Erbil, Iraq 28/11/2019 Emergency Livelihoods 2019 National Cluster Meeting #11 Meeting Minutes VENUE Expertise France, Bakhtiyari, UB Plaza Building, Floor 2 14:00 pm – 16:00 pm Monday 28 th November 2019 DATE AND TIME PARTICIPANTS ACTED, ACF, ASB, AVSI, IRC, SIF, Bluemont, CARE, Caritaz Iraq, CRS, Christian Aid, DRC, Expertise France, Fondation Suiss de Demanage (FSD), Fraterinite in Iraq, GIZ, GOAL, HI, Help e.V, Help me Live, Human Appeal UK, HIA, ILO, IOM, IRW- Iraq, Italian Agency for Development (AISC), Jasmine of Damascus, JDA, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), CESVI, Mercy Corps, Mercy Hands, HRF, Mission East, MSI, NRC, OXFAM, PWJ, PiN, PAH, Preemptive Love Coalition, PAO, QRCS, WDSO, SAT, SCI, Tearfund, The Johanniter International Assistance, UPP, UNDP (LADP, FFS, ICRRP), WRO, WVI, ZOA, Sheyaw, Five One Lab, Cordaid, JOD, B&Z. Agenda DISCUSSION ACTION POINTS MEETING 1. 14:00 pm - 14:10 pm Building orientation (Expertise France) and round of AGENDA introductions 2. 14:10 pm - 14:15 pm Expertise France – Brief introduction 3. 14:15 pm - 14:25 pm Round of updates from the sub-clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Ninewa, Kirkuk, Baghdad, Tikrit and Anbar) 4. 14:25 pm - 14:40 pm Cluster partner updates on HRP and 3RP 5. 14:40 pm - 15:00 pm Partner Presentation - Basra situational report and market assessment (NRC) 6. 15:00 pm - 15:15 pm ILO Resilience and Recovery Programme in Iraq 7. 15:15 pm - 15:35 pm Enhancing ELC – Breakaway discussions (on SOP working groups, harmonising tools, trainings for 2020, and key stakeholder engagement). 8. 15:35 pm - 15:50 pm Plenary 9. 15:50 pm - 16:00 pm AoBs Round of updates from the sub-clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Kirkuk and Baghdad) (*All sub-cluster contact details at end of minutes document) Key talking points: • Dohuk – no major concern, on 27 th Nov, there was monitoring visit from IHF for first allocation of the project in Sinjar. • Baghdad – there was no meeting in November due to the protests, planning in coming weeks upon the security situation • Salah Al-Din : meeting was 28 th Nov, with good Participation from local and international NGOs. The sub Cluster highlighted the need of response to the North part of SAD as the areas underserved and requested to partners for more action. • Anbar - the meeting is planned for the first weeks of December. • Kirkuk – Hilary from Tearfund will be cluster lead for Kirkuk. • Sulaymaniyah – Aya returned for her role as co-coordinator from Mercy corps, no meetings for last 2 months till last week, there was a meeting, some programs will start next month. there was a meeting on 27th with ICCG Sulaymaniyah to follow up on the durable solutions for IDP taskforce after the workshop which conducted month before. 1
Erbil, Iraq 28/11/2019 Emergency Livelihoods 2019 National Cluster Meeting #11 Meeting Minutes Partner updates and presentations: - Expertise France: Expertise France is a French agency with a stabilisation mandate, recently settled in Iraq (started operations in March 2019; officially opened October 2019) and focusing on 1) Employability, Youth, Entrepreneurship and 2) Mental Health for the moment through French/EU funding. EF currently supports the three campuses of Ninawa/Mosul Universities by 1) setting up a clinical psychology degree 2) building the capacity of career centers 3) building a system of social entrepreneurship contest for students. A larger new project will soon expand this scope to civil society/national NGOs in Ninawa through national partners (NCCI, The Station, AUIS). - WVI – IHF funded project in Ninewa, WFP project for 1 year. - Human Appeal: in partnership with local partner DSPO has started the activities under UNDP-CFW project at Duhok districts of Zakho, Akre, Sumel. The project will be focus on activities for solid waste management, debris removal, some rehabilitation of schools/shelters, and public parks/community centres. Total 585 will be engaged from IDP, refugees and HCs through a CFW modality, and each participant entitled to $20 unskilled & $25 for semi-skilled per day. HA in partnership with WFP has completed a project of 89 greenhouses in Namroud forest, Ninewa while handing over will be done by end of November to project beneficiaries and Director of Agriculture. Another greenhouse project with the University of Mosul is in progress. In this project agriculture university graduates will be selected to handover 40 greenhouses, as Letter of Commitment has been signed with University of Mosul to donate the land for this activity. 