ACTIVITY TITLE
NRC agreement HUM 2017-2019
NRC avtal HUM 2017-2019
Reported by
Sweden SE-0 Government
ACTIVITY SCOPE COLLABORATION TYPE AID TYPE FINANCE TYPE FLOW TYPE TIED STATUS HIERARCHY
ODA 10 1
Planned start date 2017-01-01
Planned end date 2021-12-31
Actual start date 2017-01-01
Actual end date 2021-12-31
activity status: Closed
Physical activity is complete or the final disbursement has been made.
WHO'S INVOLVED ( 2 )
PARTICIPATING ORG REFERENCE ROLE TYPE
Sweden
REF SE-0
Funding Government
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
REF SE-6
Extending Government
General
Detta beslut är ett kompletterande insatsbeslut till avtal med Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) om bidrag till humanitära insatser 2017-2019. Beslutet tas i enlighet med Sidas insatshanteringsregel paragraf 3.11.3. och avser andra året av ett treårigt avtal. NRC är en stor humanitär organisation som arbetar inom de sex kärnkompetensområden tillfälligt boende, försörjningsmöjligheter och matsäkerhet, utbildning, vatten och sanitet, organisering av flyktingläger och juridisk rådgivning. Deras målgrupp omfattar i första hand flyktingar och internflyktingar men också, när relevant, värdsamhällen och återvändande. NRC är en viktig partner för Sida då organisationen verkar i några av världens svåraste humanitära kriser, och har en stor insatsstyrka som snabbt kan befinna sig på plats i en krissituation. NRC är för tillfället närvarande i 31 länder, och har en personalstyrka som omfattar 6000 personer, lokalanställda såväl som internationella. Organisationen är till största del självimplementerade, och för 2018 uppskattats att endast två procent av den totala budgeten kommer att vidareförmedlas till tredje part. Sida utför årligen en humanitär allokeringsprocess som ligger till grund för vilka organisationer, landprogram och tematiska / kapacitetsstärkande projekt som ska beviljas finansiellt stöd. I enlighet med denna process bedömer Sida det relevant att under 2018 stödja NRCs humanitära program i 21 länder, samt i ett antal tematiska och externa projekt. Sida avser ingå fleråriga stöd där ett mervärde för detta identifierats. Detta då möjliggörandet av långsiktig planering ligger i linje med Sidas ambition att skapa förutsägbarhet för partnerorganisationer. Uppdelningen av stödet sker enligt nedan: Landprogram: 2018: Afghanistan, Eritrea, Etiopien, Irak, Iran, Jemen, Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Nigeria, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Syriska Arabiska Republiken, Uganda och Ukraina. 2018-2019: Centralafrikanska Republiken och Demokratiska Republiken Kongo. Sida avser bidra med fastslagna summor per land, men dessa kan sedan användas som oöronmärkta inom respektive lands program, vilket ger NRC flexibilitet att möta de mest akuta humanitära behoven i föränderliga kontexter. För 2018 öronmärks stöd till Information Councelling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) programmet i Palestina då Sida anser att NRCs huvudsakliga mervärde i den specifika kontexten återfinns inom ICLA-programmet. 2018-2019: Rapid Response Mechanimsm Sida stöd till NRCs Rapid Reponse Mechanism möjliggör att NRC snabbt kan svara mot plötsligt uppkomna eller förvärrade kriser. Tematiska projekt: 2018: Strenghtening Global Protection Policy, NRC digital transformation och CaspCap. 2018-2019: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Sida föreslår att finansiellt bidra till NRC skyddsarbete genom deras projekt Strenghtening Global Protection Policy som bl a åsyftar stärka det globala humanitära systemet och humanitär policy, och till det NRC/NORCAP-ledda arbetet med stärkandet av kontantbaserat stöd och marknadsanpassade lösningar inom humanitärt bistånd (CaspCap). Sida föreslår också stöd till NRCs interna projekt som riktas mot att förbättra deras digitala lösningar med syfte att leverera bättre bistånd, och till det NRC-ledda arbetet av Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) som verkar för ökad kunskap om internflyktingar. Externa projekt: 2018: NGO plattform Palestina, NGO plattform Jordanien, NGO plattform Libanon. Sida avser bidra med stöd till tre NGO-plattformar i Palestina, Libanon och Jordanien genom NRC. För Palestina är dessa medel delegerade från Palestinas finansieringskod, beslutsnr 2018-000465, men inordnas under det aktuella avtalet med NRC då detta bedöms kunna bidra till effektivitetsvinster i myndighetens