, 29/08/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #8 Meeting Minutes

VENUE FFS meeting room, UNDP Empire Business Complex, Building 3, Floor 2 DATE AND TIME 14:00 pm – 16:00 pm Thursday 29th August 2019 PARTICIPANTS ACTED, B&Z, AORD, CRS, DRC, Emergency Logistic Team, Five One Labs, GOAL, Human Appeal, Reach Initiative, IOM, JDA, Malteser, Mennonite Central Committee, Mercy Corps, Mercy Hands, Mission East, Oxfam, PiN, Point, RI, SEDO, UPP, UNDP, UNOPS, WVI, ZOA, ILO, MSI, ELT, Christian Aid, Bahar, CESVI, RNVDO, HRF, EADO, ZHO, NRC, CNFS, AICS, IDS.

Agenda DISCUSSION ACTION POINTS MEETING 1. 14:00pm - 14:10 pm Round of introduction AGENDA 2. 14:10pm – 14:20 pm Round of updates from the sub-clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Ninewa, and Baghdad) 3. 14:20pm – 14:40 pm Technical Learning on Gender and Livelihoods, and O&A, MSI 4. 14:40pm – 14:55 pm Introduction to Procurement and Logistics Course, ELT 5. 14:55 pm- 15:05pm: Reporting on FTS and ActivityInfo. 6. 15:05 pm- 15:20 pm Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund (IHPF) project presentation (IOM) 7. 15:20 pm- 15:35 pm HNO and HRP 2019 update 8. 15:35 pm- 15:50 pm Syrian Refugee Response updates (Optional) 9. 15:50 pm- 16:00 pm AoBs

Round of updates from the sub-clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Kirkuk and Baghdad) (*All sub-cluster contact details at end of minutes document)

Key talking points: • Dohuk – - The meeting held at was at the BRHA Offices in Dohuk. - DRC is currently hosting the Livelihoods working group in . - Ninewa sub-cluster is still under ’s line of communication, while there is the Livelihood working group in Mosul. • Baghdad – - Baghdad meeting was on June 26th, encouraging the partners to send their staff contact details to share the invitation and details of the meetings. - SAD meeting was 28th, low participation. • Kirkuk - Last meeting held in July, meeting in will occur first weeks of Sept. - Repatriation on going in Kirkuk, so far 163 IDP HHs arrived from Ninawa through Salah al-Din to Laylan Camp, and there will be 226 HHs from SAD directly. - Livelihoods partners are advised to get in touch with OCHA directly for any Emergency livelihood support. • - Coordinated with OCHA, to conduct the service mapping for the Actors in Sulaymaniyah and Surrounded area,

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Erbil, Iraq 29/08/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #8 Meeting Minutes

- ICCG meeting, the durable solutions for IDPs as the task forces on hold, JCC dedicated a person to attend the meetings. Partner updates and presentations:

- MSI: Technical learning on Gender and Livelihoods, and Q&A (Slides found in last page of document).

- Emergency Logistic Team: Introduction to Procurement & Logistics Course (Slides found

in last page of document).

- IOM: Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund (IHPF) project presentation (Slides found in last page of document). - Emergency Cluster: HNO and HRP 2019 update (Slides found in last page of document). - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation: Call for proposals on local authorities “Improving infrastructure and service delivery at municipal level”. Document attached. - Humanitarian Response Plan Monitoring Report Jan-May 2019 (PMR draft): Click here to download.

Information management presentation: - FTS, ActivityInfo and MCNA (Slides found in last page of document).

