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Contents

Update Education Sector

Health Sector responseAl Wa’er Evacuation

What is Food Security?

Strategic Advisory Group for Shelter Non-FoodItem Cluster

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Update Protection Sector

Syrian North Displacement

WASH Humanitarian Response to Ar-Raqqa IDPs

What are “safe zones” & “safe areas” ?

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Education in Duma An estimated 23,500 students attend 54 schools in the Duma area. Schools continue to operate on a morning schedule (6am-11am). This schedule was adopted in March due to concerns about the safety of students amid increased shelling in the area. UNICEF education supplies were included in a convoy (i.e., recreational kits and school-in-a box), these supplies may contribute to fill the gap. Several factors, including insecurity and need to provide financial support for families, prevent students from attending school. As many as 10,500 children are estimated to be out of school in Duma. As to the needs; education equipment, teaching materials and light rehabilitation for schools, particularly the WASH facilities.

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UNICEF and Syria Relief Organization have developed a rapid response mechanism. The purpose of this mechanism is to quickly provide education supplies for education programming. Up to 100,000 students and 10,000 teachers can be served in: Aleppo, Idleb, Ar-Raqqa, Lattakia and Hama. The provided supplies are: school in a box, reaction kit, early childhood development kit, school backpacks, tents with concrete flooring, WASH facilities for tents (toilets, handwashing, water tank, constructed by Syria Relief). Organizations that fit into the criteria to fill the request form and send to Syria Relief and UNICEF and will then receive a feedback with 3 working days.

The cluster has established 5 working groups to achieve the priorities of the education cluster for 2017. The working groups are:

1. Capacity Building: this group aims to develope a cluster capacity building strategy and identify what specific capacities should the cluster invest in

2. Best practices WG: this group aims to support standardization and provide guidance to education actors on context-relevant standards and best practices.

3. Education in Camps: this group aims to gain a better understanding to the situation of education in the camps so that education services can be improved in coordination with CCCM.

4. Development of MoU with local authorities: this group aims to develop a Memorandum of understanding between the local authorities and cluster members implementing educational activities inside Syria

5. Attacks on Education: this group aims to improve the quality, coverge and use of attacks on educatıon data.

Whole of Syria (WoS) held an Education meeting with members in Gaziantep. The meeting was for 2 days where the following topics were presented:

• Education Cannot Wait (ECW) investment for Syria. Erum Burki the WoS coordinator presented the concept, the objectives and the activities of ECW and then was discussed with education organizations.

• Wos architect was presented and discussed among participants.

• Update on education response from 4 hubs (Damascus , Amman, Northeast, Gaziantep) followed by a thorough discussions between cluster coordinators of each hub with participants.

• Review of the Syria HRP Education Strategy (Access, Quality, System strengthening).

• Different topics were discussed in group work (curriculum and accreditation, stipends, local education authorities, attacks on schools and engagement with MRM for Syria. Each group presented their work and discussed the next steps.

Education SectorUpdate

Protection SectorUpdate

• Since an agreement was reached in mid-March, an estimated total of 20,000 people have been evacuated from Al-Waer with the majority going to Jarablus (northern rural Aleppo) and some going to Idleb, where those in need are receiving humanitarian assistance. The UN was not a party to the negotiations, the agreement, or the evacuations, but is ready to respond to people in need with humanitarian assistance, including those in Jarablus and Idleb.

• In northern Syria, three Protection Cluster partners continue emergency response services to the ongoing evacuations from Rural Damascus and Homs governorates, providing psychological first aid and psychosocial services, distributing dignity kits, conducting rapid protection monitoring and providing information about other services. In addition, five Protection Cluster members contributed to May protection monitoring activities, so far conducting 110 interviews in 14 communities in three governorates in northern Syria.

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• In northeast Syria Protection partners based in Qamishli city (Al-Hassakeh Governorate) continue to ensure a regular protection presence in Mabrouka and Al-Hol camps (Al-Hassakeh Governorate), and are working to ensure a more stable presence in Ein Issa camp (Ar-Raqqa Governorate) and other sites. Psychosocial support (PSS) and organized recreational activities were provided to around 700 displaced children in Al Mabrouka site. A child-friendly space (CFS) for around 300 children in the Al Jurneyyeh area is functional, and 5060- unaccompanied and separated children are using it. Efforts are underway to establish child-friendly spaces in Suluk sub-district, Tell Abiad District and Ein Issa Sub-district, while registration of children is ongoing for PSS and child protection activities. Reproductive health services and support to gender-based violence (GBV) survivors are provided through a mobile clinic in Al Mabrouka site. A child protection assessment in Tell Abiad on 14 May identified four unaccompanied children, who were given hygiene kits and ready-to-eat rations (RTEs). Regular protection monitoring visits in Ar-Raqqa Governorate are ongoing, including the setting up of an integrated protection mobile team (GBV, CP, protection case workers, mobilisers and monitors) working alongside health and emergency teams within the coming weeks.

