working days (by 31 July) Partners, HC, HFU

Criteria for Technical Review of Projects . All applications must be subject to technical review, usually led by cluster coordinators or through a process organized by OCHA if the application is from the Cluster Lead agency.

IV. Allocation Approach

. With locations and response requirements clearly defined, the primary modality of this allocation will be the proactive identification of appropriate partners for the response through cluster coordination and working group mechanisms. This approach will ensure efficient prioritization and rapid processing of applications.

3 Eligible organizations are international and national NGOs and organizations of the Red Cross Movement who have undergone the due diligence and capacity assessment process to receive funding from the EHF and UN Agencies.

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. Organizations that have ongoing an EHF project and apply for the same activities and locations under this allocation should clearly indicate how the new funding will complement the previously EHF- funded project. The decision on funding will be subject to that value of the currently ongoing IP projects, taking into consideration the EHF-assigned risk levels and the relevant thresholds.

. Applications received after the deadline will not be processed.

Key Contacts

1) EHF Management Team: Tim Mander ([email protected]) / Senait Arefaine ([email protected]) 2) EHF feedback and complaint mechanism: [email protected] 3) Cluster Contacts Organization Full name Title Email Agriculture Cluster FAO Farshad Tami Coordinator [email protected] ES-NFI Cluster [email protected];

IOM Dipti Hingorani Coordinator [email protected] SRH & GBV Dr. Abdelhadi Coordinator, CP/ GBV UNFPA Eltahir Sub Cluster [email protected] Charlotte Rostorf Interim Protection UNHCR Ridung Cluster Coordinator [email protected] CP Coordinator, CP/

UNICEF Elizabet Cossor GBV Sub Cluster [email protected] et.edu@humanitarianresponse. Education Cluster info; UNICEF Moges Derebew coordinator [email protected]

UNICEF Varity Rushton Emergency Specialist [email protected] ENCU Deputy Team UNICEF Yoseph Teklu Leader [email protected] Nutrition Cluster UNICEF Orla O'Neil Coordinator [email protected] WASH Cluster UNICEF Itsuro Takahashi Coordinator [email protected] Alycan Food Cluster WFP Mushayabasa Coordinator [email protected] Health Cluster WHO Luiza Galerm Coordinator [email protected]