Provision of Essential Camp Coordination and Camp Management services in Malakal and Melut counties. In summary, this project proposes to contribute to three core aspects of Camp Coordination and Camp Management in the Malakal and Melut protection of civilian (POC) sites and spontaneous settlements in Melut, including leading essential coordination functions, developing and maintaining camp infrastructure, and promoting humanitarian accountability through the operation of feedback and complaints mechanisms. Moreover, this project aims at seeking ways forward to decongest the POC site through information collection e.g. in form of intention surveys and dock monitoring that will guide strategic planning and preparing for the eventual return of the IPD to their areas of origin.  In Melut the project will focus on building the capacities of the IDP leadership and local actors in order to gradually take over take the camp management responsibilities. 

DRC will conduct the basic care and maintenance of the Malakal and Melut POC sites as well as the informal settlement in Melut. Almost two years into the crisis, both PoC sites and spontaneous settlements are mostly transitioning out of the setup phase. The upcoming care and maintenance phase presents a different range of challenges, requiring strong humanitarian leadership and very close engagement with the population to promote community ownership and empowerment, as well as gradual transfer of responsibility for the care of the site infrastructure. 
			
DRC will also foster good relations and effective communications with the IDP leadership structures.  DRC will continue to work regularly with IDP leadership and committees to strengthen collaboration and their participation in decision-making processes, while also striving to improve diversity in representation and gender balance. As DRC anticipates new arrivals will continue to seek shelter within the POC sites and spontaneous settlements over the course of the project, the organization's Camp Management team will support this population with reception and pre-registration services. In response to the growing populations of all site, DRC will also lead relocation activities as required in Malakal

DRC will conduct integrated information management inside and outside the sites to foster decongestion and inform transitional solutions. As the situation in Malakal area has remained stable, in the last quarter of the year a number of humanitarian organizations have rolled out activities in Wau Shilluk, on the west bank of the Nile providing services to cater for basic needs, such as health, food, education and protection. In order to not to create parallel service structures and in order to maximize synergies between the different humanitarian agencies, DRC will undertake holistic information management activities that will benefit the whole humanitarian community as well the IDPs communities. Information management activities will not only inform the decongestion strategy for the PoC site, but will also orient any transitional solutions strategy the humanitarian community might design when freedom of movement is restored. 

Should the conditions be ripe for transitional solutions, especially in Melut, DRC as the focal point agency with a close understanding of community dynamics will provide solid information management support to the CCCM cluster at the preparatory stage, as well as operational support once for potential return/relocation operations kick off.

DRC is committed to conducting regular assessments on issues influencing the safety and well-being of individuals residing within the displacement sites it manages. All assessments will ensure the capture of information disaggregated by gender and age, and interventions derived from these assessments will be tailored to ensure inclusion and relevance to gender and age demographics