Humanitarian Snapshot (December 2020)

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: governorates. Humanitarian presence is often more SALAH AL-DIN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE GAPS 2 limited in such areas, with humanitarian organizations' DUHOK 2 1 ratio to the number of individuals with acute needs In preparation for the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan DIYALA 1 1 1 sometimes significantly less than the national average. (HRP), OCHA Iraq is undertaking an extensive review of the 1 1 1 2 2 2 For example, in Al-Falluja district in Al-Anbar and Telafar humanitarian response in 2020. The analysis considers 2 2 1 1 district in Ninewa the ratio is approximately three times 2 2 various factors to determine operational progress and 1 1 1 1 lower than the national average. According to the MCNA gaps, including the needs of IDPs and returnees, partner 1 NINEWA 1 AL- 1 for the 2021 HRP, approximately 510,000 individuals with BAGHDAD 3 reach, access conditions, and indicators of basic services 3 1 1 1 1 acute humanitarian needs reside in these 10 districts and social cohesion in areas of origin and areas of AL-ANBAR 2 1 1 1 where needs are high, access constraints are significant, secondary displacement. WASSIT 2 1 Iran BABIL 1 1 and less than 50 per cent of the people targeted for Some discrepancies between target and reach are evident: 2 assistance have been reached in 2020. 1 1 during the 2020 response, there were significant gaps 2 1 However, gaps in operational response cannot be between cluster targets and beneficiaries reached in 18 1 SALAH AL-DIN 2 attributed solely to access constraints. The analysis out of the total 36 districts (50 per cent) with a high Syria 2 2 3 3 2 highlighted that in the other eight districts with a high number of people in acute need.¹ Humanitarian partners 2 number of people in acute need, access constraints are reached less than 50 per cent of the targeted in-camp 3 2 2 perceived to be low. Nevertheless, the gap between IDPs, out-of-camp IDPs and returnees in these districts. DIYALA 2 humanitarian targets and beneficiaries reached is still 1 2 1 The multi-sectoral needs assessment (MCNA) carried out 2 2 2 larger than 50 per cent. 1 in August and September for the 2021 HRP estimates that 1 2 1 Jordan AL-ANBAR approximately two million individuals continue to 1 To inform and improve operations in 2021, the HCT will experience humanitarian needs within these 18 districts. conduct a review of operations and constraints in these HRP district with response gap and with high acute need ¹ WASSIT districts as part of its roll out of the 2021 humanitarian Access challenges are among the factors contributing to KERBALA BABIL HRP district with no response gap and with high acute need response. This will include an analysis of key inadequate reach in some districts. The access severity stakeholders, humanitarian presence, security, target monitoring analysis conducted by OCHA in November ² Other HRP district AL-QADISSIYA MAYSAN setting, district and activity prioritization, funding levels, indicated perceptions of medium to high levels of access Access severity level and cluster-specific constraints. (For further details, see challenges in 10 of the 18 districts in Al-Anbar, Baghdad, Low AL- AL-MUTHANNA THI QAR also November 2020 Iraq Access Severity Overview.²) Diyala, Duhok, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Medium and High Saudi Arabia

# of people in acute need (in 2021) categorized Districts by acute need ¹ Districts with high acute need Districts with high acute need Districts with high acute need and response by district access severity & observed response (63 HRP districts in total) By observed response gaps and response gaps in 2020 gaps where the ratio of partners to beneficiary gaps in 2020 By access severity target is less than half of the national average In districts with an observed In districts with NO observed response gap in 2020 response gap in 2020 Low acute Med/high access District 903K need (#30) challenges (#10) Governorate Al- Al-Anbar Observed response 609K 16% 553K 29% gap in 2020 (#18) Al-Shirqat Salah Al-Din 48% High acute 13% 375K 52% need (#33) Telafar Ninewa 23% Low access Al-Falluja Al-Anbar No observed challenges (#8) Erbil Erbil response gap (#15) In districts with In districts with med/high low access challenges access challenges

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. The data for this map has a limited number of sources. The data is not independently verified and is subject to error or omission, deliberate or otherwise by various sources. Sources & footnotes: 1. In October 2020, OCHA conducted an Access Severity monitoring exercise consisting of focus groups discussions (FGDs) with UN agencies, international and national non-government organizations (NGOs) to determine humanitarian actors’ perception of access constraints in all districts in central and northern Iraqi governorates: https://bit.ly/3onXi7y Creation date: 05 January 2021 Feedback: [email protected], iraq.humanitarianresponse.info, www.reliefweb.int