• In south of Syria: According to the Local Council, approximately 125,000 individuals (26,350 families) reside in Duma, including an estimated 9,035 IDPs from outside Duma. Female headed comprise roughly 55 per cent of the community. Unemployment

rates are high (65 per cent), and many residents work on a voluntary basis in the community. a UN mission report indicated that Early marriage is prevalent in East Ghouta, including for minors as young as 13 or 14 years old. Two dominant reasons were mentioned: 1) A high rate of separated and unaccompanied children (reportedly around 2,500), and 2) An increased dropout rate from school. The Local Council noted that the best approach to mitigate this problem is education promotion. The report demonstrated a number of protection needs such as Support to family tracing and reunification, Activities supporting the well-being of children and Support to preventive and responsive SGBV interventions.

• A checklist and recommendations have been developed by the FSL Cluster and Child Protection in order to give a guidance to the Clusters’ members on different action to be taken in order to ensure that CP is mainstreamed in FSL activities.

• The Syria Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) of 2017 identified adolescent girls as a particularly at risk of sexual violence and to child marriage in Syria. Based on these findings and consultations held by the GBV Area of Responsibility and the Reproductive health groups of the Whole of Syria, it was agreed to develop a strategy that would address the specific needs, in particular, focusing on reproductive health and gender based violence, of adolescent girls in Syria. The first consultation to discuss how best to address the needs of adolescent girls in Syria will be held in Gaziantep in early of June.

On 22 May

the UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura briefed the Security Council via videoconference on the latest diplomatic efforts in Syria. Mr. de Mistura noted that the UN had received reports of a significant drop in violence, including in aerial bombardment, in most areas following the agreement to establish de-escalation areas reached on 4 May. However, he noted that he had also received reports of ongoing hostilities and bombardment between the Government and armed opposition groups in areas including Hama, Homs, and Damascus.

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What is

Food Security

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Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. (World Food Summit, 1996) ”“

Syria Cross-border operations has more than 60 partners (members, observers, donors, etc.) including INGOs, SNGOs, TNGOs and UNs, IOs. An average of 40 agencies (and/or their IPs) are regularly reporting through the 4Ws tools that primarily allow the Cluster to understand the variation and trend of the FSL response inside Syria, improve coordination (gap analysis and overlap flagging) and send forecast information. FSL works in closed connection with Nutrition, CCCM (IDPs response and camps response), NFIs (cooking fuel issues, etc.) and Protection Clusters. FSL has a close connection with Cash Based Response Working Group which advices on technical issues on response specifically related to Cash and Vouchers, market analysis, prices, etc.

• Food availability: The availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or imports (including food aid).

• Food access: Access by individuals to adequate resources (entitlements) for acquiring appropriate foods for a nutritious diet. Entitlements are defined as the set of all commodity bundles over which a person can establish command given the legal, political, economic and social arrangements of the community in which they live (including traditional rights such as access to common resources).

• Utilization: Utilization of food through adequate diet, clean water, sanitation and health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being where all physiological needs are met

• Stability: To be food secure, a population, household or individual must have access to adequate food at all times. They should not risk losing access to food as a consequence of sudden shocks (e.g. an economic or climatic crisis) or cyclical events (e.g. seasonal food insecurity).

South Turkey hub The Turkey-based FSL Cluster

Food Security pillars

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” The Agriculture Working Group (AWG) works under the umbrella of FSL Cluster and gives technical guidance and recommendations to Cluster partners working in Livelihoods. The AWG is co-coordinated by FAO and Shafak and smaller sub-groups are working in different topics (Livestock, quality inputs, irrigation, etc.). The AWG meets monthly after the FSL Cluster meeting.

• Access constraint for Turkey cross border partners

• Increasing number of IDPs and multi-displacements especially in Idleb governorate

• Shifting area of control (increasing inter-hub coordination,)

• Escalating food and fuel prices (especially in besieged areas)

• Dietary diversity (Supplementary food assistance to Persons with Specific Needs to meet other dietary requirements)

• Harmonized package

• Closer linkage with Nutrition cluster

• Scaling up on livelihoods

• Integration of food aid and livelihoods towards a graduation from assistance to reliance and self-reliance

• Strengthening and Restoring value chain

The FSL Cluster is working with its members and WoS FSS on a document aiming at improving the linkages between food assistance and livelihoods interventions.

The document will map common locations, define targeting criteria, try to elaborate a mechanism that can be closely monitored to determine whether a gradual shift from assistance to self-reliance is achievable without jeopardizing the food security of the households;

• A more integrated efforts to increase the proportion of people on food assistance receiving livelihoods inputs, in order to improve their coping strategy over a period of time to be food secure and self-reliant.

• Integration of food and livelihoods is already ongoing but we need to better capture and understand when would be possible to shift from food assistance to livelihoods (medium/long term period) and when is not possible (and why) and food assistance (or both support) continues to be needed.

