THE AFRICAN DROUGHT RISK AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK - FAO

THE AFRICAN DROUGHT RISK AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
                   NEWSLETTER
                   September 2010

Resources and Networking Opportunities:
 1. United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification / Décennie des
    Nations-Unies sur les Déserts et la Lutte contre la Désertification
 2. Renewed Greater Horn of Africa Disaster Risk Reduction Website
 3. Africa Adaptation Programme / Programme D’adaptation en Afrique
 4. World Bank Learning Multimedia Modules on Climate Adaptation for Water, Agriculture
    and Natural Resource Management
 5. The Path to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: A Synthesis of MDG Evidence
    from around the World

Events and Training Opportunities
 6. Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools (September 8-9, 2010)
 7. Workshop on Metrics and Methodologies of Estimation of Extreme Climate Events
    (September 27-29, 2010)
 8. Seventh African Development Forum: Acting on Climate Change for Sustainable
    Development in Africa (October 10-15, 2010)

Employment Opportunities
 9. Consultant (Disaster Risk Reduction Expert) – UN-ISDR (Deadline: September 6, 2010)
 10. Livelihoods Program Coordinator – Horn Relief (Deadline: September 10, 2010)

The African Drought Risk and Development Network (ADDN) is a region-wide network for advocacy,
capacity building and peer learning. It was initiated by the United Nations Development Programme
Drylands Development Centre (UNDP-DDC) and UN’s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(ISDR) in 2005 with the aim to promote applied discussion and policy dialogue on key issues linking
drought risk and development in Africa. A wealth of knowledge-based resources exists in Africa, yet the
opportunities for sharing successful experiences, disseminating lessons learnt and up-scaling innovative
practices are still limited. The ADDN seeks to bridge the gaps between knowledge producers and users
and improve stakeholders’ access to information that will help them better react to the increased threat of
drought and climate change in the dryland of Africa.
This monthly E-Newsletter is published by the ADDN Secretariat on behalf of Network participants to
keep the interested stakeholders up-to-date on ADDN activities and highlight other selected drought risk
reduction/management related networking opportunities, projects/programmes and events taking place in
Africa at local, national sub-regional and region-wide levels. All the previous issues of the E-Newsletter are
available for download at www.frameweb.org/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=3003.
Please contact Yuko Kurauchi at yuko.kurauchi@undp.org for any comments you may have on this E-
Newsletter and/or for any information you would like to share with over 1,500 ADDN Newsletter
subscribers in Africa and beyond.

1. United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against
   Desertification / Décennie des Nations-Unies sur les Déserts et la
   Lutte contre la Désertification

The global launch of the United Nations launched the Decade for Deserts and the Fight against
Desertification (UNDDD; 2010-2020) took place in Fortaleza, Brazil, in the State of Ceara,
Brazil’s semi-arid Region, on August 16, 2010. It is an 11-year long effort, designed to heighten
public awareness about the threat desertification, land degradation and drought pose to
sustainable development and ways leading to their alleviation, and to enhance action to improve
the protection and management of the world’s drylands, home to a third of the world’s population
and which face serious economic and environmental threats.

On a global scale, desertification - land degradation in drylands - affects 3.6 billion hectares,
which accounts for 25 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial land mass. It threatens the livelihoods of
more than 1 billion people in some 100 countries. Against this backdrop, member states of the
United Nations addressed growing desertification and land degradation by adopting a resolution
to dedicate the next decade to combating desertification and improving the protection and
management of the world’s drylands in 2007. The vision for the Decade is to forge a global
partnership to reverse and prevent desertification and land degradation and to mitigate the effects
of drought in affected areas in order to support poverty reduction and environmental
sustainability.

For more information on UNDDD, including the massages from the partner organizations, their
commitments and the success stories, please visit http://unddd.unccd.int/index.htm.

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Le lancement mondial de la Décennie des Nations-Unies sur les Déserts et la Lutte contre la
Désertification (2010-2020) a eu lieu le 16 août 2010 à Fortaleza, au Brésil, un nouvel effort de
11 années pour sensibiliser et agir pour améliorer la protection et la gestion des zones arides de la
planète qui abritent le tiers de la population mondiale et qui font face à de sérieuses menaces
économiques et environnementales. La Décennie vise à sensibiliser le public sur les menaces que
représentent la désertification, la dégradation des terres et la sécheresse pour le développement
durable et sur les moyens conduisant à leur réduction.

