The IASC Nutrition Cluster Presentation

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The IASC Nutrition Cluster Presentation 2007-08
Appeal Amount Requested 4.1 million Carryover
750,000
Bruce Cogill Global Nutrition Cluster Coordinator
May 22, 2007
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33 Global Nutrition Cluster Members

• Action Against Hunger or Action Contre la Faim
  (ACF)-France ACF-US, Concern Worldwide, Emergency
  Nutrition Network, Helen Keller International,
  International Medical Corps, Federation of Red
  Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC),
  Interaction, International Rescue Committee
  (IRC), Oxfam UK, Save the Children Fund (SCF)-UK,
  SCF-US, Valid International, World Vision
• Center for Disease Control, Institute of Child
  Health/UK, Food and Nutrition Technical
  Assistance Project FANTA)/USAID, the Global
  Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN),Tufts
  University Feinstein International Center,
  Micronutrient Initiative, NutritionWorks, Office
  of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)/USAID
• FAO, Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN),
  UNHCR, UNICEF, UNU, WFP, WHO
• (Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - France is an
  observer)
• and more being added..

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Working Groups 13 organizations each

• Assessments
• Capacity Building
• Also one full-time coordinator based at the
  headquarters of UNICEF

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Main focus for Cluster
Emergency Preparedness, Assessment, Monitoring,
Surveillance and Response Triggers
Capacity Building
Supply
Coordination
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Emergency Preparedness, Assessment, Monitoring,
Surveillance and Response Triggers

• Development of rapid assessment tools with
  mapping of existing rapid assessment tools
• Development of rapid assessment tool (72 hrs 1
  week) with start of follow-up rapid assessment
  tool
• Harmonisation of survey methodologies including
  with other clusters (Health and WASH)
• Field guidance self-assessment cluster checklist
• Development of Nutrition Cluster Toolkit in
  progress
• Implications of new WHO Child Growth Standards
  for indicator choice, therapeutic/supplementary
  feeding screening, surveys and recommend
  indicators and cutoffs

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Emergency Preparedness, Assessment, Monitoring,
Surveillance and Response Triggers (2)

• New system classifying and interpreting
  nutritional risk and thresholds as part of food
  security and nutritional risk classification
  systems for humanitarian response
• Management of severe and moderate acute
  malnutrition including Community Therapeutic
  Foods
• Facility- and community-based management of
  severe acute malnutrition
• Use of Micronutrients vitamin A, multiple
  vitamins and minerals and ORT/zinc in diarrhoea
  management
• Selection and appropriate use of supplementary
  and therapeutic foods such as Ready to Use
  Therapeutic Foods (PlumpyNut) and Corn Soy Blend

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Capacity Building

• Reviewed existing training packages for
  harmonisation
• Concept paper on Nutrition in Emergencies
  training package development reviewed by the
  Cluster members
• Roster developed for consultants for country
  response
• 10 potential Nutrition Country Coordinators
  underway
• Placement of four coordinators in four pilot
  countries
• Working with OCHA and others on standard tools
  for preparation for country coordinators
• TORs for cluster and cluster coordinators
  developed
• Commenced response for new Cluster countries
  Ethiopia and Madagascar

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Coordination

• Meetings/Conference Calls with Cluster and active
  links to Pilot and new Countries
  (Ethiopia/Madagascar)
• Consensus building on tools, workplan, and
  priorities
• Active Working Groups Assessment and Capacity
  Building (with OCHA on IM)
• HNTS (with Health Cluster) Proposal Development
  now Co-Chair and members in technical and
  Steering Committee
• Field Visits and Technical Guidance to Country
  Clusters in Horn, Pilot Countries, and Timor
  Leste (with OCHA)
• Working closely with WFP, WHO, and FAO on
  technical tool development including on food
  security and vulnerability monitoring and
  assessment

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Supply

• Standardizing supply lists and including
  nutrition kits
• Making recommendations on equipment needs in
  emergencies
• Identifying appropriate supplementary and
  therapeutic foods
• Getting agreements around the supply of locally
  produced therapeutic foods

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Funding, Firewalls and Accountability

• Full time coordinator and staff buildup within
  UNICEF taking place
• Agreements mostly with NGO and non-UN Cluster
  members
• So far over 66 of committed funds go to
  non-UNICEF partners
• UNICEF only applies 1 for UN managed funds and
  future funds will only be 1 for all partners
  expenditures
• Separate financial monitoring, reporting and
  streamlined strategy development and workplanning
• Cluster members review of activities and areas
  for funding

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Mainstreaming and country support

• Capacity building strategy in place, roster
  developed and procedures for deployment being
  developed
• Active country support with liaison with Country
  Cluster Coordinators including new countries of
  Ethiopia and Madagascar
• 2008-2008 Biennium budget planning includes
  Nutrition Cluster activities and staff
• Revising UNICEF approaches to take into account
  Cluster Approach including cross cutting issues
  of HIV, Gender and Environment
• Country level input into tool development
  including testing with Cluster members
• Review of lessons learned from Nutrition Cluster
  expected by July
• Information management key and work
  collaboratively with WHO (HNTS), other UN
  Agencies as well as OCHA

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Priority Areas for Funding

• Carry over funds will support initial activities
  for 2007
• New funds will be pass through to partners (gt50)
  into 2008
• TOOLS Multisectoral Assessment tools including
  food security Triggers for Emergency Response
  SMART HNTS reporting Infant and Young Child
  Nutrition Guidelines Toolkit finalization
• CAPACITY BUILDING Toolkit for Country
  Coordinators with Training undertaken (with
  OCHA) Expanded Roster including external
  Country Specific Implementation (e.g. Ethiopia,
  Madagascar and one other)
• SUPPLY Preposition of Key Food and Other
  Commodities Standardization for Therapeutic and
  Supplementary foods and micronutrient powders
• COORDINATION Mainstreaming Cluster activities
  into UNICEF,. Greater participation by NGOS and
  new funds dispersed (over 50) to partners
  Functioning, transparent reporting both financial
  and managerial.