Urban Livelihoods NFRs 22nd June 2012.pdf - Food Security Clusters

Agenda Item 4: Checking market health, tools for conducting market analysis• In order to ensure smooth implementation of cash based transfers there is need tounderstand how markets perform beyond the periodic collection of commodity pricesthrough conducting market analysis to guide the various responses being implemented bypartners. This implies the need for effective tools to collect such data.• A number of partners including WFP, Mercy Corps, ADESO, and Oxfam do collect marketprice data to guide their interventions. However, there is no harmony in the tools beingused. Among the tools used for market analysis are EMMA in Abyei by Mercy Corps• As the way forward the cluster generated a price data monitoring tool which it has sharedwith interested partners for collecting price data in counties they operate in.• Moreover, Forcier consulting firm in collaboration with ILO will be releasing a manual nextmonth providing guidelines on how to assess consumer demand and market opportunitiesthat could also benefit the operations of the sub‐cluster in collecting market information.• It also became apparent that while price monitoring is necessary in guiding theinterventions, there is need for supply chain analysis to inform about products movements,challenges/constraints along the supply chain ad how this might affect cash transferoperations. There is however some possible progress since FEWS NET has expressed interestthrough its regional initiative of monitoring cross‐border trade flows.• The meeting further expressed the need to advocate/lobby the National Statistical Office toundertake a macro‐level and micro‐level supply chain analysis for the benefit of generalpublic• Moreover, the sub‐cluster should seek ways of bringing onboard the upcoming producergroups since they have information that could enhance supply chain analysisAgenda Item 5: Tool for determining household income/food basket and cash transferthresholds• In the last meeting members agreed to review the methodologies used in calculating the foodbasket for purposes of harmonising what beneficiaries are supported with. The meeting wasinformed that the food basket calculation methodology is on course and the secretariat hasreceived inputs from some partners and has also sought from other actors internationally toinform the methodology. The secretariat will review the provided inputs and generate asummary to be shared with the sub‐cluster for further discussion. An appeal was made topartners who have not provided such input to do so to facilitate the process.Agenda Item 6: SME &urban agriculture strategies to promote urban livelihoods and foodsecurity• The chair informed the meeting that there has been the general inclination of linking urbanlivelihood to cash transfers only while neglecting other relevant components that can bepromoted or supported. He emphasised the need to consider and promote small andmedium enterprises that will directly or indirectly improve the food security and wellbeing ofurban vulnerable populations especially among youth and women groups. This will also helpcater for the needs of the increasing number of returnees who are accustomed to urban lifeand end up being among the urban poor upon return into the country.• Some of the possible SMEs would include bakery, driving, computers/ICT, hospitality, poultrykeeping, tailoring, and other entrepreneurship skills to help targeted population venture intocommercial activities3

• The sub‐cluster could borrow from Oxfam in Kenya which has developed a sound urbanlivelihood strategy incorporating such interventions as urban agriculture to help the urbanpoor against food insecurity• The importance of broadening the coverage will become relevance as urbanisation grows andthe population of needy people in urban an peri‐urban areas increases• Partners shared some of the urban SMEs they are involved in and it became apparent thatsharing of lessons learnt/best practices is necessary. As such the sub‐cluster will be allocatingtime (10mins) in future meeting to allow partners present what they are implementing,challenges and successes.Agenda Item 7: AOB• The World Bank in collaboration with the government intends to generate a social protectionpolicy for South Sudan and it has requested for information relating to social protectioninterventions being implemented in the country. Partners were requested to provide theirinputs through the questionnaire sent out to them.• Participants were reminded that ADESO will be conducting a cash based training in July andthose interested should register.Annex 1: Participants ListName Position Organisation Email PhoneEvans S. Callis Project Manager Forcier Consulting evan@forcierconsulting.com 955839647Natalie Forcier Managing Director Forcier Consulting natalie@forcierconsulting.com 955439324Caroline Morogo Research Assistant Forcier Consulting Jerop86@hotmail.com 955981963David Munkley Programme Officer WVI david_munkley@wvi.org 927390345Abraham Hadoto FSL Specialist WVI Abraham_Hadoto@wvi.org 927390780Amanuel Dibaba Deputy Country Director Mercy Corps adibaba@ss.mercycorps.orgJoseph Okidi Program Officer FAO Joseph.Okidi@fao.org 955081448Evans Kenyi IPC Coordinator FAO Kenyisolomon@gmail.com 955418008David Okot Program Officer FAO david.okot@fao.org 955234921TiwongeMachiwenyika Program Officer WFP tiwonge.machiwenyika@wfp.orgDenis Poggo FSL Advisor Save the Children Dpoggo@savethechildren.org.sd 955023259Fred Bully Program Officer Dan Church Aid frbu@dca.dk 927151638Grace Loro Communications Officer Care South Sudan GLeroLoro@ss.care.orgWani J. Henry NRO FAO James.wani@fao.org 957100964Kenneth Muye Program Officer Christian Aid kmurye@christian‐aid.org 917742650Poni Rose Lou Emergency Officer Christian Aid Prose@christian‐aid.org 955964533Amadra Eric Alex Livelihoods Advisor Plan Internationalamadra.eric@planinternational.org955335535ZacchaeusNdirima Information Manager FSL Cluster Zacchaeus.Ndirima@fao.org 09567516624