UNDAF PRIORITY WORKING GROUP 4 ESSENTIAL SERVICES

1. UNDAF PRIORITY WORKING GROUP 4ESSENTIAL SERVICES 4 December 2011

2. Essential Services: Priority Working Group (PWG)

3. Essential Services: Priority Working Group (PWG) …cont’d

4. Increased Access to Quality Essential Services UNDAF Priority Area Outcomes • Outcome 4.1 : The Government of Iraq has participatory and accountable policy framework and implementation mechanisms for the delivery of quality basic services at all levels Outcome 4.2: Government of Iraq has enabled more children and youth to access and complete quality basic, vocational, higher and non-formal education. Outcome 4.3: Government of Iraq has enabled improved access to and utilization of quality Primary Health Care Services for all people of Iraq Outcome 4.4: People in Iraq have improved access to safe water, sanitation, electricity and municipal services. Outcome 4.5: People in Iraq are provided with access to adequate housing in line with international standards. Outcome 4.6: People in Iraq have improved food and nutrition security, and food safety

5. SUB- PRIORITY WORKING GROUP EDUCATION

6. Education: Key Achievements • The Functional Review, Service Delivery, Costing study and Road Map for Primary and Higher Education Sectors under the Iraq Public Sector Modernization (I-PSM) programme completed; • National Education Strategy for Iraq (NESI) reached final stage; • Child-Friendly School (CFS): plans of action for each governorate developed, CFS selection criteria agreed and roll out begun (target 200 schools); • MoE Iraqi curriculum experts trained for the development of Curriculum Framework; • National Literacy Strategy endorsed by MoE and PMO; • National School Health strategy development in process;

7. Education: Key Achievements ……Cont. • MoE Strategy for Accelerated Learning Programme was developed for Center/South Iraq and KRG; 60,000 students enrolled in ALP; • School construction, rehabilitation, furniture provision, water and sanitation facilities; 50+ schools; • National Literacy Network Established including 220 National NGOs accredited by MoE ; • School-feeding: 450 schools assisted; 95,000 primary school girls and boys received food aid; enrolment in assisted schools increased by 11% (14% for girls) while retention rates were as high as 100%; • 60 Schools implementing the health promoting schools initiative; • Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) Plan of action developed;

8. SUB- PRIORITY WORKING GROUP HEALTH AND NUTRITION

9. Health and Nutrition: Key Achievements • The Functional Review, Service Delivery, Costing study and Road Map for Health Sector under the Iraq Public Sector Modernization (I-PSM) programme completed; • First National Nutrition strategy drafted with engagement of MoH and related line ministries with technical support from WHO, UNICEF, WFP and FAO; • Reproductive Health/MCH strategy drafted and handed over to MoH for revision and comments; • Stop TB Strategy adopted and national strategic plan developed and costed; • The process of revitalizing Health Information System for developing health policies and strategies is in place;

10. Health and Nutrition: Key Achievements….Cont. • PHC Services are being strengthened through upgrading and construction by WHO and UNICEF of new PHCs, capacity building for implementation of district problem solving model with a focus on hard to reach areas; • About 350,000 people in most disadvantaged communities with high influx of IDPs/returnees in the South and Center governorates have better access to quality PHC services; • HIV/AIDS: Epidemiologic situation and response analysis have been conducted and development of National Strategic Plan (NSP) has been initiated. Assessment of HIV surveillance system has been conducted and recommendations for developing HIV/AIDS surveillance plan made;

11. Health and Nutrition: Key Achievements….Cont. • RHNA: Reproductive Health Need Assessment: National qualitative and quantitative study was conducted to define the main needs and gaps; RHresearch ongoing with Universities of Baghdad, Basra and Erbil; • Family Planning: Assessment of commodities (contraceptives) and plan of action to establish a new system of contraceptives commodity security (Family Planning). Training on family planning and provision of contraceptives for MoH including building of 3 new clinics; • Youth: Health,development and protection programmes including awareness-raising, are established

12. SUB- PRIORITY WORKING GROUP WATER AND SANITATION

13. Water & Sanitation: Key Achievements • Development of National Water and Sanitation policy supported; • I-PSM: Functional Review, Service Delivery, Costing Study and Road Map for Water and Sanitation Sector developed; • Master Plan for Integrated Solid Waste Management in Dohuk completed and ISWM Master plans for Sulaimanyah, Erbil, Anbar and ThiQar are at the completion stage; • Guidelines on Reverse Osmosis (RO) and desalination operations developed; • Environmental Survey on Water, Sewage and Municipal sectors for all governorates completed; • 500 senior and technical staff trained on different Watsan topics; • Sanitary Inspection Survey for more than 1,600 Drinking Water Resources in the three targeted governorates completed; • Advocacy Plans for Hygiene and environmental awareness developed and implementation is ongoing;