• FSL Members and members outside the sector to improve interconnections between affected population receiving food and livelihoods assistance. (Nutrition, Early Recovery, CCCM, Shelter/NFI, Education)

Technical Working Groups

FSL Challenges

Key recommendations

Food assistance and livelihood Integration Strategy

WASH Humanitarian Response to Ar-Raqqa IDPs

Displacement patterns continue to be highly fluid and difficult to track, with multiple movements of IDPs from urban and semi-urban areas. These displacements are either followed by a rapid return of IDPs to their areas of origin, or generate sustained flows to existing transit and camp facilities upon the completion of screening and sponsorship. The regulation of onward movement by the local administration remains dependent on the destination

and the profile of IDPs. Families that choose to go towards Azaz and Jarablus districts, or are able to fly to Damascus city are generally exempted from the sponsorship system. New IDP arrivals from Ar-Raqqa city in the last week were observed to have fewer belongings and items than those who were previously arriving at Ein Issa from villages surrounding Ar-Raqqa city, presumably due to the difficulties they face while trying to cross through the frontlines. The Rajm Al-Slaib incident

on 2 May demonstrated the importance to continue to advocate for safety of civilians at transit/screening points. A clear distinction between screening sites and the existing transit/camp site remains critical to maintain the sites’ civilian character. Despite repeated advocacy efforts, screening and sponsorship procedures for IDPs remain insufficiently clear, cumbersome, and implemented with a relative degree of arbitrariness for cases with special needs (e.g. medical cases).

As of 15 May, the camp population was about 25,000 people from Aleppo countryside and Ar-Raqqa. Due to the increased numbers of the new arrivals, the camp management reportedly started allowing IDPs, who are originally from the eastern Countryside of Aleppo Governorate, to move towards Menbij district following a quick security screening at the camp location.

On the other hand, about 6,000 IDPs from Aleppo countryside, farms areas and Palmyra have been staying near Tal Al-Samen SA checkpoint since 13 May. They are staying in the open and drinking from Tal Al-Samaen irrigation canal (unsafe water). Local authorities will direct them to Ein Issa camp for security screening.

WASH partners in north-eastern Syria (NES) and Qamishli have started using the quick WASH assessment tool for all IDPs locations. Further, joint rapid needs assessment will be conducted by WASH partners for Karama and Thawrah locations.

UNICEF has continued water trucking for the long distance (160km one way). The rehabilitation of the boreholes close to the camp was initiated. INGOs will provide more water storage tanks.

|WASH Response|Ein Issa camp (Cotton Factory)

Karama

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The camp is located in the sub-district of Ein Issa (3 kilometers northeast of Ein Issa City). It is mainly a desert land that extends for 30 hectares. The camp is considered a transit center, to gather IDPs coming from the sub-district of Ar-Raqqa and from other governorates. There are 700 tents in the camp however, this number is not enough to accommodate the newly arrived IDPs.There are movement restrictions, since the PYD/SDF allow IDPs who wish to leave the camp from Ar-Raqqa to go towards the villages of Tell Abiad, in case some of the residents there sponsored them. However, they are not allowed to go to the city of Tell Abiad or Ein Issa. Otherwise, they can go to the sub-district of Menbij (Aleppo), where they are given a pass paper to facilitate their access through SDF/PYD checkpoints. The validity of this paper is 24 hours. In general, there is shortage of the services such as health, water, food, sewer facilities.On 10 May, the number of IDPs inside the camp was approximately 5,400 (mostly from the city of Ar-Raqqa and the sub-district of Ar-Raqqa).

On 11 May, the camp underwent an influx of almost 2,900 IDPs mainly from the city of Ar-Raqqa and the villages of the sub-district of Ar-Raqqa. IDPs also came from the sub-district of Maskana (Aleppo) and the district of Tadmur (Homs). During the same day, almost 550 IDPs were relocated to Menbij and A’zaz (Aleppo). On 12 May, the camp underwent an influx of almost 2,800 IDPs mainly from the city of Ar-Raqqa and the villages of the sub-district of Ar-Raqqa, in addition to IDPs from the sub-district of Maskana and the district of Tadmur. On 12 May, almost 1,300 IDPs were relocated to Menbij. On 13 May, the camp underwent an influx of nearly 2,600 IDPs, mostly from the city of Ar-Raqqa and the villages of the Ar-Raqqa sub-district. In addition, IDPs arrived from the sub-district of Maskana and the district of Tadmur.On 13 May, almost 1,100 IDPs were redirected towards Menbij. On 14 May, the camp underwent an influx of almost 2,500 IDPs, mostly from the city of Ar-Raqqa and the villages of the Ar-Raqqa sub-district. In addition, IDPs arrived from the sub-district of Maskana and the district of

Tadmur. On 14 May, almost 2,200 IDPs were relocated towards Menbij and the sub-district of Jurneyyeh. As of 14 May, the total number of IDPs inside the center is approximately 11,050.People continue to return to their communities of origin in the villages of the Ar-Raqqa sub-district such as Tal Elsamen Dahham, Sukariyet Tal Elsamen, Thulth Khneiz, Abbara, Kalta, Hilo Abed and Rohayat. On 11 May, SDF/ PYD took over the villages of Jalaa, Talet Elansar and Rashid. On 6 May, ISIL targeted a collective center in the village of Tishrine via a bombed vehicle. The blast killed three people and injured 12 more. It was reported that almost 250 IDPs were moved from the camp of Upper Khneiz to Al Mabrouka camp in the sub-district of Ra’s elAin. Currently, the total number of individuals in the camp is approximately 1,850 IDPs and it was reported thatIDPs live in poor conditions in the Al Mabrouka camp and they are in need of humanitarian assistance.NPM Ar-Raqqa flash update 152017/05/

The rehabilitation of the camp’s borehole and ground storage tank was completed. INGO partners have been trucking water to the camp from external sources. It is planned to only continue trucking in water within the camp, once the water station is fully operational. NES INGO will also start constructing a water network to ensure more sustainable water supply systems. UNICEF has continued installing latrines and showers with sewage networks and a INGO will install additional latrines for communal tents, the waiting area and the clinic. A partner NGO has started hiring daily labourers for latrines cleaning and garbage collection.

UNICEF continues water trucking for the camp (capacity: 75m3/day) and a partner INGO provided additional water storage tanks (capacity: 25m3). The borehole close to the camp is rehabilitated and a partner NGO will soon install

a pipeline to the camp. UNICEF continues to install latrines and showers with sewage networks, while a partner INGO will provide emergency latrines until IDPs will move to the new part of the camp.

Ein Issa Camp

Al Mabrouka Camp

Aqtan Camp

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Health Sector response

AlWa’er

Evacuation As of 21st May, up to 2,374 children among Al Wa’er evacuees (18,107 in total) were vaccinated through Syria Immunization Group (SIG) teams with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Penta and Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccines was conducted for 601 boys and 429 girls who were displaced to Jarablus, rural northern-east of Aleppo and Idleb governorates, additionally, 1,756 (906 boys and 850 girls) children under 5 were vaccinated with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) during vaccination upon arrival and polio campaign in Jarablus. Those evacuees were served by 5879 consultations through 7 hospitals, 4 mobile clinics, and about 50 ambulances distributed in the routes in reception centers in destination areas. The gaps emerged in the response in terms of

psychosocial and mental health services and the low capacity of referral system.

114 medical cases were evacuated through the 12 convoys till 21st May, medical triage was arranged at two points and additional medical point was established in receiving camp. 120,000 Medical supplies were prepositioned to support service provision by health partners.

Regarding evacuees toward northern rural Homs, no medical cases were among evacuees who required interventions. Moreover, Syrian Arab Red Crescent branches in Talbiseh and Ar-Rastan besides many other NGOs serving cross-border were prepared to provide healthcare and consultations.

WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA will jointly seek expression of interest from the health partners for drugs and medical supplies to avoid duplication Action: Sent on 25 April deadline 1 May then the Analysis of EOIs, WHO/ Anesthesia drugs (distribution plan circulated).Arrange a meeting between Aleppo HD, IDA, SEMA, and Khayr Charity to sort out the issue of the location of the Blood Banks and oxygen generators setup in rural Aleppo.

Humanitarian Pooled Fund 2017The first allocation of the pool funding is 20 million including 4.4 million for Health and Nutrition.

Review of health projects to be supported by Humanitarian Pooled Fund was conducted by the technical review committee comprised of Health Cluster partners. Within the pooled fund submission, 9 proposals were reviewed and 6 of them were recommended for funding.

MeetingsTwo coordination meetings were held during May with many other meetings for technical working groups. One meeting was held to verify and review attacks on healthcare and a workshop for Health Information System group in order to review the final phase of applying District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) in 8 designated facilities as a pilot phase.

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The total number of suspected measles cases is 721 in the 17th and 18th weeks, mainly in Eastern Ghouta and Kafr Batna sub-district (EWARN).

2 Rubella cases were confirmed laboratory, the first is a pregnant woman at 20th week of gestation from Tsil community, Dar›a governorate (EWARN).

Increased reported measles cases in AZAZ district and Deir Ez-Zor governorate (EWARN).

The humanitarian situation in Ein Issa (north to Alraqqa city) seems to be hugely deteriorated as the poor sanitation led to high incidence of Water Born Diseases (Acute Diarrhea cases including Acute Bloody Diarrhea cases). However, no Acute Watery Diarrhea cases were reported (Cholera suspected cases). One Mobile Clinic (supported by Kurdish Red Crescent) is serving the area.

