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Keith Moore Andy Catley Tufts University Andy Catley is the principle investigator for the USAID East Africa Resilience Learning Project and the USAID Ethiopia Agriculture Knowledge, Learning, Documentation and Policy Project. From 2005 to 2011, Andy directed Tufts University’s Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and from 2006 on, he also led Tufts’ support to the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) and chairs the LEGS Steering Group.
Keith Moore Julie March USAID/OFDA Julie March is the Agriculture and Food Security Technical Advisor for the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). With an academic and practical focus on agriculture, ecological and farming systems, she has supported the integration of systems thinking into disaster response, recovery and resilience programs. At USAID/OFDA, her work has encouraged research and programming to determine best practices to move international disaster programs toward interventions that contribute to sustainable systems
Keith Moore Andrew Bisson Mercy Corps Andrew is the Livestock and Food Systems Adviser for Mercy Corps. He has worked in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia covering food security and rural livelihoods with a focus on livestock. Andrew has experience with livestock programming in developmental and complex emergency contexts; community based animal health and animal health service delivery strengthening, outbreak control and field epidemiology, veterinary public health and livestock value chain development. Prior to joining Mercy Corps Andrew worked for DFiD, Tufts University Feinstein Center as the Southern Sudan Livestock Programme Coordinator and more recently with FAO’s Emergency Centre for Trans -boundary Animal Diseases in South East Asia.
Keith Moore Emma Jowett Consultant Emma Jowett has worked in the humanitarian sector for 20 years, primarily as a training specialist. Recently, Emma worked with the LEGS team to develop training materials, deliver Training of Trainers and conduct awareness-raising sessions. Her other clients include UN agencies, NGOs, the RC/RC movement and donor governments. Emma currently works on learning programs for market analysis and cash-based programming.
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards The Second Edition Washington DC 26 th February 2015
GROWING CONCERN FOR SOUTH SUDAN’S HERDERS AS CONFLICT DISPLACES MILLIONS OF CATTLE http://www.waap.it/newsletter/newsletter_3.pdf Feb. 2015 Unusual herding and migration routes in 2014 stir tensions and pose risk of spreading diseases As South Sudan’s livestock owners have fled the on -going conflict, millions of animals have been displaced, leading to fresh outbreaks of disease and rising tensions between pastoral groups and farmers, as well as within different pastoralist communities. Declines in milk production and the loss of cattle to disease increase the risk of malnutrition, particularly among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women who rely on milk as an essential part of their diet. For most herders, the loss of cattle means the loss of their entire livelihood. “From the earliest days of the crisis, FAO has done its utmost to draw attention to the silent emergency that these unusual livestock migrations represent”, according to Dr Sue Lautze, FAO Representative to South Sudan. “FAO is scaling up its livestock interventions in the country, focusing on strengthening and decentralizing the cold chain system for livestock vaccines, expanding the community-based animal health network and vaccination programme, deploying its own staff to lead and support disease surveillance efforts, and helping to re-establish local laboratories for livestock disease diagnosis. It is also implementing a new milk voucher scheme for nutritionally at risk families.”
Livestock Emergency Guidelines , and Standards Practitioner workshop, Nairobi, 2004 First Steering Group meeting, Addis Ababa, 2006 First Edition published, 2009 Evaluation of Sphere Translations Global Training Technical Promotion LEGS Companion & Publishing Programme Reviews – Emerging Module Themes Institutional Change Need for updating and re- design of the Handbook
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards The Second Edition: Continuity with First Edition • Livelihoods focus • Evidence and Impact • Core Standards • Cross-Cutting Themes • Technical chapters
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Key changes • Technical updates • Cash transfers & vouchers • Climate change • Livestock in camps • Gender update • Animal welfare • Evidence and impact • Evidence-based case studies • Design • Clearer language • Clearer design and ease of use
Humanitarian Livestock Interventions February 26, 2015 Julie March, USAID Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
Key Points • How has humanitarian aid for livestock changed ? • What are the driving forces of that change ? • What tools are sharpening response ?
FY 13 Responses
Changing landscape for emergency livestock programming Complex emergencies • Chronic stress • Conflict • Displacement • Irregular (but cyclical) weather patterns
Do No Harm (?) • Competition / local markets • Dependence • Hindering resilience Kenya 2004
Building a path to resilience • Assessment based • Best practices • Lessons learned • Community of practice
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Launch of the Second Edition Handbook Andrew Bisson, Livestock and Food Systems Adviser abisson@dc.mercycorps.org Saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Do no harm and avoiding unintended consequences Saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Appropriate responses - strengthening animal health and production systems: ‘Do more good’ Saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Supporting resilient livelihoods and coping strategies Practitioner focused, rapid decision support Saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards A platform for continuing learning – what’s next? -Livestock insurance? - interventions in a zoonotic crisis? Saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.
Introduction to the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) livelihoods-based livestock interventions in disasters
Introduction to the LEGS Participatory Response Identification Matrix (PRIM) Photo: Astrid de Valon
The LEGS Approach to Assessment and Planning Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 1 Stage 2 Analysis of Monitoring Technical Preliminary Response and Interventions Assessment Identification Evaluation & Options
Tools in the LEGS Approach to Assessment and Planning Stage 4 Stage 3 Stage 1 Summary of Standards Options; Stage 2 and Preliminary Advantages & Guidelines Disadvantages; Assessment PRIM Timing; Decision Checklists M & E Trees; Standards Checklists & Guidelines
The Participatory Response Identification Matrix The PRIM is a tool that uses the findings of the preliminary assessments to facilitate discussions with stakeholders In order to identify which interventions are LEGS most appropriate, feasible and Handbook timely Page 38
Using the PRIM Photo: Tim Leyland
Slow Onset PRIM Technical Livelihoods Objectives Emergency Phases interventions Rapid Protect Rebuild Alert Alarm Emergency Recovery assistance assets assets Destocking Vet Services Feed Water Shelter Provision of livestock
Scoring against LEGS Objectives Significant benefits/highly appropriate ***** Benefits/appropriate **** Some benefits *** A few benefits ** Very little benefit/not very appropriate * Not appropriate n/a Emergency Phases --- Appropriate timing for the intervention
Rapid Onset PRIM Livelihoods Objectives Emergency Phases Technical Rapid Protect Rebuild Immediate Early Recovery interventions assistance assets assets aftermath recovery Destocking Vet services Feed Water Shelter Provision of livestock LEGS Handbook page 58
Completed PRIM: example of Rapid Onset Emergency in Asia - Earthquake Livelihoods Objectives Emergency Phases Technical Rapid Protect Rebuild Immediate Early Recovery interventions assistance assets assets aftermath recovery Destocking Vet services Feed Water Shelter Provision of livestock
Completed PRIM: example of Rapid Onset Emergency in Asia - Earthquake Livelihoods Objectives Emergency Phases Technical Rapid Protect Rebuild Immediate Early Recovery interventions assistance assets assets aftermath recovery Destocking n/a n/a n/a Vet services Feed Water Shelter Provision of livestock
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