Plan Sweden Humanitarian Program 2015-2018 Plan Sverige Humanitära Program 2015-2018 Plan Sweden is implementing a three year project financed by Sida with focus on child protection and education in emergencies. Detta beslut är ett kompletterande insatsbeslut till avtal med Plan International Sverige om bidrag till humanitära insatser 2015-2018. Beslutet tas i enlighet med Sidas insatshanteringsregel paragraf 3.11.3 och avser det tredje och sista året av avtalet. 

Sida och Plan International Sverige ingick ett avtal i juni år 2015 om stöd till humanitära insatser  i fem länder: Mali, Haiti, Centralafrikanska republiken, Filippinerna samt Sudan (omallokerat till Kamerun under året). Den huvudsakliga målgruppen utgörs av  flickor och pojkar i humanitära kriser. Den största delen av stödet går till skydd av barn, följt av utbildning. En mindre andel av stödet avser barnfokuserad riskreducering, vatten och sanitet, samt nutrition. Insatsen inkluderar även stöd till en Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) samt tematiskt stöd för att stärka organisationens expertis samt för uppföljning och kvalitetssäkring. 

Inom ramen för avtalet allokerades initialt 55,4 MSEK enligt följande uppdelning:

- Centralafrikanska republiken 5 MSEK (12 månader)
- Filippinerna 5,4 MSEK (12 månader)
- Sudan (omallokerat till Kamerun) 5 MSEK (12 månader)
- Mali 9 MSEK (36 månader)
- Haiti 9 MSEK (36 månader)
- Tematiskt stöd för att stärka Plan Sveriges expertis 2 MSEK (12 månader)
- Uppföljning och kvalitetssäkring 2 MSEK (12 månader)
- RRM 18 MSEK (36 månader)

 I och med beslutet för år 2 allokerades ytterligare 61,2 MSEK enligt följande uppdelning:

- Centralafrikanska republiken 3 MSEK (12 månader)
- Niger 4 MSEK (12 månader)
- Tanzania 9 MSEK (12 månader)
- RRM 35,5 MSEK (två beslut under 2016) (24 månader)
- Rwanda 5 MSEK (12 månader)
- Beredskapsförmåga och kvalitetssäkring 4,7 MSEK (12 månader)

I och med beslutet för år 3 allokeras ytterligare 55,1 MSEK enligt följande uppdelning: 

- Centralafrikanska republiken 4,2 MSEK (12 månader)
- Nigeria 8,4 MSEK (12 månader)
- Niger 4 MSEK (12 månader)
- Kamerun 4 MSEK (12 månader)
- Rwanda 5 MSEK (12 månader)
- Tanzania 5 MSEK (12 månader) 
- Zimbabwe 4 MSEK (12 månader)
- RRM 15 MSEK (15 månader)
- Beredskapsförmåga och kvalitetssäkring 5,5 MSEK

Därutöver ingår de redan beslutade insatserna för Haiti och Mali, totalt 6 MSEK.

Totalt avtalat belopp uppgår därmed till 171,7 MSEK, varav initial allokering för år 2017 utgör 61,1 MSEK. Insatsen omfattar totalt nio landprojekt för implementering under 2017, inklusive de två länder som är pågående sedan 2015, exklusive RRM-projekt. Tilläggsbeslut för ytterligare stöd i utvalda kriser är möjliga under 2017 enligt Sidas modell för behovsbaserad årlig allokering. 

Förutom de 7% administrativ kostnad samt allokering för beredskap och kvalitetssäkring vidareförmedlar 
Plan International Sverige alla medel till landkontoren inom den internationella barnrättsfederationen Plan International. Vidareförmedling till lokala samarbetspartners sker i tre av länderna, till fyra lokala parter till ett totalt belopp av 5,5 MSEK. Totalt beräknat belopp för upphandling för året 2017/2018 uppgår till totalt 4,5 MSEK. För ytterligare information se beredningspromemoria avsnitt 6 a. 

Plan ges i avtalet fortsatt flexibilitet att omallokera medel inom en projektbudget på upp till 10%. Detta bedöms vara nödvändigt för att på ett relevant, snabbt och ändamålsenligt sätt kunna möta humanitära behov. För ändringar över 10%, eller omallokering mellan projektbudgetar, krävs Sidas godkännande. 

Vidare bedömer Sida att samtliga medel för projektet ska betalas ut omgående för att möjliggöra planering och uppstart av projektet vid avtalsunderskrift. Detta för att på bästa sätt möjliggöra planering och genomförande av den humanitära insatsen utan fördröjning. Ett avsteg från Sidas vanliga rutiner om uppdelade betalningar bedöms motiverat.  

Bedömningspromemorian har skrivits på engelska med anledning av att engelskspråkig personal i fält är delaktig i beredning och uppföljning av insatsen, i enlighet med Generaldirektörens beslut om Sidas språkvalsmatris med tillämpningsanvisningar från den 1 mars 2013. 

