Secondment Fund Horn of Africa
Protracted conflicts in the Horn of Africa, chronic food insecurity and limited access to basic services lead to millions of vulnerable people and forced displacement. The UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UN-OCHA, and ICRC, are key humanitarian partners of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid. The deployment of Swiss experts (secondees) to Swiss (multilateral) partner organisations is a key tool to strengthen the capacity of these agencies to more effectively deliver services to the vulnerable men, women, and children and to enhance their protection.
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
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Ethiopia Kenya Somalia |
Humanitarian Assistance & DRR Migration Other Water nothemedefined
Emergency food assistance
Material relief assistance Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking) Drinking water and basic sanitation (WASH) (til 2016) Migration generally (development aspects and partnerships) Water sector policy |
01.04.2015
- 31.03.2017 |
CHF 2’130’000
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- More than 12 million women, men and children in the HoA are food insecure due to limited agricultural/economic productivity, protracted conflicts, and natural disasters.
- Over 1.5 million persons in the HoA are internally displaced (1.3 Mio. in Somalia).
- The HoA is also hosting over 2.2 million refugees, as well as hundreds of thousands of migrants with many lacking access to basic services.
- UN and other (multilateral) organizations are key for basic service delivery to and protection of the most vulnerable.
- Key (multilateral) humanitarian agencies
- The population of the Horn of Africa affected by armed conflict and natural disaster
- Response capacity, effectiveness, and efficiency of Swiss supported multilateral partner organisations and coordination mechanisms (UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, ICRC, OCHA) in basic service delivery to conflict and emergency affected vulnerable women, men, and children are enhanced
- Swiss visibility within multilateral organizations and mainstreaming of Swiss priority topics in Swiss supported multilateral organizations is enhanced Deployment of junior Swiss experts (programme vert) to key multilateral organisations relevant to SDC Humanitarian Aid is enhanced in order to maintain and strengthen the SDC internal deployment capacity.
- Response capacity, effectiveness, and efficiency of Swiss supported (multilateral) partner organisations and coordination mechanisms in basic service delivery to conflict and emergency affected vulnerable women, men, and children has improved
- Mainstreaming of Swiss priority topics/approaches in Swiss supported (multilateral) organizations improved
- Maintained SDC’s internal deployment capacity through the training of junior Swiss experts (programme vert)
Capacities of UN agencies to deliver basic services to disaster and conflict affected population in emergency situations (Shelter, Water)
Protection and DRR mainstreaming mechanisms within WFP operations mainstreamed.
Young Swiss experts (secondees) gained relevant working experiences with UN agencies
- Schweizerisches Arbeiterhilfswerk
- Swiss Multi-Bi contributions to ICRC, WFP, UN-OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF
- UN Joint Programme on Local Governance; UN Joint Health and Nutrition Programme
- Program Contributions to IOM, FAO
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF DONORS
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Material relief assistance and services
Emergency food aid
Administrative costs
Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation
Material relief assistance and services
Water sector policy and administrative management
Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation
Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility
Material relief assistance and services
Emergency food aid
Cross-cutting topics Crisis prevention
Human rights
The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Aid Type Technical assistance inclusive experts
Project number 7F09307
Background |
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Objectives |
The overall objective is to safe lives, enhance protection and ensure access of the most vulnerable women, men, and children in the Horn of Africa (refugee’s, IDP’s, migrants, host community) to basic services. |
Target groups |
Direct:
Indirect: |
Medium-term outcomes |
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Results |
Expected results: 5-6 secondment deployments a year : Results from previous phases: Previous individual secondment deployments contributed to: |
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Credit area |
Humanitarian aid |
Project partners |
Contract partner |
Coordination with other projects and actors |
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Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 2’130’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1’306’625 |
Project phases |
Phase 1 01.04.2015 - 31.03.2017 (Completed) |