The Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP)

1Office for the Coordinationof Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

CAP (Consolidated Appeal Process) Section

The Consolidated Appeal Process The Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP)(CAP)



What is a CAP

The Consolidated Appeal Process is much more than an appeal for money.

It is a tool used by aid organisations to plan, implement and monitor their activities - together.



present strategic approaches to humanitarian crises

plan, coordinate, implement & monitor response

appeal for funds cohesively

presents an action plan & set of projects

serves as a road map of required actions & funding needs

ensures funds are spent strategically, efficiently & with greater accountability

Why do we need it

Appeals bring aid organisations and donors and governments together to:

Each appeal:



• Supply side and demand side: which instruments are related to which side?

• Common humanitarian action plans and their selected projects (Consolidated and Flash Appeals) aim to organize the demand side.

• Humanitarian finance reforms, such as pooled funds and the Good Humanitarian Donorship initiative, aim to improve the supply side.

Supply and Demand



What is the CAP’s rationale?

To avoid competing and overlapping appeals

To provide a framework for strategic, coordinated, and inclusive programming

To serve as an inventory of priority humanitarian project proposals, and a barometer of funding response.



Who is involved?

Resident/Humanitarian

Coordinator

UN Agencies

NGOs

Red Cross/Red Crescent

Movement

Donors

Affected country government



Flash Appeal

Consolidated Appeal

Issued within 5 days of the onset of an emergency for up to 3-6 months

Issued within 3-6 months of emergency, and annually as needed

Flash Appeals & Consolidated Appeals



• Context & needs analysis

• Scenarios

• Strategic priorities

• Sector-specific response plan

• Monitoring plan

Inventory ofInventory of projectsprojects necessary to accomplish the necessary to accomplish the strategy strategy

}Common Common HumanitariHumanitarian Action an Action Plan (CHAP)Plan (CHAP)

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=Consolidated Appeal

Elements of a Consolidated Appeal



The Consolidated Appeal Process: an inclusive, coordinated programme

cycle



Typical CAP

• Sector/cluster coordination (year around), needs assessments;

• CAP workshop;

• Clusters make response plans & collect projects;

• OCHA-field writes general sections, circulates to country team & HC, sends to GVA (by mid-Oct);

• Document shared with IASC HQs for comments & finalisation;

• Global CAP launch (end Nov);



Then…

• Field launches; • Kick-off meeting;

• Mid-year review;

• Next year’s CAP workshop…

Ongoing:• Needs assessments;• Monitoring;

• Financial tracking.



Flash Appeals-Indicative time frame from crisis

onsetDay 1 HC/RC triggers appeal, in consultation with HCT and

government

Day 2-3

HC/RC and HCT establish strategic priorities, planning assumptions, and criteria

Day 1-3

Clusters/sectors conduct rapid needs assessment and prepare sectoral response plans with partners to input to appeal

Day 4 RC/HC, with support from OCHA, consolidates response plans into appeal

Day 5 OCHA CAP section shares draft with IASC HQs for 24 hr review

Day 6-7

OCHA CAP section processes & electronically publishes appeal



Example of a project summary box

SHELTER CLUSTER $

OXFAMPHL-09/S-NF/27810

Project Title

Emergency Shelter and NFIs Assistance to Affected Population in Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, and in NCR if required

1,000,000

Objective Provide emergency shelter and NFIs to families whose houses have been destroyed to ensure privacy and dignity, particularly for women and children

Beneficiaries

10,000 families (55,000 people). The target group for the programme includes women-headed households, daily wage labourers, landless (both urban and rural).

Partners PDRN



Revising Flash Appeals Revisions are necessary because flash appeals are, of necessity,

written within a short timeframe and using incomplete information

Revisions take place within 4 weeks of the publication of the original appeal (using the On-line Project System (OPS)

Revisions also accomplish the following:

Present up-to-date information

Outline progress made

Assess the effectiveness of current strategy

Update sector/cluster response plans

Reprioritize humanitarian response activities

Analyze funding

Advocate for donor support



Agency/NGO’s role

• Being proactive in the process;Being proactive in the process;

• Participating in sectoral needs assessment;Participating in sectoral needs assessment;

• Helping develop sector response planHelping develop sector response plan;;

• Presenting realistic project proposalsPresenting realistic project proposals;;

• Engaging individually with donors; Engaging individually with donors;

• Reporting on activities;Reporting on activities;

• … …



Cluster lead’s role

• leading sectoral needs assessment leading sectoral needs assessment (identify priority needs);(identify priority needs);

• consulting with the government consulting with the government (gvt-action, gaps, advocacy for (gvt-action, gaps, advocacy for CAP);CAP);

• developing sector response plan developing sector response plan (strategy, priorities);(strategy, priorities);

• gathering project proposals inclusively gathering project proposals inclusively (incl. NGOs);(incl. NGOs);

• vetting project proposals ‘ruthlessly’ /prioritising projectsvetting project proposals ‘ruthlessly’ /prioritising projects;;

• leading the monitoring and evaluation processleading the monitoring and evaluation process;;

• advocating for funding for their sector and advising donors; advocating for funding for their sector and advising donors;

• monitoring sector funding; monitoring sector funding;

• updating and revising sector strategy and projects updating and revising sector strategy and projects (OPS/FTS);(OPS/FTS);

• … …



HC office’s role

• Triggering the appeal and leading the country team; Triggering the appeal and leading the country team;

• Participating in the development of a strategy;Participating in the development of a strategy;

• Liaising with the government at diplomatic level;Liaising with the government at diplomatic level;

• Supporting the CT in establishing firm selection and Supporting the CT in establishing firm selection and prioritization criteria, and ensuring fairness and prioritization criteria, and ensuring fairness and transparency in these processes;transparency in these processes;

• Ensuring a good quality document id presented, on Ensuring a good quality document id presented, on time;time;

• Advocates for the CT in terms of funding;Advocates for the CT in terms of funding;

• Final decision-maker in the process;Final decision-maker in the process;

• … …



Agency HQ’s role

• Supporting their field team in the elaboration of the appeal;Supporting their field team in the elaboration of the appeal;

• Substantively reviewing the document and projects during Substantively reviewing the document and projects during

HQ review; HQ review;

• Advocating for funding;Advocating for funding;

• Reporting to FTSReporting to FTS

• … …



Further information

• www.unocha.org

• www.humanitarianappeal.net

• http://fts.unocha.org http://fts.unocha.org

• http://ops.unocha.org http://ops.unocha.org

• www.reliefweb.int www.reliefweb.int

The Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP)

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