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Allocation Strategy Paper Pakistan Humanitarian Pooled Fund (PHPF) 2nd Round - 2015

Contents I. Overview/Background ......................................................................................................................... 2

II. Allocation Strategy ............................................................................................................................... 2

A. 2015 Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan (HSP) .......................................................................................2

B. PHPF Strategic Priorities ...................................................................................................................................4

C. Guidance and Specifications for Project Selection ..................................................................................... 10

III. Timeline and Procedure .................................................................................................................... 11

IV. Contacts .............................................................................................................................................. 11

V. Complaints Mechanism ..................................................................................................................... 11

Annexes ...................................................................................................................................................... 12

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I. Overview/Background

The Pakistan Emergency Response Fund (ERF) was established in August 2010 with a total fund of US$68 million received and a total of 306 funded projects that respond to humanitarian situations due to natural disasters and complex emergencies across the country. In line with the roll-out of the 2015 OCHA Operational Handbook for Country-based Pooled Funds, OCHA Pakistan accordingly made changes on the way the Fund is managed. Based on consultation with the Fund’s main stakeholders, OCHA published Pakistan Humanitarian Pooled Fund (PHPF) Operational Manual in August and changed the Fund name accordingly to PHPF. The 1st fund allocation in 2015 was made in May. A total $3.7 million contributed by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) was allocated to eight clusters to support the return process in Bara, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). A total of 20 projects are currently on-going. In August 2015, The United Kingdom government through the Department for International Development (DFID) has recently signed a multi-year agreement with OCHA to support PHPF from 2015 to 2019. Under this agreement, DFID will provide GBP 8 million for project allocation and GBP 1 million for technical assistance on the management of the Fund over four years. In addition, there might be potential additional funds for project allocation depending on the current humanitarian situation and performance of the Fund. For the 2nd fund allocation, a total $5 million is available from DFID ($3 million) and SIDA ($2 million) contributions. The PHPF Advisory Board (AB) had a meeting on 22 October 2015 to discuss priorities for the 2nd fund allocation. The fund allocation was determined by taking into consideration a) stark increased number of returnees to FATA de-notified areas; b) essential life-saving needs as identified by the clusters; c) complimentarity with CERF Rapid Response Allocation and other donor funding; d) 2015 Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan (HSP) funding status; and e) access and security advice from the FATA Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).

II. Allocation Strategy

A. 2015 Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan (HSP)

Humanitarian Context

The north-west areas of Pakistan which are comprised of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have witnessed major population displacements as a consequence of security operations between government armed forces and non-state armed groups as well as sectarian violence. At the peak of the crisis in April/May 2009, nearly three million people had fled their areas of origin in FATA and KP. In June 2014, after the failure of talks between the GoP and non-state actors, the military launched a full scale operation named “Zarb-e-Azb” against the non-state armed groups located mainly in Khyber and North Waziristan Agency (NWA) within the FATA. This military operation forced the local population to flee from the areas of conflict to safer places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province with the majority displaced to Bannu and other adjacent districts.

At the end of December 2014, the Government of Pakistan established a plan to facilitate the return of over 160,000 registered families (or approximately 960,000 individuals) in two phases until the end of 2015 with an equal number planned to return in 2016. Out of these 89,000 families (534,000 individuals) are to be returned to Bara alone. As such, and based on the Returns Policy Framework signed between the Government of Pakistan and the humanitarian community in 2010, both actors are required to play an active role in ensuring dignified returns which entails the provision of basic services in the return areas.

As per the request of the provincial authorities, the humanitarian community have been supporting the needs of the returnees through targeted programming. To ensure a comprehensive understanding of the conditions of the returning population, their immediate needs, and to identify existing gaps in assistance, clusters have conducted four rapid assessments and one detailed assessment in the de-notified areas of



return1. The cluster findings indicate that most of the newly returned families have limited personal and household items or livestock, have no access to safe drinking water, and receive no basic health or nutrition services. Nutrition indicators have crossed the emergency thresholds. The majority of affected people have little or no money and are likely to accumulate debts as a coping mechanism following their return. In areas of return rapid assessments were conducted prior to returns, showing the level of destruction was substantially higher than anticipated. This is explained by the abandonment of the area, the impact of severe weather conditions and lack of maintenance during the 7 to 8 years of displacement, and the intensity of the military operations. Yet, in spite of these conditions, once the areas where de-notified, most of the displaced families have opted to return voluntarily due to the distress of their current living conditions as displaced population, and the urgency to get back before the start of the approaching winter season that will limit their ability to return until Spring 2016.

