EuropeAid Regional Food Security Seminar Asia Vientiane, Laos 21st – 25th June 2010 1.ECHOs Reg Supporting Office (RSO) - Bgkk 2.ECHOs supported interventions

EuropeAidEuropeAidRegional Food Security Seminar AsiaVientiane, Laos 21st – 25th June 2010

1. ECHO’s Reg Supporting Office (RSO) - Bgkk2. ECHO’s supported interventions in SEA & Pacific

3. HFA policy – illustration at country level; few examples4. The particular caseload of Ketsana responses

5. Home work – pending tasks

V.Serrano (ECHO - RSO – Bangkok)


Lao PDR

Thailand

EUR 2 million (100%)Partners: WFP,

French Red Cross

EUR 11.5 million (100%)Partners: ICCO/TBBC

EUR 17.6 million (98%)Partners: WFP, ACF,Save The Children,

EMDH, Merlin

Philippines

EUR 8.15 million (76%)Partners: WFP, ICRC

EUR 2 million (80%)Partners: WFP, ACF, Oxfam

FAO, Care Netherlands

Project Activities related to Food & Livelihoods in 2008-2009

EUR 2 million (83%)Partners: Action Aid, Spanish Red Cross,

French Red Cross, Oxfam, Save the Children, DWF

Vietnam

Indonesia

East TimorEUR 220,000 (100%)

Partners: WFP

Food aid:General Food Distribution

Food Security:Seeds/Fertilizers/Tools distribution

Agricultural assets rehabilitation

(irrigation, land, pond)

Nutrition

Training/ Capacity Building

Food For Work

Cash Grants

Post harvest/ Silo construction

Fisheries

Symbol

Cash For Work

Myanmar


Partners: CARE, WFP,

FRC, SC

Project Activities – Typhoon Ketsana in Southeast Asia

Lao PDR

PhilippinesCambodia

Partners: FRC, SC, OXFAM, CONCERN, CARE

Symbol

Shelters & non-food items

Water, Sanitationsand Hygiene

Health care

Education

Disaster preparedness

Vietnam

Telecommunications

Logistics

Food & LivelihoodsPartners: WFP, CARE,

SC,UNICEF, HI, TSF, SRC, IOM

Partners: FRC, SC WFP,

CARE

Partners: FRC, SC,

GVC, PLAN, MI, GRC, AA


Project Activities related to Food & Livelihoods – Typhoon Ketsana in SEA

Cash For Work

Food aid:General Food Distribution

Food Security:Seeds/Fertilizers/Tools distribution

Agricultural assets rehabilitation

NutritionTraining/

Capacity Building Cash Grants

Symbol

Livestock distribution/Rehabilitation

WFP

CARE

FRC

SC

CONCERN

FRC

OXFAM

CARE

GRC/NLRC

FRC

MALTESER

PLAN/ WV

ACTION AID

SC

GVC

CARE-NED

WFP

SC

Eur1.62m,(54%)

Legend

EUR million, (%) = Total amount, (percentage of Food Assistance component)

Eur2.15m,(47%)

Eur3.22m,(41%)

Eur0.88m,(45%)

MEKONG:Eur 2.35m,

(60%)

EuropeAidEuropeAidBURMESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND

•Protracted (25 yrs) / forgotten / 140,000 / 9 camps

• refg. manage aid with NGOS support / confinement

• donor WG / cons. NGO / many stakeholders

• resettlement / pull factor / advocacy (GoTh) /

• many donors / ECHO: food / charcoal/ health/ water

• need solution / 5 yr strategy UNHCR + NGOs

• targeted feeding / lvh support / AUP ↑ - ECHO ↓

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Time

Humanitarian Threshold(s)

Chronic Food Insecurity

Chronic FinSdeteriorating close to / above H thresholds without external discreet shock identifiable

NTT – INDONESIA: entry trigger

•assessments - firmly forecasted eminent crisis• absence donors / which comparative advantage

ECHO support? ≠ analysis within ECHO RSO • Gov decentralization / safety nets (RASKIN)

• challenge: targeting & appropriate responses• intense monitoring & partners sharing & advocacy

(linkage with CB FAO project)

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MYANMAR – EMERGENCY [NARGIS] & PROTRACTED

• NARGIS (delta) + protracted (country) (NRS/ethnic areas border with Thailand)

• Massive ECHO funding Nargis (now over): LRRD opportunity – LIFT (FF/FSTP) / LL internal HQ lead

• NRS: protection / stateless citizens + women status

• NRS: ECHO: food / nut (SFP + TFP) / health / DIPECHO - coordination EC instruments / how better?

(even assess.)

