J.13 HDP Presentation for Implementing Partners.pdf

HDP NEXUS PROGRAMMING:

REDUCING THE NEED FOR

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN THE

DRC

Sequencing, layering, and integrating (SLI) humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) programming as an approach to increasing resilience in the DRC

Program:

- Introduction

- Video

- HDP in Theory (USAID)

- HDP in Practice (USAID and CRS)

- HDP Forward

- Q&A

Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator, Dana Coleman, speaking at the Transforming Humanitarian Response for the 21st Century Ministerial in September 2024.

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HDP in Theory:

Our goal is to chart a more sustainable, more effective humanitarian system – one that not only saves lives, but can actually disrupt the cycles that entrench generations in poverty, insecurity, and displacement.

- Secretary of State, Antony Blinken September 23, 2024

Revised DO 2 Framework

IR 2.1: Sources of resilience for vulnerable individuals and households increased.

IR 2.2: Sources of resilience for communities increased.

IR 2.3: Sources of resilience for systems serving vulnerable populations increased.

DO 2: Resilience to Shocks and Stressors Increased

IR 2.1.1: Human and social capital strengthened.

IR 2.1.2: Economic security increased.

IR 2.1.3: Nutrition and food security increased.

IR 2.2.1: Community cohesion, conflict prevention and violent dispute resolution increased.

IR 2.2.2: Access to formal and informal safety nets is strengthened.

IR 2.2.3: Disaster risk reduction (DRR) increased.

IR 2.3.1: Business enabling environments strengthened.

IR 2.3.2: Financial and operational sustainability of public and private services improved.

IR 2.3.3: Strengthened accountability to vulnerable populations within the HDP nexus.

Resilience to what shocks and stressors?

Stresses:

Environmental: land/soil degradation, pollution, and biodiversity loss Health: burden of chronic diseases like Ebola, malaria and HIV/AIDS, weak service delivery capacity, and malnutrition Social/Political: persistent discrimination/marginalization, poor service delivery, lack of inclusive governance, and crime Economic: chronic poverty, unemployment, debt management, and poor governance

Shocks:

Environmental: severe weather events like droughts, floods, storms, heat waves, (many changing in frequency and severity due to climate change), and earthquakes/tsunamis Health: pandemics (COVID-19, SARS, etc.) and death or disability of a family member Conflict: social and political violence Economic: price shocks, market collapse, inflation, and supply chain breaks

Sources of Resilience for People and Households

Human capital: This includes education and training, as well as aspirations, agency, and mental and psychosocial health; the latter being particularly important where conflict and displacement have occurred Social capital and networks: Economic and social inclusion: Property and access to financial services and commercial markets

Diversification of livelihood risk, including to climate change

Shock-responsive social protection A sustainable natural resource base

HDP in Practice:

An integrated approach also tends to produce longer-term solutions that move people toward sustainable livelihoods.

And we know that when individuals become self-reliant and able to live with dignity, we see more peaceful outcomes to the conflicts that are affecting their communities.

• BHA has 3 Resilience Food Security Activities (RFSAs) in the Kasai and Kasai Central.

– The goal of the three RFSAs (valued at $317m) is to increase food, nutrition and economic security for vulnerable households.

– BHA intentionally located the RFSAs in the Kasai Region as a way to sequence resilience programming following a phase out of emergency assistance.

– RFSA coordination with emergency actors to address malnutrition.

– RFSA coordination with USAID development programs, such as education, EG and health and with public and private sectors and at the community level.

– The RFSAs participate in the UN facilitated Nexus Provincial Groups in Kasai and Kasai Central which promote coordination among HDP actors and the GDRC.

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Programming (Kasais)

• The Feed the Future program in the DRC is in the process of a significant strategic shift:

– A finite geographic concentration of the $22 M/year in FTF resources has been set

• A gradual shift in programming is already occurring

• New activities are in-design to meet ambitious FTF 5-year objectives.

– A 20% reduction in extreme poverty and malnutrition within 5 years

– > $40M in annual sales from producers (currently $5.8M)

– At least 80,000 hectares/yr of existing farms (currently 9,685) under climate adaptation management practices and technologies via increased productivity

– Significant increases in investment across the food system

– Significant increases in quantity, quality and diversity of agricultural products produced & consumed

Economic Growth/Feed the Future Programming (Kasais)

Overlap between Feed the Future Zones of Influence and BHA Resilience and Food Security Activities

Current Activities: ~$300M

• USAID’s Integrated Health Program

(USAID IHP) in Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental, Lomami, Sankuru, Tanganyika, Sud Kivu, Haut Katanga, Haut Lomami, Lualaba.

– Included RFS interventions

Nutrition and Health Programming (Kasais)

Strategic Priorities:

Integrated Health Service Delivery Programming: Focused on integrating family planning and reproductive health, maternal, newborn and child health, malaria, tuberculosis, nutrition, and global health security activities to build a strong and resilient public health system at national, facility and community levels to improve equitable access to and use of quality health care services.

