Stand-By Partnership 2020 Report

Background

In its 20 years of existence, the Stand-By Partnership Programme (SBPP) has become and remains a key component of OCHA’s surge capability providing timely expert capacity in support of OCHA’s response coordination mandate worldwide. OCHA’s SBPP is governed by General Assembly Resolutions and currently includes Memoranda of Understandings to provide gratis personnel with 14 organizations1.

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2020 Overview

In 2020, 60 SBP experts commenced deployment, for an average duration of 5.5 months, to new and escalating humanitarian emergencies and to situations where specific expertise was required and not available within the . Because COVID-19 was deemed a new global emergency and a whole of OCHA response, SBP experts were sought and accepted for the first time into a headquarters location to provide emergency additional surge support. Applying an average P3 monthly salary and associated expenses, these 60 deployments represent an estimated in-kind contribution of USD 5.3m to OCHA.

1 CANADEM (Canada’s Civilian Reserve), DEMA (Danish Emergency Management Agency), DRC (Danish Refugee Council), FCDO (UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), ICRU (Icelandic Crisis Response Unit), iMMAP (Information Management and Mine Action Programs), Irish Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), MapAction, MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency), NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council), Qatar Charity, RedR (Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief Australia), SDC/HA (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Department of and Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit) and ZIF (Center for International Peace Operations).

Page | 1 There was an increase this year in deployments SBP deployments by requesting country pertaining to protection from sexual exploitation and Zimbabwe 5 abuse and accountability to affected populations. Zambia 3 OCHA also benefitted from SBP support for Cash, Civil Yemen 1 Military Coordination and Public Information. Venezuela 1 Ukraine 2 Turkey 3 SBP deployments by profile Thailand 1 Tajikistan 1 PSEA/AAP 1 Switzerland 8 PSEA 3 2 PIO 1 3 IMO 26 Somalia 3 HDN 1 Panama 2 HAO/Reports 1 1 HAO/Protection 1 Niger 2 HAO/ICC 1 Nepal 1 HAO/FC 1 1 HAO/CMCO 1 Mozambique 1 HAO/AAP 1 Lebanon 3 HAO 16 1 CMCO 1 Jordan 2 CashCap Honduras 1 2 AAP/CWC Haiti 1 1 AAP Fiji 1 2 3 DRC 2 Colombia 1 At 31 per cent, 2020 deployments of female experts CAR 1 were comparable to previous years. Cameroon 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 SBP Network Afghanistan 1 Throughout the year, OCHA remained engaged in and SBP experts were sourced from ten SBPs, and FCDO supported various initiatives within the SBP Network, a funded approximately 28 per cent of all the community of 14 UN Agencies and over 40 partners, deployments. including around Duty of Care, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Results Based Management and Due Diligence. SBP deployments by SBP A new SBP Network Secretariat was staffed by March 1 with the objective of supporting the Network in 13 enhancing the way in which we operate through, among 10 3 7 5 4 5 4 other things, the establishment of a new information 3 1 3 sharing platform, compilation and analysis of deployment data across the Network, as well as awareness raising and advocacy. The Secretariat also organised several COVID-19 focused discussions Jointly funded FCDO/NRC which were key in swiftly sharing information on the FCDO funded latest measures and in addressing key concerns.

SBP funded A word of thanks

Information Management Officers became the most 2020 has brought many challenges due to the emergence deployed profile, counting for close to half of all of and requirement to continue to operate in a COVID- deployments and with most of them providing remote 19 affected operational environment. We would like to support in connection with the COVID-19 response. thank our Partners and their deployees for their Humanitarian Affairs Officers continued to be in high commitment and continued support throughout the year, demand either as generalists or with specific expertise. which has enabled us to successfully respond to a growing number of requests. Page | 2