The current returns started in March, 2015. Until July 2015 47,593 families (286,000 individuals) had returned to FATA de-notified areas. Suddenly in August 2015 a peak of returns took place motivated by larger number of areas in FATA being de-notified. Between August and September alone more than 300,000 individuals returned to FATA, and an impressive caseload of returns (approximately half a million individuals) return before the winter season (mid/end November 2015) has already begun. However, the situation in the return areas remains dire. For example, in some areas, more than 80 per cent of the basic infrastructure, including private houses, were severely damaged and will require a significant amount of time to repair. One example is the results of the recent inter-cluster assessment mission to South Waziristan Agency where it was noted that 80-90 per cent of the houses are partially or totally damaged either due to the conflict or deterioration as a result of the weather conditions. Most of the houses are made of mud and were abandoned since 20082. The interagency assessment missions indicate that almost 75 per cent of the total returnee population are women and children. The assessments also noted the challenge of ensuring access to humanitarian services to the most vulnerable. While aid is received solely by registered families, female headed households are a potentially unreachable group as many lack civic documentation. An estimated 21 per cent of returning households are headed by women (wives of migrant workers, divorced, widowed, or one of many wives and therefore not under the patronage of the husband who can technically head only one family in aid receipt)3.

Additionally, the fast approaching winter season has contributed as a trigger in this new emergency situation. The areas in FATA that are identified for upcoming returns (South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Kurram, Orakzai and Khyber Agencies) are mountainous and experience particularly harsh weather. The population returning is further vulnerable due to a large prevalence malnourishment, with 48 per cent of under five children stunted, 17 per cent wasted, and 24per cent underweight, and an overall prevalence of Global Acute Malnutrition of 18.6 per cent (2.5 points above the critical level)4. To avert a large-scale deterioration in the humanitarian situation, additional assistance is required to meet these unforeseen life-saving needs.

The humanitarian community continues to press for the Government to expedite the return process of IDPs. Substantial and timely returns are critical for the population to engage in sustained livelihood activities in their areas of origin. Humanitarian assistance for returnees is required prior to the Government’s commitment to rehabilitate basic infrastructure and provide compensation packages for damaged houses.

The massive increase in the number of returnees has occurred at a pace that is greater than the ability of the government and the humanitarian community to support given the unanticipated deterioration of the returned areas, the general socio-economic context, and the particular vulnerability of returnees.

1 Inter Cluster assessment to Bara, Inter cluster assessment to North Waziristan, Inter Cluster assessment to South Waziristan

Multi Sector Assessment to Bara 2 Findings of Inter Cluster Assessment to South Waziristan, 4-7 August, 2015 3 The high security and accessibility restrictions make it difficult to deploy female staff to interact with returnee women which may result in gaps in understanding their needs. Recent efforts have been made to address this, and clusters committed to select female staff to contribute to assessments, provide services, and monitor delivery. 4 Quarterly Bulletin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nutrition Cluster, January-March, 2015.



Strategic Objective The 2015 HSP has four strategic objectives. In line with the current humanitarian situation, this 2nd fund allocation will particularly support the following strategic objective:

Strategic Objective 3: Support the return of IDPs in the transition from humanitarian to recovery and increase

resilience among the vulnerable through targeted intervention

Funding Status 2015 Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan As of 22 October 2015, the HSP is 60 per cent funded, with following details:

Table 1. Funding Status 2015 Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan

Rank Cluster % Covered Requested (US$ million)

Received (US$ million)

1 Food Security/ Food Aid 88 139 132

2 Common Services 80 9 7

3 WASH 72 14 10

4 Education 52 8 4

5 Protection 35 16 6

6 Community Restoration 25 20 5

7 Shelter/NFI 24 94 22

8 Nutrition 24 71 17

9 Health 23 28 7

10 Food Security/ Agriculture 17 34 6

11 CCM 0 1 0

To date the five largest donors to HSP (US, Government of Pakistan and EC) have contributed close to US$69 million of the HSP (US$433 million).

Table 2. Donor Contribution to Pakistan Strategic Plan 2015

Rank Donor Funding USD per cent of Grand Total

1 United States 78,079,935 27.7per cent

2 Government of Pakistan 61,083,856 21.7per cent

3 European Commission 29,786,641 10.6per cent

4 Carry-over (donors not specified) 19,125,098 6.8per cent

5 Japan 18,873,196 6.7per cent

6 United Kingdom (incld. $3 million to PHPF) 14,397,779 5.1per cent

7 Germany 12,709,603 4.5per cent

8 Allocation of un-earmarked funds by UN agencies 11,763,602 4.2per cent

9 Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) 11,004,250 3.9per cent

10 Canada 9,524,536 3.4per cent

11 Sweden (incld. $2 million to PHPF) 8,225,569 2.9per cent

B. PHPF Strategic Priorities

PHPF recognizes the overall scale of need and vulnerability of the returnees and remaining IDPs in Pakistan is massive and is far greater than the capacity of the Fund to respond to them all. Thus, the HC and AB advised PHPF to support the returnees; and to focus on essential life-saving needs and geographical areas with the least support, taking into consideration access and security issues; as well as complimentarity with other funding.



Prioritized Geographical Locations The prioritized geographical locations will be the origin areas of the returnees in FATA, which include: 1. Orakzai Agency with the following consideration:

Currently almost 800 families have been returned and another 1,200 families are expected to return to de-notified areas starting in November 2015

There are very minimum supports provided by the humanitarian actors for the already returned families, and no supports are planned yet for the additional 1,200

Not prioritized by the recent CERF Rapid Response allocation

FDMA highly advised to start humanitarian activities in this area to build confidence of the returnees to return home soonest and of other humanitarian actors to provide support

2. South Waziristan Agency (SWA) Although SWA is included in prioritized geographic location of CERF, available CERF funding is not sufficient to cover the needs over 9,000 returnee families. The PHPF-funded projects, which will mainly implemented by NGOs will complement the works of UN agencies projects funded by CERF in this area. Although North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is not included in the recent CERF allocation and the number of returnees is significantly high, access and security are likely to disturb project implementation. Khyber Agency has received US$3.7 million in the last PHPF allocation with a total of 23 projects are currently implemented. Khyber and Kurram are also included in CERF allocation, and more funding from other donors are coming in to Khyber. Allocation Envelopes and Specific Priorities After seeking advice from the AB members, the following fund allocations were approved:

Table 3. Allocation Envelopes

Fund Available: $5 million

Allocation Cluster Location Fund & per cent of Allocation

1. Reserve allocation for unforeseen emergencies

Not defined Not defined $750,000 / 15per cent

2. Standard allocation Health, Nutrition, WASH, Food Security/Agriculture & Education

Orakzai and SWA $4,250,000 / 85per cent

The reserve allocation will be used in line with the key requirements specified in the 2015 PHPF Country Operational Manual. The reserve fund can also be used to provide an immediate response in areas not within the HSP as well as regions not prioritized in the standard allocation where need has been demonstrated. The HC will activate the reserve allocation based on government requests for additional emergency response support in significant scale of sudden onset or unforeseen disasters or humanitarian situation.

The cluster strategy for PHPF 2nd allocation is designed in accordance with the 2015 HSP and is summarized in the following table:

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Table 4. Summary of Cluster Prioritization Table

Cluster Geographic

Coverage Areas Cluster Objectives (2015 HSP) Prioritized Activities (2015 HSP)

Fund ($) / per cent

Beneficiary

Healt

h

1. SWA: to complement CERF 2. Orakzai: no health intervention

Cluster Objective 1: To avoid preventable morbidity and mortality among the affected population by ensuring access of vulnerable groups to essential life-saving Health Care services including provision of life-saving medicines and other medical supplies

1. Continue and strengthen of emergency primary health care services for returned population in return areas

950,000 / 22 per cent

10,542 families (+ 62,256 people)

2. Establish communicable disease surveillance and response to mitigate morbidity and mortality among returned population

3. Provide life-saving critical mother and child health care and reproductive health services through implementation of MISP and commodities to children under 5 and PLW; and referral mechanism established for high risk cases

4. Provide mental health and psychosocial support to the affected vulnerable groups like women, children, chronically ill and disabled

5. Provide life-saving medicines and supplies necessary for effective service delivery to affected population

Nu

trit

ion

1. SWA 2. Orakzai

Cluster Objective 1: To provide life-saving nutrition services for acute malnourished U5 children and PLW through CMAM

1. Establish/continue community-based programmes to manage severe acute malnutrition

950,000 / 22 per cent

29,000 children U5; 20,000 PLW

2. Build capacity of facility-based health care providers and community-based outreach workers of DoH and NGOs to manage acute malnutrition

Cluster Objective 2: To promote IYCF practices

1. Establish breast feeding corners and conduct promotion of appropriate complementary feeding

Cluster Objective 3: To ensure access of children and PLW to prevent micro-nutrient deficiencies

1. Distribute multi micronutrient supplements for U5 children and PLW for prevention of Micronutrient deficiencies.

WA

SH

1. SWA 2. Orakzai

Cluster Objective 2: Affected returnee population in the areas of return have access to WASH facilities that are culturally and gender appropriate, secure and user-friendly.