À l'échelle mondiale, la désertification - c'est-à-dire la dégradation des terres dans les zones arides
- affecte 3,6 milliards d'hectares, ce qui représente 25 pour cent de la masse des terres émergées
de la planète. Elle menace les modes de vie de plus d’1 milliard de personnes dans quelque 100
pays. Dans ce contexte, les États membres de l'Organisation des Nations Unies ont souhaité faire
face à cette dégradation croissante des sols par l'adoption, en 2007, d'une résolution afin de
consacrer la prochaine décennie à la lutte contre la désertification et l'amélioration de la
protection et la gestion des terres arides du monde. L’objectif de la Décennie est de forger un
partenariat mondial visant à enrayer et prévenir la désertification et la dégradation des terres et
d’atténuer les effets de la sécheresse dans les zones touchées afin de renforcer la réduction de la
pauvreté et la durabilité environnementale.

Pour de plus amples informations             sur   la   Décennie,    merci   de   vous    rendre   sur
http://unddd.unccd.int/index.htm.

2. Renewed Greater Horn of Africa Disaster Risk Reduction Website

The website for the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Regional Drought Decision
Programme was recently renewed, to better help the interested stakeholders find at a glance the
different projects currently implemented under the programme and various data and information
collected and produced by these projects, including the programme-related workshop
presentations. The website also regularly updates the information on upcoming programme
related workshop and training events. For more information, please visit
http://www.disasterriskreduction.net/home/en/.

The Humanitarian Aid Regional Drought Decision Programme is designed to strengthen the
response to drought in the affected countries of the Greater Horn of Africa. Current efforts are
inadequate and insufficient attention is paid to drought preparedness, promoting resilience and
protecting livelihoods. It is estimated that over 14 million nomadic, semi-nomadic pastoralists
and agro-pastoralists are at risk from drought in the Greater Horn of Africa.

Populations in the drought-prone regions of the Horn of Africa are finding ways to lessen the
impact of failing rains by developing strategies which enable them to live through and even
prosper during times of drought. The programme is aiming to help communities prepare for the
increasingly frequent failure of rains through a broad range of livelihood- based responses.

3. Africa Adaptation Programme / Programme D’adaptation en
   Afrique

Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It will exacerbate the economic, political and
humanitarian stresses that countries in the region already face, and greatly reduce their capacity to
eradicate extreme poverty. There is limited information available on the probability of a greater
frequency of extreme events such as droughts and floods in Africa. On a global scale, the IPCC
AR4 reports that increases in these events are likely; in Africa, droughts in particular are likely to
be more frequent. The impact of such increases on Africa’s rural poor could be catastrophic, with
widespread famine, disease, epidemics, reduced access to clean drinking water, and large-scale
migrations and resulting regional conflicts.

The poorest segments of society will be the most severely affected because they are also the least
able to adapt. Responding to the threat of climate change will require concerted action on an
unprecedented scale. Systematic action will be required across all levels of development planning
and implementation (regional, national, sub-national, and local), if development in a number of
countries is not to be reversed.

Under its $92 million programme “Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa”, or African Adaptation Programme, supported by the
Government of Japan, UNDP assists 21 countries across the African continent in incorporating
climate change risks and opportunities into national development processes to secure
development gains under a changing climate. The Programme will help countries establish an

enabling environment and develop the capacity required at local and national levels to enable
them to design, finance, implement, monitor and adjust long-term, integrated and cost-effective
adaptation policies and plans that are robust within a wide range of possible changes in climate
conditions. The Programme aims to achieve the following key outcomes:

•   Countries have introduced dynamic, long-term planning mechanisms to manage the inherent
    uncertainties of climate change
•   Countries have built leadership and developed institutional frameworks to manage climate
    change risks and opportunities in an integrated manner at the local and national levels
•   Countries are implementing climate-resilient policies and measures in priority sectors
•   Financing options to meet national adaptation costs have been expanded at the local, national,
    sub-regional and regional levels
•   Knowledge on adjusting national development processes to fully incorporate climate change
    risks and opportunities is being generated and shared across all levels

For more information on the Africa Adaptation Programme, please visit http://www.undp-
adaptation.org/africaprogramme/.