By early May, MSF-Belgium suspended their activities in Eastern Ghouta, previously MSF- Belgium supported 10 hospitals, 2 maternity centers, 2 strategic medical warehouses, 7 PHCs and 5 medical points. Inter-Agency convoy reached Duma city in 3 May (51 Trucks, 6 of them are health assistance), facilitations were ongoing in order to access the remaining communities in Eastern Ghouta with humanitarian aid with unprecedented deterioration of humanitarian situation due to the full closure of Tunnels as Government of Syria forces advanced in many locations in Damascus and Rural Damascus governorates.

15th polio vaccine campaign (29 April - 4 May) was implemented in Idleb and Aleppo governorates, however, Afrin district was not covered in this campaign due to political issues.

Another campaign was conducted in May in rural Damascus for pentavalent (13,000 doses), Measles, Mumps and Rubella (57,000 doses), and polio (55,000 doses) vaccines. The doses were provided by Damascus hub through inter-agency convoys to Duma in 3rd May. Other vaccines were also distributed in the fixed centers in Eastern Ghouta.

Late April witnessed the launching of Epidemiological lab in Dar’a governorate, which is expected to help in screening of MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella), Hepatitis (4 serotypes), Salmonella and cultures of Shigella, Salmonella and Cholera.

Key Alerts

Health Sector \Syria

Cholera risk scale in northern Syria, epi weeks 13 to 16, 2017.Data is provided by Early Warning and Response Network EWARN

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Syrian North DisplacementSyrian North Displacement

28663 167540 FamiliesIndividuals

The CCCM Cluster has reported 28,663 families / 167,540 individuals of IDPs in northern Syria governorates between May1 – June3, through its members, the CCCM is able to identify the IDPs in different locations in order to help them with humanitarian assistances by members of CCCM and other clusters.

According to the CCCM Cluster, 4,024 family/ 22,795 individuals have been displaced through Cross-lines to Idleb governorate between April 1 and June 2, 2017. Mainly form Homs and Damascus governorates through the evacuation process.

The CCCM has Establish two new IDP camps in Idleb to receive 10,000 -12,000 individuals where the Locations and members are identified, site planning in progress and the cluster is advocating for funds to cover the infrastructure and service costs.

The cluster members have scaled up the multi-sectoral assistance provision capacity in the reception center in Maarat Al-Ekhwan (Sa’ed). Food Assistance (together with FSL Cluster), NFI items (together with Shelter and NFI Cluster) and Water Trucking (together with WASH Cluster) have all increased to meet the needs of the new arrivals.

A total of 350 vouchers for clothes and shoes, 700 clothes packages for women, teenagers and men were distributed as well as 370 new and used clothing packages were distributed for women, teenagers and men

so, the Turkish Red Crescent TRC has generously offered 800 in Idleb to be dispatched from their warehouses (also in Idleb) to respond to any immediate shelter needs in the governorate and other reachable areas. The tents are normal family size 4*4 meters (16 square meters) and the usual TRC quality.

Response in Idleb

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Site SelectionCriteria

The CCCM has just released a technical tool that will help the cluster members who are in the process to select locations (lands) for the establishments of camps. It is a very important tool and based on international practices.It contains some sections that analyse the situation of the site, for instance

1. Basic Characteristics of the Site (size, Topography, Elevation, soil condition and water availability

2. Location (security analysis)3. Other points including observations, recommendations, complementary and supportive

points.When addressing the selection criteria, the location can be adopted in order to start establishing the IDP site. When addressing the selection criteria, the location can be adopted in order to start establishing the IDP site.

As part for IDP Tracking in northern Syria, ISMI project still monitoring the situation for IDPs since the last quarter of 2016. The last report was describing the IDP situation between 814- May 2017. This is a OVERALL FINDINGS for 814- May

116 of 1,183 ISMI-covered communities in Aleppo, Ar-Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor, Hama, Homs and Idleb governorates experienced inward or outward movement of IDPs.

• 36,586 IDP arrivals

• 12,826 IDP departures

• As fighting continued in Ar-Raqqa governorate, a mass displacement of 22,036 IDPs was reported from Ar-Raqqa sub-district to Ein Issa sub-district.

• Following a local truce agreement this week, evacuations occurred from besieged suburbs of Damascus to Idleb governorate; a total of 1,008 IDPs from Damascus arrived to the community of Maaret Elekhwan in Maaret Tamsrin sub-district.

IDP Situation Monitoring Initiative (ISMI)Northan Syria Displacement Map

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Shelter Non-FoodItem Cluster

Strategic Advisory Group for

The cluster has announced the establishment of this group The Shelter and NFI (SNFI) Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) will be a self-selecting group of agencies and institutions participating in the Shelter and NFI (SNFI) Cluster. The aim of the SAG is to steer the Cluster towards its strategic priorities and promote advocacy messages, in support of the Turkey-based SNFI cross-border operations in northern Syria.

SAG ToRs was shared and there were no objections and the SAG ToR was considered formally endorsed.

What responsibilities the SAG members will address:

1. Identify, review and advice on SNFI Cluster priorities.

2. Monitor that an adequate balance is maintained between both Shelter and NFI activities.

3. Further develop and follow the Terms of Reference for the Cluster.

4. Review, advise on and seek endorsement on SNFI relevant key guidelines and policies, and ensure their consistent dissemination, promotion and use among partners.