Beredningen har uppdaterats där relevant. UPDATE 2017

In accordance with Sida decision 2016-002260, Sida will not include a selection of results in results registry but, as standard procedures at the Humanitarian unit, Sida will assess all of Plan's individual projects' reports, including results framework. 

According to Sida's new regulations and advisors at Sida/VU there is no longer mandatory to follow-up the result register in TRAC nor will Sida request baselines or standard indicators. However, Sida do need to follow up results but rather on reported achievements and the theory of change used. Therefore, the following narrative will present the results achieved so far after Plan's first year of the three years  agreement 2015-2018. 

The below is based on the Annual report from Plan, the discussion during the Annual meeting 24th November, 2016, input from colleagues in the humanitarian team as well as a follow-up meeting with Mr Malte Stöving from Plan at Sida on 28th November, 2016. 

During previous years Sida have been following closely Plan's results reporting both regarding the Major Hum interventions and RRMs. Therefore, in this year's narrative reporting Plan is presenting a well developed Results framework for both "Child Protection in emergencies" and "Education in emergencies". After having studied the logframe together with Sida's advisors it can be stated that Plan is well following-up on the results even if the level of details is very ambitious. Sida's recommendation to Plan will be to reformulate the outcomes in the next agreement to a more realistic level. Whether a three year or one-year intervention the expectations must be on an achievable level. There must be a clear distinction between knowledge and training to the beneficiaries and how much they can realistically put it into practise. For example to get the knowledge and skills about how to protect yourself or your children  will not automatically be put into practise for all. The same goes with access to services and referral mechanisms, it should be reported separately how many that have actually used the mechanism. 

According to the report all activities have been implemented during the first year and Plan has responded to seven humanitarian crises in nine countries and has reached totally 356,027 beneficiaries. 

Plan are reporting the following on six different outcomes;
 
i) Responding to identified needs in time; 
All Plans projects are need based, often assessments are made together with other agencies. However, delays can occur due to security situation, governmental approval, procurement processes or lack of qualified staff. 

ii) Coordination and access to information; 
Plan is part of the Global Cluster Coordination system and IASC as well as other relevant coordination mechanisms. Plan is also the leading part in many child protection working groups.

iii) Accountability mechanisms; 
Plan has during the period increased the number of projects that include a complaints/feedback mechanism. The ambition is also to make them child friendly with an appropriate and efficient mechanism for children. The guidance for this will be developed during 2016 and piloted in the start-up of projects in 2017. 

iv) Girls, boys, men and women reached with qualified interventions; 
For Protection and Education interventions boys and girls are the core focus. Water and Sanitation projects have a wider distribution among beneficiaries and Nutrition projects are mostly focusing on women and lactating mothers. Protection is the largest sector, i.e. 46% of the beneficiaries, Water and Sanitation 22% and the Education sector 14%, the remaining for Nutrition and Livelihood. 

v) Child protection in emergencies; 
The surge capacity funded during the year has vastly improved the progress towards reaching the Child Protection Minimum Standard. However, due to high demand, the CFSs have been overcrowded. This challenge must be solved and one solution has been to receive children in shifts and to coordinate with other actors. 

vi) Child centered disaster risk reduction awareness and capacity; To date 65% of communities involve children and young people when assessing risks and vulnerabilities in the communities' contingency plans. The target is to increase this to 80% of the communities. 

Sida's assessment of Plan's first year of implementation is that Plan has improved its capacity to deliver prompt and need based humanitarian assistance. Their presence is appreciated by other actors and in some of the contexts they also serve as the implementing partner, eg for UNICEF. They are especially strong in countries where they have worked for many years and have good local contacts with other actors and governmental institutions. i.e. west Africa. According to Plan they are speeding up the work processes in south Africa as their response has not been quick enough. They are improving the recruitment process, roster for personnel and the procurement administration.  

While assessing RRMs there has been some misunderstanding in the past about the actual purpose of a RRM and when to use it. This has however become more accurate lately and components of more longterm activities have been excluded. 

Sida will invite all strategic partners in April 2017 to a work-shop regarding results frameworks and Sida's expectations on their partners. This will be an appropriate occasion to discuss results framework more in depth. 


FROM ASSESSMENT 2015-2016

Plan Sweden has identified six aggregate outcomes for the program (including country projects and RRM) that measure quality in processes and programming (for example timeliness, coordination and beneficiary satisfaction). 

Sida has selected the CAR project for inclusion in Sida's results register as an example of the overall program (typical of Plan´s core competencies in education and protection). Sida will monitor the results of Plan in all projects against approved logical frameworks and through external evaluations.

For the project in the Central African Republic the overall objective is: Girls, boys and youth affected by the conflict in CAR are protected from violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect and their wellbeing and development is promoted through the provision of integrated family and community-based education and protection support services.

Number of beneficiaries: 10 050 (direct), 32 000 (indirect)
Sectors: Education and Child Protection