2023-06 Factsheet - Syria Hub

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Highlights

Shelter

Earthquake Specific Needs & Response

Damage Assessment: The residential buildings rapid damage assessment has been completed in Lattakia Governorate, is 80% complete in Aleppo Governorate, and 40% complete in Hama & Idleb. Phase II of the structural assessment to verify needed structural repairs for buildings identified to have structural damages has been initiated in Lattakia and Aleppo Governorates.
Mid-Term Settlements: Site preparation and installation of prefab housing units, funded by the UAE Red Crescent, are ongoing in 7 locations in Lattakia Governorate to accommodate 1,000 IDP families before the end of 2023.
Development of Technical Standards: Through dedicated TWiGs and consultations with sub-national authorities, the shelter sector facilitated the development of guidelines and SoPs for 1) cash for minor repair, 2) cash for rent, and 3) adaptation of collective shelters to fit the emerged needs and situation. The documents will be shared with the line ministry and with partners to harmonize response across the affected governorates.
SHF 2^nd Reserve Allocation: 6 shelter projects, out of 9 submitted, met the set criteria and received a total of 3M USD. The two reserve allocations together increased the funding level for shelter EQ response by 7.5M USD.
2023 HRP Review: An annex to the 2023 HRP was drafted by the ISG to reflect EQ 500M USD appeal. Total shelter target has been increased by 14% and funding requirement by 35%.

Coordination & Planning – Regular Program

2024 HNO/ HRP: The HCT awaits approval to conduct a MSNA in GoS areas, as such, sectors are currently preparing alternative methodologies, including use of secondary data and expert validation.
In 2024, the HPC will shift from a project based to a hybrid methodology, combining activity-based costing with project-based cost approaches. The Shelter Sector is revising the latest agreed unit rates per activity for shelter projects calculations.
Official Approvals: An official endorsement of the shelter sector comprehensive plan was received and shared with partners at the end of April. Partners were advised to initiate vulnerability and technical assessments to be completed within two months.

Noon-food Items

2023 HRP Review: An annex to the 2023 HRP was drafted by the ISG requesting USD 500 M to implement Post Earthquake Emergency Relief activities. For Syria hub, USD 2.6 M was requested to reach more than 51 K individuals with post emergency NFI needs.
Country Based Pool Fund: SHF 2^nd Reserve Allocation was announced on March 29^th aimed at responding to the critical humanitarian needs stemming from the earthquake. 2 projects were submitted under NFI sector, both the projects were recommended for allocation by the committee. After the recommendation an INGO withdrew, resulting in a UN Agency being allocated USD 0.5 M

NFI

Shelter

Need analysis

Shelter

Earthquake Specific Needs & Response

Damage Assessment: The residential buildings rapid damage assessment has been completed in Lattakia Governorate, is 80% complete in Aleppo Governorate, and 40% complete in Hama & Idleb. Phase II of the structural assessment to verify needed structural repairs for buildings identified to have structural damages has been initiated in Lattakia and Aleppo Governorates.
Mid-Term Settlements: Site preparation and installation of prefab housing units, funded by the UAE Red Crescent, are ongoing in 7 locations in Lattakia Governorate to accommodate 1,000 IDP families before the end of 2023.
Development of Technical Standards: Through dedicated TWiGs and consultations with sub-national authorities, the shelter sector facilitated the development of guidelines and SoPs for 1) cash for minor repair, 2) cash for rent, and 3) adaptation of collective shelters to fit the emerged needs and situation. The documents will be shared with the line ministry and with partners to harmonize response across the affected governorates.
SHF 2^nd Reserve Allocation: 6 shelter projects, out of 9 submitted, met the set criteria and received a total of 3M USD. The two reserve allocations together increased the funding level for shelter EQ response by 7.5M USD.
2023 HRP Review: An annex to the 2023 HRP was drafted by the ISG to reflect EQ 500M USD appeal. Total shelter target has been increased by 14% and funding requirement by 35%.

Coordination & Planning – Regular Program

2024 HNO/ HRP: The HCT awaits approval to conduct a MSNA in GoS areas, as such, sectors are currently preparing alternative methodologies, including use of secondary data and expert validation.
In 2024, the HPC will shift from a project based to a hybrid methodology, combining activity-based costing with project-based cost approaches. The Shelter Sector is revising the latest agreed unit rates per activity for shelter projects calculations.
Official Approvals: An official endorsement of the shelter sector comprehensive plan was received and shared with partners at the end of April. Partners were advised to initiate vulnerability and technical assessments to be completed within two months.

Noon-food items

Coordination

2023 HRP Review: An annex to the 2023 HRP was drafted by the ISG requesting USD 500 M to implement Post Earthquake Emergency Relief activities. For Syria hub, USD 2.6 M was requested to reach more than 51 K individuals with post emergency NFI needs.
Country Based Pool Fund: SHF 2^nd Reserve Allocation was announced on March 29^th aimed at responding to the critical humanitarian needs stemming from the earthquake. 2 projects were submitted under NFI sector, both the projects were recommended for allocation by the committee. After the recommendation an INGO withdrew, resulting in a UN Agency being allocated USD 0.5 M

Response

Noon-food items

Earthquake Response: as of end of June 2023 the NFI sector partners were able to assist 281 K individuals with lifesaving and life sustaining NFIs to the most vulnerable people affected by the earthquake in Aleppo, Lattakia, Hama, Homs, Idleb, and Tartous governorates.For more details, please see the 21 SYRIA HCT flash update as of 11 May Here. The latest update on Shelter and NFI response to the earthquake emergency with details on the kind of emergency NFIs provided by partners is available in the form of a dashboard on Global Shelter Cluster website Here
Core NFI Response: In the 2^nd quarter, sector partners reached over 52 K vulnerable people with Core NFI assistance across 12 Governorates, with Lattakia & Aleppo being the areas with highest coverage. The total funding requirement for NFI assistance in 2023 stands at USD 196 M.
Winter NFI Response: Partners provided winterization assistance to 0.5M individuals from April to June with essential winter items via ‘gift-in-kind’ and cash-based modalities. The sector has initiated planning for winter season 2023-24 and like last year the resources are expected to be extremely limited compared to the critical needs. Efforts are being made to ensure the lessons learned from previous response are integrated and the pre-winter reach concept mainstreamed in this year’s response, as the timely response and the delivery of the most needed items during the harsh winter weather.

Gaps / challenges

Shelter

limited access to the EQ damage assessment carried out by GoS affects the shelter response planning.
Significant economic decline coupled with price fluctuation has resulted in a decreasing scope and/or target of shelter projects.
Diminishing coping capacities of both IDPs and host communities as well as limited financial resources of government and sector

Noon-food items

The inflation rate continues to pose challenges to partners particularly in procuring items.
Access and safety continue to be challenges in some parts of the country as well as partner capacity and funding.