Alterations on RFPs:

• the Italian Agency for Development Call for proposals on local authorities “Improving infrastructure and service delivery at municipal level”

Cluster Ayman Ramsis ([email protected]) Contact Info: T: +964 (0)751 053 9220 Mitchell McTough ([email protected]) T: +964 (0) 7507389942 Information Management Officer (IMO): Sameer Qader Email: [email protected] Skype: samirizzat Cell: (964) 0750 475 05 67 General Cluster Email: Emergency Livelihoods: [email protected] Sub Cluster Dahuk/ Ninewa Sub-Cluster Coordinator : Ashis KUNDU– GOAL contact info: [email protected] Mosul Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Rizwan Qazi – DRC [email protected] Sulaymaniah Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Kamil Shihab– REACH

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Erbil, Iraq 29/08/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #8 Meeting Minutes [email protected] Sulaymaniah Sub-Cluster Co-Coordinator: Aya Sarchil– Mercy Corps [email protected] Kirkuk Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Filip Cerny– RI [email protected] Baghad Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Tauqeer Ahmad– OXFAM [email protected] Anbar Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Gull Sadia Altaf– OXFAM [email protected] Salahaddin Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Amman Ali - OXFAM [email protected] Dyala Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Abbas Al Soudany– Wand Alkhair [email protected]

3 MEETING #08 – 29 AUG 2019 INTRODUCTION Emergency Livelihoods Cluster Team

Cluster Coordinator a.i: Mitchell McTough – UNDP [email protected]

Co-Cluster Coordinator: Ayman Ramsis – ZOA [email protected]

General Cluster Email: Emergency Livelihoods: [email protected]

Cluster Information Management Officer: Sameer Ezzat - UNDP [email protected] Emergency Livelihoods Sub-Cluster Coordinators Team Dahuk/ Ninewa Sub-Cluster Coordinator : Ashis KUNDU– GOAL [email protected]

Mosul Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Rizwan Qazi – DRC [email protected]

Sulaymaniah Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Kamil Shihab– REACH [email protected]

Sulaymaniah Sub-Cluster Co-Coordinator: Aya Sarchil– Mercy Corps [email protected]

Kirkuk Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Filip Cerny– RI [email protected]

Baghad Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Tauqeer Ahmad– OXFAM [email protected]

Anbar Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Gull Sadia Altaf– OXFAM [email protected]

Salahaddin Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Amman Ali - OXFAM [email protected]

Diala Sub-Cluster Coordinator: Abbas Al Soudany– Wand Alkhair [email protected] AGENDA 14:00pm - 14:10 pm Agenda and Round of introduction 14:10pm – 14:20 pm Round of updates from the sub-clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Ninewa, Kirkuk, Baghdad, and Anbar) 14:20pm – 14:40 pm Technical learning on Gender and Livelihoods, and Q&A; MSI 14:40pm – 14:55 pm Introduction to Procurement & Logistics Course, Emergency Logistic Team. 14:55pm – 15:05 pm Information Management 15:05 pm- 15:20pm Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund (IHPF) project presentation (IOM) 15:20 pm- 15:35 pm HNO and HRP 2019 update 15:35 pm- 15:50 pm Syrian Refugee Response updates (optional) 15:50 pm - 16:00 pm AoBs Agenda and Round of introduction Round of updates from the sub-clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Ninewa, Kirkuk, Baghdad, Tikrit and Anbar) Cluster partner updates (including Syrian Refugee response) Technical learning on Gender and Livelihoods, and Q&A; MSI Update of MSI’s Technical Learning Forum on Livelihood’s Programming for Women including GBV Survivors (GRPR L&P)

Iraq Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response Learning and Pilots Governance Integration for Stabilization and Response (GISR) program – a broader (GRPR L&P) USAID effort to help persecuted ethnic and religious minorities heal and restore their communities, support economic recovery, and prevent future atrocities Activity Sites

Selection Criteria

• Demographic make-up • Conflict and security • Presence of viable partners • Need Pilots

Livelihoods MHPSS Legal Advocacy Gender Sensitive Negotiation Adolescent Girls ➢ Information, Communication & Technology Training ➢ Photography ➢ Graphic Design

➢ Weekly empowerment sessions

➢ Case management services for survivors of gender-based violence • August 7, 2019

• 13 participants

• 13 organizations

• From Ninewa, Mosul, and the KRI 1. The opportunity for partners and other stakeholders to network and build alliances for future coordination and collaboration.