• ETHNIC BORDER AREAS: food (local)+ water +lvh

• Constraints: agencies access / monitoring

Bangladesh

China

Lao PDR

Thailand

Kachin

Kayah

Kayin

Chin

Sagaing

Tanintharyi

M agway

M on

Rakhine

Yangon

Shan

Ayeyarwady

M andalay Shan

Bago countrywide

AC F

TDH

AC F

WFP

UNHC R

MSF-C H

MSF-H

IC RCWFP

MSF-H

MSF-C H

WFP TDH

UNHC R

UNHC R

Food & Livelihoods

WATSAN

Health

Shelter & NFIs

Disaster Preparedness

Nutrition

Others

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PHILIPPINES IDPs [conflict] & Emergency

• Protracted [Mindanao - conflict] + emergency [Luzon - cyclones]

• Mindanao: IDPs / host families / returnees / 2 partners different

approaches: WFP + ICRC (targeting / rations / costs / source food)

• Luzon: variety instruments, eg cash (CARE, WFP: cfw – market

assessment)

• Gov driving seat: needs / targt / implem / monit. BUT ALSO: Cash

policy framrk

• ECHO: push quality proposals (assess / stakeh.an / cost / monitor.)

• Opportunity for LRRD?


DPRK

- No ECHO support since 2007

- Major issue: FOOD- Struct. problem (policies / won dev)

- PDS: Public distribution systems

- What’s real situation? Controversy (even among MMSS) – need FSMS

- CFSAM: Gov+FAO+WFP (food balance) - UNFPA census / MICS / papers US univ.

- other initiatives: expert sem.Brx

- AID: EC FSTP + WFP + IFRC

- FFP (food for politics?) + China’s role

EuropeAidEuropeAidMONGOLIA

•New country ECHO 4 / RSO Bgk

• DZUD: 6 million++ animals died UN Consolidated Appeal (May 10)

• Sound analysis exist

• Overstocks / overgrazing (land carrying capacity) / new policies

• “IDP” - some families migrated towns (food / water / health)

• Support herders locally (fodder / destocking / meat distribution)

• ECHO € 2 million + EC (Del China) = simultaneous funding


KETSANA From FS & Livelihood angle

• ECHO’s field assessment: the “w” • Q: good partner? donors’ bias? reg proj? consortia• Q: which pre-disaster situation? VULNER.: sensitivity & resilience• Q EFSA multi-ag.: why no participating?• Rural => livelihood ag support, Q but LFA used?• Food & cash & ag inputs: fertilizers + seeds & livestock (NOT NFI)• Q: Food: specialized agency?• Q: Quality? coverage & “quantity” => outcome?• Comparative advantage: previous presence (eg. DIPECHO)• Density of support • Gov role

• ECHO’s ↑monitoring (2x / 6 months) + Ket. partners mtgs (pp / minutes)

• HOME WORK - BALANCE: ECHO’s decision-making / LL /


CFW [NGO]

EuropeAidEuropeAidRegional Food Security Seminar AsiaVientiane, Laos 21st – 25th June 2010.

SEED

AID

Major response – emerg & recovery. Many actors & widely promoted

BUT low profile + lack critical attention, perpetuating myths, no scrutiny => repeated year after year; which positive effects?

Five predominant myths: - seed aid is needed whenever food aid is

- seed aid can do no harm- disasters wipe out seed systems - default

- effective implementation = straightforward logistical exercise - improved seed is the best form of aid

NECESSARY REFORM – TOOL - Seed Security Systems (Ass.)

EuropeAidEuropeAidIMPROVE ANALYSIS & RESPONSES


REINFORCING CAPACITIES & USE TOOLS

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LEARNING LESSONS? INDEED? HOW?

Every time there is a major evaluation, it states [that] emergency responses did not apply lessons from previous emergencies” - ALNAP head of learning & dev Ben Ramalingam


• ALNAP 19th Biannual meeting (2006). 2 days workshop on FS “to draw out key aspects of learning, accountability & performance related to FS”

• The session on food aid was cancelled!!!

FOOD ASSIST. – YES VARIOUS TOOLS but still FOOD

FOOD AID – TO BE IMPROVED

• Targeting – redistribution• assessments [joint]

• market sensitive proposals• rations: what, qtt, qualt, when

• FFR and / or FFW

• “rice banks” / comm. saf. net • costs

• monitoring (dist&PDM) /report• Gov participat./ interference

• ECHO’s decision making

Documents

EuropeAid Regional Food Security Seminar Asia Vientiane, Laos 21st – 25th June 2010 1.ECHOs Reg Supporting Office (RSO) - Bgkk 2.ECHOs supported interventions