Humanitarian Security - UNDSS Support ltpgtltspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif font-size: 11pt"gtUNDSS security staffing is very limited
considering the extent of operational activities in the country.nbsp Various
activities and security support could be delivered more comprehensively and
effectively with additional resources.nbsp The proposed action plan is
intended to provide increased analytical and operational capability at the
country level to enhance security awareness, emergency preparedness and support
for humanitarian operations in Ethiopia.nbsp To achieve these objectives, the
proposed action includes funding for the staffing of a Security Information and
Operations Centre (SIOC) in Addis Ababa. The SIOC will eliminate the existing
gap in situational awareness and operational planning, it will also
significantly aid the analytical support to field operations with an increased
focus on safety and security, that allows maximum humanitarian access to
vulnerable populations.nbsp UNDSS is also proposing to enhance its operations
in the following areas: Nekemte, Dollo Ado, Gode, Kebridehar, and Jijiga in order
to provide the necessary security support, assistance, assessment, and advice
to all UN agencies, funds, programmes, NGOs, INGOs and all other partners
present and operating in Ethiopia.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif font-size: 11pt"gtnbsplt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size:11.0ptfont-family:" lang="EN-GB"gt
ltspan style="color:blackbackground:white"gtThere was a very specific gap which
prompted this project as UNDSS was previously funded by extra
budgetarynbspfunding in the Somali region of Ethiopia provided by USAID, the
funding for this area came to an end in March 2023 after several years of
receiving steady funding for the operations of UNDSS in this area.nbsp UNDSS
began exploring additional funding options in order to be able to continue
providing security support to UN agencies, funds, and programmes in this
region, as well as to support humanitarian partnersnbspas well.nbsp Due to
the cessation of extra-budgetarynbspfunding in the Somali region, UNDSS has
had to scale back operations, to some extent, and has had to conduct
cost-sharing operations with other UN AFPs in order to ensure that the
necessary and essential UNDSSnbspsecurity support could still be provided in
this region.nbspnbspUNDSS also made the decision to not recruit two
UNDSSnbspstaff that hadnbspresigned from their positions in the Somali
region but instead decided to have our remaining staff present in the Somali
region cover the gaps until such a time that additional funding could be
secured and/or made available.lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11.0pt
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lt/pgtltpgtltspan style="background-color: white"gtltfont color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size: 11pt"gtThis project
would enable UNDSS to be able to fill the two vacant posts of UNDSS staff lt/spangtthatltspan style="font-size: 11pt"gtnbsphave
resigned in the Somali regionnbspand would also enable us to expand to Nekemte in order to best support
project partners with the critical and essential security support services that
UNDSS provides.lt/spangtlt/fontgtlt/spangtlt/pgt