GNC Update September 2014 to March 2015 GNC Face to face meeting March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

GNC Achievements 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 ACF- UK) Review and mapping of country coordination structures ongoing (IMC RRT) Secured Funding from ECHO for RRT mechanism

GNC Achievements 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 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 (phase- out) 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?