UNICEF, EMOPS Geneva, Core Contribution 2024-2025

• Strengthened humanitarian preparedness and response, aligned with UNICEF policy and framework for humanitarian action, the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs);
• Comprehensive interagency partnerships and field-based humanitarian coordination enabling people-centred humanitarian response in line with CCCs in all contexts;
• Efficient and effective programmatic, operational, advocacy and donor engagement management.

Resultados previstos:  

• Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) is established and strengthened in Country Offices; this facilitates the safe, appropriate, and equitable engagement of affected populations including children, women, and the most vulnerable groups;
• Strategic partnerships are strengthened with UN agencies, NGOs, IFIs, IASC, Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, including standby partners to improve humanitarian action;
• UNICEF-led global clusters and area of responsibility are strengthened to fulfil UNICEF’s Cluster Lead Agency (CLA) mandate to establish and maintain effective leadership and coordination inclusive of cross-cutting issues;
• Nutrition, Education, WASH and Child Protection field-based humanitarian coordination is improved to deliver predictable, principled, timely, quality and people-centred humanitarian response, preparedness, and advocacy;
• Planning, monitoring, reporting, operations, and resource mobilization capacities are strenghtened to meet quality standards in achieving results for children.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

• 54 country offices received dedicated technical support on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP);
• EMOPS designated country-level lead for education in 27 countries, WASH in 30 countries, nutrition in 57 countries and child protection in 52 countries;
• Successful implementation of the UNHCR-UNICEF “Blueprint for joint action for refugee children” initiative in 10 pilot countries, leading to new Strategic Collaboration Framework (SCF);
• Rapid deployment of 168 external surge from 17 standby partner agencies / institutions to 57 countries.