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The Consolidated Appeal Process Rome, 9-10 May 2012 CAP Section www.unocha.org/cap . OUTLINE. PART I – THE CAP AND THE PROGRAMME CYCLE PART II – ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES PART III – PROJECT DESIGN & ASSESSMENT CONCLUSIONS. PART I: THE CONSOLIDATED APPEAL PROCESS.
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The Consolidated Appeal Process Rome, 9-10 May 2012 CAP Section www.unocha.org/cap
OUTLINE PART I – THE CAP AND THE PROGRAMME CYCLE PART II – ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES PART III – PROJECT DESIGN & ASSESSMENT CONCLUSIONS
PART I: THE CONSOLIDATED APPEAL PROCESS Much more than an appeal for money… The programme cycle includes: • (Preparedness) • Assessment • Joint planning and response • Information management • Resource mobilisation • Monitoring • (Transition)
Resource mobilisation Monitoring Needs assessment Joint planning
An inclusive, coordinated programme cycle Assessment Joint planning – strategic level Monitoring Resource allocation Joint planning – detailed operational level
Life-saving:actionsthat within a short time span remedy, mitigate or avert direct loss of life, physical and psychological harm or threats to a population or major portion thereof and/or protect their dignity Time critical:necessary, rapid and time-limited actions and resources required to minimize additional loss of lives and damage to social and economic assets. It relates to the opportunities for rapid injection of resources to save lives either in complex emergencies or after natural disasters Source: CERF guidelines Main types of activities in consolidated appeals OCHA CAP Section
PART II: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Who is involved in the CAP? • Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator • UN agencies (field and HQ) • NGOs • Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement • Donors • Affected country government and populations
Resident/Humanitarian Coordinators • support • lead • decision-maker • participate • trigger • ensure • liaise • advocate
Cluster coordinators • vet • lead • assess • update • consult • develop • gather • revise • monitor • advocate
Agency/partner role • develop • report • participate • implement • engagement • proactive
Be proactive in the CAP process Participate in sectoral needs assessments Help develop sector response plan Present realistic project proposals Engage individually with donors Implement projects Report on activities (to FTS) What should cluster/members be doing in the field? OCHA CAP Section
Agency HQ role • support • review • report • advocate
PART III: PROJECT DESIGN & ASSESSMENT • What defines a good humanitarian project • Selection and prioritisation • Gender marker • ClusterIndicators
Building a consolidated appeal • The Common Humanitarian Action Plan • Comprises the common elements of a consolidated appeal, including contextual and needs analysis, scenarios, boundaries and scope of action, strategic objectives, project selection and prioritisation criteria • The cluster response plans • Comprise objectives that operationalise one or more of the strategic objectives, and include their own objectives, activities, outcomes, indicators, and monitoring plan • The projects • Designed to respond to one or more of the cluster’s objectives, and must meet the cluster’s and appeal’s selection criteria.
Cluster response plans:key challenges • Cluster objectives clearly linked to strategic objectives • Defining the categories of affected people, the number of people in need, and the targeted beneficiaries • MAPPING: CAP and non-CAP actors and activities • Demonstrating no duplications or gaps • Clear needs assessments information and concise needs analysis
Projects Design Vetting Inclusion Selection Prioritisation
Project vetting ‘‘Each CAP, and thereforeeachprojectselected for the CAP, shouldtrulydeserve 100% funding’’ All projects must: • be based on assessed needs • address a cluster objective • work towards achieving a strategic objective • be feasible for the proposing organization • befeasiblewithin the CAP-time frame • be reasonably budgeted
Project vetting: case study from Somalia Project criteria set at CAP workshop Sector coordination groups agree on sector objectives and priorities TECHNICAL REVIEW: Sector chairs + NGO rep Organizations submit projects Project included SENIOR REVIEW: Country Reps of UN agencies + 2 NGO reps Project rejected
Sample criteria for project prioritization temporal criteria organizational criteria other context-specific criteria demographic criteria gender-marker criteria geographic criteria sector criteria
Table II: Requirements per priority level Consolidated Appeal for Central African Republic 2012 as of 15 November 2011 http://fts.unocha.org Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by appealing organizations. Priority Original Requirements ($) 20,313,085 IMMEDIATE 80,599,110 HIGH MEDIUM , , 33,545,539 134,457,734 Grand Total An example of good practice
CAP: Key dates January Programme Kick-Off Conference (mid Jan) Local launches Global Launch of the Consolidated Appeal (end Nov) October April MYR process(May - June) CAP Field-Workshop: (Aug/Sept) Mid-Year Conference (mid July) July
For further information: • Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) • http:// www.unocha.org/cap • Financial Tracking Service (FTS) • http://fts.unocha.org • Online Project System (OPS) • http://ops.unocha.org • Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) • http:// www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc