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58 DRC / DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL5. Building partnerships: coordinated approaches as a long-term solutionAs emphasized by literature on the situation of IDPs, urban displacement, and confirmed by the datacollected for this research, poverty in the KIS is multidimensional. However, the strong presence ofaid agencies is a rare chance to address the problems of the KIS in a holistic manner through bycreating links to ensure outcomes in terms of health, education and nutrition are reached. Ifdecorrelated, assistance faces the risk of remaining sporadic patch delivery of humanitarianintervention. Organizations involved in the KIS Task Force and active in the KIS for winter assistanceand/or routine activities listed in the table below highlight the potential for building partnerships overspecific issues.Table 9. Organizations active in the KISOrganization Sector of Intervention Framework of interventionACFHealth – Care Practice activities in Routine activitiesthe center and surrounding the KISNutritionADRAWinter AssistanceAschyana Education Routine activitiesCaritas Germany Health Winter AssistanceDRC Livelihoods – Vocational Training Routine activitiesWinter assistanceIslamic Relief Distribution of NFI Winter AssistanceJohanniter Health Winter AssistanceMSF Health – Mobile clinic Routine ActivitiesSHRDO Health- alternate day clinic Routine ActivitiesSolidarités International WASH Routine activitiesWinter assistanceTDHHealthRoutine activitiesChild ProtectionUNICEF Child Protection – through IPs Routine activitiesUNHCR NFI distribution – through IPs Winter assistanceWFP Distribution of food items Winter assistanceWHHHealth – Basic Health CareChild ProtectionWASHRoutine activtiesJoint programmes further present the advantages of a single approach, a single management agentand basket funding, ensuring the harmonization and consistency of the approach. Greatercoordination would further allow mitigating the risk of cash-based initiatives diverting recipients fromother livelihood programmes. In the context of the KIS, an efficient way of addressing the issue oflivelihoods for DRC is the initiation of a consortium, with a partner NGO in each of the relevantsectors. DRC’s role as a monitoring agent may include:Conducting a multi-sectorial baseline study identifying the needs of beneficiaries, taking intoaccount seasonality and complemented by a market assessment.Conducting a feasibility study in consultation with communities, including household surveysand Focus groups discussions;Ensuring the clear repartition of roles between partnersElaborating a reporting systemFindings from this study show conditions for the implementation of cash-based approaches are metin the KIS. But despite the high levels of assistance in the KIS, cash-based approaches is still anassistance ‘gap’ that can be filled by DRC by building up on the existing CaLP initative, and createoperational links across several sectors to ensure transition from an emergency situation to adevelopment one.