BOSSASO Regional Food Security Cluster Meeting Minutes
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BOSSASO Regional Food Security Cluster Meeting Minutes Chair: Bernard Mrewa-Somalia Food Security Cluster Co-Coordinator Venue: WFP Bossaso conference room Time/Date: 1000hrs – 1200hrs, 1st March 2015 Agenda: 1. Introduction/Review of Action Points/ Minutes of previous meeting 2. Alert/Appeal-Initial Assessment 3. Presentation of summary district level information by response objective and review of gaps per district – January 2015 4. AOB 1. Review of Action Points AP Description Status (Pending/Completed) 1 Members agreed to conduct elections for the Vice Completed coordinators position in line with FSC standard operating procedure 2 Reporting Tools to be shared with the Membership Pending organizations in the next meeting 3 FSC carry out Online capacity need assessment to Pending; However the identify training needs members/partners can already contact the FSC secretariat (via email) if they have suggestions on training needs 4 Next Meeting will be 28th Feb 2015 Completed 2. Alert/Appeal-Initial Assessment The Puntland government, specifically the president made an appeal for humanitarian assistance to the people displaced by recent Galgala operation. The appeal indicates that 1800 households displaced in Bosaso, Eel Daahir, Af-urur, Kalabeyr, Buraan and Dhahar in Sanaag and Bari regions. The appeal dated 18th Feb 2015. With UNOCHA coordination, 26th Feb P a g e 1 | 3 2015/03/01_FSC_SOM_BOSASSO_MEETING_MINUTES 2015 humanitarian agencies (UN, INGO and LNGOs) in Bossaso agreed to conduct an initial assessment jointly from 2nd- 5th March 2015. The field work will be 2nd -4th, and the report should be shared out latest by 6th of March. Agencies also agreed to use inter-agency initial investigation tool to conduct the assessment. OCHA will lead the assessment. The FSC partners discussed the appeal, the initial assessment and the inter-agency tool that will be used for investigation. Bernard MREWA, the Somalia FSC coordinator who chaired the meeting briefly explained the Food Security section in the inter-agency assessment tool for the participants and asked if they have any questions or doubt about the food security section in the assessment tool. Members of the meeting agreed the following actions points about this agenda. Action Points AP Description Person Responsible 1 FSC partners should participate the initial All partners investigation exercise 2 Members of the food security cluster will update the All partners FSC on their planned responses depending on the outcome of the assessment 3. Presentation of summary district level information by response objective and review of gaps per district – January 2015 Bernard, FSC coordinator made the presentations for the Regional FSC Meeting for Bossaso. The content of the presentation covered summary district level information by response objective and review of gaps per district in January 2015. FAO, ADESO, WFP, VSF Suisse, NCA were partners who reported FSC related activities in January 2015. KAALO, OXFAM Novib implementing partner reported that ongoing FSC related activities that were not captured in the presentation. SCI staff in the meeting also highlighted ongoing activities that were not part of the January 2015 FSC presentation for Bosaso. SCI also mentioned response plan from 2014 up to 2017 for the region. Participants were informed to ask their principal recipients to report to the cluster. The partners questioned the geographic locations and districts that Bosaso regional FSC covers and reports. Action Points AP Description Person Responsible 1 Partners that receive fund through other organizations Implementing partners should ask the principal recipient report to the cluster 2 OXFAM Novib and SCI to report their responses and OXFAM Novib and SCI plans to the cluster 3 Remove Elafweyn from the list of districts that FSC Bosaso regional FSC reports and include Laasqorey district 4. AOB P a g e 2 | 3 2015/03/01_FSC_SOM_BOSASSO_MEETING_MINUTES The partners discussed the invitation of the FSNAU and FEWS NET for the Somalia livelihood rezoning validation workshop on Tuesday, 3 March 2015, from 10:30-15:00hrs in Garowe, and the possibility of training on FSC targeting logic and Information management in March 2015. They also talked over planning for a joint FSC and Nutrition cluster meeting. The date of the following meeting to be held was also discussed in the AOB agenda. Action Points AP Description Person Responsible 1 FSC participate the Livelihood Rezoning workshop All partners and discuss the outcome in the next meeting 2 Ask the Somalia FSC to organize training on FSC FSC coordinators and VC targeting logic and Information management 3 Planning for a joint FSC and Nutrition cluster FSC secretariat meeting P a g e 3 | 3 2015/03/01_FSC_SOM_BOSASSO_MEETING_MINUTES .