14. Water & Sanitation: Key Achievements …cont’d • Rehabilitation/extension of 41 water systems in 12 governorates completed benefiting 265,000 inhabitants; rehabilitation of 14 water facilities is ongoing; • Rehabilitation/Construction of 17 sewage facilities in 10 governorate completed benefiting 283, 000 inhabitants; • Construction of landfill and weighbridge completed in Basra benefiting 1.5 million people; • One sewage lab was upgraded in Baghdad and Laboratory Information Management Systems installed in 3 water labs in KRG; • WASH facilities rehabilitated in 47 schools in 11 governorates; • Hygiene and sanitation education provided in 180 schools and training provided to 400 teachers and community promoters;

15. SUB- PRIORITY WORKING GROUP HOUSING

16. Housing: Key Achievements • Study visit of Land reform working group to Germany, attended by 16 Iraqi Officials. Vision Statement on Land Reform in Iraq prepared; • KRG Task Force on Housing established, data collection underway; • MoCH Housing Observatory established and personnel trained; • Study report on analysis of current Housing norms and standards completed; • Action Plan and settlement master plans completed for 2 informal settlements in Erbil; • Training Needs Assessment of Housing Institutions in Erbil completed; • Strategy for Long Term Shelter solutions for people affected by displacement drafted;

17. Housing: Key Achievements … cont’d • Study on urban development in Baghdad completed, maps produced to support urban planning activities; • Detailed costed master plans prepared for 2 settlement upgrades, resettlement site established, illegally occupied plots being purchased by occupiers with governorate subsidy; • Construction of 300 houses completed; 1,076 shelter started - 200 in the center, 476 in the North and 400 in the South; • Donor meetings underway to support the Baghdad Initiative, draft proposals prepared; • 35 settlements identified for upgrading/ resettlement, 15 in the center, 6 in the North and 14 in the South; • 1,323 protection visits conducted; • 10,240 individuals / refugees registered in Makhmour camp;

18. SUB- PRIORITY WORKING GROUP FOOD SECURITY

19. FoodSecurity: Key Achievements • GoI is supported in drafting a prioritized national agricultural policy aimed at enhancing agricultural growth; • Agricultural investment strategy is under development; • 250 MoA staff and 20 vets trained on disease surveillance; • 26 GoI statisticians trained on data analysis; • 3 animal stations rehabilitated and MoA laboratory for disease control was equipped in order to strengthen the capacity of epidemiology and disease surveillance; • 3 milk collection centers were rehabilitated and equipped to improve milk collection; outlet system and 150 frozen dairy cattle embryos were imported and implanted to enhance embryo transfer technique;

20. Food Security: Key Achievements … cont’d • 22 greenhouses installed to develop new seed varieties, 3 greenhouses installed for massive virus-free propagation materials and gardening facilities; • 3 units of seed processing plants are being delivered to improve the quality of seeds and assistance provided to 5,000 vulnerable people through distribution of vegetable seeds and related inputs; • The seed law is within parliamentary debate and once approved it will enhance the regulatory framework in the seed sector; • One tissue culture laboratory and glass house were established to adopt advanced date palm improvement technologies; • A total of 53% of the targeted IDPs and returnees benefited from cash for work programme - receiving cash to rebuild their livelihoods and productive community assets; • A total of 60% of the targeted IDPs and returnees have used cash to buy food, thus improving their household food security;

21. Programmatic & Operational Considerations • Limited movement of international staff due to security restrictions; • Insufficient funding for the implementation of anticipated UNDAF Programmes; • Gaps in the sectors’ regulatory and legislative frameworks; • Absence of national policies; • Insufficient Government Budget, lack of infrastructure and maintenance; • Limited capacities at Governorate levels for planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring activities; • Slow procedure for obtaining the parliamentary approvals; • Cost sharing mechanisms are not established;

22. RECOMMENDATIONS • Develop clear procedures and mechanisms for cost sharing that can be applied across sectors; • Encourage GoI ownership and leadership role across all sectors and all partners; • Ensure that the programmes being implemented under UNDAF are integrated in the overall GoI priorities and complement existing GoI programmes; • Need for systematic inter-sectoral collaboration between Ministries; • Increased Technical Assistance for upstream policy development and planning at national and governorate level; • More commitment for attainment of MDGs;

23. RECOMMENDATIONS …cont’d • Need to assist Government of Iraq in decentralization, sector reform and modernization; • Inclusion of gender and other crosscutting issues in policy level documents and programme planning; • Improve the mechanisms for subsidies for the poor and facilitate wider access to the benefits of private sector involvement; • Increase investments in human capital through establishment of functional cost sharing mechanism with all stakeholders; • Pilot projects to demonstrate appropriate technologies and environment friendly approaches; • Enhance Private Sector Engagement and Community Participation in essential basic services programmes;

24. Essential Services Priority Area: Funding Status Total Funds Requested (2011-2014): $ 869.56 million Funds Available as of 30 September 2011: $ 263.02 million (or 30.25% funded) Remaining Balance to be mobilized: $ 606.54 million

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