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L’Afrique est particulièrement vulnérable aux changements climatiques et cette vulnérabilité
viendra intensifier les contraintes économiques, politiques et humanitaires que connaissent déjà
les pays de la région et réduire considérablement leur capacité d’éliminer l’extrême pauvreté. On
dispose d’informations limitées sur la probabilité d’une fréquence accrue des événements
extrêmes tels que les sécheresses et les inondations en Afrique. À l’échelle du globe, le
Quatrième Rapport d’évaluation du GIEC signale qu’une telle augmentation est probable; en
Afrique, en particulier, les sécheresses sont appelées à être plus fréquentes. Cette evolution
pourrait avoir des effets catastrophiques pour les populations rurales pauvres d’Afrique et se
traduire par des famines généralisées, des épidémies, un accès réduit à l’eau potable et des
mouvements de population de grande envergure débouchant sur des conflits régionaux.

Les segments les plus pauvres de la société seront les plus gravement touchés par ces
phénomènes car ce sont eux qui sont les moins en mesure de s’y adapter. Il faudra, pour faire face
à la menace des changements climatiques, des actions concertées d’une envergure sans précédent.
Des interventions systématiques seront requises à tous les niveaux (régional, national, sous-
national, local) de la planification et de la mise en oeuvre du développement pour éviter une
inversion des progrès en matière de développement.

Dans le cadre de son programme de 92 millions de dollars intitulé « Appui à la mise en oeuvre
d’approches intégrées et globales de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques en Afrique » (ou
le Programme D’adaptation en Afrique), financé par le Gouvernement du Japon, le PNUD aidera
21 pays du continent africain à prendre en compte les risques et opportunités liés aux
changements climatiques dans leurs processus de développement nationaux afin d’éviter la perte
des acquis du développement dans un contexte climatique en évolution. Ce programme aidera les
pays à établir un environnement porteur et à se doter des capacités requises au niveau local et
national pour leur permettre de concevoir, financer, mettre en oeuvre, suivi et ajuster des
politiques et plans d’adaptation à long terme, intégrés et efficaces par rapport au coût, dont la
robustesse sera assurée face à une large gamme de situations climatiques possibles. Le
programme vise à produire les principaux effets suivants :

•   Les pays ont mis en place des mécanismes de planification dynamiques, à long terme, pour
    gérer les incertitudes inhérentes aux changements climatiques.
•   Les pays ont établi et développé des cadres institutionnels appropriés pour gérer les risques et
    exploiter les opportunités liés aux changements climatiques de manière intégrée au niveau
    local et national.
•   Les pays mettent en oeuvre des politiques et des mesures favorables à leur résilience face au
    climat dans les secteurs prioritaires.
•   Les options de financement visant à subvenir aux coûts nationaux de l’adaptation ont été
    élargies au niveau local, national, sous-régional et régional.
•   Des connaissances sur l’ajustement des processus de développement nationaux pour tenir
    compte pleinement des risques et opportunités liés aux changements climatiques sont
    générées et partagées à tous les niveaux.

Pour de plus amples informations sur la Programme D’adaptation en Afrique, merci de vous
rendre sur http://www.undp-adaptation.org/africaprogramme/fr/.

4. World Bank Learning Multimedia Modules on Climate Adaptation
   for Water, Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

The World Bank Institute has published a series of learning multimedia modules on Climate
Adaptation for Water, Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. The modules, available
online, are designed for policy makers managers, practitioners, farmers, nongovernmental
organizations, and others who work on development projects, as well as educators involved in
water, agriculture, and climate change.

Many developing countries are facing the risks associated with climate variability and change,
which create challenges for agriculture, water resource management and the subsequent social
and economic well-being of local communities and nations, and have a pressing need for strategic
planning to help preserve their natural capital. In particular, many places in sub-Saharan Africa
suffer from variable water availability. The predominance of small-scale low yielding rainfed
farming makes these places vulnerable, especially under climate change. Increasing agricultural
production through enhanced water management, especially in rainfed agriculture is essential for
household food security and poverty reduction.

A new set of learning products on managing water resources in agriculture draws on the best
current knowledge from the World Bank and other expert sources. These self-paced multimedia
modules in English are accessible to a broad audience and easy to use. The modules are designed
for policy makers, managers, practitioners, farmers, nongovernmental organizations, and others
who work on development projects, as well as educators involved in water, agriculture, and
climate change. For more information on the module, please visit
http://vle.worldbank.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=402.

