Transcript GNC Update - Nutrition Cluster

GNC Update
September 2014 to March 2015
GNC Face to face meeting
17-18 March 2015
Geneva, Switzerland
GNC Achievements 2014-2015
Strategic Pillar 1: Partnership, communication, advocacy and fundraising
• A short guidance on inter-cluster work in countries is being
developed (IMC RRT)
• AAP guidance is being developed (GNC-CT and gFSC)
• GNC partners calls on Ukraine, Syria has taken place (GNC-CT)
• Initiated discussions with SUN on Nutrition Cluster and SUN
collaboration
• Regular updates of partnership arrangement
• Quarterly GNC bulletin developed (GNC-CT)
• Information regularly shared with partners and country clusters
(GNC-CT)
• Development of advocacy strategy and plan ongoing (PCA with ACFUK)
• Review and mapping of country coordination structures ongoing
(IMC RRT)
• Secured Funding from ECHO for RRT mechanism
GNC Achievements 2014-2015
Strategic Pillar 2: Capacity development in humanitarian coordination
• Regional Cluster Coordination training for 34
participants conducted - thru consultants and GNC-CT
• Cluster Approach Awareness training conducted in
South Sudan targeting 24 partners
• Supported 12 countries in organizing coverage surveys
and capacity building: Mali, Niger, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia,
Kenya, South Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uganda,
Nigeria, Burkina Faso (ACF-UK)
• Discussions on roster of trainers on coordination
ongoing (Red-R)
• Contributed into the development of CLA competency
framework
GNC Achievements 2014-2015
Strategic Pillar 3: Operational and Surge Support to Country Clusters
• RRT
– RRT team expanded from 5 to 6 members (additional RRT hosted by
UNICEF)
– Since September, 8 deployments to 4 emergency countries (South
Sudan, Ukraine, Somalia, Sudan), Malawi, Yemen and Ukraine
planned)
• Scoping mission and coordination and IM support missions conducted
– Evaluation of GNC support to country cluster /RRT evaluation
conducted
• GNC-CT
– Mission to Ethiopia to support cluster Performance Monitoring
– Supported Ethiopia, Yemen in Cluster Performance Monitoring, Mali
ongoing, CAR and South Sudan planned in March 2015, visit planned
to SSD and Nigeria.
– Sourced additional surge capacity from standby partners - 4 requests
filled ( 2 South Sudan, 1 Sudan and 1 Sudan)
• Proposal for technical surge support resubmitted to OFDA
(consortium led by IMC)
RRT statistics (Jun 2013 – Mar 2015)
GNC Achievements 2014
Strategic Pillar 4: Information and Knowledge Management
• Project documents and concept note for IM/KM developed
• IM/KM taskforce have regular calls to oversee the IM/KM
work
• Developed information management checklist (ACF-UK RRT) –
TF input required
• IM toolkit is being developed by a consultant hired by ACF-UK)
• Work on nutrition cluster indicator bank is ongoing (IM/KM
TF)
• Work on nutrition cluster KM has started (ENN)
• CAP/SRP tips updated - partner input required
• GNC website operational (GNC-CT, RRT)
• Development of Web Communication Strategy –
– Online repositories
– The dissemination and capture of information
– The monitoring and evaluation
Pending Issues for considerations in
2016 WP
• Limited capacity and availability of quality
(and causal) data for assessment and analysis
– response planning
– influencing decisions
• Technical support structure for country
clusters on assessments, data analysis, quality
assurance and information management.
Pending Issues for considerations in
2016 WP??
• Human resource capacity in both government
and NGOs in terms of
– Technical skills (CMAM, IYCF and data
collection/analysis/use)
– Ability to scale up programming response.
– Skills’ sharing at country level is not being
incentivized.
• CMAM is often the focus of the emergency
response with limited assessment and planning
for IYCF and micronutrients programmes, often
due to lack of capacity.
Pending Issues for considerations in
2016 WP??
• Challenges in the operationalization of inter-cluster
linkages – inadequate engagement and commitment of
a variety of actors.
• Challenges with country level resource mobilization
beyond CMAM programme
• Limited experience in national advocacy (outside
emergency funding and IYCF messaging) yet recognized
need.
• Limited experience or guidance on transition (phaseout) and preparedness and linking cluster efforts in
these to wider initiatives such as SUN/REACH.
• Undefined process for capturing and sharing
experiences and learning across country clusters
Pending Issues for considerations in
2016 WP??
• Clarification on the role of nutrition cluster
IMO vis-a-vis CLA IMO, OCHA engagement.
• Improve caseload estimate methods
• Poor definition/understanding of advocacy
conveyed in HPC- need for advocacy with IASC
when reviewing new HPC
• Guidance for field monitoring of coordination
activities – should NCCs monitor
(programme/vs coordination and IM
Constraints
• Substantial amount of time spent on PCA
management by both GNC-CT and RRT host
agencies
• Challenges in recruiting RRT members with
suitable profile
• Unprecedented pressure on GNC-CT and RRTs on
during L3 responses (both in fulfillment of core
functions as well as programme scale up)
• Although WP is about 75% funded,
– 25% funding gaps
– A few activities are funded with no leadership
Discussions
• What do we do with activities which can not
be implemented in 2015? Move to 2016?
• Current WP is to be implemented until end of
2015, when should we start the development
of 2016 WP?