1. Provide water through construction/ rehabilitation of water supply schemes.

1,000,000 / 24 per cent

62,500 people (10,416 families)

2. Provide sanitation facilities to returnees using community approaches to sanitation

3. Provide access to safe hygiene practices using community approaches



Fo

od

Secu

rity

SWA

Cluster Objective 2: Improve food availability and household’s incomes preserving and diversifying means of livelihoods and adopting income generating activities

1. Provide critical agricultural return packages: seeds, fertilizers, tool and including kitchen gardening kits and capacity building sessions

1,000,000 / 24 per cent

5,000 families (+ 30,000 people)

Ed

ucati

on

Orakzai

Cluster Objective 2: Improved access to quality education in protective environment for identified affected children

1. Provide safe and child friendly temporary school facilities

350,000 / 8 per cent

7,000 children (2,800 girls); 150 teachers (60 female); 350 parents (130 mothers)

2. Provide educational and recreational material

3. Organize training and workshop on CFS, life-skill based education and psychosocial support

4. Reactivated/train PTC/SMC/TIJs members

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Cluster Overview 1) Education

The Orakzai Agency Education Office in Hangu conducted a Damage Needs Assessment (DNA) wherein 144 educational institutions in the agency were identified as damaged with 86 fully damaged whilst 58 schools were partially damaged. The total number of functional educational institutions in Orakzai agency remain at 256 schools which conversely cannot accommodate adequately the number of returning children (Source: EMIS Report 2013-14). This reflects the gravity of situation on the ground where more than 50 per cent schools are either fully or partially damaged and as such establishment of Temporary Learning Centers (TLCs) for resumption and continuity of education for returning children and adolescent girls is essential. Lack of education supplies (school in-box etc), non-existence of quality trained teachers on psychosocial education and low perceived value for girl’s education, are some of the underlying factors that undermined access to education in Orakzai Agency. These impeding factors have been previously reported in the inter-cluster assessments report conducted in Orakzai Agency in 2013 as well as the Multi-cluster Assessment report for returnee to FATA (OCHA, Multi-Cluster Assessment Report for FATA Returnee, June, 2015), which informed that damage to school buildings and low perceived value for education were some of the reasons why parents were not sending their children to schools not only in Bara, but also in the wider FATA region inclusive of Orakzai Agency.

Informed by assessment evidence that a lack of educational institutions and/or damaged schools together with non-existence of teaching and learning material are the key underlying factors that undermine access to education for returning children, it therefore, essentially underscores the pertinent need to rapidly consider the establishment of Temporary Learning Centers (TLCs) in Orakzai to enhance rapid resumption and continuity of education alongside provision of education supplies (school in-box etc) and quality teacher training on psychosocial support. Failure to do so, may deny returning children their right to education and further exacerbate their vulnerability and as such may implicitly deprive them of the enabling education support services required to improve their skills and further help them to realize their potential in future.

The Education Cluster recommends the following actions:

Operation of temporary learning centres;

Provision of recreational and teaching materials; and

Training for teachers on TLC, psychosocial supports etc.

Education Cluster is targeting the operation of 35 TLC units in 15-18 damaged schools to cover some 7,000 children.

2) Food Security The Inter-Agency Mission to SWA from 4 to 7 August, 2015 reported that the SWA residents, whose income was mainly dependent on agriculture and livestock, had lost their main source of livelihoods due to displacement for the past six year. The mission team observed wild animals infected by different disease. Agriculture land was barren and abandoned due to non-cultivation, while orchards were completely ruined. Civil veterinary dispensaries and agriculture offices in Sarwakai and Tiarzai tehsils were non-functional as the building was demolished. Cemented irrigation channels were badly damaged and silted, thus were not able to irrigate the catchment lands, while conditions in Kachalzai Tehsil was also deplorable due to high siltation.

