Wellbeing of populations affected is strengthened through camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) support to IDPs and host community in Tigray region This project aims to further scale-up the provision of support and ensure wellbeing of crisis-affected populations in displacement-affected locations in Tigray Region through Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM). The proposed CCCM intervention will include all four pillars of CCCM including site planning and development, coordination and information management, community participation and capacity building. The intervention aims to improve service provision in sites, coordination of response and increase the capacity of local stakeholders involved in CCCM activities. COVID mitigation will be mainstreamed into site management through Risk Communication amp Community Engagement (RCCE), especially with and through community self-governance structures, site improvements that contribute to infection prevention and control (IPC), such as crowd control measures, decongestion and/or partitioning of communal living spaces.

The project will target  beneficiaries in Eastern (Wukro, Edaga Hamus, Adigrat, Fireweyni Town), Mekele, central (Adigrat), and North Western ( Shire, Adi daero, Seyemti Adyabo, Tahtay Koraro) in Tigray region who were displaced due to the  two yearlong northern Ethiopia conflict, and renewed fighting in mid-2022.Moreover, despite the signing of peace agreement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GoE) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in early in November 2022, IDPs still continue to arrive into the sites. Most people are displaced from Western and Northwestern Zones of Tigray Region while some are from Central and Eastern Zones. While the project primarily targets IDPs, the host communities will also be reached through community participation activities such as Risk Communication on COVID 19 prevention and through the area-based approach response modality to be implemented in Mekelle by OSSHD, an implementing national NGO. A total of 100,948 individuals will be reached through the project (99,781 IDPs and 1,167 host community members). 

Activities will be conducted through IOM’s direct implementation and local implementing partners ‘Organization for Social Services and Health Development (OSSHD)’, Heal Our People (HOP), and ‘Tigray Youth Empowerment Solution (TYES)’. IOM will work closely with the local partners primarily on activities related to Site/Area Coordination and Information Management and Community Participation/Self-Governance of CCCM. In addition, IOM will support the local partners to implement Site Development, Maintenance, and Upgrades, according to needs identified during the site planning and feasibility assessments. The reason for the collaboration between IOM and the local partners is to develop the capacity of the organizations as a CCCM partner through coaching and mentoring. The CCCM Cluster was established in 2021 in Ethiopia, and national NGOs with capacity to implement quality CCCM programming are still limited. This collaborative project will simultaneously serve the community in the targeted sites and support sectoral capacity building for the partners. Eventually, IOM can transition out of the role as CCCM partner in some of the sites, particularly sites in Wukro and Freweyni where HOP and OSSHD respectively can take over the role. A joint implementation plan will be prepared to help clarify specific responsibilities during joint implementation and monitor progress towards achieving the transitioning arrangements.