Strengthening the Management and Coordination of IDPs Collective Centers in Emeregency The intervention of this project aims at strengthening the capacity of the local stakeholders and NGOs in managing the Collective Centers (CCs) and Spontaneous Settlements (SSs) for IDPs drawn from a year of displacement and provision of NFIs for IDPs in the selected 14 CCs (3 Taiz, 3 Hajja, 3 Amran, 3 Ibb and 2 Amanat Al Asimah). Officials in the Executive Unit (EU) stated that there is a lack in capacity building in how to manage and supervise the IDPs CCs. According to Shelter Cluster information, CCs are poorly managed.

The EU and the local authorities (local councils) who are often managing these centers wish to hand over the management of the IDPs in the CCs and spontaneous settlements to NNGOs to assist in managing the daily affairs of these centers and settlements. This project will make a difference in the life of the IDPs in the CCs and settlements as local authorities including EU staff and NNGOs will be trained and skilled in managing IDPs CCs.

IOM will carry out a comprehensive training (basic and TOT training) for LMMPO staff and some of the EU staff on Collective Centers Management. After the initial basic training, LMMPO will be responsible of training other 5 NNGOs selected in this project. After the TOT training, the trained staff will be responsible of holding 3 trainings for various stakeholders including NNGOs on Collective Centers Guidelines developed by IOM and UNHCR and also on SPHERE Principles in humanitarian response. The trained staff will assist in monitoring and providing assistance to CCs committees and NNGOs as well. NNGOs will be requested to voluntarily form CCs committees and carry out training for these committees in their areas. LMMPO will also train other interested clusters on CCM.

The project will include the development of guidelines for managing CCs in Yemen. A local team will be assigned to adapt the Collective Centers Guidelines, prepared by UNCHRC and IOM to fit the Yemeni context. Producing the guidelines and documenting challenges, good practices and lessons learned will have a multiplier effect and provide guidance to other national NGOs in managing IDPs collective centers and spontaneous settlements. 

Moreover, staff, local authorities, 5 national NGOs, EU staff responsible of managing IDPs CCs and SSs will be trained on the implementation of the guidelines. Other community leaders, members of the local councils, police officers, media and Sheiks, Imams and women religious leaders will be involved in the training as an advocacy act to support the IDPs CCs and SSs coordination and support process. Voluntary elected CCs IDPs committees, which include women, men, boys, girls and people of special needs, if any, will be a key component of the project to make the CCs self-regulated in the absence of the authorities and NGOs taking responsibilities of managing the centers. 
LMMPO will collaborate with other clusters (WASH, Protection etc.) to ensure that IDPs have an access to services. As an active member in Shelter and SAG and other clusters, LMMPO will have to set up a complaint and feedback system for the project in the targeted CCs.

In summary, this project targets 5 governorates (Taiz, Hajja, Amran, Amanat Al Asimah and Ibb) The main components of the project are:
- Distribution of NFIs for 133 IDPs HHs in the three selected CCs in Ash Shamayateyn district, Taiz governorate.
-	Building the capacity of LMMPO and EU staff (Initial/basic training and TOT) by IOM.
-	LMMPO takes the responsibility of training the selected 5 NNGOs on Collective centers management.
-	Formation of IDPs CCs committees/sub-committees.
- Carrying out diagnostic field visits and accordingly proposing an initial training for staff managing CCs and SSs (males and females (to meet the urgent issues in managing the CCs)
- Developing the guidelines, training for the staff, local authorities, EU staff, community leaders and others on how to implement the guidelines.