SOMALIA

MONTHLY MEETING

28 May 2020, Zoom

Agenda Monthly market monitoring update (Market Analysis workstream)

Workstreams update

Sub – national CWG updates- Coordinating regional cash response – Bari

floods response (Save the Children)

Mitigation of GBV risks in Cash assistance in Somalia (Somalia GBV sub-

cluster)

Multi-purpose cash assistance mapping

Somalia Safety Nets mapping (TAF)

Somalia Rural Safety Net Programme – Baxnaano (WFP)

BRCiS Shock-Responsive SN (BRCiS)

AOB

https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/somalia

/cash-activities

Cash and Markets Quarterly dashboard

Monthly Update

April 2020

Market Analysis workstream

Workstream updates

Coordinating regional cash response

Bari floods response

Save the Children

Mitigation of GBV risks in Cash

assistance in Somalia

Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) and GBV Risk Mitigation

28 May 2020

GBV Sub Cluster Presentation to the Cash Working Group Meeting, SOMALIA

Nkiru Igbokwe

National GBV Coordinator (UNFPA)

Lilian Osungo

Gender Focal point (WFP)

Miriam Warui

PSEA taskforce lead

Why is it important to address

mitigation of GBV risks in Cash &

Voucher Assistance? Centrality of protection in all humanitarian programming / principle of “Do

No Harm.”

Somalia is facing multiple shocks, CVA (especially mobile money) is increasing – over 38 million USD distributed in the first quarter of 2020

Beneficiaries are households, vulnerable individuals – including women and girls, with disabilities, older women… many at heightened risk of GBV.

Cash cannot contribute to self-reliance and resilience if it exacerbates risks.

How do we ensure that CVA is not creating additional risks for women and girls?

How to adapt CVA design and delivery to ensure centrality of protection?

How to work together: Cash & Protection experts?11

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Guidance & Concrete Tools:“How do I make multipurpose cash safer in terms

of GBV? I’m not a GBV specialist!”

CVA and GBV Compendium fills a gap in

guidance for both CVA and GBV specialists –

practical advice to apply, and programme

examples to adapt/ duplicate.

1 page tools can be used by any type of

specialist, and remind practitioners what to

look out for.

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What’s next?

- 2020: Somalia & Burundi

“Pilots”

- Clear link with PSEA

- Engage Cash actors & leverage

resources within GBV Sub-

Cluster

- Potential concrete actions

using existing tools: • Further training/capacity

building of CVA actors on GBV risk

mitigation

• GBV Risk Analysis of WFP-funded

cash assistance, with learning for

all

• Engage with GSMA (MNOs) on:

CoC, trainings, etc.

• CVA Monitoring tools?

• Other ideas?

Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance

mapping

CWG Multi –Purpose Cash Assistance Mapping Training conducted to 34 agencies on the 7th of May 2020

Update on 3Ws reports received from partners

Key issues noted in the reports

Submission of the 3Ws data to HDX for visualisation

https://data.humdata.org/visualization/somalia-cash-

programing-v3/

Feedback on the MPCA 3W process/template – what worked well,

questions/issues, recommendations, etc.?

Moving forward – All reports should be shared with Vanessa by the

7th of each month for visualisation to be ready by the 15th of the

month.

Somalia Safety Net for Human

Capital– Baxnaano (WFP)

27 May, 2020

Safety Net for Human Capital (Baxnaano)

Project Overview

Provides predictable cash transfers to poor, vulnerable and food insecure households with children under 5 years of age

Enrolls women in

selected

households as the

primary recipient

Project Design

Development Objective: The SNHCP is being developed as a National Cash Transfer

Program (NCTP) aimed at providing cash transfers to targeted poor and vulnerable

households and establish the key building blocks of a national shock- responsive safety

nets system.

Component 1:Provide Unconditional cash transfers to 200,000 households that are chronically poor and vulnerable and link them to complementary nutritional support.

Implemented by WFP for one year.

Component 2:Establish the key building blocks of a SP delivery system (policy development, capacity strengthening).

Implemented By UNICEF

Component 3: Establish and strengthen Project Implementation Unit (PIU), strengthen MoLSAs coordination, learning and knowledge managementImplemented by MoLSA

Targeting and Coverage

All states are covered

Total 21 districts

200,000 households (1.2 million people)

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State level targeting

District level targeting

Community level targeting

Household level targeting

Multi-level Targeting

Parameters Set by Communities

District Selection

Guided by: • Poor and vulnerable

households with children

under 5 years of age

• Vulnerability assessed by

assets, debt burden, family

size and coping strategies

• Additional filters in case of

over subscription

(disability, nutrition status

etc.)

Community Selection

Guided by:

• Stress Index

• Security

• Access by Partners

• Capacity to implement

• Territorial Dynamics

Household Selection

Follows Community-

based targeting

methodology informed

by the following

considerations:

• Access to nutrition

services

• Vulnerability ranking

• Accessibility

• Meet the assigned

number of households

to be covered

Overview of the Progress:

Target: 200,000 households (1.2 million people) across 21 districts

Staggered Approach: Progressively increase coverage with provision

for retroactive payments

1st Quarter: 33,227 households enrolled and mobile transfers are

under way. To be completed in June.

2nd Quarter: Enrolment expected to surpass 50% of the programme

coverage (to be completed by 31st August including retroactive

payments)

3rd and 4th Quarters: 100% beneficiaries enrolled and all monetary

entitlements transferred (including retroactive payments

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Baxnaano Beneficiaries receiving their

first quarter transfers.