hantering. Sida bedömer NRCs program som relevanta i förhållande till strategin för humanitärt bistånd genom Sida 2017 – 2020 samt de humanitära behov som identifierats i och med Sidas humanitära allokeringsprocess för 2018. NRC var under 2017 Sidas största humanitära NGO-partner, och väntas med detta beslut bli det även 2018. Sida och NRC har samarbetat sedan 2005 och NRC beviljades 2013 strategisk humanitär partnerskapsstatus hos Sida. Sidas innevarande stöd till NRC omfattar ett treårigt samarbetsavtal för humanitär verksamhet (2017-2019), med årliga arbetsplaner och tillhörande budget. Sida bedömer att samtliga medel för NRCs program 2018 ska utbetalas omgående för att möjliggöra planering och uppstart av verksamheten 1 januari 2018. Detta för att på bästa sätt möjliggöra planering och genomförande av den humanitära insatsen utan fördröjning. Ett avsteg från Sidas vanliga rutiner om uppdelade betalningar bedöms motiverat. Sidas stöd i aktuell insats är programbaserat, d v s att NRC har rätt att inom ett landprogram fritt fördela medel inom de projekt i landet som bedöms lämpligast. Härigenom ges NRC en hög grad av flexibilitet avseende landprogrammens utformning. Vad gäller stödet till s.k. RRM-insatser samt tematiska och externa projekt ges NRC i dessa rätt att omallokera medel upp till 10 % av projektbudgeten. Detta bedöms motiverat för att NRC effektivt ska kunna möta uppkommande humanitära behov. För större ändringar, eller omallokering mellan länder, krävs Sidas godkännande. Bedömningspromemorian har skrivits på engelska med anledning av att engelskspråkig personal i fält är delaktig i beredning och uppföljning av insatsen, i enlighet med Generaldirektörens beslut om Sidas språkvalsmatris med tillämpningsanvisningar från den 1 mars 2013.
In accordance with Sida’s humanitarian allocation process 2018, Sida proposes to support NRC’s humanitarian programs in the following 21 countries; Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Ukraine and Yemen. Sida will contribute with an unearmarked allocation per country, which will give NRC the flexibility to meet the most acute humanitarian needs in ever-changing contexts. However, in the specific case of Palestine, Sida will earmark the contribution to the ICLA-component, as this sector is considered high priority and as contributory to the HRPs focus on protection. The support to Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo is suggested to span over a two-year period. This is in line with Sida’s ambition to increase our partner’s predictability, and allow for their long-term planning and alignment with a multi-year HRP.Sida is also suggesting a multi-year contribution to NRC’s Rapid Response Mechanism, to allow for a timely response to sudden onset situations or escalating crises. Furthermore, Sida suggests a two-year financial contribution to the NRC-led Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), which strives to increase knowledge on the needs of internally displaced, and one-year contributions to the NRC/NORCAP managed project “Strengthening capacity for use of cash- and market based responses in humanitarian action”, to NRC's internal work on "Digital Transformation" and to NRC’s work on humanitarian policy, which includes work to strengthen the global humanitarian system and NGO participation in the system.Sida also proposes to channel funds through NRC for the support of three NGO platforms; the Jordan INGO Forum (JIF), the Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum (LHIF) and the International Association of Development Agencies (AIDA). In regard to AIDA, the Consulate General in Jerusalem has the intention to provide support for AIDA within the framework of the cooperation strategy for Palestine. Efficiency gains can be achieved by providing the support through the NRC-Sida humanitarian unit cooperation agreement, and it is thus suggested that Sida/HUM channels this limited development funding, with funding delegated from Palestine Strategy, decision number XXX XXXXNRC’s target group is mainly comprised of refugees and internally displaced persons but also when relevant, host communities and returnees. NRC is working within its six core competencies (sectors); shelter, livelihoods and food security, education, water and sanitation, camp management and legal advice.Sida’s support to NRC comprises a three year agreement for humanitarian activities, for which funding is decided