ETHIOPIA HUMANITARIAN FUND (EHF) SECOND ROUND STANDARD ALLOCATION- JULY 2017

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1 ETHIOPIA HUMANITARIAN FUND (EHF) SECOND ROUND STANDARD ALLOCATION- JULY 2017 I. OVERVIEW 1. This document outlines the strategic objectives of the EHF Second Standard Allocation for The document is an indicative of the prioritized sectors/needs and does not include information on processes In advance of the Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) Mid-Year Review launch, Coordinators all presented a summary of the spring / belg assessment results, gave an update on the status of the current response, noted critical gaps in terms of required geographic and activity-specific focus, and explained the financial implications. 3. The allocation strategy priorities are based on the mid-year assessment results and the Inter- prioritization exercise conducted in early, which highlights agreed top priority sectoral needs with geographic locations. 4. This EHF allocation has been considered and approved by the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) after having agreed in discussion with the Ethiopian Humanitarian Country Team (EHCT). 5. The amount of this allocation is established at US$ 44.7 million. The amount is based on $23.6 million funding at hand, pledged contributions of $9.1 million in the pipeline and anticipated additional income of $16 million. Disbursements to partners will be made as per actual transfer/deposit of donor contributions. 6. In the first round Standard Allocation, the EHF allocated $21 million to address the immediate needs in WASH, Health, Nutrition, Agriculture, Protection, Emergency Shelter / NFIs and Education sectors mostly in the current drought affected areas. II. ALLOCATION STRATEGY AND RATIONALE A. Situation Overview The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia is not showing signs of improvement. The 2017 Government-led multi-agency and multi-sector mid-year needs assessment confirmed underperformance of the recent belg harvest and proposed the addition of 1.7 million people to the relief food caseload - pushing the number of relief food beneficiaries to over 9.5 million people. The projection assumes the continuation of Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) which is due to make its last transfer at the end of July. The situation is further compounded as relief food pipeline is due to break by July. Rising levels of malnutrition are registered across the country, where the overall admissions of severely malnourished children to Therapeutic Feeding Programs (TFP) increased by 23 per cent during the first quarter of The specialized nutritious commodities required to treat moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) for the 2.7 million children and pregnant and lactating mothers is due to break in mid-july. In the absence of relief food and MAM supplies, acute malnutrition will raise dramatically, and if untreated the status of children with moderate acute malnutrition will rapidly deteriorate to severe acute malnutrition, a life threatening condition requiring additional specialized treatment. Some 3 million people in approximately 200 woredas are facing critical water shortages. Targeted emergency water trucking is required in displacement sites, and health posts / centers. The water shortage 1 After initial discussion and guidance from the appropriate coordinator applications are to be submitted on the GMS system. For further guidance on the process please refer to the EHF Operational Manual

2 is also exacerbating the on-going Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak, particularly in Somali region, from where 90 per cent of the AWD cases are recorded. In addition, the refugee response is facing a significant funding gap, where by 23 per cent of the required million is received, the situation is projected to further deteriorate with the expected increased arrival of refugees from South Sudan once the rainy season ends. UNHCR and its partners prepare for a worstcase scenario of 125,000 new arrivals from South Sudan vis-à-vis the planning figure of the RRP of 75,000 arrivals in B. Alignment with the Humanitarian Requirements Document The three mutually-reinforcing strategic objectives developed to guide humanitarian actions in 2017 are as follows: 1) To save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity; 2) Protect and restore livelihoods; 3) Prepare for and respond to other humanitarian shocks natural disasters, conflict and displacement; These strategic objectives aim to: (i) ensure coherence with needs-assessment findings; (ii) emphasise cross-cutting issues, in particular humanitarian protection and resilience; (iii) enhance links between operational and strategic objectives; (iv) to support and strengthen Government coordination and response mechanisms. For this allocation, applications received will be viewed in the context of Strategic Objective 1 of the HRD - To save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity. C. Prioritization In coherence with the results of the mid-year assessment and the Prioritization exercise, this allocation will prioritize support to activities that are: 1. Most Lifesaving responses with immediate, large impact on the lives and livelihoods of the affected people conducted in a cost-effective manner whilst addressing the needs of the most-vulnerable groups; 2. Time critical ensuring timely procurement and distribution of highly needed nutritious commodity required for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition and water treatment chemicals that are need to ensure safe water supply to communities/households; 3. Critically enabling focused on the augmentation of logistics and operation capacity of regional structures; 4. Responsive to the sectoral plans, which include a short list of prioritized activities and to the highest levels of geographical prioritization as identified in the Government s hotspot woreda classifications; 6. Submitted by organizations thoroughly engaged in federal and local coordination efforts and are; 7. Co-ordinated to avoid project implementation or funding overlap. D. EHF Strategic Priorities (Derived from the EHCT and Inter- prioritization exercises in ) The objective of the allocation is to provide immediate response to the agreed upon prioritized needs in line with the mid-year assessment results and the prioritization exercise.