5. The Path to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: A
   Synthesis of MDG Evidence from around the World

Ten years ago, the world agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), an ambitious
set of development targets aimed at reducing poverty and improving the lives of people all around
the world by 2015. With five years remaining in the challenge, the year 2010 is the defining
moment for keeping the global MDG promise. To do so, though, countries must accelerate efforts
toward meeting the MDGs by the target date. Strengthened with knowledge and evidence
gathered over the past ten years, the international community must seize the opportunity to
revitalize the push toward creating the world that was envisioned for 2015: one that is healthier,
better educated, better nourished, embraces gender equality and has taken significant steps toward
eradicating extreme poverty.

This report synthesizes country-level evidence generated through a sample of 34 MDG Country
Reports, which are part of a new generation MDG Country Reports focused on trends in progress,
successes and failures as well as the impact of recent global crises. It examines interventions that
have worked in bringing individual countries on track toward achieving specific MDGs (and in
some cases achieving an MDG), as well as some of the common bottlenecks. Overall, the
evidence suggests that there is no single approach guaranteed to bring a country success across
the board. Yet, by drawing out common success factors and specifically looking at knowledge
gained over the past decade about specific MDG achievements, progress and constraints, the path
to achieving the MDGs is illustrated vividly. With regard to the progress on MDG7, the report
use the experiences in Niger, where the country’s vulnerability to drought was reduced through
large-scale reforestation programmes that were underpinned by the transfer of land ownership
from the state to local communities. The programme also contributed to increased agriculture
production and improved livelihoods.

The full report is available for                download      at   http://content.undp.org/go/cms-
service/download/asset?asset_id=2677427.

6. Event Opportunity: Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction
   through Schools (September 8-9, 2010)

After five years of innovative and groundbreaking work, ActionAid will organize a 2-day
regional workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, to share lessons and reflect upon the achievements of its
multi-country Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools project. Funded by DFID, the project
aims to make schools in high-risk disaster areas safer, enabling them to act as a locus for disaster
risk reduction, and institutionalise implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action within
education systems. Working in close partnership with schools, local communities, educational
institutions and networks as well as national and local governments and international agencies,
the project has made great strides in prevention, mitigation and preparedness in seven countries:
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi and Haiti.

The workshop will provide a forum for information exchange and sharing of good practice, as
well as an opportunity to debate and address issues arising from grassroots through to local and
national governments. Project representatives from each of the seven implementing countries will

share key learning and methodology, and guests will be invited to share contributions from their
own DRR experience. The knowledge and learning gathered from the workshops will feed into
the development of a future strategy for sustaining and integrating DRR and climate change
adaptation into development programming.

There is no registration fee for the workshops and an optional project visit will be offered to
participants (dates tbc), at their own expense. In addition, another regional workshop on the same
topic will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 29-30, 2010. For more information on the
workshop, please visit http://www.preventionweb.net/files/14323_DRRSworkshopinvitation.pdf.

7. Event Opportunity: Workshop on Metrics and Methodologies of
   Estimation of Extreme Climate Events (September 27-29, 2010)

Extreme climate events have disastrous impacts on economic and social conditions, resulting in
fatalities and monetary losses and affecting the economic stability of many regions. During the
last decades, these extreme events (precipitation, flooding, heat waves, dry and wet spells,
droughts, cyclone activity, extreme winds, marine storminess and changes in sea level) have
grown in intensity and frequency. At the same time, observed and projected changes in the
extremes are strongly localized and significantly different from region to region. It is in this
context that the Workshop on Metrics and Methodologies of Estimation of Extreme Climate
Events will be held in Paris, France on September 27-29, 2010.

The Workshop focus is on phenomenology and methodological aspects of the quantitative
estimation of different climate extremes under observed and future climate conditions using
observational and model data. The Workshop aim is to facilitate an open dialogue of
climatologists from different areas (meteorology, hydrology, oceanography), data producers (in-
situ, satellites, NWP, climate model community), and statisticians on the future strategy for the
development of robust and reliable characteristics of extremes and optimal methodologies for
their estimation. Proposed sessions and keynote presentations include: hydrological extremes
(precipitation, flooding and river discharge), including compound hydroclimate extremes;
extremes in temperature conditions (heat waves, dry spells); extreme tropical and extratropical
cyclones and associated wind waves and storm surges; methodologies for estimation of
extremes; and risk assessment.

