Thematic Working Group for Libya Flood Responses - Updates and Coordination Efforts

Thematic Working Group for Libya Flood Responses held a meeting on 17 October 2023 to discuss coordinated responses, targeting needs and damage assessments. Updates and documents published by partners after 10 October 2023 were shared, including reports from SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily and various agencies. Coordinated efforts included providing food baskets and targeting strategies for affected areas in Libya.

• Libya
• Flood Responses
• Coordination
• Humanitarian Aid

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1. Thematic Working Group for Libya Flood Responses 17 October 2023

2. 01 02 03 04 Updates on flood responses [5 minutes each] Coordinated responses ration size; targeting Needs/Damage/Market assessments Any Other Business AGENDA

3. Updates on flood responses LINKS TO DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BY FSTWG PARTNERS AFTER 10/Oct/2023: Remarks by SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily to the United Nations Security Council - 16 October 2023: https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/remarks-srsg-abdoulaye-bathily-united-nations-security- council-16-october-2023-enar IMC Libya Libya Flooding: Situation Report #6 (October 16, 2023): https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/libya-flooding-situation-report-6-october-16-2023 IOM Libya Storm Daniel Flash Update 8 (13 October 2023): https://dtm.iom.int/reports/libya-storm-daniel-flash-update-8-13-october-2023 USAID - USG Response to Flooding in Northeast Libya (10/13/2023): https://reliefweb.int/map/libya/libya-usg-response-flooding-northeast-libya-10132023 WFP Libya Floods Response External Situation Report 3: https://api.godocs.wfp.org/api/documents/e749d8a308b446e3a4f1df923b87049a/downloa d/

4. Coordinated responses food basket https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJIU7NWA43yrAqpoKTcQhgiO8wfouAgi/edit?usp=shar ing&ouid=116153303746235268309&rtpof=true&sd=true FOOD BASKET Entity Food rations (in KG) Cash Transfer value (in USD) Household or Individual ration? Per Household Duraton covered (in DAYS) 22-30 days Kcal/energy covered (KCAL/person/day) 1,459 kcal/pex/day % of Energy supplied by Protein 15kg Rice + 15kg Pasta + 12kg Fortified Wheat flour + 1.6kg Tomato paste + 5kg White Beans + Sugar 2kg + 4.55kg Fortified vegetable oil 10kg Fortified wheat flour + 5kg Rice + 10kg White beans + 10kg Chickpeas + 5kg Pasta + 6kg Tomato paste + 4.55kg Fortified vegetable oil + 4.6kg Fortified date bar 9.8% WFP Per Household 22-30 days 1,477 kcal/pex/day 13.2% WFP $ 11.50 Per Individual 22-30 days 1,459 kcal/pex/day WFP 10kg Fortified wheat flour + 15kg Rice + 15kg Pasta + 6kg Beans + 2kg Tomato paste + 2kg Sugar + 1kg Salt + 10kg fortified vegetable oil Contents: 1 kg of black tea, 2 kg of beans, 8 cans of canned beans, 8 packs of cheese, 12 kg of flour, 1 kg of green tea, 10 can of evaporated milk, 10 liters of milk, 20 packs of past, 1 kg of saleb/sahlab, 1 kg of whole wheat seeds, 10 kg rice, 2 packs of salt, 2 kg of sugar, 6 cans of tomatoes paste, 20 cans of tuna, 5 liters of oil, 6 large water bottles. Per Household 22-30 days 1,473 kcal/pex/day CEFA Per Household 22-30 days NRC

5. Coordinated responses - targeting https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJIU7NWA43yrAqpoKTcQhgiO8wfouAgi/edit?usp=shar ing&ouid=116153303746235268309&rtpof=true&sd=true Targeting/Prioritisation Entity Georgraphic targeting criteria Household targeting criteria Sources of beneficiary lists Data collected from beneficiaries Any additional notes on basket or targeting Basket of In-country food stock being used for immediate responses in Sep'23-Oct'23 Flood-affected areas; areas hosting those displaced from flood-affeced areas Newly Displaced/damaged; Vulnerable in host-communities (criteria tied with gender/age/family size) Social Affairs office; Crisis Committees; LibAID; Municipalities; IOM Name; phone number; family size (no signature) WFP Flood-affected areas; areas hosting those displaced from flood-affeced areas Newly Displaced/damaged; Vulnerable in host-communities (criteria tied with gender/age/family size) Social Affairs office; Crisis Committees; LibAID; Municipalities; IOM Name; phone number; family size (no signature) Basket in pipeline for procurement from Egypt and Turkey for Oct'23 - Dec'23 WFP Flood-affected areas; areas hosting those displaced from flood-affeced areas; areas where market functionality is assessed to be healthy. Areas hosting those displaced from flood-affeced areas (Tripoli area); Newly Displaced/damaged; Vulnerable in host-communities (criteria tied with gender/age/family size) Social Affairs office; Crisis Committees; LibAID; Municipalities; IOM Name; phone number; family size; ID numbers Food-restricted e-voucher; Transfer values being reviewed for necessary revision WFP Newly Displaced/ IDPs in the Western area; ACG West; Libyan Emergency, Crisis and Natural Disaster Committee; Regatta Village Shelter Manager; CCS East Name; family composition; phone numbers CEFA Area affected by the floods/Derna HHs affected by the floods Hosting households IDPs LRC Name; family composition; phone numbers Distribution was done through LRC in Derna NRC

6. Needs/Damage/Market assessments FAO FAO supports Libyan partners in floods damage and impact assessment in the Eastern region of Libya : https://www.fao.org/neareast/news/view/en/c/1653139/ USA: Data Friendly Space - Libya Hurricane Daniel: Situation Report 5 - 12/10/2023 https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/libya-hurricane-daniel-situation-report-5-12102023 WFP: Rapid Market Functionality Index (MFI) Assessment (to start on 18/Oct/2023) The MFI is aquantitative tool designed to benchmark marketplace functionality in the following nine dimensions: 1) Assortment, 2) