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Provision of integrated multi-sectoral response for vulnerable populations living in informal sites in Iraq This intervention aims at providing multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance for conflict-affected populations living in informal settlements in Iraq. To achieve this objective, ACTED will lead a consortium with two partners – REACH (a joint initiative between ACTED, , IMPACT and UNOSAT), and Voice of Older People and Family (VOP-FAM) to address the key strategic priorities by the CCCM cluster under the 1st 2020 allocation strategy. 

In Dohuk governorate, ACTED and VOP-FAM will conduct comprehensive data collection, provide multi-sectoral actions and conduct site risk reduction activities to ensure a safe and dignified environment for internally displaced populations living in 12 newly selected informal settlements located in Zawita, Fayde, Al-Salivani and Al Sind sub-districts, respectively in Dohuk, Sumel and Zakho districts. Through a community-based approach, the consortium partners will reinforce the local ownership of CCCM activities by building the governance structures’ capacity and creating a network among the stakeholders of the targeted areas. Alongside, the intervention will include light WASH care and maintenance activities through cash-for-work modality to provide the communities with daily livelihood opportunities. Based on the data collected, ACTED will keep up its fundraising efforts with other donors to widen its multi-sectoral response and ensure remaining gaps in the targeted informal sites are covered. REACH will continue providing assessment and nationwide information management support to the CCCM cluster, through the provision of informal site profiling and an intentions survey assessments. This will ultimately enhance the capacity of humanitarian actors to plan for evidence-based responses and address the lack of available informal site information in Iraq.

The REACH activities are expected to last 12 months, while the ACTED/VOP activities will last 9 months, in line with the cluster’s guidance to implement time-bound CCCM interventions in informal sites.
Rapid WASH response targeting newly returned and secondarily displaced population impacted by sudden camp closure Through the proposed project, Arche Nova, COOPI, and SI will provide an emergency response to 10,850 individuals who have recently arrived in Mosul, Ba’aj, Sinjar, Khannaqin, Muqtadiya, Khanqin, Beiji, Balad, Hatra, and Falluja following the recent wave of IDP camp closure. These areas, already impacted by the low level of basic services, have been taking most of the caseload of new arrivals due to recent camp closures. Additionally, these areas will likely continue to receive returnees at the beginning of 2021 as new camp closures have been announced by the Government (Salamiyah camp for example). To support these populations and decrease the pressure on already stretched water resources, the response will aim at increasing access to Water (water trucking), Sanitation (emergency latrines), and Hygiene (Hygiene kits and Hygiene promotion). 
SI as the Lead organization will ensure the proper and timely implementation of the project and provide support to all implementing partners. All implementing partners will cover the emergency WASH needs of returnees and secondary displaced families in different locations. SI will cover Ninewa (Mosul, Baaj, and Sinjar) through emergency access to safe and sufficient water and hygiene promotion (kit distribution and awareness sessions).
COOPI will cover Hatra, Beiji, Balad, and Fallujah covering 3 different governorates with improved access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. Finally, Arche Nova will cover the Diyala governorate through emergency access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
Enhancing Access to Distance Learning for the Most Vulnerable Children in Iraq This project aims to increase access to formal and non-formal education for the students who lost physical access to education by the school closure due to COVID 19, in particular children who are most vulnerable and marginalised. It aims to reach 60,000 most marginalized students and children in the out-of-camp locations as per the allocation strategy, from the 330,500 children targeted by the HRP 2020 and who may not have access to e-learning platforms (“Newton” and ‘EWANE”) which are currently provided by the Ministries of Education (MoEs) in both Federal and Kurdish Region of Iraq in response to the COVID 19 crisis. This will be achieved through supporting the development of educational contents of Federal MoE’s Education TV channel and ensuring students and children’s access to TV education and support by their caretakers in their learning over the period of 7 months. The TV contents which are to be developed will cover the missing subjects and grades of the updated curricula on the current TV programme to cover all units of subjects in all grades from Grade 1 to Grade 12, including the Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) in addition to Psycho-social support (PSS) and COVID 19 prevention messages, in order for the Federal MoE to reach larger number of school age population who do not have access to learning in response to COVID 19 and beyond.
Assure CP emergency response during COVID 19 emergency in Central and South Iraq The proposed intervention aims to provide specialized CP services to vulnerable children who are exposed to additional protection risks and/or exacerbated needs because of COVID 19 emergency. The intervention will be conducted by a consortium of experienced CP actors, lead by Terre des Hommes Italia. The other consortium members are TdH Lausanne and  BROB, Services will be provided to a total of 16,205  individuals living in the governorates of Salahadin (Balad and Sammarra districts) and Kirkuk (Kirkuk District). As explained in the proposal, each partner will be in charged of a specific geographical area, based on the current presence and complementary with other on going interventions. In line with the allocation strategy of CP sub cluster, the proposed action includes the following services: case management, alternative care, psycho-social support (including kits and caregivers' guide lines distribution) and awareness campaigns on hygiene, health and protection related topics. Due to the current emergency situation and gathering restrictions, services will be provided through door to door visits and in same cases through remote assistance. The field staff will be trained not only on the general child protection topics but also on these specific modalities of operations, based on the cluster and sub cluster guidelines. A remote management plan is also included in case of restriction of movement, to assure the provision of at least a minimum level of services. Finally, a capacity building component for the local partner is planned.
Himaya - access to GBV services for newly displaced and returnees UPP proposes to deploy two mobile teams in the areas of West Mosul and its outskirts that will support the monitoring of protection concerns, provision of GBV services, distribution of dignity kits and referrals to specialized actors, for a period of six months.The response will be integrated thanks to the support to a  women safe space in Hermat PHC located in Mosul West that will strengthen the provision of GBV and MHPSS services through a dedicated team.
To avoid stigmatization, the response will target not only newly secondarily displaced IDP and returnees, but also other IDPs and returnees present in the same geographical areas as well as vulnerable host community members.
The mobile teams will be composed by case managers, psychologists, social workers, community mobilizers, team leaders, community mobilization coordinator and coordinated by a field officer. The team in the static center is composed of a case manager, and a psychologist.
Service provision quality will be supervised by technical figures and senior officers.
The trained mobile teams staff will provide case mgmt. integrating GBV and MHPSS, outreach, awareness on GBV prevention and response. The referrals to individual psychological support and group psychosocial support will be facilitated thanks to the presence of a women safe space in the city of Mosul managed by UPP with trained professionals. 150 dignity kits will be distributed regularly throughout the intervention period to support women and girls and their families.
The mobile units will be on the field four days per week, and the fifth day will be dedicated to the reporting.

Key intervention:
Lifesaving, age-appropriate services are available to women, girls, and survivors of GBV.
GBV awareness-raising sessions
Dignity Kits
Provision of PSS services
Provision of GBV case management services
Case referrals to specialized needed services.

Addressing the needs of survivors:
Based on the needs assessment conducted by UPP in December 2020, the vast majority of the returnees and IDP are in need of lifesaving GBV and MHPSS services especially women and girls who are more vulnerable due to the sudden closure of the camps. Targeted beneficiaries and survivors from the returnees and IDP communities are facing community stigmatization, physical, and emotional abuse. Additionally, women who have separated from their children due to camp closures are suffering from psychological trauma, anxiety, and fear of losing their children.


The overall impact of the proposed intervention:
The psychological impact and sufferings on the affected population will have a long-term effect on the mental health and psychosocial well-being of the returnees and IDPs especially women and girls. The overall impact of the proposed intervention is to provide access to lifesaving services such as GBV case management and psychosocial support, promoting a positive difference in the lives of IDPs, returnees, and GBV survivors, which will have a long-term positive impact on the development of the community as a whole.
Delivery of community-based services and referrals to promote well-being and enhance protection among IDPs, returnees and other at risk populations of concern in Iraq during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Through this project, International Medical Corps (IMC) in partnership with Iraqi Health Access Organization (IHAO) will contribute to the Protection Cluster and GBV sub-cluster efforts to respond to increased needs of vulnerable conflict-affected communities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and reduce incidents of gender-based violence (GBV), particularly focusing on women and girls. By engaging community members and marginalized groups, such as persons with special needs, people with disabilities, female heads of households (FHHs), adolescents and the elderly in the project design and implementation, IMC and IHAO will ensure that the interventions are context appropriate and tailored to the specific needs of each group, and service modalities take into consideration various safety sensitivities in the context of COVID-19. 

The intervention will include the establishment safe entry points for the provision of services that will include specialized individual in-person and remote support (depending on the situation and conditions) and GBV response and prevention activities targeting vulnerable women and girls in Anbar and Salah Al-Din. In addition, IMC and IHAO will implement COVID-19 risk mitigation activities, lifesaving GBV case management, women empowerment activities, psychosocial support, psychological first aid interventions and community awareness-raising activities. All in-person services will strictly adhere to WHO and MoH COVID-19 prevention protocols and guidelines. 

IMC will also build the technical and operational capacity of IHAO using a three-tier approach: 
1. Remote capacity building and trainings (on-site when feasible)
2. Peer-to-peer support.
3. Remote coaching and mentoring

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International Medical Corps (IMC) is a US-registered independent affiliate organization of International Medical Corps UK (IMC UK), with which IMC UK shares the same name and charitable objectives and mission. IMC UK and IMC work together to deliver assistance programs in an accountable and effective manner in pursuit of their commonly-held charitable objectives. IMC UK will engage IMC to implement its programs in the field, with IMC UK oversight, according to the terms and conditions of the agreement that results from this proposal and the terms of the parties’ administrative service agreement. Together with IMC Croatia, IMC provides administrative and operational support to IMC UK and to the programs on the ground, including but not limited to financial management, banking and cash management, procurement management/international procurements and logistics.
Mobile site management (MSM) response to vulnerable Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Kilo 7 informal site in Anbar Governorate The proposed activities are a continuation of NRC’s support to Mobile site management (MSM) activities in Anbar Governorate Kilo-7 (K-7) informal site in Ramadi district delivered to internally displaced persons (IDPs). As many IDPs will be unable to return to their areas of origin due to lack of services, destruction of homes, security clearance issues, and perceived extremist affiliations repeated displacement is expected to rise.

At the same time, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted basic service provision in several areas in Iraq. Municipal services, such as water and electricity, have become increasingly problematic to provide, access of goods and persons to markets and livelihoods has suffered, funding has been reduced or diverted to COVID-specific health and WASH response, and the healthcare system has become overburdened and strained, decreasing access to basic healthcare services. All of the above impacts are exacerbated at formal IDP and refugee camps, and even more so at informal sites, where there is already very limited service provision. The activities proposed in this action address both direct response to COVID-19 through preventative measures and improvements to WASH services, as well as indirect response through more comprehensive service provision and coordination for services.

Recognizing that different groups such as men, women, boys, and girls, people with disabilities, or the elderly have different needs and abilities to access services, NRC will assess and tailor approaches accordingly. Particular attention is given to access issues for women and people with disabilities, for which NRC uses (i) gender-sensitive mobile teams to support linking these groups with relevant services, and (ii) referral system. These interventions are highly important for vulnerable populations who remain displaced in Anbar during 2020 and into 2021. As the focus of both the Government of Iraq (GoI) and institutional donors shifts towards returns and durable solutions for those who are able to return, it is imperative that humanitarian actors maintain support to meet the needs of the under-served population that will remain in protracted displacement.

In this action, NRC will conduct site management and coordination at the Kilo-7 informal displacement site in Anbar. In an effort to improve the living conditions for the vulnerable IDPs, activities will include site risk reduction through maintenance of critical locations and infrastructure, protection by presence, coordination of services, advocacy for services with both local partners and international actors, outreach and community engagement activities, establishment and training of community governance structures with the aim of participating in site coordination, COVID-19 specific prevention and mitigation measures as well as awareness raising through outreach work, and information management via dissemination of assessment and service mapping results, including COVID-19 data.
Comprehensive Support to the Needs of Children in the Context of COVID-19 in Iraq The overall objective of this project is to meet the comprehensive needs of conflict affected children in Iraq whose vulnerability has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. War Child will conduct Child Protection approach to ensure that children’s fundamental rights to social and economic help, which is enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. These rights will be fulfilled through conducting activities in line with the Child Protection Priorities outlined in the Humanitarian Response Plan for Iraq. These activities will be modified to be conducted in line with the best practices outlined by the WHO to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Iraq Information Centre As a two-way communication mechanism, the Iraq Information Centre ( IIC) is a link to the partnership between those who wish to assist those affected by the ongoing conflict in Iraq and those people who have been affected and who need assistance. The IIC is accountable to both constituencies.
The IIC is a collective accountability mechanism for the humanitarian response in Iraq, and promotes two-way communication between affected populations and humanitarian actors to:
· Empower communities through the provision of accessible and timely information on how to access services and resources required to improve their situation, fulfilling their right to know, to ask questions and to participate in their own recovery
· Help ensure efficient and effective coordination of humanitarian agencies, funds, and programmes operating in Iraq by collecting and circulating information about the urgent needs and priorities of affected populations and
· Support an environment of collective transparency and accountability by: Establishing an easy-to access and safe mechanism through which affected populations can lodge feedback and complaints
Channelling feedback and complaints to humanitarian actors to influence humanitarian programming and shape quality advocacy and, Communicating with affected populations to gauge user satisfaction with the quality of information and guidance provided by the Information centre.

Information and communication are critical forms of aid and key prerequisites for communities to participate in their own recovery. Access to information is a human right and people affected by conflict and disaster should have access to an ongoing, reliable flow of credible information on the disaster and associated relief effort. While communicating with affected populations has never been more essential, the simple provision of information is not enough. Two-way communication and feedback is critical to ensuring communication is effective and efficiently circulates the urgent needs and priorities of affected populations. Two-way communication systems deliver effective aid in the form of information, facilitating the recovery of communities in emergency contexts. Communities can be empowered by providing information to aid agencies, which in turn can be used to advocate and deliver solutions to genuine problems.

Two-way communication prioritizes communication between humanitarian actors and affected communities to establish what support people need and, crucially, what they do not need. Strategic use of two-way communication leads to a more effective humanitarian response, ensures that communities get the right help, in the right place, at the right time, and ultimately empowers communities to be active participants in their own recovery. Two-way communication locates affected populations at the centre of programmatic decision making on relief and response.

In 2020, through this application, the IIC is seeking to 1) support the humanitarian response to tackle the challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis and 2) raise awareness about its services to increase its outreach.
NFI Support for Vulnerable IDPs Facing Secondary Displacement and Returnees Following Camp Closures in Diyala, Ninewa, and Salah Al-Din In October 2020, the Government of Iraq (GoI) announced their plan to close all IDP camps by the beginning of 2021, thereby causing the forced eviction of over 250,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs). Within weeks, the GoI had hastily ordered the closure of several IDP camps, forcing thousands of households to return to governorates or districts where they have not lived for years and where there are no existing social services to support them. Many returnee families face significant threats of vigilante justice if they return to their exact area of origin because of their perceived affiliation with ISIS. As a result, households are being forced to squat in abandoned buildings and establish informal settlements – living in tents, crowded shelters, or damaged buildings in the winter. 16 camps have already been closed as of December, with many IDPs reporting they were given only two-days’ notice to leave their shelters. 

In close coordination with the Shelter/NFI cluster, this project responds to the most urgent, basic needs of new returnees and secondarily displaced individual through the through the distribution of non-food items (NFI) to 1,905 households in the following locations:
	Ninewa: Hatra, Telafar, Ba’aj, Mosul
	Diyala: Muqdadiya, Khanaqin, Baquba
	Salah al-Din: Balad, Shirqat, Baiji  

The NFI kits will contain a blanket, mattress, solar lamp, jerry can, kitchen set, kerosene stove, kerosene heater, rope, matt, water storage container, tarpaulin, and bucket, as per cluster guidelines. 
Extremely vulnerable individuals in host communities will also be considered for distribution, to contribute to better acceptance and social cohesion. All beneficiary identification and kit distribution processes will adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures.
Promoting Gender Inclusive Governance in Georgia The overarching goal of the project is to contribute to gender sensitive governance through strengthening policy and legislative framework on institutional mechanism on gender equality and supporting greater involvement of women in the decision making. More specifically, the project will strive to establish legislative and policy framework for gender sensitive governance in local governments, support effective functioning of institutional mechanism on gender equality at municipality level and promote greater participation of women in decision making.  Output 1: Legal and policy framework is set up to ensure effective functioning of the gender equality institutional mechanism at municipality level. Output 2: Municipality Gender equality personnel are equipped with necessary skills and knowledge and have established effective relations and networks with NGO/CBOs to enable effective functioning of institutional mechanisms on gender equality in municipalities. Output 3: Public support is mobilised in favour of greater participation of women in the decision making through supporting women's collective action:
Supporting Community Resilience in the South Caucasus 2014/15: Georgia Program objective is to increase disaster resilience of local communities and relevant national institutions by supporting strategies that enable them to prepare for, mitigate and respond to disasters in Georgia. Specifically, to institutionalise government support for the community -based DRR model at the local, regional and national levels in Georgia. Programme focuses on: replication of developed models, institutionalization, sustainability and advocacy work; gender and women's participation as well as diversity issues (age -youth engagement, elder and disabled people) as well as on innovation and applying innovative technologies.
Improving access to health services for vulnerable population in Georgia The project aims to contribute to improved status of health of poor people through increased access to quality, equitable and affordable health services and reaching millenium development goals. Objectives are: to improve access to health services for poor people,  improve the quality of health care service, especially for poor people, and to increase the transparency of healthcare reform and Civil Society Organisation's participation in decision -making processes. Activities include  campaigning and advocacy with government officials, monitoring state programmes, desk research, panel meetings, media campaigns and conferences.