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Questions and clarifications

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BRCiS Shock-Responsive SN

(BRCiS)

Shock-Responsive Safety Nets Pilot

to Build the Resilience of Ultra-

poor Somali Households28 May 2020 - Zoom

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Agenda

1. Programmatic Approach (10 mins)

BRCiS

Safety Net Pilot

Learning and Research

2. Shock-Responsive Programming (5

mins)

Operationalization of EWEA strategy

A recent case study from Belet-Hawa

3. Q&A (5 mins)

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BRCiS is…

9 NGOs – including 3 national NGOs

Led by NRCCreated in 2013

10 projects implemented so far – 3

ongoing

33 districts + Mogadishu

Programme Objectives & Approach

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WHAT?1. Collaboration and Adaptive Learning

2. Crisis Modifier & Scalable Safety Nets

3. Enhancing Opportunities for Sustainable

Livelihoods

4. Governance (NRM, DRR, etc.)

5. Integrated Basic Services (WASH and H&N)

HOW?Community-led and People-Centered (PFIM, CRCs,

CAPs, etc.)

Nutrition-Sensitive

Strengthening Local Accountability

Area-Based Programming and Systems Thinking

Risk-Informed and Shock-Responsive (EW/EA, CMs,

MPCA, SN, etc.)

WHY? Vulnerable and marginalized communities

are more resilient to recurrent shocks and stresses […]

Shock-responsive safety net pilot – Rationale for Engagement

BRCiS safety net is one of the pilots within the ECHO-funded shock-responsive safety net

Regular, predictable & reliable support is key to resilience-building

Experience of Consortium Members in cash programming

Three-year funding cycle

Wide reach and scale

BRCiS Approach and Requirements for Safety Net Pilots

Definition adapted from SCI

Somalia

“composition, or ‘package’, of

interventions strategically

designed, integrated and layered

to effectively promote resilience

where the first layer must consist of

unconditional cash transfers that

are regular, predictable and

reliable over time”

BRCiS Approach and Requirements for Safety Net Pilots

Prerequisites

Unconditional and

unrestricted

At least 24 months

Delivered monthly at a fixed time

USD 20 a month up to USD 40 as an early-action

scale-up

Community-based

beneficiary selection with the,

validated by LAs

Plus

Graduation approach,

layered with other

interventions to

maximize nutrition impacts

No overlap with MPCA HHs at the community

level

Key Programmatic Characteristics

2,146 households (reduced to 2,066 due to security incident in Afmadow)

16 districts

Diverse livelihoods groups:

pastoralists (43%), urban poor (26%), agro-pastoralists (21%), riverine communities (6%) and

urban IDPs (5%) in Kahda

1, 054 drought- affected households with top-up (40 USD)

MEAL Framework with a focus on H&N of children under 5

Resilience Survey with 1000+ HHs at baseline, midline

and endline(TANGO and FAO methodology)

Qualitative interviews to

collect beneficiary feedback

Regular PDMs for impact and

accountability

Bi-Monthly H&N Surveillance

System rolled out in June 2020 (mother-led

MUAC due to C-19)

Pause & Reflect Learning Sessions with BRCiS field staff about the

effectiveness of programme

delivery

EWEA Strategy for Shock-Responsive

Programming

Strategic outcome / Pillar 2:

Early actions taken ahead of impending

shocks and early response to sudden

shocks enables individuals, households

and communities in BRCiS target areas

to mitigate shock impacts and prevent humanitarian crisis.

4.Learning and adaptation

3.Early action capacities

/Crisis Modification

2.Area-level early warning

1.Community-centred EWEA

Area-level early warning

Area-level EWS provide predictive and reliable information for communities,

local stakeholders, BRCiS members and other stakeholders to trigger

commensurate early action measures.

• Community-based: 30+ EWEA indicators collected by CRCs and project staff

• Timely – collected monthly

• Triangulated - granular EW information triangulated with higher-level district secondary data –FSNAU, SWALIM, etc.

EWEA Reporting

Tool

Area-level early warning: example of

triangulation

CRS Members reported

below-average rainfall

for 1-31 October in

Hobyo

BRCIS is using satellite

data to triangulate

information received

from the field

Adaptive shock-responsive programming 2018-2020

Nov

2018

Below-

average

Deyr

Drought early

actions

Mid-May

Delay in

the

onset of

Gu rains

CM

activate

d

IRF Flood response

reallocation

Early

Oct

Above-

average

forecast

and

flood

EW

CM impl.

(including MPCA

and SN top-ups)

Flood

early

actions

IRF Drought scale-up

IRF Locust

reallocation

SN top-ups

in Belet-

Hawa

Skyrocketin

g sorghum

prices in

Belet-Hawa

COVID-19

impacts

CAP

reallocatio

n for C-19

3 million

GBD RRF in

urban

hotpot areas

Case Study: Safety Net Top-Ups in Belet-

Hawa (March 2020)

Price of sorghum grew three-fold

Affected communities were red-flagged

Validation of data by field staff

Decision to activate top-ups at managerial level

Consultation with LAs

40 USD cash transfers from March onwardsBardera Belet-HawaBorama Elbarde Erigavo Galdogob Wajid Wanlaweyn

Thresholds

For Alarm

(BRCiS EW)

34000 35000 18000 21000 21000 40000 15000 26000

End of Presentation.

Thank you!

Social Safety Nets, Safety nets

and shock response component

Mapping

(TAF)

AOB

THANK YOUCWG leads

Mary Karanja – mary.karanja@wfp.org

Kaitlyn Scott - Kaitlyn.Scott@concern.net