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Venezuela VENEZUELA Severity of Access Constraints As of December 2019 VENEZUELA Humanitarian Access VENEZUELAAs of December 2019 Humanitarian Access As of December 2019 KEY MESSAGES HUMANITARIAN ACCESS The operational capacity of humanitarian actors has CONSTRAINTS increased in 2019 withVENEZUELA over 75 organizations operating in 231 Restrictions related to climate, terrain, municipalities in all Humanitarian24 states. As the response Access has expanded,- Field Coordination goods Hub or lackin ofMaracaibo infrastructure 67% humanitarian actors have been confronted with several VENEZUELA Denial of the existence of humanitarian As of December 2019 63% challenges in terms of access to the most vulnerable people. needs or the right to assistance The main challengesHumanitarian are: Access - Field Coordination Hub in Maracaibo 57% InsufficientAs of funding December of the 2019 humanitarian response Bureaucratic impediments limits its scale up and the delivery of essential goods Restrictions of affected populations’ access 53% and services. Thirty four per cent of the US$223 to services and assistance million required was received for the implementation Popular protests 47% of the HumanitarianVENEZUELA Response Plan (July-December 2019) Insecurity 30% The politicizationHumanitarian of humanitarian Access assistance - Field has CoordinationDiversion Hubor interference in Caracas in the delivery VENEZUELAAs of December 2019 of aid and the implementation of 27% had a negative impact on the acceptance of aid and humanitarian activities stressesHumanitarian the importance of ensuringAccess the - respectField forCoordination Incidents Hub againstin Caracas humanitarian goods, installations and personnel 7% humanitarianAs of principlesDecember by 2019 all stakeholders, at all levels. Note: % of survey respondents who indicated this constraint as one of the Logistical impediments across the country, due main ones they face to the lack of fuel and the functioning of basic services VENEZUELAsuch as electricity, transportation SEVERITY OF CONSTRAINTS and telecommunications, limit the capacity of humanitarianHumanitarian organizations toAccess reach vulnerable - Field Coordination335 municipalities Hub in San Cristóbal Creation date: 10 de diciembre de70% 2019 Sources:30% Workshop in the eld coordination hubs and access survey. Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/venezuela populations,VENEZUELAAs of as December well as the 2019 access of these populations to humanitarian assistance and www.humanitarianresponse.org/operations/venezuela236 municipalities with 99 municipalities without Humanitarian Access - Field Coordinationinformation aboutHub access in San Cristóbalinformation about access services.As of December 2019 The denial of the existence of humanitarian needs is a challenge for the work of humanitarian actors in Areas with occasional access constraints some areas, and impacts the ability of collecting the necessary data to design appropriate interventions. Areas with regular access VENEZUELA 39% 61% constraints Bureaucratic impediments affect the entry of organizations,Humanitarian personnel and Access goods into -the Field Coordination Hub in CiudadAreas Guayana with high access constraints country, VENEZUELAespeciallyAs of December for international 2019 NGOs, and limit operationsHumanitarian and movements withinAccess the country. - Field Coordination Hub in CiudadAreas Guayana without enough information The presenceAs of ofDecember irregular armed2019 groups in IMPACT some areas and popular demonstrations impact • Temporary suspension of / delay and reprogramming of humanitarian access to vulnerable populations. missions, activities and operations • Permanent suspension / cancelling of operations and METHODOLOGY missions • Absence of legal security NATIONAL ORKSHOPS ITH • Security risks for humanitarian actors SURVEY HUMANITARIAN ACTORS (September 2019) (September-October 2019) • Reduction in or partial delivery of assistance 31 responses 5 regional workshops • Increase in operational cost (San Cristobal, Ciudad Guayana, Maracaibo, Caracas y Santa Ana de Coro) • Challenges for project design and resource mobilization 27 organizations 159participants repre- • Lack of coordination and communication with authorities, senting humanitarian partners the affected population and humanitarian personnel in the field The boundaries, names and designations used do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation ate 05 February, 2020 Sources orkshops in the field coordination hubs and access survey. Feebac ocha-venezuelaun.org www.unocha.org/venezuela www.humanitarianresponse.org/operations/venezuela 1 The boundaries, names and designations used do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation ate 05 February, 2020 Sources orkshops in the field coordination hubs and access survey. Feebac ocha-venezuelaun.org www.unocha.org/venezuela www.humanitarianresponse.org/operations/venezuela VENEZUELA Severity of Access Constraints As of December 2019 Aruba Curacao Grenada Mar Caribe FALCÓN NUEVA ESPARTA YARACUY DIST\!RITO SUCRE CAPITAL CARABOBO LARA ARAGUA MIRANDA Lago de Maracaibo TRUJILLO MONAGAS ZULIA COJEDES PORTUGUESA GUÁRICO DELTA ANZOÁTEGUI AMACURO MÉRIDA BARINAS TÁCHIRA APURE BOLÍVAR Severity of access constraints Areas with occasional access constraints AMAZONAS Areas with regular access constraints Areas with high access constraints Areas without enough information Admin 1 borders Admin 2 borders !