Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen 2014 (word)

COORDINATION SUPPORT AND SERVICES (Safety and Security)

	Lead agency: United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Contact information: Mr. Graeme Membrey [e-mail]
	PEOPLE IN NEED All covered by clusters and Agencies		PEOPLE TARGETED All covered by clusters and Agencies			REQUIREMENTS (US$) 250,000
	# OF PARTNERS 23

Objective 3:

Implement effective risk management and security and safety measures that meet the needs of the partners in order to deliver effective and timely assistance to people in need.

Top-priority activities:

Activity	Locations	Indicator	Target
Strengthening of the Humanitarian Coordination System
Ensure that UN entities and partners obtain timely staff security and safety related information whilst providing guidance and advice through the production of products and advisories within the framework of overall risk management.	National and sub-national	# of meetings # of products provided # of AHCTs advised	12 HCTs 36 AHCTs 30 Notices, Alerts and Advisories
Facilitate review of relevance of the information obtained and delivered to each partner in response to their programmes of 2014	National and sub national	Annual review of UNDSS effectiveness	2
Emergency Response Preparedness
UNDSS provide advice and information for the update of the Yemen contingency plan and business continuity plan, reflecting potential new developments National and sub-national # of revision of regional and national contingency plans; preparedness measures are implemented Revision of the business continuity 1 1
Humanitarian Planning
Work with all partners to ensure staff can implement the Yemen Humanitarian Plan with safety	National and sub-national	# number of monitoring and reporting activities to be conducted % of clients satisfied with UNDSS’s leadership in the risk management and staff safety.	2x six monthly reports 6x field visit monitoring reports Greater than 50%
A Shared Situation Awareness
UNDSS will seek to address information gaps in the insecure and remote locations through working with national partners, building their knowledge and risk management capacities whilst undertaking assessments	Sub-national	# number of partners accessing the UNDSS products and advisories for access to the remote and insecure locations	Several meetings as required
Reporting and Advocacy
Prepare and disseminate products to partners at the national, regional and local levels and regularly upload the products on the UNDSS response website.	National	% of users satisfied with information management available to the partners	75% Monthly Situation reports as required
Develop a communication and advocacy strategy to streamline and better define overall security and safety aims and goals.	National	An advocacy strategy for 2014	1
Financing
Identify the means to maintain the funding of the locally-recruited staff and to ensure they remain cost effective.	National	% of YHRP requirements met	100

1

^ Last year’s estimate was 13.1 million people

2^ 1/ Leadership and governance, 2/ transparency, 3/ feedback and complaints, 4/ participation, and 5/ design monitoring and evaluation

3^ Ibid.

4^ Critical (Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate >=15%),Serious (GAM rate 10-14.9%),Poor ( GAM rate 5-9.9%)

5^ http://www.unicef.org/wash/index_healthandeducation.html

6^ The platform will make all assessments available to members of the humanitarian community and will greatly improve humanitarian analysis and situational awareness.

Photo credit: WFP/Barry Came

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