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Discussion Areas:

The Recent Flood HazardAnd

The Existing Needs Assessment Process

Briefing Note for the DAG-DPPA Meeting

(January 12, 2007)

Presenter : Director General Simon Mechale

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I. About 2006 Kiremt/ Main Rainy Season Flood

and Its Impact

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1. Coverage was all regions except Addis Ababa and B/Gumuz

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2. Number of affected population:

REGION AFFECTED DISPLACED CASUALITIES9,927

28,77537,863

125,0003,3924,050

30,915582

-241,699

Dire Dawa 9,927 256SNNPR 106,666

97,824 361,619

20,156 42,100 30,915

582 3,475

674,479

368Amhara 3Somali 80Oromia 10Afar -Gambella 2Tigray -Harari -Total 719

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3. Measures Taken

3.1 Relief Interventions:

• Food: 9,869 MT has been delivered Mainly from WFP/DPPA Stocks

• Non-food items such as Shelter and related items, health, water and sanitation and agricultural input estimated at Birr 8,817,387 have been provided to the needy.

• Search and rescue operations by helicopters and boats conducted by experts from Ministry of Defense

• Delivery of relief supplies by a Cargo Plane (US Government) and helicopters (UN/WFP) Particularly to the Somali Region

• Financial support for boat operation (UN OCHA) to the SNNPR

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Establishment of National Fundraising Committee, whose members are:

- DPPA - EOC - ECS- EECMY- Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council- CRDA- Ministry of Culture and Tourism- Ministry of Information- Ministry of Youth and Sport- Ministry of Women’s Affairs- Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce- Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Union

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3.1.1 Assistance channeled through the DPPA for Flood Victims fromExternal and Related Sources

S/No DonorType of assistance Unit

Qty/amount

Est. Value/Amount

Birr USD

1 Egypt Medicines tone 3 2,749,200.00

Milk tone 5

214 Chinese Companies & their employees Cash - - 1,231,000.00

3 African Union cash - - - 100,000.00

4 Tanzania Cash - - 100,000.00

5 Libya Sup. food Cartoon 835 545,490.00

Tents pcs 115 -

Blankets pcs 1,690 -

6 Austrian Red Cross Tarpaulin pcs 2004 244,782.00

Jerry can pcs 5016 116,854.92

7 Japan Tents pcs 100 238,267.00

Mattress pcs 210 9,804.00

Water tankers pcs 5 14,189.00

Water purifiers pcs 5 59,724.00

Jerry cans pcs 560 66,681.00

8 China Cash - - - 30,000.00

9 Algeria Sup. food tone 30 167,483.00

Blankets Bundle 251 54,375.00

10 Quest International Company Cash - - 217,000.00

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Est. Value/Amount

S/No DonorType ofassistance Unit

Qty/amount

USDBirr

11 Embassy of China in Ethiopia Cash - - 200,000.00

12 ILRI Cash - - 126,589.00

13 Military Order of Malta Tents pcs 170 111,995.00

14Ethiopian Employees of DFID andBritish Embassy in Addis Ababa Cash - - 47,960.84

15A.K. Foundation Ltd. Grant. NewYork Cash - - - 4,994.00

16Association of African UnionEmployees cash 41,003.00

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Sasakawa Global 2000 and Employees Cash - - 20,500.00

18Employees of Mozambique Embassyin Addis Ababa Cash - - - 1,200.00

19 Mr. Patrick Mazimkha Cash - - 10,000.00

20Ethiopian Employees of HollandEmbassy in Addis Ababa Cash - - 8,050.00

21 Dr. Bernard Zoba Cash - 5,000.00

22 Staff Association of African Union cash - - 3,730.00

23 Staff of ECA Cash - - 3,645.00

24 Staff of Canada Embassy Cash - - 3,502.00

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S/NoEst. Value/Amount

Donor

Type of assistance Unit

Qty/amount

USD

28 FAO Project Employees Cash - - 470.89

Birr

25Water Tech. Trainees and Trainers of 13 African Countries Cash - - - 350

26 Japanese Community in Ethiopia Cash - - 2,592.00

27Ethiopian Employees of Burkina Faso Embassy in Addis Ababa Cash - - 2,000.00

Total amount 6,301,887.65 236,544.00

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3.1.2 Assistance Channelled Through the DPPA for Flood Victims from

NGOsS/No Donor

Type of assistance Unit Qty/amount Est. Value (Birr)

1 Catholic Reilef Service Cash - - 217,630.00

2 Project Mercy Cash - - 100,000.00

3 Path Finder and its employees Cash - - 30,000.00

4 Mariestopes Cash - - 20,000.00

5 Patmos International Cash - - 20,000.00

6 FHI/Ethiopia Cash - - 15,000.00

7 S.O.S. Enfants/ Ethiopia Cash - - 13,000.00

8 Swiss Evangelical Nile Mission Cash - - 12,000.00

9 SCF /UK (Dessie Staff) Cash - - 10,978.51

10 Africa Service Community Cash - - 10,000.00

11 CPAR Cash - - 9,585.16

12 Cheshire Foundation Cash - - 7,430.72

13 Habitat for Humanity Cash - - 5,000.00

14 SCF - Denmark Cash - 2,000.00

Total amount 472,624.39

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Summary of from external and related sourcesand NGOs community:

