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Download Resource Ignacio Oliver Cruz/WFP/Kinsardou -Sangardo, Kissidougou/2005 Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) The CAP is much more than an appeal for money. It is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of: • strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); • resource mobilisation (leading to a Consolidated Appeal or a Flash Appeal); • coordinated programme implementation; • joint monitoring and evaluation; • revision, if necessary; and • reporting on results. The CHAP is a strategic plan for humanitarian response in a given country or region and includes the following elements: • a common analysis of the context in which humanitarian action takes place; • an assessment of needs; • best, worst, and most likely scenarios; • stakeholder analysis, i.e. who does what and where; • a clear statement of longer-term objectives and goals; • prioritised response plans; and • a framework for monitoring the strategy and revising it if necessary. The CHAP is the foundation for developing a Consolidated Appeal or, when crises break or natural disasters strike, a Flash Appeal. Under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator, the CHAP is developed at the field level by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Country Team. This team mirrors the IASC structure at headquarters and includes UN agencies and standing invitees, i.e. the International Organization for Migration, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and NGOs tha t belong to ICVA, Interaction, or SCHR. Non-IASC members, such as national NGOs, can be included, and other key stakeholders in humanitarian action, in particular host governments and donors, should be consulted. The Humanitarian Coordinator is responsible for the annual preparation of the consolidated appeal document . The document is launched globally each November to enhance advocacy and resource mobilisation. An update, known as the Mid-Year Review , is to be presented to donors in July 2006. Donors provide resources to appealing agencies directly in response to project proposals. The Financial Tracking Service (FTS) , managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is a database of donor contributions and can be found on www.reliefweb.int/fts In sum, the CAP works to provide people in need the best available protection and assistance, on time. ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATING IN CONSOLIDATED APPEALS DURING 2006: AARREC CESVI GSLG OCHA UNAIDS AASAA CHFI HDO OCPH UNDP ABS CINS HI ODAG UNDSS Abt Associates CIRID HISAN - WEPA OHCHR UNESCO ACF/ACH/AAH CISV Horn Relief PARACOM UNFPA ACTED CL INTERSOS PARC UN-HABITAT ADRA CONCERN IOM PHG UNHCR Africare COOPI IRC PMRS UNICEF AGROSPHERE CORD IRD PRCS UNIFEM AHA CPAR IRIN PSI UNMAS ANERA CRS JVSF PU UNODC ARCI CUAMM MALAO RFEP UNRWA ARM CW MCI SADO UPHB AVSI DCA MDA SC-UK VETAID CADI DRC MDM SECADEV VIA CAM EMSF MENTOR SFCG VT CARE ERM MERLIN SNNC WFP CARITAS EQUIP NA SOCADIDO WHO CCF FAO NNA Solidarités WVI CCIJD GAA (DWH) NRC SP WR CEMIR Int’l GH OA STF ZOARC CENAP TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 1 2. CHANGES IN THE CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES ................................. 2 3. REVIEW OF THE CHAP................................................................................................................. 5 3.1 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.1.A Impact of Funding Levels on CHAP Implementation..................................................... 6 3.2 SCENARIOS .............................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................. 7 3.4 RESPONSE PLANS .................................................................................................................... 8 3.4.1 Agriculture...................................................................................................................... 9 3.4.2 Coordination/Support Services.................................................................................... 10 3.4.3 Education ..................................................................................................................... 10 3.4.4 Health........................................................................................................................... 11 3.4.5 Protection/Human Rights/Rule of Law......................................................................... 11 3.4.6 Multi-Sector/Refugees ................................................................................................. 12 3.4.7 Safety and Security of Personnel and Operations.......................................................12 3.4.8 Water and Sanitation ................................................................................................... 12 4. MONEY AND PROJECTS............................................................................................................ 13 NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS TABLE ................................................................................................... 14 5. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 15 NEW PROJECT..................................................................................................................................... 17 REVISED PROJECTS........................................................................................................................... 18 ANNEX I. ACRONYMS ET ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................... 34 iii iv GUINEA 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a result of civil wars in the Mano River Union (MRU) countries, Guinea has hosted nearly one million refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia for over ten years. It continues to also cope with Guinean Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), following rebel attacks from 2000-2001, as well as with additional refugees from the 2002 conflict in Côte d’Ivoire. The burden on host populations is tremendous. Furthermore, the linking of international assistance to Guinea’s compliance with good governance and output-oriented macro-economic reforms has resulted in increasing poverty, high inflation, and the breakdown of social services and infrastructure, including telecommunications and transportation. Today, Guinea’s social indicators have become similar to those of countries emerging from a prolonged war. Unlike 2005, no significant reforms were taken towards reform this year to address this declining socio-economic situation characterised by a decrease in the gross national product, rising inflation, steady devaluation of the national currency, stagnation of salaries, and decaying basic social infrastructure and services that have not been maintained or otherwise supported. In effect there is an increase in extreme poverty and vulnerability with over 50% of the population living on US dollars 20 or less per month, and with little or no access to food security, health, water and sanitation and education facilities. This has been the trigger for outbreaks and recurrence of epidemics such as cholera, yellow fever, meningitis and polio. High mortality, morbidity and malnutrition rates, particularly among children under five years of age and pregnant women, are a cause for concern. In pursuance of the strategic goals agreed upon for 2006, the priorities for aid to refugees, returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and affected host communities for the next six months will be to: • Reduce food insecurity, malnutrition, morbidity and mortality rates; • Contain the spread of cholera, meningitis and yellow fever and provide effective drugs for malaria; • Repatriate and reintegrate the remaining refugees; • Address residual humanitarian coordination needs such as contingency planning both in relation to the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, the Avian Human Influenza (AHI) and internal instability; • Support the Government authorities on natural disaster preparedness; • Support information management and a smooth transition from relief to recovery. As a result of the Mid-Year Review exercise, 16 projects were revised downwards to adjust to a reduced implementation period and to cover unmet needs for the remaining six months. One new project was added, while four projects remain valid. Activities will be implemented by UN agencies and NGOs, subject to timely and adequate funding. Funding levels currently stand at only 22.7% of the total Appeal. As Guinea is in the process of a political transition from relief to early recovery, most humanitarian agencies are shifting their focus to rehabilitation and recovery programmes. A Rehabilitation and Reintegration Plan is being developed for Guinée Forestière. However, it is important to note that for the remainder of 2006, humanitarian assistance under the CAP will still be needed to address basic needs in several areas (e.g. water and sanitation, agriculture, health and education). No Consolidated Appeal is expected for the year 2007 as it will coincide with the beginning of the implementation of the Common Country Assessment (CCA)/UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) (2007-2011). The Mid-Year Review (MYR) 2006 Consolidated Appeal has a revised
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