\ Capital District The boundaries, names and designations used do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation ate 05 February, 2020 Sources orkshops in the field coordination hubs and access survey. Feebac: ocha-venezuelaun.org www.unocha.org/venezuela www.humanitarianresponse.org/operations/venezuela 2 VENEZUELA Humanitarian Access As of December 2019 VENEZUELA Humanitarian Access - Field Coordination Hub in Maracaibo As of December 2019 VENEZUELA Humanitarian Access Access - Field Coordination Hub in Caracas As of December 2019 SEVERITY OF ACCESS CONSTRAINTS FALCON !La Guaira VENEZUELA DISTRITO VENEZUELASan VARGAS C!\APITAL !Felipe ! Humanitarian Access - FieldMar aCoordinationcay Los Teques Hub in Maracaibo YARACU ! MIRANDA !Valencia LARA HumanitarianAs of December 2019 AccessCARABOBO - Field CoordinationSan Juan Hub in San Cristóbal As of December 2019 de los !Morros ARAGUA ULIA San Carlos ! ANOATEGUI TRUJILLO VENEZUELACOJEDES !Guanare PORVENEZUELATUGUESA MERIDA Humanitarian Access - Field Coordination Hub in Caracas GUARICO Nacional AsHumanitarian of December 2019 Access - Field Coordination Hub in Ciudad Guayana Mapas CCTs As of December 2019 335 municipalities 61% 39% Ciudad Guayana BARINAS206 municipalitiesCaracas with 129 municipalities without information about access information about access VENEZUELAAreas with occasional access HumanitarianconstraintsAPUR AccessE - Field Coordination Hub in SanBOLIAR Cristóbal As of DecemberAreas with2019 regular access 48% 52% constraints Maracaibo Areas with high access constraints KEY ACCESSSan CONSTRAINTS Cristobal Areas without enough information Bureaucratic Insecurity Denial of the existence of Restrictions of affected impediments humanitarian needs or right populations’ access to VENEZUELA to assistance services and assistance Caracas Humanitarian Access - Field Coordination HubCiudad in Ciudad Guayana Guayana SEVERITY OFAs CONSTRAINTS of December 2019 METHODOLOGY The boundaries, names and designations used do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation ate 05 February, 2020 Sources orkshops in the field coordination hubs and access survey. Feebac ocha-venezuelaun.org75 municipalities www.unocha.org/venezuela in Ciudad Guayana Field Coordination Hub www.humanitarianresponse.org/operations/venezuela107 municipalities in the Caracas Field Coordination Hub 64% 36% ORKSHOPS ITH 59% ORKSHOPS41% ITH ORKSHOPS ITH ORKSHOPS ITH 69 municipalities with 38 municipalities without HUMANITARIAN44 municipalities ACTORSwith 31 municipalities withoutHUMANITARIAN ACTORS HUMANITARIAN ACTORS HUMANITARIAN ACTORS information about access information about access information about access information about access Areas with occasional access Areas with occasional access constraints constraints 23 organizations 12 organizations 16 organizations 2 workshops Areas with regular access Areas with regular access (Maracaibo y Santa Ana de Coro) 32% constraints 41% 59% constraints 68% Areas with high access Areas with high access constraints 35 participants representingconstraints 21participants representing 29participants representing 38 participants representing Areas without enough humanitarian partners Areas without enough humanitarian partners humanitarian partners humanitarian partners information information Maracaibo San Cristobal 3 75 municipalities in the Maracaibo Field Coordination Hub 78 municipalities in the San Cristobal Field Coordination Hub The boundaries, names and designations used do not imply official endorsement93% 7% or acceptance by the United Nations. 68% 32% Creation ate 05 February, 2020 Sources orkshops in the field coordination hubs and access survey. Feebac ocha-venezuelaun.org www.unocha.org/venezuela www.humanitarianresponse.org/operations/venezuela70 municipalities with 5 municipalities without 53 municipalities with 25 municipalities without information about access information about access information about access information about access Areas with occasional access Areas with occasional access constraints constraints
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