For more information on the workshop, please visit http://www.extremeworkshop.org/.

8. Event Opportunity: Seventh African Development Forum: Acting on
   Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa (October 10-
   15, 2010)

Climate change is one of the most challenging threats to sustainable development in Africa.
Although the continent contributes only about 3.8% of total greenhouse gas emissions, its

countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change in the world. This vulnerability
derives from multiple stresses coupled with low adaptive capacity. First, the geographical
location of many African countries is characterized by already warmer climate, marginal areas
that are more exposed to climatic hazards such as rainfall variability, poor soils and flood plains.
Secondly, the economies of most African countries rely heavily on climate-sensitive sectors such
as agriculture, fisheries, forestry, other natural resources and tourism. Thirdly, the continent is
unable to respond adequately to the direct and indirect effects of climate change because of
widespread poverty, poor economic and social infrastructure, conflicts, limited human and
institutional capacities, and inadequate technologies and financial resources. Vulnerability to
climate change in Africa is particularly high for the poor, who tend to live in environments that
are most susceptible to droughts, floods and other extreme weather events.

Concerted efforts for adaptation to climate change must be undertaken at all levels to make
African societies and economies resilient to such projected hardships. In this context, the Seventh
African Development Forum (ADF-VII) will be held on October 10-15 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
with the aim at providing a multi-stakeholder platform to discuss and build consensus on the
above imperatives. The Forum will offer an opportunity to exchange information, knowledge and
experience on how best Africa can and should cope with climate change through effective action
on policies, strategies, programmes and practices. In addition, ADF-VII will help strengthen the
African common position in the ongoing international negotiations, by raising awareness and
building consensus among all African stakeholders and with its development partners on concerns
and expectations for a post-2012 global climate agreement.

For more information on the ADF-VII, please visit http://www.uneca.org/adfvii/index.asp.

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Les changements climatiques constituent les menaces les plus redoutables au développement
durable en Afrique. Bien que le continent ne contribue que pour 3 % environ du total des
émissions de gaz à effet de serre, ses pays sont, à l’échelle mondiale, parmi les plus vulnérables
aux changements climatiques. Cette vulnérabilité est due à des pressions multiples associées à de
faibles capacités d’adaptation. Premièrement, la situation géographique de nombreux pays
africains se caractérise par un climat déjà plus chaud que la moyenne, des zones marginales plus
exposées aux risques climatiques tels que l’instabilité pluviométrique, des sols pauvres et des
plaines inondables. Deuxièmement, les économies de la plupart des pays d’Afrique dépendent
encore lourdement de secteurs tributaires des conditions météorologiques, tels que l’agriculture
pluviale, la pêche, l’exploitation forestière et d’autres ressources naturelles et le tourisme.
Troisièmement, le continent est incapable de faire face aux effets directs et indirects des
changements climatiques en raison de la pauvreté généralisée, d’une faible infrastructure
économique et sociale, des conflits et de l’insuffisance des ressources humaines, institutionnelles
et financières. La vulnérabilité de l'Afrique aux changements climatiques est extrême pour les
pauvres, qui vivent généralement dans des environnements particulièrement exposés à la
sécheresse, aux inondations et à d'autres phénomènes climatiques extrêmes.

Des efforts concertés en vue de s’adapter aux changements climatiques doivent être déployés à
tous les niveaux pour permettre aux sociétés et aux économies africaines de résister à ces
épreuves annoncées. Le Septième Forum pour le développement de l’Afrique (ADF VII) vise à
fournir un cadre multipartite pour discuter des impératifs décrits ci-dessus et parvenir au
consensus à leur sujet. Il permettra d’échanger des informations, des connaissances et des
données d’expérience sur la façon dont l’Afrique pourrait et devrait faire face aux effets des
changements climatiques en mettant en oeuvre de manière efficace les politiques, stratégies,

programmes et pratiques qu’elle aura adoptés. En outre, le Forum contribuera à renforcer la
position africaine commune dans les prochaines négociations internationales en sensibilisant à
cette question toutes les parties prenantes africaines et ses partenaires de développement aux
préoccupations et aux attentes du continent en ce qui concerne l’accord mondial pour l’après-
2012 relatif au climat et en recherchant le consensus avec toutes ces parties.

Pour de plus amples informations sur la ADF VII, merci de vous rendre sur
http://www.uneca.org/fdavii/index.asp.

