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National Food Security Cluster Islamabad, Pakistan

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First meeting to discuss the current flood situation and response by the Food Security Cluster

Date: 10 September 2011 Place: FAO Emergency and Coordination Office, Islamabad Timing: 11:00 am – 1:30 pm No. of Participants: 36 Participant Organizations: 47

Meeting Minutes Agenda Points Deliberations Action Points/Decisions

Update on the Current flood situation in Sindh

Mr. Irfan Maqbool and Mr. Andrea Berloffa (Co-Chairs) started the meeting by welcoming participants to the first meeting of the Food Security Cluster that has been activated to respond to the 2011 floods. The Food Security Cluster will be co-chaired by; NDMA, WFP and FAO.

Mr. Carl Paulsson (from WFP) shared a brief

presentation with members to update them regarding the Government’s request for the Humanitarian Community to provide Relief support in the flood-affected areas, the activation of 5 Clusters (Food Security, Health, WASH, Shelter, Protection) and the preparations for submission/launch of the Rapid Response Plan for an immediate response by the Clusters.

Current Situation of the floods and Rapid Assessment A recent update on the preliminary number

of affected population and damages caused by the floods in Sindh was shared with members. According to the information received from PDMA, approximately 5 Million persons have been affected in Sindh. It was clarified in the meeting that these figures were rough estimates as more data is expected to come out of the Rapid Assessment that is being conducted jointly by the UN, NDMA and PDMA. The Rapid Assessment commenced on the 10th of September 2011 and the initial results of the assessment are expected by Monday (12 September 2011).

Organizations that have already carried out assessments in the flood-affected areas are requested to share the assessment reports via email to: Masooma Haider, Assistant Cluster Coordinator

Email: masooma.haider@fao.org The data sheet with estimate figures

from PDMA and Map reflecting the affected population/damages (shared during the meeting) will be circulated to members by the Assistant Cluster Coordinator, for their information.

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Discussion on preparations for the Rapid Response Plan (Flash appeal)

At this stage the activated Clusters have been

asked to prepare an initial Rapid Response Plan for their respective Sectors; to seek funding and to kick start immediate Relief activities in the flood-affected areas.

Ms. Annette Hearns (OCHA) was present at the meeting and briefly informed members about the process of developing the Rapid Response Plan for the Food Security Cluster. She mentioned that in order to prepare the Response Plan, Cluster members should agree upon the priority interventions that should be carried out by the Humanitarian Community in the flood-affected areas and select the projects that will be included in the Rapid Response Plan.

In the meeting held today, the Cluster members discussed and agreed upon the following:

Establishment of the Vetting Committee: In order to review and select the project proposals for the Rapid Response Plan, a Vetting Committee was decided to be formed at the National level. The Members of the Committee will include FAO, WFP and NDMA (as co-chairs) along with Save the Children International (representing the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum and International NGOs), National Humanitarian Network (representing the National NGOs) and UNWOMEN (to reflect on Gender aspects of the proposals).

There was a general agreement by Cluster

members on the estimated figures from PDMA that were shared during the meeting, to use them as a basis to start planning relevant projects for the Rapid Response Plan.

It was highlighted in the meeting that NDMA/PDMA has authorized organizations that are already operational in the flood-affected areas to initiate immediate response to the flood-affected population.

The first meeting of the vetting

committee will be held tomorrow to decide on the format for proposals as well as the criteria for project selection. Cluster members will be informed about the format and criteria accordingly.

WFP and FAO will jointly contribute

to the Rapid Response Plan by consolidating information for the Food Security Cluster, based on the feedback from Cluster members.

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It was mutually agreed by Cluster members

that the Rapid Response Plan should focus on two elements for the response:

1) Food distribution (general food distribution or cash distribution)

2) Immediate livelihoods support (by ensuring livestock production and resumption of agricultural activities)

3Ws (Who is doing What and Where)

In order to map the presence of partners and priority areas, Cluster Members were requested to update 3Ws of the Food and Agriculture Sectors (Food Security Cluster).

A template of the 3Ws will be emailed to Cluster Members by the Assistant Cluster Coordinator, requesting up-to-date information.

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Mr. Craig Von Hagen (IMMAP) informed

members that IMMAP is constantly developing information material related to the floods, such as maps etc. Cluster Members seeking such information may feel free to contact IMMAP.

PEFSA and IOM have already in place Food Security and Nutrition awareness campaigns. Cluster members agreed that such campaigns should be continued to provide key messages to the flood-affected population.

For maps and other information

material related to the floods, Cluster members can contact IMMAP at: sindh@immap.org

IOM and PEFSA are requested to share the awareness material with Cluster members, for maintaining uniformity in messages that are delivered at the field level by organizations.

