Summary of Needs
The CCS Cluster ensures humanitarian response is effectively coordinated, inclusive, and grounded in solid data. Amid the urgent need for scaling up humanitarian response, CCS is committed to facilitating the timely exchange of information, conducting thorough needs analysis, and advocating for affected populations. The key priorities for CCS include strengthening coordination mechanisms to effectively scale up the famine response, conducting comprehensive multi-sectoral needs assessments to fill the information gaps and assess the humanitarian needs of the population on a granular level, and utilizing the DTM mechanism to provide accurate and reliable data regularly. Additionally, ensuring the safety and security of humanitarian workers remains a top priority as the crisis continues to evolve.
Response Strategy
The CCS cluster facilitates humanitarian operations through:
- Data-driven decision-making, including collecting and disseminating DTM up-to-date data for accurate population tracking, monitoring of displacement and returns to provide a better understanding of the population movements and their evolving needs, and conduct multi-sectoral needs assessments to inform and guide strategic response.
- Coordination of humanitarian response, including leading inter-cluster coordination to streamline operations, supporting leadership in strategic decision-making, and establishing coordination hubs closer to people in need to enhance the speed and efficiency of the response.
- Advocacy for affected populations, including coordinating humanitarian public information campaigns, engaging in negotiations with conflict parties to ensure the protection of civilians, and securing humanitarian access.
- Enhancing access and security, including deploying security personnel to support humanitarian operations, strengthening crisis preparedness, civil-military coordination, access negotiation capacity, and enhancing the security management capacity of UNDSS to foster safe operational environments.
Targeting and Prioritization
As the conflict continues, the need for strengthening and establishing new humanitarian hubs closer to affected populations is becoming increasingly critical. The urgency of consent for cross-border supply delivery has intensified, while enhanced civil-military coordination alongside strengthened access negotiation capabilities are essential for improving and scaling up operations. Internal displacement continues to rise, necessitating continuous assessments and contingency planning. Additionally, under the famine response plan, targeting and prioritization have become central, focusing on identifying the most vulnerable populations and directing scarce resources to those in greatest need. These targeting mechanisms are more data-driven, incorporating displacement trends, conflict severity, and food insecurity levels to ensure a more effective and prioritized response.
Cost of Response
CCS Cluster seeks $29.44 million to strengthen coordination services; monitor and track population mobility, including IDPs and returnees; spearhead advocacy for affected populations and sustain comprehensive needs assessments. It also includes the cost of scaling up critical security support for the existing and new humanitarian response hubs, security risk assessments, and route planning to facilitate safe programme delivery.