The mission recommended the following actions:

Preparation of agriculture livelihoods for the upcoming season;

Provision of agriculture toolkits;

Restocking of livestock;

Provision of livestock medicines, including de-wormers, antibiotics, external parasitizes, mobile veterinary clinic and rehabilitation of veterinary centres;

Rehabilitation of de-siltation of katcha (non-cemented) and pakka (cemented) irrigation channels; and

Provision of fruit trees and nurseries.



The return process to SWA has started in March 2015 with more than 9,000 families have returned to mainly Sarwakai, Sararogha and Tiarza tehsils. As WFP’s 6 month food distribution will be ended by March 2016, it is critical to prepare the return population with sustainable livelihood assistance that will help them to be self-sufficient. With support from USAID, FAO is supporting 6,650 families with Rabi season (October – December) agriculture inputs and 1,400 families with Rabi fodder seeds. PHPF projects will prepare some 5,000 families with Kharif season next year (April – July) agriculture input (seeds, tool and kitchen gardening kits) and farming trainings in the same targeted Tehsil. The Food Security Cluster will ensure that both FAO and PHPF projects are in complementarity.

3) Health The Inter-Cluster Assessment Missions to SWA from 4 to 7 August 2015 and Orakzai on 19 September 2015 reported deteriorated situation of health services in the two return areas. The missions reported large number and high degree of damages in health facilities; lack of available trained health staff; and shortage of essential life-saving medicines and supplies. This situation needs to be addressed urgently to avoid preventable morbidity and mortality. The situation is compounded by risk factors such as the scarcity of safe water, huge sanitation issues and malnutrition which contributes significantly to outbreaks of communicable diseases, such as waterborne diseases particularly Acute Watery Diarrhea; and vaccine preventable diseases, such as Measles and Diphtheria. The Health Cluster recommends the following actions:

Re-activation of non-functional health facilities, including provision of well-trained health staff with proportionate female and male staff, and basic refurbishment;

Provision of comprehensive PHC and MCH services, which include mental health services;

Provision of life-saving essential medicines, supplies and basic equipment;

Establishment of 24/7 communicable disease surveillance and referral mechanism; and In addition, it is critical that a comprehensive support of Health – Nutrition – WASH is implemented in the target health facilities. For this allocation, 10 per cent of the fund ($95,000) will be allocated for provision of medicine supplies, which will be provided through WHO. In a recent meeting between Director of FATA Health Directorate and Health Cluster Coordinator, the shortage of medicine supplies was raised due to non-availability of financial resources from the Directorate. WHO has recently received US$1.5 million from CERF-RR, where 23 per cent will be used for provision of medicine supply is SWA, Kurram and Khyber agencies. However, this supply will not be able to cover all the needs in these areas and will not include the needs in Orakzai. The Health Cluster will continue coordination with Nutrition and WASH clusters to ensure integrated projects are implemented in the same health centres. The Health Cluster is targeting 12 to 15 health centres in Orakzai and SWA for inclusion in the projects under PHPF 2nd Fund Allocation – 2015. The Health Cluster will share with Nutrition and WASH clusters recommended health centres from FATA Health Directorate. 4) Nutrition The deteriorated situation of health services in the two return areas as mentioned above has also affected the nutrition services. The acute malnutrition rate is more than 14 per cent in SWA and around 16 per cent in Orakzai. In SWA, there was no nutrition services before the displacement. However, the IDPs in DI Khan and Tank were enrolled to OTP/SFP programme, which need to be continued when they return. Currently there are nutrition services in eight health facilities in de-notified areas of Sarwakai and Sararogha. However, it is critical to immediately start nutrition services in recently additional de-notified areas. In Orakzai, there are ten health facilities with no nutrition services at all. The operation of emergency nutrition services in these two return areas will significantly avoid preventable morbidity and mortality of in particular PLW and children U5. The Nutrition Cluster recommends for the following actions:

Establishment of CMAM programme to manage SAM and MAM cases;

Establishment of OTP, SFP and stabilization centres; and

Conduct IYCF promotion through breastfeeding corners and supplementation of micronutrient for PLW and children U5 during screening for malnutrition.

