FUNCTION 5: MONITORING M5 – S1

1.Situation Monitoring 2.Humanitarian Response Monitoring 3.Coordination Performance Monitoring Types of Monitoring

Why do we monitor? To provide humanitarian actors with the evidence for making decisions about what actions should be taken to redress shortcomings, fill gaps and/or adjust the SRP, contributing to a more effective and efficient response To improve the accountability of the humanitarian community for the achievement of results towards affected people, national authorities, donors and the general public

What is Humanitarian Response Monitoring? Continuous process for recording the aid delivered to an affected population as well as the achieved results set out the in objectives of the Strategic Response Plan. It measures inputs, outputs and outcomes and: Tracks inputs (funds, humanitarian actors, projects) and outputs delivered Charts the outputs and outcomes of cluster activities Measures progress towards the objectives of the Response Plan

Inputs Outputs Outcomes are the financial, human and material resources used for an intervention the products, goods and services which result from an intervention the likely or achieved short-term and medium-term effects of an intervention’s Outputs

When do we monitor?

Relationship between planning and monitoring

How do we monitor? Steps 1.Preparing: Clusters develop monitoring plans with details of each cluster’s monitoring activities, which feeds into Humanitarian Response Monitoring Framework 2.Monitoring: Monitoring framework is applied throughout implementation of the SRP, actors undertake monitoring exercises 3.Reporting: Data on the collective response is made available in public reports, Dashboard, and the Internal Periodic Monitoring Report

Needs Desk Review Report Assessment Report Snapshot of CP Needs Response Contact List Meeting Minutes Analysis of 3W- 5W How can we analyse & present info on Needs & Response? + = Needs and Response Situation Report Dashboard

Situation Reports Needs Response Challenges / gaps

Cluster Response Monitoring

Humanitarian Indicator Registry

Group Work 1.Are you undertaking inter-agency monitoring of the Child Protection response in your coordination groups? If yes, how are you doing this and is it good enough? 2.Develop a CP sub-Cluster monitoring plan for the islands of Abari. – Select indicators to monitor the sub-cluster objectives and activities, setting targets for each indicator and identify how data will be collected

Considerations for Interagency Response Monitoring √Agree Indicators as a sub-Cluster / Cluster √Agree outputs and outcomes as a sub-Cluster / Cluster √Consider potential sensitivities of data √Agree process and methodology for monitoring √Agree which actors are involved and how As soon as possible…

Where does it come from? 2012 IASC Transformative Agenda Developed by the IASC Sub-Working on the Cluster Approach & endorsed by the IASC Working Group 2013 Phased roll-out to cluster-activated countries Coordination Performance Monitoring

Take stock of functions and deliverables of each cluster Identify what functional areas need improvement Raise awareness of support needed from cluster lead agencies, global clusters, or cluster partners Support accountability to affected people Why monitor coordination performance?

What is it?

3 simple steps to Coordination Performance Monitoring

A mailing list of cluster coordinators participating in the survey by location Internet access and min to complete the online surveys Cluster meeting to discuss results and follow-up action Commitment to follow-up on agreed actions to improve performance What’s needed ?

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