2. Advanced project thinking for the development of integrated service delivery models. • Factors that contribute to successful livelihoods programming, particularly for women and including GBV survivors • Security Issues • Approaches to Livelihoods Programs for Women & Adolescent Girls • Livelihoods Programming for Women and Adolescent Girls in Ninewa • Culture, Traditional Norms, and Gendered Restrictions Key Learnings & Challenges and Strategies • Importance of assessing market demand and community requests

• Training on gender and GBV

• The importance of family engagement Some issues identified • Safe access and difficulty with mobility for women • Checkpoints – different security actors, harassment of women

Possible solutions • Provide transportation for safe travel • Establish trust and working relationships with the authorities in targeted areas • Support women-only businesses (shops, cafes) Challenges:

• Women and GBV related challenges. • Community and family acceptance. • Livelihood activities in Women and men 's different perspective.

Solutions:

• GBV & Protection mainstreaming • Family participation and community engagement of GBV & livelihood program for Women. • Women and group work preference. • Men be involved and aware about women activity. Challenges: • Duration of projects is often too short to achieve meaningful impact • Lack of funds • Disconnect between donor and implementer strategies

Solutions: • Reporting about the challenges of project duration • Informing donor about implementer, community, family and beneficiaries' interests Next step

Draft and circulate Brief based on participants’ input. Additional recommendations and input from Livelihoods Cluster members Thank you Introduction to Procurement & Logistics Course, Emergency Logistic Team. GIZ Human Capacity Development (HCD) Program 2018 - 2019 Mission Statement: ELT’s Mission is to: • Develop and deliver ‘best in class’ Humanitarian & Emergency Logistics training • Deliver that training wherever it is required • Build the capacity of supply chain & logistics professionals • Support NGO’s by building capacity within their organisations GIZ Capacity Development Plan ELT developed and implemented a range of training workshops for capacity development and institution strengthening, using the activities and milestones set out in the capacity development plan. Workshops Delivered

Supply Chain & Logistics, accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport International: HR/Finance/M&E/Project Cycle Project Management GIZ Capacity Development Gender Balance GIZ Capacity Development

Type of Training Suli Erbil Duhok Total

Supply Chain and Logistics 10 17 17 44 Human Resources 6 8 7 21 Finance 5 8 4 17 Monitoring and Evaluation 2 5 9 16 Project Cycle 4 5 9 18 Program Management 5 8 11 24 Information Communication Technology – On the Job 30

10-9-2019 Emergency Logistics Team GIZ Capacity Development Plan

10-9-2019 Emergency Logistics Team Supply Chain Training

• Mosul 22nd to 25th Sept

• Erbil 29th Sept to 2nd Oct Supply Chain Training

• Procurement • Warehousing • Fleet • Assets • Distributions Supply Chain Accreditation Body

• https://www.ciltinternat ional.org/ Supply Chain Contact Details • Will Holden

• Managing Director ELT

• [email protected] m • 0751-893 5088 Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund (IHPF) project presentation (IOM) CLUSTER PRESENTATION IHF CONSORTIUM

Provision of Emergency Livelihood Support for Highly Vulnerable Returnees and Non-Displaced in , Tel Afar and Tuz Khurmatu

August 29, 2019 IOM Iraq INTRODUCTION

Project Objective: Contribute to the restoration of sustainable income generation opportunities of vulnerable populations in the conflict affected areas of Sinjar and in Ninewa, and Tuz Khurmatu in Salah al-Din.

Project Outcome: Highly vulnerable returnee and non-displaced families of peri-urban areas of Sinjar, Tel Afar, and Tuz Khurmatu have restored or newly established sustainable businesses that cater to market and community needs in the catchment areas.

Project Output: 1350 highly vulnerable returnee and non-displaced individuals are provided with asset replacement grants as well as business development support to restore or establish a sustainable livelihood. ACTIVITY PROGRESS

Activity 1.1.1. Selection of communities

8 communities selected across three project locations (Sinjar, Tal Afar in Ninewa and Tuz Khurmatu in Salah Al- Din Governorate)

Sinjar (ME): Sinjar, Khansar and Dohola Tal Afar (EADE): Al Wehada, Al Jazera and Abo Maria Tuz Khurmatu (SEDO): Komari, Rizgari and likely to expand to Sulayman Beg sub district center.

