Inter & Intra-Cluster Coordination & Mainstreaming

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

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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