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Annex-1 List of Participants – 10 September 2011

S.No. Name Designation Organization Email Address

1 Madalena Vasconcelos Program Development Officer ACTED madalena.vasconcelos@acted.org

2 Panos Navrozidis Deputy Country Director Action Against Hunger dcd.pk@acf-international.org

3 Javed Action Aid javed.shabbir@actionaid.org

4 Isacco Consonni Country Representative ALISEI plutonwarden@yahoo.com

5 Abid Niaz Khan Livelihoods Advisor Care International abid.niaz@pk.care.org

6 Diana Bassani Program Manager CESVI pakistan@cesvioverseas.org

7 Rabia Coordinator Church World Service rabia@cwspa.org.pk

8 Aliya Taiyaba Chief Executive Officer Community Development Organization cdopakistan2011@gmail.com

9 Hamza Abbasi Livelihoods Specialist Concern Worldwide hamza.abbasi@concern.net

10 M. Uris Umrani Program Director DEVCON uris.usmani@devcon.pk

11 Nusrat Nasab Chief Executive Officer FOCUS nusrat.nasab@focushumanitarian.org

12 Ruby Khan Provincial Cluster Coordinator Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ruby.khan@fao.org

13 Alam Khan Information Manager Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN fakhre.alam@fao.org

14 Masooma Haider Assistant Cluster Coordinator Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN masooma.haider@fao.org

15 Andrea Berloffa Co-Chair Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN andrea.berloffa@fao.org

16 Jehanzaib Singhar Program Manager Global Peace Pioneers j.scnagha@yahoo.com

17 Hina Junaid Coordinator Global Peace Pioneers hina@globalpeace.net.pk

18 Agha Hamza Program Manager I-LAP programmanager@ilappk.org

19 Craig Von Hagen Country Manager IMMAP cvonhagen@immap.org

20 Dur-e-Shahwar Program Reporting Assistant International Organization for Migration dshahwar@iom-int

21 Arthur Amollo Senior Program Coordinator International Rescue Committee arthur.amollo@rescue.org

22 Mateen Ul Hassan Livelihoods Manager Islamic Relief mateen.hassan@irp.org.pk

23 Riffat Aziz KPF kohsar.pf@gmail.com

24 Raja Abid Ashraf President KWES kohsarngo@gmail.com

25 Rosemary Willey Head of Sub Office (Peshawar) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs willey.alsanah@un.org

26 Annette Hearns Head Coordinator Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs hearns@un.org

27 Shannon Hayes EFSL Advisor OXFAM GB shayes@oxfam.org.uk

28 Imran Shami Programme Support Manager Plan International imran.shami@plan-international.org

29 Manzoor Hussain Mercy Corps Program Director mhussain@pk.mercycorps.org

30 Raja Rizwan Ashfaq Program Manager Qatar Charity rizwan.ashfaq@qcharity.org

31 Waqar Khan Project Development Officer RAHMA waqarkhattak@hotmail.com

32 Zulqarnain Baloch FSL Specialist Save the Children zulqarnain.baloch@savethechildren.org

33 Jamil Awan Save the Children jamil.awan@savethechildren.org

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S.No. Name Designation Organization Email Address

34 Rizwana Aziz Program Manager SCD scdislamabad@gmail.com

35 Eadu Julien Head of Mission SIF cdmpakistan@secours-islamique.org

36 Sylvie Lasserre Advisor Social Services Pakistan sylvie.lasserre@hotmail.com

37 Shafiq Ur Rehman Head of Program Social Services Pakistan ssp.pk.org@gmail.com

38 Santiago Herrero First Secretary Spanish Embassy santiago.herrero@maec.es

39 Yukiko Koyama Protection Officer UN High Commission for Refugees koyama@unhcr.org

40 Rizwana Waraich Gender Advisor UN Women rizwana.waraich@unwomen.org

41 Kathrin Lauer Senior Humanitarian Advisor USAID klauer@usaid.gov

42 Rizwan Bajwa Program Officer World Food Programme rizwan.bajwa@wfp.org

43 Natiq Kazmi Senior Program Assistant World Food Programme natiq.kazmi@wfp.org

44 Khadeeja Qasmi Program Assistant World Food Programme khadeeja.qasmi@wfp.org

45 Carl Paulsson Head of Program World Food Programme carl.paulsson@wfp.org

46 Irfan Maqbool Co-Chair World Food Programme irfan.maqbool@wfp.org

47 Kristine Jensen Senior Program Officer World Vision kristine-jensen@wvi.org