CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Inter & Intra-Cluster Coordination & Mainstreaming
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
OCHA and (sub)clusters
Core competencies:
• Coordination• Information management• Advocacy and resource mobilisation• Policy development
Photo UN OCHA @ movingimages.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/Photo UN OCHA @ movingimages.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/
Help establish necessary architecture to make it work!
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Coordination at all levels
Addresses coordination needs at all levels (national, regional, provincial):
• Supports setting up clusters• Establishes appropriate inter-cluster
forum and processes• Supports HC with cross-cluster
strategic planning and assessments (CHAP; CAP etc.)
• Advocates for mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues
• Liaises with government, NSAs, military, DPKO, & other actors
• Supports contingency planning and preparedness activities
Key role in SupportingInter-clustercoordination
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Inter-Cluster Coordination & Your Role
An established forum for coordination between sectors with defined membership and TOR– But it doesn't have to only be at meetings
• Look up from time to time
• Know expectations people have
• Advocate to be included when appropriate
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
What are effective ways to do that?• Document your evidence and asks• Encourage everyone on sub-cluster to
speak to the message • Where possible, government can also ask• Take it up a level to: CPWG/HQ/PCWG/ER
Coordinator
When need be, advocate strongly to lead agency and HC
support and engagement
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Effectiveness comes from
– Having clear reasonable requests & usable materials
– Being clear and consistent on CP’s importance
– Being clear about their responsibility to protect
– Being personable, ready for give and take
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Buttonhole that Coordinator
1. WASH2. Education3. Early Recovery4. Camp Management
Discuss areas of overlap with Child Protection that you would need to agree on and/or coordinate and areas where working together provides value added.
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Protection Cluster Coordination
Many ways to work together:• Integrated protection assessment,
strategies, TORs and work plans• Common advocacy• Child-friendly protection programming • Ensuring monitoring and reporting
mechanisms complement each other
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Child Protection`s Interface with GBV
CP Sub-Cluster Coordinator Training 2010
Unusual and creative ways to work collaboratively
“What coordinated activities have you in Child Protection undertaken with this other Protection sub-cluster member?”
Please document one case. 15 mins