100 farmers will be given olive trees with other agriculture inputs in Hamdanyiah (Bazani) and Basheeqa area. Assessment of the beneficiaries has completed, and work will be started from the first week of November. In Rabi’a Al -Jazira canal area 82 KM of canal area has been cleaned on Phase-I &II through the engagement 400 CFW participants through 40 days of work. - SEDO: working in Salah Al-Din (Tooz) as IOM partner targeting 270 beneficiaries (80% returnee 20% IDP) finishing in November with the modality of asset replacement. - UNWOMEN: CFW for 80 women in Kirkuk until March 2020 - PIN: Recently signed the agreement with MOLSA to start the activities in West Mosul until for Vocational trainings using Molsa training center in Mosul the project is until July 2020 on vocational training, business grants and access to employment.. - IRW: 5 projects in different governorates 2 projects with UNDP in Erbil and Hamdanyiah and Sinjar. 1 project with EU ending in 2020, for a care center in Erbil, IHF project in Wana starting this month, and SIDA funded project in Mosul. - Tearfund: working in Mosul (urban areas and Wana) covering approx. 200 business recovery, 80 beneficiaries identified in Wana and mid-November will start assessment for west Mosul for another 100 and Kirkuk (Hawija) covering 100 business recovery as well as conducting business/finance literacy training and market assessments. Started with IHF 190 beneficiaries outside the camps, working with Women Economic Organization to empower the women in the business sector. 2
Erbil, Iraq 28/11/2019 Emergency Livelihoods 2019 National Cluster Meeting #11 Meeting Minutes - Catholic Relief Services (CRS): starting in Mosul and Kirkuk and Anbar and Baghdad for HCs and Livelihood/ Social Cohesion project in Ninewa. - HI : ongoingproject with ACF partnership under GIZ in Akre and Halabja for 1 year. - Mercy Corps: project under GIZ in Suli and Erbil partnering with 2 local NGOs. Started program in Hamdaniyah for agriculture support . - ASB: Rehabilitating al-Jazeera agriculture irrigation channels in Rabi’a and repairing pump stations and agriculture trainings for farmers in Ninawa, startups in Sinjar for 16 agriculture, and new project in Talafar and Sinjar. - IOM: 3 different activities: 1 st IHF 2 partners, multi donor project, business development fund in 8 governorates and different sectors. SME support across Iraq, next year to support agro-businesses and looking to value chain experts. - 5 Labs : implementing incubator project under GIZ. - PWJ: implementing vocational trainings activities in west Mosul for returnees, CFW for refugees in Erbil. - HRF: working in Salah al-Din under UNDP funded project partnering with SIF for 120 SMG grants and 40 saving groups, as well as having CFW project for 200 beneficiaries in Anbar. Labor Market Assessment for (Al-Basra and Al-Qurna Districts) by NRC: *For more information refer to presentation slides or reach out to NRC, Themba Sibanda themba.sibanda@nrc.no. Information about refugees: Total number of registered refugees arriving to assessed area since 9 October: 16,883 Individuals. Click here: Rapid Displacement Overview: Displacement from Syria ILO Resilience and Recovery Programme in Iraq: *For more information refer to presentation slides Alterations on RFPs: Request for Proposal UNDP FFS "PROVISION OF BUSINESS GRANTS FOR WOMEN LEAD BUSINESSES IN MOSUL -NINEWA GOVERNORATE" The focal Person in UNDP for the solicitation process: Lilian Byansi, Procurement Specialist Address: UNDP, Iraq. E-mail address: lilian.byansi@undp.org. In addition to that, the deadline is extended to 18th of December. Information management presentation : - IDP Dashboard and 4W https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjQxYzE3MjMtNGMxNy00ZjdjLTg4MjEtODIwMT QyNmM1NDZiIiwidCI6ImIzZTVkYjVlLTI5NDQtNDgzNy05OWY1LTc0ODhhY2U1NDMx OSIsImMiOjh9 - Refugee Dashboard and 4W https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZTQ2MmQ2MTgtNWFkNi00OTVlLWI2MGItYzY4 OTBjMGE3YjIxIiwidCI6ImIzZTVkYjVlLTI5NDQtNDgzNy05OWY1LTc0ODhhY2U1NDM xOSIsImMiOjh9 ActivityInfo Reporting The deadline for ActivityInfo reporting for Nov-2010 is 5-Dec-2019. 3
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