3 Sectors Priority Activities Geographic priorities Nutrition WASH Procurement and distribution of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) treatment supplies for Targeted Supplementary Feeding (TSF)) to avoid pipeline shortfall. Based on an increased projection of 3.6 million beneficiaries. NGO support to the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). Based on increased projects of 376,397 cases of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). Enhancing technical capacity monitors and technical staff to manage inputs, supervision, and quality of care for where SC admissions are rising beyond existing Government capacity. Rehabilitation, repair and emergency WaSH response - Infrastructure to connect sites to existing, functional wells / sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion. P1, P2 and P3 woredas P1 woredas (up to 20 woredas) in Somali, Oromia and SNNPR 2 Priority areas Somali, SNNP and Oromia IDP sites - WaSH in Somali Region EHF Allocated amount Gap articulated 8,000,000 56,000,000 (considering pledges of 9 million from OFDA and Sweden) Responsible Organization WFP 2,000,000 15,000,000 ENCU / Nutrition 1,700,000 3,000,000 22,000,000 WASH Water treatment chemicals for household water safety including WaSH NFIs (August to October). Nationwide 3,000,000 4,880,000 UNICEF Targeted water trucking - (July October). Prioritizing delivery to Stabilization Centers and (AWD) Case Treatment Centers; large IDP sites without alternative sources; and, schools in areas with high AWD case reporting 4,000,000 12,000,000 WASH (OXFAM Somali & UNICEF Oromia) 2 At estimated cost of $18,000/month/woreda for 6 months.

4 Sectors Priority Activities Geographic priorities Health Maintain scaled-up support to the MoH and Regional Health Bureaus for AWD, to include other diseases and acute malnutrition, covering: surveillance, rapid response mechanisms, command post and coordination support, as well quality control for case management. Expanding the current number of mobile health and nutrition teams operating across Somali and Oromia (additional 35 on top of 49 currently operating). Agriculture Support to integrated livestock response including feed linked to targeted animal health and destocking for 1.75m households to the end of the year. Protection Prioritized mobile protection teams Relocation of refugees from Emergency Shelter/ NFIs Education Common services / logistics entry points to camps Cash based programming to be considered as appropriate Provide access to schooling, with temporary schooling package in places of displacement to the end of the year Support to Somali Regional Health Bureau / Command Post expansion to Amhara and Guji responses. Provision of safety measures for humanitarian workers Nationwide (Focused on surveillance and frontline response) Nationwide (Focused on communicable diseases outbreak response) Somali and Oromia Regions Continuation and support of the integrated livestock response in pastoralist areas EHF Allocated amount Gap articulated 3,000,000 3,600,000 3 WHO Responsible Organization 2,000,000 Health 3,000,000 3,900,000 Health UNICEF 4,000,000 27,100,000 Agriculture taskforce Oromia and Afar 1,000,000 2,000,000 Protection Refugee areas 1,000,000 4,000,000 IOM Newly displaced/no other assistance 49,000 IDP children in Somali Region 3,000,000 7,000,000 ES/NFI 1,000,000 2,400,000 Education Somali Region 3,000,000 UNOPS Total 44,700,000 Refugee areas 2,000,000 UNHCR and partners & 3 The gaps articulated in the prioritization exercise does not consider WHO requirements to support frontline response and surveillance.

5 E. Project eligibility criteria: EHF eligible partners can submit under this allocation. Sub-grants to NNGOs and INGOs are not subject to EHF eligibility criteria. Large, integrated collaborative applications are acceptable, there is no stated upper limit on application size, however cost-efficiency and ensuring a balanced response (sectoral and geographical) will be considered. Such applications must be well discussed with each of the relevant coordinators prior to submission. Applicants are advised this approach requires early engagement with concerned stakeholders (including Regional Government) to avoid delay. Project duration should be set at the minimum necessary for efficient implementation of the project and may not be longer than 12 months. F. Criteria for technical review of projects: All applications must be subject to an independent technical review, usually lead by coordinators or through a process organized by OCHA if the application is from the Lead agency. If a identifies a partner with best capacity and operational presence to undertake a particular intervention, applications may be processed more rapidly than the above time line. Projects need to explicitly consider the following cross-cutting themes; Accountability to Affected Populations, Do No Harm, protection and gender. Partners seeking funding from the current EHF 2017 Allocation must adhere to the guiding principles and strategic objectives outlined in this paper. Proposals not in line with this paper will not be considered for funding. Proposals need to clearly provide sex and age disaggregated data. G. Timeline Activity Indicative duration Stakeholders involved Submission of applications to EHF Two weeks from IPs 25 Technical Review completed Two weeks Coordinators, EHF, IPs Re-submission of applications RB review completed 3 days RB HC endorsement 2 days HC Re-submission of applications One week IPs Financial Review and re-submission of One week FCS, EHF, IPs budget Grant Agreement One week EHF, IPs, HC, FCS