5. Advise on the selection and prioritization of relevant training topics for SNFI partners, and provide technical support.

6. Recommend innovative and practical approaches to ensure that Cluster objectives are consistent and well-coordinated with those of other relevant clusters and complement the humanitarian assistance.

7. Provide guidance on cross cutting issues (gender, protection, disaster risk reduction, etc.) to facilitate integration of these components into the Cluster members SNFI programs.

8. Ensure that the cluster establishes a review board following the HF and the HRP proposals within the timeframe stipulated by OCHA and the Humanitarian Cycle.

9. Support the strategic process of the HRP development.

10. Establish, oversee, and close Technical Working Groups (TWIGs) according to identified priorities.

11. Promote and support SNFI Cluster preparedness, including stock prepositioning, technical human resource capacities and skill-sets, and SNFI Cluster contingency planning.

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Turkish Humanitarian Fund

HF Stock for CCCM and SNFI ClustersThe Stock has just release guidelines Notes for the CCCM and Shelter/NFI Clusters in order to be considered while applying for the stock, one of the main requirements is to be an active members within one of these clusters.

Overview of the process to date and next steps

Establishment of Information Management Working Group for SNFI Cluster

• 5 (out of 8) Project Proposals from 5 Organizations were approved and passed the 2nd Technical Review

• Tot budget: 1.9 M USD - Tot. Envelope for SNFI Sector: 2.5 M

• The difference was allocated to the HF Emergency Stock which will be replenished with 2,122 NFI kits by IOM

Next Steps: - Grants Agreements final clearance: by 9th May

- First Disbursement: 12th May

IMWG responsibilities and roles

• Capacity Building: IMWG is to carry out the IM capacity building/training coordination role

• Assessment registry: it will be IMWG members responsibility to update the assessment registry in a regular-base

• Assessment common floor questions: the role will be is to advocate for including the questions in the SNFI assessments which are planned to be conducted by SNFI partners

• Regular reporting (4w, in-stock and planned activities): it is IMWG responsibility

• Information flow during emergencies: IMWG will be a support/second layer for obtaining/providing the information during the emergency situations

The meetings:

• The meeting will be regular.

• Will be on a monthly basis.

• As to be practical in the IMWG, it is possible for the members from other cities -other than Gaziantep- to connect and participate in the meeting through Skype.

• Ad-hoc meeting is an option, justified by the need.

IMWG Memberships

• Only IMOs and reporting officers (who provide the cluster with the regular reports: 4w, in-stock and planned activities

• Other people can attend IMWG meetings for a specific purpose

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Achievement in May

The second Consultative Education ConferenceSyrian Coordination Platform held the Second Consultative Education Conference in Idlib Governorate on 182017/5/. This series of specialized conference are planned with coordination with the local Directorate of Education in cooperation with the of Learning Initiative and People in Need. The attendees represented of the Ministry of Education, Teachers Association, the Directorates of Education, in addition to more than 88 representatives of NGOs

The conference included an overview of the structure of the Directorate of Education and its roles and responsibilities as follows:

1) Increase the understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the old and current educational authorities in Idlib governorate (including the directorates of education, educational assemblies, governorate councils and local councils).

2) Bring Stakeholders togather in an open and participatory environment where all ideas and opinions can be discussed about the roles and responsibilities of educational authorities.

3) Establish a detailed document about the roles and responsibilities of education authorities in Idlib governorate.

The conference in its second section was more interactive about the points that were set up. Working groups were formed and the work points of the Directorate were discussed and recommendations were issued.

The discussion points were about:

• Current problems and obstacles encountered during these processes.

• The appropriate procedures to be followed in each of these operations.

• Different roles and responsibilities of the current roles and responsibilities of the previous and theoretical and how they should change in the future.

Capacity building for local NGO members• TOT-PMD course was held from ||21 -25/ 5/ 2017||, attended by 8 staff members.

SCP planned another PMD course that will be delivered to 30 representatives of the organizations that attend the platform meetings on a regular basis and preferably members of the network

• these courses will be held in the offices of the network in both Aleppo countryside and the Idlib governorate. This series of technical training is part of a ISHA program through which SRN will empower the grassroots local NGOs to implement local WASH projects after Call of Application for the trained NGOs. The detailed of these programs will explained at future SCP sectorial meetings.

• Four training courses on IHL (International Humanitarian Law) were held by cooperation between Geneva Call and Syrian Relief Network through SCP offices, each session included 15 representatives from 15 Syrian non-governmental organizations in Aleppo countryside, Idlib governorate, Homs countryside, and Quneitra. The total attendees of courses were 60 .

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Assessments• Capacity Building Assessment for the training needs of NGOs and local councils, the

output of this assessment will consider in the next capacity building plan.

• FSL assessment for number of local areas.