Selection criteria:

Peri-Urban settlements. Areas with high density of returnee population (MoV: IOM DTM data and Return Index reports). Access and security situation (MoV: Security assessments reports from consortium partners). Support gaps (MoV: Coordination with local authorities and partners on the ground). ACTIVITY PROGRESS

Activity 1.1. 2. Gender sensitive labor market 3 Gender Sensitive Labor Market Assessment, one across each assessment to ensure restoration of community project locations (2 completed , 1 ongoing). market, contribution to market supply, and gap Data collection Methodology: Focus group discussions (mixed), identification in value chains. key informant interviews, employer survey and job seekers survey.

Sinjar (Key Findings) Tal Afar (Key Findings) SEDO • Food, agricultural and humanitarian/INGO are main • Contracting companies and construction • Ongoing. employers. sector are leading employers for skilled and • Industrial work, commerce, food stores and agriculture unskilled workers (daily wage), respectively. are high potential growth sectors. • High unemployment rates exist among youths • Ice-cream making, refreshments, women’s accessories, and women. butchers, car mechanics, electrical installations and false • Dairy, mini market shops, packaging (eggs by ceilings are the skills in demand. women), computer/cellphone repair and • Desirable jobs included working with NGOs, in maintenance, selling kitchen gas cylinders are agriculture, sewing and hairdressing, and in the key skills available and in demand. commercial or private sector. • Metal work, carpentry, sewing and agriculture • Unemployment among women and youths is very high as are sectors with high growth potential. compared to men and other age groups. • Most educated people prefer to work with • Women prefer to work with NGOs over business sector. NGOs over other sectors. ACTIVITY PROGRESS

Activity 1.1. 3. Identify beneficiaries in target areas HOUSEHOLD PROFILING BY LOCATION 700 on vulnerability and skill assessment

600 HOUSEHOLD PROFILING BY THEIR STATUS 500 700

400 600

NO. OF HHS OF NO. 300 500 200 400 100

300 NO. OF HHS OF NO. 0 Al Sinjar Khansar Dohola Al Jazera Abo Maria Komari Rizgari Wehada 200 Male Headed 348 88 129 229 182 102 52 23 Female Headed 239 110 59 212 166 276 56 19 100 Total 587 198 188 441 348 378 108 42 0 Al Sinjar Khansar Dohola Al Jazera Abo Maria Kumani Rizgari Mission East: 973 households profiled (completed) Wehada Returnee 587 198 188 441 348 374 107 40 Host 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 EADE: 1,167 households profiled (completed) Total 587 198 188 441 348 378 108 42

SEDO/IOM:150 households profiled (profiling ongoing 2,640 beneficiaries identified across three for remaining 350 HHs) project locations of which 2,290 are profiled. ACTIVITY PROGRESS

Activity 1.1. 3. Identify beneficiaries in target areas on vulnerability and skill assessment

Beneficiary selection completed in Sinjar (540), Tal Afar (540) and ongoing in Tuz Khurmatu.

BENEFICIARY SELECTION TARGET VS ACHIEVEMENT BENEFICIARY SELETION BY GENDER

270 (20%)

463 Selected (43%) Male Remaining 617 Female (57%)

1080 (80%) ACTIVITY PROGRESS

Activity 1.1. 4. Procurement of assets or preparation of cash-based grant distribution needed for replacement based on assessments

Transfer Modality:

Mission East: Grant

EADE and SEDO: In-kind

Distribution scheduled for 3-4th of September 2019 both in Tal Afar and Sinjar for the first few batches of beneficiaries who have already received Business Management and Financial Literacy training. ACTIVITY PROGRESS

STATUS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND FLT TRAINING Activity 1.1. 5. Provision of business development and financial literacy training to selected beneficiaries 281 (21%) 283 beneficiaries (133 female and 150 male) have received the Trained training on Business Management and Financial Literacy. Remaining 1067 (79%) ACTIVITY PROGRESS

Activity 1.1. 6. Provision of ongoing business coaching and mentoring

This activity has not started yet.

