Common Goals, Collective Action DMWG meeting 23 rd August 2013 CLUSTER APPROACH IN VIETNAM

Cluster approach: overview Established by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) as part of the Humanitarian Reform Agenda (2005) Benefits: 1.Predictable leadership 2.Accountability of operational partners 3.Enhanced partnership on the ground 4.Improved field coordination Members: UN Agencies, NGOs, Government Entities and Bilateral Organizations Activation should be based on needs and be time-limited. 1.Trigger event 2.Insufficient national response 3.Need for multi-sectoral approach 4.Large need for operational support

Cluster approach: overview Functions: 1.Supporting service delivery 2.Informing strategic decision- making of the HC/HCT for the humanitarian response 3.Planning and strategy development 4.Advocacy 5.Monitoring and reporting 6.Contingency planning/preparedness/capacity building 7.Integrating early recovery

Cluster approach in Viet Nam First introduced in 2009: Cluster approach applicability study undertaken in 2008  development of ToRs  High level meeting with government agencies, UN and non-UN partners for awareness raising. Applicability study stated that the approach would be necessary and appropriate in the event of a major disaster and less relevant in small to medium scale disasters. The clusters have never been officially activated in Viet Nam. However, since Ketsana and Mirinae in 2009, some clusters were unofficially activated and had been functioning under different modalities (working groups, partnerships, networks..). Main benefits: -Forums where the different stakeholders discuss, coordinate and collaborate on their specific technical issues in DRR; -Actors can have access to and regularly exchange with the government agencies.

Nutrition: UNICEF Meeting held every 6 weeks, over 25 active member agencies/institutions Focus areas, in addition to Nutrition in Humanitarian Actions: Nutrition Policy, National Targeted Programme, Nutrition Surveillance and Research Achievements related to emergency in 2013: -PLANNING/BUDGETS: Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) included into the National Action Plan for Nutrition -CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT: NiE successfully integrated into training package for the National Targeted Programme -COORDINATION: Mapping of nutrition projects by province supported by international agencies -SURVEILLANCE: Commenced model applying cell phone technology (Rapid SMS) in Nutrition Surveillance -SERVICE DELIVERY: Review of Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition of children with severe acute malnutrition -M&E: Assessment of the nutrition information management system for development of an output/performance monitoring system/database.

Nutrition: UNICEF

Education: UNICEF (co-lead with Save) Support MOET to facilitate Education Coordination Group meetings (every 2 months) Coordinate the preparedness, response and mitigation of natural disasters and strengthened MOET leadership through: –MOET decision 1813 to strengthen its internal structure for MOET Flood and Storm Control Steering Committee and Implementation of MOET Action Plan for DRM; –MOET has taken lead (with support from UNICEF and Save the Children) to consult with development partners and revise the TOR for Coordination Group. 3 senior MOET officials and 3 staff from UNICEF and Save the Children trained on Education Cluster Coordination, provided by Save the Children; –35 members of Ministry’s Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Provincial Department of Education and Training trained on Disaster Risk Management; –Technical support provided to ensure the final draft Law on Disaster Risk Management addresses education adequately and sufficiently.

Education: UNICEF (co-lead with Save) Ongoing: –Develop a mechanism and guidelines for data and information management on natural disasters prevention and education in emergency. –Develop a plan for awareness raising and social mobilization about natural disasters prevention and education in emergency, including capacity development. –Develop curriculum package on disaster risk management, education in emergency with integration with climate change.

WASH: UNICEF April 2013: Development of DRM/CCA framework for WASH sector. Follow-up: UNICEF in coordination with DANIDA and WASH sector partners will support NCERWASS (National Center for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation) to facilitate the development of plan of actions for 12 selected provinces. Cluster meeting: Standing Office of the National Target Programme and UNICEF to call for a meeting in September. Main issues on the agenda: -Update partners over the framework and upcoming plans for DRM/CCA planning for WASH sector; -Discuss on review and update of inter-agency contingency plan; -Enhance coordination with other partners that may be playing a role in disaster response.

Health: WHO December 2012: a workshop on Health Cluster and Health Emergency Management Framework held in Manila; On-going: information sharing between MOH and WHO, and documents/information are shared among members through s; Way forward: Update TORs and documents of the Health cluster; Health cluster assessment; When activated after major disasters: Ad-hoc meetings, rapid health assessment joined with JAT, Coordination of health relief activities, provision of medical supplies

Early Recovery: UNDP Late 2012: refresher training on Emergency Market Mapping & Analysis (EMMA) for INGOs and UN; Ongoing: UNDP review of Damage and Need Assessment (DANA) practices of provinces in collaboration with MARD/CCFSC; From Sep 2013 to 2014, provision of more comprehensive training on DANA for provinces and set up provincial disaster risk information database. As it encompasses various sectors, ER needs to be mainstreamed in all other clusters.

Cluster leads contacts ClusterLeadsContact Food securityFAO Ken Shimizu EducationUNICEF & Save the Children Nguyen Minh Nhat Nguyen Thi Bich Early Recovery (including NFIs) UNDP Bui Viet Hien Emergency ShelterUN HABITAT & IFRC Michael Annear Do Minh Huyen HealthWHO Vu Quang Hieu LogisticsTBC WFP (global cluster lead) is not present in-country. Discussions are ongoing on the agency that could play this role. NutritionUNICEF Roger Mathisen Water, Sanitation & HygieneUNICEF Lalit Patra Camp coordination & Camp Management IOM Nguyen Quoc Nam Emergency Telecommunications UNICEF Nguyen Truong Giang ProtectionTBC UNHCR Subgroup on Child Protection (UNICEF) : Nhuyen Thanh Truc

Resources Cluster Leadership Approach Applicability Study: Viet Nam. Final report, November Prepared on behalf of the DMWG by Natural Disaster Mitigation Partnership (NDMP), and UN Natural Disasters and Emergencies Programme Coordination Group Cluster Review Report, UN Programme Coordination Group on Natural Disaster and Emergencies.

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