• Prices assessment was conducted in rural of Aleppo, Idleb, rural of Idleb, Al Hasakah, Afrin, Homs, Hama, Damascus, Dar’a and Qunaitra.

Local coordination Meeting

Two-way shared reports

• SCP / WASH meeting was held in rural of Homs (09/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / WASH meeting was held in rural of Aleppo (09/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / WASH meeting was held in Idleb city (10/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / Education and Protection meeting was held in Idleb city (13/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / Education and Protection meeting was held in rural of Aleppo (24/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / Education and Protection meeting was held in rural of Homs(29/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / NFI and FSL meeting was held in rural of Aleppo (15/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / NFI and FSL meeting was held in Idleb city (17/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / NFI and FSL meeting was held in rural of Homs (15/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / Education meeting was held in rural of Aleppo (24/ 05/ 2017).

• Second Education conference was held in Idleb city with 88 participants(18/ 05/ 2017).

• Emergency meeting in rural of Homs to coordinate the response for newly displacement people from Alwa’er neighborhood (25/ 05/ 2017).

• Emergency meeting in Idleb city to coordinate the response for newly displacement people from Alwa’er neighborhood and rural of Damascus (25/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / Health meeting was hold in Quneitra city (17/ 05/ 2017).

• SCP / Health meeting was hold in Dara city. (18/ 05/ 2017).

• Syria IDP Operations Summary 2017 (Valid as of 02/ 05/ 2017) was shared with humanitarian organizations.

• Letter from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council wash shared with humanitarian organizations

• UNHCR Syria Summary IDP Operations 15 May 2017 was shared with humanitarian organizations

• Raqqa Sitrep 14-May 2017 issued by OCHA was shared with humanitarian organizations

• UNHCR - In Focus - May 2017 report was shared with humanitarian organizations

• MoM of two SCP emergency meetings was shared with NFI cluster.

• Prices assessments was shared with FSL & NFI clusters.

• IDPs tracking information was shared with REACH/CCCM cluster.

• USAID fact sheet was shared with humanitarian organizations.

• Minutes of ICCG meetings of May was translated and shared with humanitarian organizations.

• Minutes of SSG meeting was translated and shared with humanitarian organizations.

• Minutes of SSG meeting was translated and shared with humanitarian organizations which was held about safe zone in Syria.

• Mobility dynamic and services monitoring (MDSM) reports of NPM was shared with humanitarian organization.

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“safe zones” &“safe areas”

What are??

“Safe zones” or “safe areas” are areas designated by agreement of parties to an armed conflict in which military forces will not deploy or carry out attacks. Such areas have also been created by UN Security Council resolutions. They can include “no-fly” zones, in which some or all parties to the conflict are barred from conducting air operations. Such areas are intended to protect civilians fleeing from the hostilities and make it easier for them to access humanitarian aid.

They may be defended by UN peacekeepers or other forces.

While the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols do not specifically mention safe areas or safe zones, they recognize similar arrangements, notably “protected zones” and “demilitarized areas.” The latter are buildings or small areas where the parties to the conflict agree that civilians can get protections in addition to those already provided under

international humanitarian law, or the laws of war. The Geneva Conventions also permit parties to a conflict to conclude “special agreements” to improve civilian protection.

The creation of safe zones has no bearing on the prohibition under international humanitarian law of attacks targeting civilians, whether those civilians are inside or outside the designated safe zone. That is, civilians outside safe zones remain protected from deliberate attacks.

International experience has shown that “safe zones” and “safe areas” rarely remain safe. Such areas often pose significant dangers to the civilian population within them: If adequate safeguards are not in place, the promise of safety can be an illusion, and “safe areas” can come under deliberate attack. There may also be pressures on humanitarian agencies to cooperate with military forces that control access to safe zones in ways that compromise their humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence.

Parties establishing safe zones may intend to use them to prevent fleeing civilians from crossing borders, rather than to

genuinely provide protection. Such zones have been used as a pretext for preventing asylum seekers from escaping to neighboring countries and as a rationale for returning refugees to the country they fled.

Additionally, the presence of military personnel – sometimes commingled with civilian populations and sometimes using the safe area to launch attacks – can make the location a military target, as opposed to a genuinely safe zone. Forces might also use the safe area to recruit fighters, including children.

Safe zones and areas also suffer from the same problems faced by camps for internally displaced

persons. Residents may not be able to access work or their farms, for example, and so will be dependent on assistance for food, water, and other services, including health care. Women may face greater sexual violence due to overcrowding and tense social dynamics, and to having to venture outside for work, water, firewood, or other reasons. UN peacekeepers or others in control might not have the capabilities to enforce law and order.

In short, the historical record on safe zones protecting civilians is poor – from Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina, to Kibeho in Rwanda, to Mullaitivu in Sri Lanka.

Have “safe zones” been safe?

If parties agree to a safe zone, how can it be made safe?