9. Employment Opportunity: Consultant (Disaster Risk Reduction
   Expert) – UN-ISDR (Deadline: September 6, 2010)

Under the overall guidance of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture; the Consultant will be supervised by the
Head of Division for Environment and Natural Resources in close coordination with the Head of
UN-ISDR Regional Office for Africa. The duties and responsibilities of the consultancy include,
among others:

•   Provide support to the AUC in implementing the Africa Regional Strategy and the
    Programme of Action for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in line with the Hyogo Framework
    for Action (HFA), and the recommendations of the Declaration of the Second African
    Ministerial Conference on DRR held in Nairobi in April 2010. Provide support to
    mainstreaming of DRR into relevant programmes and agendas of the AUC and Regional
    Economic Communities (RECs) with strong linkage with Climate Change Adaptation.
•   Provide substantive backstopping to, among others, negotiations, consultative and other
    meetings and conferences, in particular facilitate the Africa Working Group and Africa
    Advisory Group Consultations, Regional Platform Consultations as well as Ministerial
    Conferences on DRR.
•   Facilitate the country DRR initiatives and national programmes and strengthen national
    platforms as required in cooperation with relevant sub-regional organizations in coordination
    with the UN-ISDR Regional Office for Africa.
•   Facilitate compilation of DRR related activities, information sharing, exchange of experience
    and practices on DRR through establishment of regional knowledge networks with the
    Member States for exchange of good practices and experiences through Africa regional
    forums, platform and the Global Platform and information to promote knowledge exchange
    on DRR among the Member States of the African Union.
•   Assist in promoting economic indicators and cost benefits of disaster reduction both through
    UNISDR, the AUC, International Financial Institutions and other partner organizations to
    target audiences (e.g. governments and reinsurance industries)
•   Assist mapping, capacity assessment and publication of selected existing major training
    centres and regional and sub-regional specialized institutions working on DRR and climate
    change under the aegis of the AUC
•   Prepare project proposals for the implementation of priority objectives of the Africa
    Programme of Action for DRR including, as relevant, preparation of policy documents and
    proposals for ministerial consideration and fund raising with donors.

•   Strengthen or establish where necessary strong links with international, regional and
    subregional organizations and support inter-governmental and interagency processes to
    establish effective working relationships with international, regional and sub-regional
    organizations working in disaster preparedness, humanitarian and disaster relief.

For more information on the position, please visit http://www.unisdr.org/jobs/v.php?id=15038.

10. Employment Opportunity: Livelihoods Program Coordinator –
    Horn Relief (Deadline: September 10, 2010)

Horn Relief is seeking a qualified and committed individual to join the Horn Relief team as a
Program Coordinator - Livelihoods for all operations in Somalia and Kenya as new programs
emerge. Based in Nairobi, the Livelihoods Program Coordinator will undertake a number of
duties and responsibilities, including, among others:

•   Lead the development of an appropriate Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood
    intervention strategy within Somalia and Kenya context that includes early recovery, disaster
    risk reduction and community development.
•   Oversee and directly manage food security and livelihoods projects in the provision of
    technical support, development of logical frameworks and appropriate indicators,
    development of project proposals and budgeting, and project narrative and financial reporting
    in line with donor requirements including monitoring expenditure.
•   Develop a thorough analysis of the food security and livelihoods situation through primary
    and secondary assessments and with due consideration for women and objectives of the
    programs.
•   Co-ordinate surveys and rapid assessments, including training, planning, analysis and report
    writing. Ensure appropriate field supervision is undertaken and that protocols are adhered to.
•   Plan and co-ordinate Horn Relief response as indicated by the results of surveys/situation
    analysis and related data.
•   Coordinate and network with other stakeholders to promote appropriate humanitarian and
    development programming within the framework of Horn Relief's Food Security and
    Livelihood policies. This includes attending and engaging with relevant coordination
    meetings. Determine in each Horn Relief's intervention the scope for linking Emergency
    Food Security and Livelihoods work and Sustainable Livelihood work, with emphasis on
    mainstreaming vulnerability analysis and disaster risk reduction as appropriate.

The application process is open and Horn Relief will close this vacancy once the position is filled.
Horn Relief will conduct interviews on an on-going basis. For more information on the position,
please visit http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/jobs/v.php?id=15054.