each year based on Sida’s allocation process and NRC’s yearly application. Additional funding is granted through supplementary decisions throughout the year.UPDATE 2021Increasingly NRC is developing its programming on the basis of a gender analysis. It is mainstreaming gender across its 6 core competencies of the humanitarian response. The reporting is still to be improved for capturing performances and outcomes regarding the gender perspective in NRC's programmes. NRC is not yet equipped to track the age dimension of the gender perspective in its monitoring framework, but will address this gap as recommended by Sida. This partnership agreement was extended to 31 December 2020 for the activity period. In 2020, NRC received 402.7 mkr in total for its humanitarian programmes and projects, including 330.9 mkr for crisis response in 26 settings, 50 mkr for RRMs and 21.8 mkr for capacity development. Bringing the total of this partnership to 1,306,200,000 kr for the 2017-2020 cycle.
Objectives
In June 2017 NRC’s Board of Directors approved NRC’s new Global Strategy 2018-2020, which outlines NRC’s main ambition and strategic direction of further strengthening the work to provide assistance, protection and durable solutions to people affected by displacement worldwide. Based on its strategic directions, NRC will strive to achieve four main ambitions: - Be the leading displacement organisations in hard-to-reach areas; - Be a champion for durable solutions; - Become a leader in using data and technology to deliver better; - Be a great organisation to work for. NRC’s mission statement commits NRC to “provide assistance to meet immediate humanitarian needs, prevent further displacement and contribute to durable solutions”. In addition, NRC presents to Sida intended results at an outcome and output level on a sector level in each specific country. These outcomes are presented in the proposals submitted to Sida, both through narrative text outlining overall objectives, strategic direction and activities, as well as through detailed logframes.
recipient country ( 29 )
AfghanistanAF
8.97
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)CD
7.89
YemenYE
7.24
South SudanSS
5.69
NigeriaNG
5.11
LebanonLB
4.75
EthiopiaET
4.64
IraqIQ
4.52
SomaliaSO
4.44
JordanJO
4.35
Syrian Arab Republic (the)SY
4.16
UgandaUG
3.65
MaliML
3.46
Central African Republic (the)CF
3.33
Palestine, State ofPS
2.63
CameroonCM
2.51
Iran (Islamic Republic of)IR
2.42
LibyaLY
2
KenyaKE
1.74
ColombiaCO
1.72
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)VE
1.36
MyanmarMM
1.02
DjiboutiDJ
0.87
Tanzania, the United Republic ofTZ
0.7
UkraineUA
0.7
Niger (the)NE
0.68
EritreaER
0.54
Burkina FasoBF
0.5
BangladeshBD
0.23
recipient region ( 2 )
OECD DAC ( 2 )
Supra-national regions according to OECD DAC CRS recipient codes http://reference.iatistandard.org/codelists/Region/
Developing countries, unspecified998
7.79
South America, regional489
0.39
sector ( 11 )
OECD DAC CRS 5 digit1( 7 )
The sector reported corresponds to an OECD DAC CRS 5-digit purpose code http://reference.iatistandard.org/codelists/Sector/
Material relief assistance and services72010
78.49
Relief co-ordination and support services72050
7.4
Emergency food assistance72040
5.08
Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitation73010
4.73
Education in emergencies72012
3.76
Disaster Risk Reduction43060
0.46
Multi-hazard response preparedness74020
0.08
GLOSSARY
Material relief assistance and servicesShelter, water, sanitation, education, health services including supply of medicines and malnutrition management, including medical nutrition management; supply of other nonfood relief items (including cash and voucher delivery modalities) for the benefit of crisisaffected people, including refugees and internally displaced people in developing countries, Includes assistance delivered by or coordinated by international civil protection units in the immediate aftermath of a disaster (in-kind assistance, deployment of specially-equipped teams, logistics and transportation, or assessment and coordination by experts sent to the field). Also includes measures to promote and protect the safety, well-being, dignity and integrity of crisis-affected people including refugees and internally displaced persons in developing countries. (Activities designed to protect the security of persons or properties through the use or display of force are not reportable as ODA.)