The history of safe zones suggests that they are never genuinely safe. Even when they provide civilians a greater measure of safety, it comes at a cost. It can become easier to block aid deliveries, people feeling compelled to seek asylum are less likely to be able to cross an international border, and civilians not in safe zones may find themselves at greater risk. However, if a safe zone is agreed to, the following issues should be considered and addressed to reduce the risks:

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People fleeing armed conflict and persecution should never be prevented or dissuaded from seeking international refugee protection. Governments, in turn, cannot justify keeping their borders closed to refugees on the grounds that internal “safe areas” have been set up across the border. Countries have obligations under international refugee law to keep their borders open to people coming directly from places where their lives or freedom are threatened and to “always admit [asylum seekers] at least on a temporary basis and

provide them with protection. . . without any discrimination,” while other governments are obliged to “take all necessary measures” to assist such host countries. Any government that forcibly returns refugees who have entered its territory or rejects asylum seekers at its borders to a situation that puts their lives or freedom at risk violates its obligations under international refugee law.It is critical for neighboring countries to open their borders to refugees. Other governments should meet the funding appeals

of international agencies to ensure that neighboring countries have the resources to cope with any refugee influx and should maintain safe and legal pathways to resettlement for the most vulnerable refugees. If the international community directly or indirectly supports the closure of borders and the establishment of “safe areas” or other in-country camps as an alternative to open borders, it will send a dangerous message to countries elsewhere in the world facing large-scale refugee arrivals.

1. The “safe zone” must be sufficiently protected. Simply creating a “demilitarized” zone is not enough. Barring all peacekeeping or military forces is inadequate and dangerous in situations of open hostilities. No-fly zones by themselves – without forces on the ground – are also inadequate to protect a safe area. Any agreement to establish a safe zone would need to make sure there are adequate numbers of effective peacekeepers with robust rules of engagement for aggressively protecting civilians in the safe zone. They will also need to be able to help protect civilians trying to reach the safe area, and to enter or leave it. Peacekeepers deployed need to be professional forces appropriately armed and equipped to deter potential attacks. The countries providing forces must be willing to commit their forces over a substantial period and be willing to accept the possibility of casualties. These forces must strictly abide by international humanitarian law and human rights law.

2. Ensure that warring parties are on notice that the creation of a safe zone does not leave civilians outside of the zone

subject to attack. Civilians outside established safe zones remain civilians, and attacks targeting them are prohibited.

3. Optimize the size and composition of the safe zone. Will the commingling of different ethnic or religious groups, including from opposing sides in the conflict, make the zone less likely to be attacked or will it create dangerous internal security problems? Would several smaller safe zones be easier to protect than a single larger one? Should peacekeepers be deployed primarily outside the perimeter or inside the zone?

4. Ensure that the safe zone does not violate the right to freedom of movement. A safe zone cannot be used to violate people’s rights to seek asylum from persecution outside their country or to prevent civilians fleeing conflict zones. How is entry to and exit from the zone regulated? What are the contingency plans if freedom of movement either into or out of the safe zone is hindered or if residents of the safe zone face forced relocation?

5. Ensure that there is effective and impartial law and

order in the safe area. Make sure the various actors work closely with intergovernmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations, as well as representatives of the affected population, including women. Adopt established measures used in any area for displaced persons to provide for the internal safety and security of the population. For instance, create community networks to protect women and girls from sexual violence.

6. Institute clear arrangements to ensure there is full and unhindered humanitarian access for intergovernmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations to provide assistance to people in the safe zone. The warring parties should be prepared to give advance consent for this access. Aid deliveries need to be monitored to prohibit unwarranted delays and a mechanism established to quickly resolve them. Where a safe zone is created by the UN Security Council without government consent, authorization under Chapter VII of the UN Charter should be given to ensure unimpeded humanitarian aid delivery.

Can countries deny people refugee protection by returning them to “safe zones”?

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Outputs SCP working to achieve them

platform Activity places distribution

SCP || is one of the most important projects in Syria Relief Network | SRN |, and an executive tool to strengthen the field coordination of humanitarian activities, and sharing informations with all humanitarian active organizations and stakeholders, to achieve a better response by offering all humanitarian tools and contributing in information flow.

1. Finding Syrian Humanitarian work mechanisms in line with international concepts and standards

2. Issuing a humanitarian map in Syria3. Issuing and distributing the Syrian Humanitarian Magazine SHM monthly4. strengthen the coordination between SNGOs5. Capacity Building for SNGOs especially local ones6. Identify important issues and advocate them7. Rising the participation level in the formulation of Syrian humanitarian affairs .8. Finding common solutions to the negative aspects of the humanitarian work in Syria.9. Faster response to emergencies

Aleppo - Idlib - Hama - Homs - Hasakah - Raqqa Rural Damascus - Damascus - Dar´a - Al Qunaytirah

Educations SectorProtection Sector

WASH SectorNFI Sector

CCCM SectorHealth Sector

FSL SectorNutrition Sector

قطاعات العمل

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