Humanitarian Action Plan for the Conflict-Affected Provinces of Mindanao 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND AND SCOPE .......................................................................................................................... 1 TABLE I: SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS (GROUPED BY CLUSTER) .......................................................................... 3 TABLE II: SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS (GROUPED BY APPEALING ORGANIZATION)................................................. 3 2. CONTEXT .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 3. NEEDS ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 HUMANITARIAN CASELOAD .......................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ........................................................................................... 17 3.3 HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF IDPS AND RETURNEES ......................................................................................... 21 4. SCENARIOS.................................................................................................................................................... 23 5. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................ 25 6. HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES AND COORDINATION................................................................................... 28 6.1 COORDINATION .......................................................................................................................................... 28 6.2 HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES ........................................................................................................................... 31 7. CLUSTER RESPONSE PLANS...................................................................................................................... 33 7.1 CCCM...................................................................................................................................................... 33 7.2 EARLY RECOVERY...................................................................................................................................... 42 7.3 EDUCATION................................................................................................................................................ 47 7.4 FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE............................................................................................................ 54 7.5 HEALTH ..................................................................................................................................................... 59 7.6 NUTRITION................................................................................................................................................. 64 7.7 PROTECTION.............................................................................................................................................. 70 7.8 WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE ............................................................................................................. 85 ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................................................. 89 ANNEX A. LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED................................................................................... 89 ANNEX B. LIST OF RESPONSE PLAN PROJECTS (GROUPED BY LOCATION AND CLUSTER)....................... 90 ANNEX C. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS..................................................................................... 106 Full project details can be viewed, downloaded and printed from http://fts.unocha.org. i ii Mindanao Humanitarian Action Plan 2011 1. Background and Scope The Humanitarian Action Plan for Conflict-Affected Provinces of Mindanao (HAP) covers humanitarian activities in six provinces of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao: Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato and South Cotabato.1 The provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur fall within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat fall within Region XII. The province of Lanao del Norte is within Region X. The ‘island provinces’ of Basilan and Sulu, although affected by conflict and with outstanding humanitarian needs, are not covered by the HAP at this time owing to a lack of information and access. It is intended, however, that these provinces be covered by the HAP in due course. The HAP covers a twelve-month period, from January 2011 until the end of December 2011. The total value of the projects in the HAP is US$ 34,527,526.2 The HAP was developed shortly after passage of the Republic Act No. 10121 (the “Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act” / DRRMA), which strengthens the Philippine disaster risk reduction and management system. The process of developing the HAP and the cluster plans therein fully recognises the provisions of this law. The HAP was developed through an intensive consultation process at the Mindanao level, which commenced with a one-day workshop in Cotabato City on 2 August 2010. The HAP workshop, which established the basic scope, framework and approach for the HAP, benefitted from the active participation of ARMM and Region XII Government representatives, all members of the international humanitarian community active in Mindanao and key local non-government organizations (NGOs). The main component of the HAP was developed through the clusters, with each cluster chaired by the respective government line ministry, and subsequently endorsed by both the Mindanao Humanitarian Team (MHT) in Cotabato City and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Manila before being shared with the regional governments for their final comments.3 A list of government departments, international organisations, UN agencies and international and national NGOs which participated in the HAP process is included in Annex A. From humanitarian response to early recovery With the initial conflict-related displacement having taken place more than two years ago, and the ceasefire of July 2009 continuing to hold4, the vast majority of the caseload of internally displaced people (IDPs) targeted in this HAP have returned to their places of origin. Accordingly, the emphasis of programming by humanitarian actors (as well as governments) is increasingly on early recovery interventions, both as projects in their own right and as a fundamentally important cross-cutting theme in ongoing humanitarian programmes. In terms of the generally recognised model of transition from humanitarian relief through early recovery to development (as illustrated in the diagram below), the target caseload is considered to be in the early recovery phase, requiring decreasing humanitarian intervention specifically related to needs generated by conflict/displacement and increasing humanitarian support through early recovery initiatives. This critical shift in focus has been reflected throughout the HAP, with early recovery mainstreamed into each of the cluster response plans (rather than overburdening the “Early Recovery Cluster Response Plan”). The HAP recognises the fundamental importance of ensuring that returns are sustainable and that failure to adequately support early recovery would risk prolonging the crisis. It is important to note in this context that in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for 2012-2018, which is being developed in close consultation with the Government and key stakeholders, Mindanao – in particular the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao – has been identified as the region least likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, accordingly, as a priority geographic focus of the UNDAF (meaning that the HAP is in line with longer-term UN and government development objectives). Moreover, it is important to note the pattern of the past few decades, which has been that of peace negotiations punctuated by widespread fighting that results in relatively few deaths but displaces hundreds of thousands – i.e. cycles of displacement/return/displacement. 1 About 33% of the total budget is earmarked for projects in Maguindanao (see also the pie charts in Annex B). 2 All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. 3 These consultations took place from 30 November to 3 December 2010 in General Santos City (OCD Region XII), Koronadal (DSWD Region XII), Cagayan de Oro (OCD and DSWD Region X) and Cotabato City (ARMM Government). 4 The International Monitoring Team has recorded only three armed skirmishes between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from January to October 2010, a significant drop from 110 for the same period in 2009 (a total of 116 armed skirmishes were recorded from January to December 2009, and 222 from March to December 2008). 1 Mindanao Humanitarian Action Plan 2011 Source: Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery (2008), Guidance note on Early Recovery The diagram illustrates the transition from the relief to early recovery and development phases and the main mechanisms the international community