IDP and Conflict affected population assistance coordination Mechanism

 Policy and Strategy Committee (PSC)

Frequency: Once a week
Day: Tuesday
The primary objectives of the PSC are:

• To develop and agree on system-wide humanitarian policies to streamline IDP response.
• To allocate responsibilities among agencies, line departments in humanitarian programmes.
• To develop and agree on a common strategy framework for all humanitarian activities.
• To advocate for common humanitarian principles.
• To identify areas where gaps in mandates or lack of operational capacity exist.
• To resolve disputes or disagreement about and between humanitarian agencies on system-wide humanitarian issues.
• Stake stock of the situation and direct IDP operational coordination committee.

Note: IDP Policy and Strategy Committee will be represented by the head of agencies in Peshawar representing global cluster lead agreement

Strategy  Coordination Committee

Frequency: Once a week
Day: Monday
The primary objectives of the OCC are:

• Committee will be responsible for coordinating the entire humanitarian operation assisting IDP’s
• Committee under the direction and policy of PSC will develop operational framework
• Committee will take stake of situation and make operational arrangement by clusters
• Committee will address un-met needs and respond to gaps and identify funding short falls for each cluster
• Streamline all Aid operations and coordinate activities through clusters

Clusters:

Specific responsibilities of cluster at the provincial level include ensuring the following:

• Inclusion of key humanitarian partners
• Establishment and maintenance of appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms
• Coordination with national/local authorities, State institutions, local civil society and other relevant actors during response
• Participatory and community-based approaches
• Attention to priority cross-cutting issues (e.g. age, diversity, environment, gender, HIV/AIDS and human rights)
• Needs assessment and analysis
• Emergency preparedness
• Planning and strategy development
• Application of standards
• Monitoring and reporting
• Advocacy and resource mobilization
• Training and capacity building
• Provision of assistance or services as a last resort
• Sector based dispute resolution
• Allocation of gap areas of partners
• Maintaining “who is doing what where” database
• Reporting to operational coordination committee