2014 Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan (SHARP)

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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE RESPONSE PLAN 2014 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Benzene - Official Prices in 2013 (SYP) Jan Feb Mar May Sep Oct For Diesel, the official price is 62 SYP as of end-October 2013 (the trajectory has been 25-35-60-62 from January to October 2013). In the case of diesel, the percentage increase since the beginning of the year is 148%. 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Diesel - Official Prices in 2013 (SYP) Jan Mar Jun Sep Cross-cutting issues (Environment and Gender) The proposed construction of a UN Hub in Tartous by WFP for the humanitarian community is designed as an environmentally-friendly project, with only pre-fabricated office and residential units, which can be easily dismantled when they are no longer required. Solar panels will also be installed for energy efficiency at the compound. In 2014, the Logistics Cluster will continue the storage and transport of gender-focused relief items such as Female Health and Hygiene Kits for UNFPA, UNRWA, and UNICEF in support of their gender programmes in Syria. For all its contracts with transporters and storage providers, the Logistics Cluster/WFP includes a specific clause on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). Cluster Response Activities For 2014, the Syria Logistics Cluster is continuing its common transport and storage services inside Syria, and has increased its focus on Joint Humanitarian Convoys from Safita to areas in the north and north-east of the country. The core of the Cluster‟s strategy falls under the below objective: Cluster Objective 1a: To provide logistics services inclusive of surface transportation and warehousing to humanitarian organizations responding to the Syria crisis. The majority of these common services fall under Strategic Objective 2 for Syria („increase the provision of lifesaving emergency assistance and support the delivery of essential services for affected people in Syria, especially in the sectors of food and agriculture, water, sanitation, health, nutrition, shelter, education and essential non-food items‟). 87
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE RESPONSE PLAN 2014 Common Transport and Storage To improve inter-agency logistics coordination, the Logistics Cluster, led by WFP, provides free-to-user services including cargo transportation and storage, to humanitarian organizations responding to the emergency in Syria. This common transport service is offered inside Syria, and from Jordan/Lebanon to Syria. So far, under its interagency mandate, WFP has transported relief items to each of Syria‟s 14 governorates, and will continue to do so in 2014. The number of organizations utilizing common transport services has increased rapidly. Initially common services were being used by 8 organizations in 2012 (under the Logistics Sector). After the recommendation of the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator (RHC), the Logistics Cluster was activated in January 2013, and expanded its common transport service to include transport from the Jordan/Lebanon corridors to Syria. Capacity for inland transport in Syria was also expanded, and the number of organizations using common services increased to 12 by mid-2013. As of November 2013, the number of humanitarian partners utilizing the Cluster‟s common logistics services has increased to 16, double the original number in 2012. This has resulted in higher numbers of Service Requests received by the Cluster (over 300 so far in 2013), and this is expected to increase further in 2014, with higher needs in Syria, and the potential arrival of new humanitarian organizations in the country. Common storage is provided in two main hubs (Safita and Rural Damascus) and also regionally in Irbid (Jordan) upon request. The Safita Hub consists of 5 Mobile Storage Units dedicated to storing relief commodities for partners. This includes 4 MSUs of 320 m² capacity each, and 1 MSU of 240 m², for a total capacity of 1,520 m² storage space. This is being expanded further, by setting up 5 additional MSUs of 240 m² each, ensuring a total capacity of 2720 m² in 2014 (with further expansion possible if needed). In Rural Damascus, the Cluster has relocated common storage from a warehouse in Kisweh to a new location in Sahnaya. The new warehouse has a total capacity of 6,300 m² and is currently approximately X% utilized by participants for storage of their relief items. In Jordan, the WFP warehouse in Irbid has a total capacity of 3,600 m². The Logistics Cluster continues to offer space for partners‟ relief items in this warehouse if required. As a contingency for 2014, the Cluster has implemented measures and budgeted for: emergency cargo airlifts to difficult-to-access areas. This would be used as a last resort, with the final decision/priority made by a steering committee composed of Cluster participants. One emergency airlift of essential items was completed in end- August 2013 to Al-Hassakeh on behalf of several humanitarian organizations, due to a long period of inaccessibility in the area. Since its activation in January 2013, the Logistics Cluster has handled (i.e. transported and stored) over 45,000 m³ of Food and Non-Food Items on behalf of 16 organizations to support the Syria humanitarian response (ACF, AKF, DRC, FAO, IMC, IOM, Mercy Corps, Premiere Urgence, Secours Islamique France, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP, and WHO). Joint Humanitarian Convoys The Logistics Cluster also supports Joint Humanitarian Convoys to difficult-to-reach areas in Syria, with locations prioritized by the Inter-Sector Coordination Group in Damascus. The implementation and continued support of these Convoys has proved vital to the humanitarian response, as it allows for the collective safe transport of lifesaving cargo to areas previously areas not reached with humanitarian assistance due to violence. Convoys are the result of preparation between UNOCHA, the Logistics Cluster, the humanitarian community, and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). The main objective of the convoys has been, via the collective transport of relief items on behalf of several organizations, to reach the most vulnerable populations in the country and build trust among local communities. Overall, this has been a successful activity, and coordination between the Cluster, OCHA, SARC, and relevant line ministries is working fairly smoothly at present. The main challenges faced are security constraints, with sporadic access to some locations (especially in the north-east of the country). The Logistics Cluster is increasingly using Safita (close to Tartous) as an origin point for upcoming Joint Humanitarian Convoys to locations in northern and central Syria. This is due to several factors – larger capacity trucks are allowed to operate outside Damascus, quicker administrative procedures, and the Cluster‟s augmented storage space in Safita allows for increased storage of participants‟ relief items for onward transport. Logistically, sending convoys from Safita is ideal as distances to nearby governorates are shorter than from Damascus. In order to scale up to meet needs, the Cluster/WFP has registered additional transport companies in Syria. The Cluster is in constant communication with each of the transport companies regarding future convoys, and trucks and drivers from each company remain on standby for transport to their respective planned locations. 88
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