Multi-Sector Strategies to Address Malnutrition: Focused on scaling up high-impact, nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions in provinces with some of the highest levels of malnutrition to address both the direct and underlying causes of malnutrition; while strengthening provincial and local capacity to plan, coordinate, and implement multi-sectoral efforts, including agriculture, WASH, and education.

Future Activities: ~ $375M

• USAID Accelerator Activity: Kasai

Central, Lomami, Sud-Kivu, and Tanganyika.

• USAID Multi-Sector Nutrition Activity: Kasai Central, Kongo Central (co-locate with EG/FtF and EDU), Lomami, Tanganyika and Sud Kivu

• USAID Santé Gouvernance: Kasai Oriental, Haut Lomami, Haut Katanga, Lualaba

Goal: Address health and nutrition needs effectively by strategically sequencing, layering, and integrating support for economic growth, agriculture, and women’s empowerment across health and food systems.

• USAID/DRC is currently operating in Kasai and Kasai Oriental through its Education is the Answer (2025) activity. Activity elements include:

– Capacity Strengthening of Community-based Education Organizations

– Gender-responsive literacy, mathematics, and social-emotional learning

– Professional Development: Child/Youth Protection and Inclusive Education

• Upcoming strategic shifts in the Kasais

– Future activities to expand into Kasai Central

– Connect education participants to available WASH and nutrition services

– Stronger alignment with Government of DRC education sector strategy

– Ensure direct pathway between foundational and life skills and future livelihoods

Education Programming (Kasais)

CRS - RFSA Presentation

HDP Forward:

We have to strengthen the link between humanitarian and development efforts. When these groups plan and act together – when the humanitarians and the development experts work and plan together – especially from the onset of a crisis, we can assist more people with the same resources.

Leveraging Investments by Other Donors:

• HDP Nexus Donor Group for the Kasais already established for enhanced coordination

• UK: Agriculture and climate finance

• KOICA: Stunting reduction and nutrition improvement

• Enabel (Belgians): livelihoods development

• AFDB: Agribusiness development

Leveraging Investments in Infrastructure:

• EU/World Bank: Paving of critical trunk road between Tshikapa and Mbuji-Maya improving connections to Kinshasa markets

• Lobito Corridor (see map on previous slide): While the planned road/rail/energy/telcom investments envisioned for the Lobito Corridor may someday act as a market pull for (agricultural) products being produced in the DRC FTF Zone of Influence, this would be many years out and there is a pressing need to meet local demand for basic food needs in the Kasais as most food is currently imported (sometimes flown in). The first phase of the new FTF strategy will be to substitute locally produced food for imported food while improving productivity with an eye to eventual export.

Coordination (Kasais)

HDP in the Field - Processes and Results

• Improve collaboration - joint work planning sessions, shared learning and greater engagement with other donors, and host government

• Unify M&E and CLA Systems across programs

• Incorporate HDP and resilience concepts in program implementation and new activity design

• Tell our Resilience and HDP Story-Strategic Communications

• Peace resources - how to incorporate into social cohesion and do no harm approaches? With high potential for conflict, critically important that we hear from partners on what you’re doing and what is needed in these area.

What USAID Expects Implementing Partners To Do to Create Efficiencies in USAID’s Work

Coordination and Collective Action Better ways to work together across all actors are needed and must build on country- and community-led efforts.

• Collective Action

• Joint work planning between partners of different sectors

• Joint CLA events

• Regular information sharing events

• Regular collective meetings with local government

• Collective engagement with local partners

• Propose ideas/bring your ideas to USAID

We Want to Hear From You:

• What do we/you need to make this work?

• What successes can we highlight?

• What ideas can you all bring to the table to advance these efforts?

Q&A

Introduction Video HDP in Theory (USAID) HDP in Practice (USAID and CRS) HDP Forward Q&A Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator, Dana Coleman, speaking at the Transforming Humanitarian Response for the 21st Century Ministerial in September 2024.

HDP in Theory:

Our goal is to chart a more sustainable, more effective humanitarian system – one that not only saves lives, but can actually disrupt the cycles that entrench generations in poverty, insecurity, and displacement.

Secretary of State, Antony Blinken

An integrated approach also tends to produce longer-term solutions that move people toward sustainable livelihoods. And we know that when individuals become self-reliant and able to live with dignity, we see more peaceful outcomes to the conflicts that are affecting their communities.

Secretary of State, Antony Blinken September 23, 2024

We have to strengthen the link between humanitarian and development efforts. When these groups plan and act together – when the humanitarians and the development experts work and plan together – especially from the onset of a crisis, we can assist more people with the same resources.

Secretary of State, Antony Blinken