Support to the Site Management Working Group in Gaza to enhance coordination of displacement crisis response ltpgtIn the context of the current unprecedented crisis in Gaza, providing urgent and life-saving humanitarian assistance in a coordinated manner remains paramount to ensure the safety, protection and dignity of the most vulnerable, whilst facilitating rapid and safe access to emergency assistance. ltbrgtAs of May 2024, 1.7M people have been displaced due to destruction, damage of their homes or in search of safety. 1.2M of whom are now compacted within the 65-meter square of the Rafah Governorate, living in near squalid conditions. Populations are residing in UNRWA and non-UNRWA shelters, operating at 4 times their capacity with an approximate 12,400 individuals per shelter and up to 5 households sharing a single room (OCHA 2024). Addressing these critical conditions and acute needs will require a multi-lateral and multi-sectoral response which will need robust coordination mechanisms and information management to ensure those most in need are able to receive critical and life-saving assistance. ltbrgtThrough the SMWG Acted will enhance coordination mechanisms, and facilitate evidence-based planning and programming for humanitarian actors in oPt through information management, technical advisory, and coordination support. To face the Site Management and coordination needs in the Gaza Strip, Acted is co-chairing the Site Management Working Group alongside UNRWA, with the aim of enhancing coordination of IDP crisis response and contingency planning, informing aid planning, and improving the overall understanding of the humanitarian context within Gaza. Enhanced coordination also allows for better integrated protection and dignity led programming providing greater accountability to affected populations. Within the specific dynamics and context of the Gaza strip, service delivery is now being coordinated into area-based responses to facilitate smaller yet more cohesive and comprehensive responses delineated into geographic areas, securing coverage across the Gaza strip. ltbrgtTherefore, Acted as Co-chair of the Site Management Working Group (SMWG) and in partnership with IMPACT and Oxford University, propose a support to the SMWG to enhance coordination of IDP crisis response. Acted and its partners through the Site Management Working Group seeks to foster humanitarian coordination between Site Management partners and relevant stakeholders including clusters and relevant humanitarian architecture with an aim to support evidence-based and informed decision making. Acted will co-lead the SMWG, facilitate meeting, ensure coordination between all the SMWG members. Also, Acted and its partners will provide support on information management through the establishment of site assessments, technical assessments, and displacement monitoring. In addition, Acted will strengthen site management capacity in affected areas trough regular training on Site Management activities for members of the SMWG to ensure quality of the response. ltbgtThe SMWG will work in close coordination with all the other clusters to ensure complementarity. lt/bgtltbrgtltbrgtlt/pgt