Activity 1.1. 7. Monitoring and follow up of the activities

IOM has been regularly coordinating with the Consortium partners to monitor the activities and ensure compliance. Three workshops were conducted in May, July and August 2019 by IOM, which allowed for thorough review of the project’s requirements, harmonization of the Consortium procedures and methodologies, development of the assessment tool and selection criteria, and determination of monitoring plan. IOM conducts monthly meeting with all partners of the project in order to receive regular updates and identify and discuss upon the challenges faced.

IOM monitoring and evaluation team visited the Business Management and Financial Literacy Training event on 7th of August 2019 in Sinjar. IOM team assessed the quality of the training and conducted some KIIs with project staffs, trainer and FGDs (7 female and 13 male) with trainees. CHALLENGES

Asset replacement grant value ($600) is not enough to start or expand business, this is one of the main concerns raised by beneficiaries.

Less interest from women to start a business, mainly because of cultural barriers, skills gaps and small value of the asset replacement grant.

Volatile and unpredictable security situation (presence of non state and armed group). Incidents are recurrent and although not directly targeted at humanitarian workers, close security management is required, including during project design. LESSION LEARNED

IOM partnership procedures require longer for completion than initially considered and avoid delays in future, IOM will request longer preparatory time to ensure timely implementation.

Increasing the size of asset placement grant would help business to perform well.

Areas with strong presence of non-state armed groups require anticipation and extensive engagement with different stakeholders to ensure access, security and non-interference to allow access to affected communities, unless those groups directly interferes with the project or put staff and beneficiaries at risk.

HNO and HRP 2019 update HRP AND HNO UPDATES:

ACTIVITY BASED COSTING

Rather than taking individual projects as a starting point of the collective budgeting exercise, in unit- based costing the clusters develop average costs for the delivery of different units of livelihoods support Describe cost driver

Overall cost per PROCESS TO APPLY Identify activity UNIT BASED COSTING unit cost TO ESTABLISH THE FINANCIAL NEEDS FOR AN HRP

Average Unit unit cost measures PRACTICAL STEPS

Strategic Advisory group meeting on the 19th of September to discuss and decide Information Management FINANCIAL TRACKING SERVICE

FTS What is FTS?

FTS is an online searchable database, open to all humanitarian actors; Funding Agency and Recipient Agency wishing to report financial pledges and contributions for humanitarian action.

FTS managed by UNOCHA

fts.unocha.org Aim of FTS

 To present a complete picture of all international humanitarian funding flows.

 Visibility on financial contributions to humanitarian activities.

 Humanitarian actors can make better strategic decisions about how funds are allocated and how to adjust and prioritize our humanitarian response How to submit

1. Online submission: fts.unocha.org Click on “Report to FTS” button (right top) An kobo page will be opened https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/::YdK0

2. Manually submission: There is an excel sheet to be filled then submit to [email protected] ActivityInf Platform

Timetable for Updating ActivityInfo for Aug-2019

11-Aug Till 5-Sep MCNA Multi Cluster Need Assessment House hold based REACH Initiative teams with 20 partner organizations carried out MCNA, to prepare plan for 2020 - 13,086 households in - 63 districts between June 17 and August 20, 2019 MCNA Livelihood Indicators

- %HH at least one adult unemployment and seeking work

- % HH relying on stress / crisis / emergency strategies to cope with a lack of resources to meet basic needs.

- % of households whose average monthly income [from employment and pension] was less than 480,000 IQD/month

- % of single female headed households whose average monthly income [from employment and pension] was less than 480,000 IQD/month

- % HH relying exclusively on humanitarian assistance as their main source of income

- % HH with all working adults in unstable employment

- % HH with access to a market less than 5 km away

- % HH unable to afford basic needs (% HH taking on debt due to healthcare, food, education, or basic household expenditures)

- % HH with debt value > 505,000 IQD Syrian Refugee Response updates (optional) Thank you

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