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Erbil, Iraq 31/10/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #10 Meeting Minutes VENUE FFS meeting room, UNDP Empire Business Complex, Building 3, Floor 2 14:00 pm – 16:00 pm Thursday 31 st October 2019 DATE AND TIME ACTED, ACF, BCF, Basmeh and Zeitooneh, Reach National, NRC, CRS, CESVI, CNSF, DRC, PARTICIPANTS FRC, GIZ, GOAL, Handicap International, Human Appeal, HRF, International Medical Corp, IOM, Islamic Relief, Italian Agency for Development, JDA, Mercy Hands, OXFAM, PWJ, PiN, PAH, Public Aid Organization, RNVDO, Rwanga, SEDO, Sama al‐Iraq for Relief and Development, TearFund, The Lotus Flower, UPP, ZOA, Roots for Change, HRF, CCI, FRC. Agenda DISCUSSION ACTION POINTS 1. 14:00pm ‐ 14:10 pm MEETING Round of introduction 2. 14:10pm – 14:20 pm AGENDA Round of updates from the sub‐clusters (Suly, Dohuk, Ninewa, Kirkuk and Baghdad) 3. 14:20pm – 14:30 pm Cluster partner updates 4. 14:30pm – 14:40 pm Syrian Refugee Response updates 5. 14:40 pm‐ 15:00pm : Partner Presentation ‐ Community‐driven Recovery (DRC). 6. 15:00 pm‐ 15:20 pm Partner Presentation ‐ Role of Community Committees in Livelihoods (Tearfund) 7. 15:20 pm‐ 15:40 pm Core Voucher Assistance and Market Assessment – Participant Experience Sharing 8. 15:40 pm‐ 16:00 pm AoBs 1) 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:  Duhok : the last meeting was on 30 th October, with participation of 35 individuals from organizations, held in BURHA office, more focus on Syrian response. Request from BURHA/OCHA to cluster to share the dataset for livelihoods. The cluster will be getting back to OCHA on this regard.  Baghdad : Unable to conduct meeting in Baghdad due to the protests. ‐ The meeting held for Anbar/Tikrit on 14 th /7 th October with good participation of NGOs. ‐ By the next meeting the TORs for both Anbar and Tikrit will be finalized.  Kirkuk: Filip Cerny‐RI, the previous sub cluster coordinator has now left the country, EL cluster in the process to instating an individual to carry out focal point activity.  Sulaymaniyah ‐ As mercy corps closed in Sulaymaniyah Ms. Aya Sarchil, the previous sub cluster coordinator will not be facilitating in this role, while the EL team is coordinating with OCHA to see the ability for her to continue in her own as sub‐cluster coordinator. 1

Erbil, Iraq 31/10/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #10 Meeting Minutes 2) Partner updates and presentations: Human Appeal: in partnership with local partner DSPO has started the activities under UNDP‐ CfW project in Duhok district’s of Zakho, Akre, Sumel. The project will focus on activities for solid waste management, debris removal, light rehabilitation of schools/shelters, and public parks/community centres. Total 585 will be engaged from IDP, Refugees and HCs through CFW modality, and each participant entitled to $20 (unskilled) & $25 (semi‐skilled) per/day. HA in partnership with WFP has completed the project of 89 greenhouses in Namroud, Ninewa while handing over will be done by end of November to project beneficiaries and Director of Agriculture. Another greenhouse project with 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. IRW : Implementing 2 projects with UNDP until end of March 2020. For IDPs and returnees, HC. Targeting 200 people 1. Ninawa (Hamdaniyah and Sinjar) SMEs business grants, more related to agriculture side 2. KRI (Erbil) Vocational training to support SMEs. REACH : Livelihood projects in KRI governorates as well as Khanaqin district in Diyala and Ninewa plains. 3 years project focusing on Asset replacement, agriculture activities, VT, SMEs. The project started in DEC 2018 to NOV 2021 covering IDPs, Refugees returnees, remainees as well as vulnerable HCs. The target beneficiaries for VT is 250 with 51% female targeted. 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. Tearfund: working in Mosul (urban areas and Wana) covering about 200 business recovery grants and 80 beneficiaries identified in Wana for similar support. From mid‐November TF will start assessments for west Mosul for another 100 and Kirkuk(Hawija) covering 100 business recovery grants as well as conducting business/finance literacy training and market assessments. Started with IHf 190 beneficiaries outside the camps, working with Women Economic Organization (WEO) to empower the women in the business sector. CNSF: starting VT projects in partnership with Malteser int. supporting 240 beneficiaries in Wana providing computer training 300 students in Mosul University with partnership of mission east. Also implementing training in Kakai villages in Hamdanyiah for greenhouse agriculture supporting 100 beneficiaries starting in November‐February, by providing 30 greenhouses and agriculture kits. 2