Relief co-ordination and support servicesMeasures to co-ordinate the assessment and safe delivery of humanitarian aid, including logistic, transport and communication systems; direct financial or technical support to national governments of affected countries to manage a disaster situation; activities to build an evidence base for humanitarian financing and operations, sharing this information and developing standards and guidelines for more effective response; funding for identifying and sharing innovative and scalable solutions to deliver effective humanitarian assistance.
Emergency food assistanceProvision and distribution of food; cash and vouchers for the purchase of food; non-medical nutritional interventions for the benefit of crisis-affected people, including refugees and internally displaced people in developing countries in emergency situations. Includes logistical costs. Excludes non-emergency food assistance (52010), food security policy and administrative management (43071), household food programmes (43072) and medical nutrition interventions (therapeutic feeding) (72010 and 72011).
Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitationSocial and economic rehabilitation in the aftermath of emergencies to facilitate recovery and resilience building and enable populations to restore their livelihoods in the wake of an emergency situation (e.g. trauma counselling and treatment, employment programmes). Includes infrastructure necessary for the delivery of humanitarian aid; restoring pre-existing essential infrastructure and facilities (e.g. water and sanitation, shelter, health care services, education); rehabilitation of basic agricultural inputs and livestock. Excludes longer-term reconstruction ('build back better') which is reportable against relevant sectors.
Education in emergenciesSupport for education facilities (including restoring pre-existing essential infrastructure and school facilities), teaching, training and learning materials (including digital technologies, as appropriate) and immediate access to quality basic and primary education (including formal and non-formal education), and secondary education (including vocational training and secondary level technical education) in emergencies for the benefit of affected children and youth, particularly targeting girls and women and refugees, life skills for youth and adults, and vocational training for youth and adults
Disaster Risk ReductionDisaster risk reduction activities if not sector specific. Comprises risk assessments, structural prevention measures (e.g. flood prevention infrastructure), preparedness measures (e.g. early warning systems) normative prevention measures (e.g. building codes, land-use planning), and risk transfer systems (e.g. insurance schemes, risk funds). Also includes building local and national capacities and supporting the establishment of efficient and sustainable national structures able to promote disaster risk reduction.
Multi-hazard response preparednessBuilding the responsiveness, capability and capacity of international, regional and national humanitarian actors to disasters. Support to the institutional capacities of national and local government, specialised humanitarian bodies, and civil society organisations to anticipate, respond and recover from the impact of potential, imminent and current hazardous events and emergency situations that pose humanitarian threats and could call for a humanitarian response. This includes risk analysis and assessment, mitigation, preparedness, such as stockpiling of emergency items and training and capacity building aimed to increase the speed and effectiveness of lifesaving assistance delivered in the occurrence of crisis.
OECD DAC CRS 3 digit2( 4 )
The sector reported corresponds to an OECD DAC CRS 3-digit purpose code http://reference.iatistandard.org/codelists/SectorCategory/
Emergency Response720
94.73
Reconstruction Relief & Rehabilitation730
4.73
Other Multisector430
0.46
Disaster Prevention & Preparedness740
0.08
GLOSSARY
Emergency ResponseAn emergency is a situation which results from man made crises and/or natural disasters.
Reconstruction Relief & RehabilitationThis relates to activities during and in the aftermath of an emergency situation. Longer-term activities to improve the level of infrastructure or social services should be reported under the relevant economic and social sector codes. See also guideline on distinguishing humanitarian from sector-allocable aid.
Other MultisectorNo description provided
Disaster Prevention & PreparednessSee code 43060 for disaster risk reduction.
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