For this allocation, 60 per cent of the fund (US$570,000) will be allocated for procurement of nutrition supplies (eg. RUTF, RUSF, vegetables oil, essential medicines, micronutrients and wheat soya blend), which will be provided through UNICEF and WFP. UNICEF, WFP and WHO have recently received



US$1,200,000 from CERF-RR, where 60 per cent per cent will also be used for provision of nutrition supply in Kurram, Khyber and South Waziristan agencies. However, this supply will not be able to cover all the needs in these areas and will not include the needs in Orakzai. The Nutrition projects under PHPF 2nd Fund Allocation – 2015 will target the same health centres as the Health projects. The Nutrition Cluster is targeting about 16 health centres in Orakzai and SWA. 5) WASH The Inter-Cluster Assessment Mission to SWA and Orakzai showed critical intervention for provision of clean water and sanitation facilities at community level and at public services, such as health facilities (hospitals, CDs, BHU, CHCs) and schools. In return areas in SWA, the Pakistan Army and political authorities are rehabilitating a small number of water supply schemes. Drilling boreholes is a challenge due to the mountainous terrain. People depend mainly on spring water sources which are located far from residential areas. This poses a threat for women and girls who are responsible for fetching water. Before the displacement, only 25 per cent of the population had access to latrines and the rest relied on open defecation. This number will increase following returns, which will contribute to the spread of sanitation and water-borne disease. Similar situation is also observed in Orakzai. The WASH Cluster recommends the following activities:

Rehabilitation of water supply schemes;

Rehabilitation of WASH facilities in health centers and schools;

Installation of hand pumps and sanitation facilities at community level;

Arrangement of hygiene promotions; and

Distribution of WASH kits. WASH projects under PHPF 2nd Fund Allocation – 2015 will be integrated with Health and Nutrition projects, where priority will be given for rehabilitation of WASH facilities in 40 health centers (15 in Orakzai and 25 in SWA), and 120 schools (40 in Orakzai and 80 SWA) in coordination with Education Cluster. In addition, rehabilitation the projects will also cover WASH rehabilitation activities at community level.

C. Guidance and Specifications for Project Selection

Following the call-for-proposal with a clear deadline, eligible applicants are required to submit proposal to PHPF’s online Grant Management System (GMS). The Strategic Review Committee will use the Score Card to rank the projects and the following guidance for selection of projects: 1) Eligible NGO applicants are those have passed the PHPF Partner Capacity Assessment 2015 (Please see Annex 1 List of eligible NGO Partner) and have sufficient capacity and resources to implement project in Orakzai and SWA. 2) Proposed project must respond to the cluster strategic priorities for PHPF 2nd Fund Allocation – 2015, which are in line with Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan 2015 (Please see Table 4. Summary of Cluster Strategy Table, page 6-7) 3) Project must be in line with the following fund ceiling and project duration:

Table 5. Fund Ceiling and Project Duration

Cluster Fund Ceiling ($) Project Duration

(month)*

1. Education Max. 250,000 Max. 9

2. Food Security Max. 500,000 Max. 6

3. Health Max. 250,000 Max. 9

4. Nutrition Max. 250,000 for service operation

Max. 300,000 for provision of supplies Max. 9

5. WASH Max. 400,000 Max. 9

.*With possible NCE

4) One proposal can only target one agency, except provision of supplies projects 5) Applying agency should ensure the availability of required documents for project NOC application to FATA Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).



6) Direct implementation of PHPF-funded projects by recipient agency, rather than through a co-implementing partner organization, is preferred (where this is not possible, justification to be provided, including clarity on transactional costs). 7) To reduce overhead costs, pass-through arrangements – where organizations simply pass on funding to their co-implementing partner organization without providing any meaningful guidance, coordination, capacity building, technical advice, monitoring and evaluation capacities or any other function of additional value – are not eligible for funding. 8) Projects that can demonstrate ‘value for money’ (eg. maximum output and beneficiary reach, and effectiveness of the intervention) relative to the project budget should be prioritized. 9) Projects that can demonstrate low indirect cost as a proportion of direct costs should be ranked favourably. 10) NGO partners with three on-going projects and/or pending final reports will be less prioritized. 11) The NGO’s past performance with PHPF-funded projects, as well as their final narrative and audit reports will be taken into consideration.