Both In cash and In-kind

In-Cash ( Birr) 1,923,038.73

(USD) 236,544.00 (Birr ) 1,986,969.60

Total Birr 3,910,008.33

In-kind ( Birr) 4,378,848.92

G.Total 8,288,857.25

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3.2 Rehabilitation Measures

• Conducting impact assessment • Establishing rehabilitation requirements• Prioritizing needs

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3.3 Resource Mobilization Efforts3.3.1 Launching Appeals for Flood

Intervention

• Flash Flood Appeal of August, 2006 for Dire Dawa, SNNP and Amhara Regions

• Flash Flood Appeal of November, 2006 for Somali Region

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3.4 Total Rehabilitation Requirement Birr 195,684,000

Dire Dawa Birr 117,720,561SNNP Birr 52,869,346Somali Birr 13,000,000Amhara Birr 12,094,034

3.5 The Need for Prioritizing Rehabilitation Requirements

• Need Vs Resources available

3.5.1 Prioritized Rehabilitation Requirements total and by Region

Total: Birr 126,676,518Dire Dawa: Birr 68,440,000SNNPR: Birr 35,625,242Amhara: Birr 10,611,276Somali: Birr 12,000,000

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3.5.2 Resources Mobilized at Federal level, as at December 31, 2006

In cash: From General Public including the Diaspora Birr 40,093,040

From Dip. Community and affiliates Birr 3,938,461Total Birr 44,031,501

In kind: From General Public Birr 3,438,441From Dip. Community and affiliates Birr 4,630,580

Total Birr 8,069,021EU 7 million Euro (70 Million Birr)

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3.5.3 Allocated, as at December 31, 2006

• Dire Dawa ------- Birr 39,999,941*• SNNPR ------ Birr 14,700,000• Amhara ----- Birr 4,400,000• Somali ----- Birr 4,970,000

Total ---- Birr 64,069,941

*Out of which, Birr 20,069,941 was donated directly to DD Council. In addition Birr 9 million has been budgeted by the Administration itself.

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The EU 70 million Birr is apportioned as follows:

35 million, housing construction15 million, potable water supply rehabilitation7 million, road and grain store construction4 million, livestock restocking1.5 million, rehabilitation of health facilities1.5 million, rehabilitation of educational facilities1 million, agricultural rehabilitation (veterinary

and extension services)

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Contd.

1 million, supply of hand tools, equipment and materials

2 million, technical assistance

2 million, monitoring and evaluation.

Note: Time of actual transfer and commencement of implementation is expected to be agreed upon soon.

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Total Requirement 195,683,941Allocated 64,069,941Gap 131,614,000

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3.5.4 Status of construction of Residential Houses in Dire Dawa

• Plan is to construct 1,600 houses.• Two blocks of one story buildings

accommodating 26 HH have been constructed by Ayat Real State and were handed over to the Administration.

• 200 houses for 200 HH are under construction by HCS

• The DD Administrative Council is ready to start constructing 374 houses for 374 HH.

Note: Resources for the construction of the remaining 1,000 houses for Dire Dawa alone is yet to be mobilized

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II. Existing Needs Assessment Process

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2 Existing Needs Assessment Process

A) Food

In Ethiopia, the humanitarian requirements are established based on the joint assessments led by the DPPA.

2.1 The Early Warning Working Group (EWWG), Composed of members from DPPA, MoARD, MoH, NMSA, EMA, EU, USAID/FEWS Net,WFP, UNICEF, FAO, UNOCHA, CIDA, CRDA, ERCS, and NGOs.

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2.2 Partners in the assessment include representatives from:

• Concerned line ministries (MoH, NMSA, MoARD, FSCB, EMA)

• Donors, • UN agencies• NGOs • Concerned regional bureaus, zonal and wereda offices

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2.3 Responsibilities of The EWWG:

• Regularly monitors Belg and Meher seasons• Identifies existing problems at the end of each

season. • Decides time for the assessment • Devises assessment methodology • Briefs assessment teams on the methodology

before dispatching• Participates in the debriefing program upon

completion of the assessment • Participates compilation and consolidation of the

assessment report.

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2.4 Responsibilities of The EW Department of the DPPA

As a chair of EWWG:

• Invites partners to participate and coordinates logistics

• Communicates with regions and advises to be prepared

• Dispatches teams to regions• Chairs the debriefing meeting of the findings• Compiles and analyses the results

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2.5 Duties and Responsibilities of Assessment teams

• Provide briefings at regional and lower (zonal, wereda) levels• Review the existing regional/zonal data • Identify priority zones/weredas in consultation with and agreement of

regional/zonal authorities• Give briefing on the methodology to participants joining from

regions/zones/weredas• Go to priority zones/weredas• Visit randomly selected sample HH • Interview sample farmers/pastoralists• Conduct field observation on crop/livestock performance• Visit markets to observe prices

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Upon Completion:

• Establish and agree on beneficiary figures at wereda level

• Areas of difference are referred to zonal level• Similar discussions take place at regional level• Debriefing sessions are arranged at federal level

to compile information from different regions and to consolidate a national beneficiary figure and establish humanitarian requirement.

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• Needs assessments in the future will be based on Livelihood Approach, a Project financed by USAID.

• This Approach is believed to help overcome the problems related to better estimation of needs.

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B) Non-food

• Despite some progress, there are still considerable number of limitations in the process of establishing transparent and need-based non-food requirements.

• Continued efforts in the development and strengthening of more realistic methodology is critical.