Erbil, Iraq 31/10/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #10 Meeting Minutes BCF: Distribution to the new arrivals of Syrian refugees using CFW for 30 beneficiaries. * BCF needs to comply with ELC CFW SOPs when using CFW modality. ( 40 days and 20$ for unskilled or $25 for semi‐skilled and 40$ for skilled) CRS: Ninewa (Bashiqa, Bartellah, Hamdaniyah, Tilkaif and Tilsqoof) supporting 150 beneficiaries VT, entrepreneurship, grants. Another project starting November 2019 focusing on 850 beneficiaries across Mosul District, Talafar, Hawija and Faluja for asset replacement. PWI : working in refugee camps, providing CFW for shelter. IOM: SME support across Iraq, next year to support agro‐businesses and looking at value chain expertise to come on board. Partners encouraged to share contacts. CESVI: started 12 months in Erbil (Qushtapa, Shawesh and Bahrka) for 150 women from HC, IDPs and Refugees, providing CFW and agriculture kits for kitchen gardens. Mercy hands: starting CFW activity for 250 beneficiaries in Hamdaniyah on irrigation channels providing a variety of trainings, in partnership with WHH started horticulture and nutrition training for 350 HHs in Bartellah and Qaraqoush until end of December 2019. Benf will also receive the home garden kits. ACTED: OFDA starting Sept 2019 to Nov2020 for 125 CFW in Ninawa governorate, productive input support to 150 beneficiaries and rehabilitating 30 shops in Talafar. Syrian Response: As of 30 th October, 12,748 individuals arrived at KRI, based in Bardarash and Gawilan Camp. Source : IOM Coming through Sahela and fishkhabour borders. 42% male and 58% female As of the REACH KIIs to beneficiaries, the families spent 2300 dollar per group to enter KRI. NRC: planning to do CFW in Bardarash camp, also livelihoods in Gawilan camp and looking to involve new arrivals to current activities. *For more information refer to presentation slides Partner’s presentations : 1‐ Community‐driven Recovery presented by Giulia from DRC. giulia.canali@drc.ngo 2‐ Role of Community Committees in Livelihoods presented by Hilary Motsiri from (Tearfund) hilary.motsiri@tearfund.org 3‐ Core Voucher Assistance and Market Assessment – Participant Experience Sharing by Lea Richard (PIN) and Elsa (PAO) *For more information refer to presentation slides ‐ The next meeting to be held on the 28 th November, will be conducted at (Expertise France) 3) Actions and AoBs office which is in Bakhtiari (UB Plaza building). The confirmation and the meeting location will be shared. ‐ emergency livelihood cluster has identified the UNDP gender focal point Marley Tinnock, (marley.tinnock@undp.org) and the local NGO gender focal Elsa Dahan (reportingpao@gmail.com). 3

Erbil, Iraq 31/10/2019 Emergency Livelihoods National Cluster Meeting #10 Meeting Minutes Cluster EL Cluster Coordinator: Mitchell McTough (mitchell.mctough@undp.org) Contact Info: T: +964 (0) 7507389942, Skype: mitchell.mctough EL Co‐cluster Coordinator Ayman Ramsis (a.ramsis@zoa.ngo) T: +964 (0)751 053 9220, Skype: aymanramsis Information Management Officer (IMO): Sameer Qader Email: elc.imo@undp.org Skype: samirizzat Cell: (964) 0750 475 05 67 General Cluster Email: Emergency Livelihoods: el.sc@undp.org  Sub Cluster Dahuk/ Ninewa Sub‐Cluster Coordinator: Ashis KUNDU– GOAL contact info: 1 akundu@iq.goal.ie Ninewa Emergency Livelihoods Working Group Co‐Coordinator: Ibrahim Alothman ialothman@iq.goal.ie  Mosul Sub‐Cluster Coordinator: Mohammad Aslam Khatti– NRC aslam.khatti@nrc.no  Sulaymaniah Sub‐Cluster Coordinator: Kamil Shihab– REACH kamils@reach‐iraq.org Sulaymaniah Sub‐Cluster Co‐Coordinator: Pending  Kirkuk Sub‐Cluster Coordinator: Pending  Baghdad Sub‐Cluster Coordinator: Tauqeer Ahmad– OXFAM tahmad@oxfam.org.uk 1 Respectively, please keep coordination teams in Cc for any questions related to national coordination activities. 4

MEETING #10 – 31 OCT 2019