III. Timeline and Procedure

9 November 2015 The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) publishes the 2nd Fund Allocation Strategy Paper

22November 2015 Deadline for submission of proposal by eligible partners

23 – 24 November 2015 Cluster Review Committee meeting for recommended projects to the Strategic Review Committee

25 – 26 November 2015 Strategic Review Committee meeting for final project recommendations

27 November 2015 Circulation of recommended project proposal to the Advisory Board and HC Approval

30 November – 13 December 2015 Review of recommended project proposals by the Technical Review Committee and submission of revised proposal

14 – 31 December 2015 Finalize agreement and fund disbursement

IV. Contacts

Interested partners should liaise with the respective clusters to ensure their proposed intervention is aligned with Pakistan Humanitarian Strategic Plan 2015 and the guidance provide by this Allocation Strategy Paper and is properly coordinated with other stakeholders. The contact details of the cluster coordinators are as follow:

Cluster Name Phone Email

1. Education Nisar Khan 0333 5234 899 [email protected]

2. Food Security Majid Ali Shah Zahir Shah

0300 5656 685 0346 8563 443

[email protected] [email protected]

3. Health Sardar Hayat Khan 0301 8551 461 [email protected]

4. Nutrition Sahid Fazal 0333 9109 033 [email protected]

5. WASH Asif Mahmood 0300 5965 725 [email protected]

The allocation process is supported by the Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU) in OCHA Pakistan, Islamabad. The HFU can be reached at: [email protected].

V. Complaints Mechanism

PHPF stakeholders with insufficiently addressed concerns or complaints regarding PHPF processes or decisions can at any point in time contact the Head of OCHA or write to [email protected] with these concerns. Complaints will be compiled, reviewed and raised with HC, who will take decision on necessary action(s). The HC will share with the Advisory Board any such concerns or complaints and actions taken.

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Annexes

Annex 1. List of Eligible NGO

NO NGO Name

1 Action Against Hunger

2 Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

3 American Refugee Committee International

4 Cesvi

5 HelpAge International

6 Handicap International

7 International Rescue Committee

8 Islamic Help Pakistan

9 Japan Emergency NGO

10 Johanniter International Assistance

11 Medical Emergency Relief International-UK

12 Muslim Aid

13 Muslim Hands International

14 Norwegian Church Aid

15 OXFAM GB

16 OXFAM Novib

17 Secours Islamique France

18 World Vision International

19 Plan International

20 Basic Education & Employable Skill Training

21 Bent-e-Hawa Peace and Development Organization

22 Centre of Excellence for Rural Development

23 Community Appraisal & Motivation Programme

24 Community Research and Development Organization

25 Education Health Social Awareness and Rehabilitation

26 Friends Foundation

27 Frontier Primary Health Care

28 Hayat Foundation

29 Help in Need

30 Initiative for Development and Empowerment Axis

31 Integrated Health Services

32 Just Peace Initiative

33 Pakistan Rural Initiatives for Emergency Preparedness, Response and Development

34 Pakistan Village Development Program

35 Participatory Rural Development Society

36 Peace and Development Organization

37 Peoples Empowerment and Consulting Enterprise

38 Poverty Eradication Initiative

39 Prime Foundation

40 Relief Pakistan

41 Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development

42 Sarhad Rural Support Programme

43 Social Services Program

44 Society for Human & Environmental Development

45 Society for Human and Institutional Development

46 Support Agency for Rural and Human Association’s Development

47 Tameer-e-Khalaq Foundation

48 Women Empowerment Organization

49 Youth Resource Centre

50 Associate in Community Development

51 Humanitarian Organization for Poverty Elimination

52 Balochistan Boys Scout Association

53 Balochistan Rural Development Society

54 Bright star Development Society Balochistan



55 Drugs and Narcotics Educational Society for Humanity

56 Innovative Development Organization

57 Nations Capacity Building Program

58 Participatory Integrated Development Society

59 Society For Empowering Human Resources

60 Society for Mobilization , Advocacy and Justice

61 Women Development and Community Organization

62 Sabawoon for Peace and Sustainable Development

63 Water Health Education Environmental League

64 Awami Development Organization

65 Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment

66 Doaba Foundation

67 Farmers Friend Organization

68 MOJAZ Foundation

69 Rural Education and Economic Development Society

70 Sanjh Preet Organization

71 Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization

72 Chenab Development Foundation

73 Community Word Service Asia

74 Islamic Relief Pakistan

75 National Rural Support Programme

76 PAIMAN Alumni Trust

77 Shifa Foundation

78 Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO)

79 Sungi Development Foundation

80 We Can

81 Health And Nutrition Development Society

82 Management and Development Foundation

83 Root Work Foundation

84 Sindh Development Society

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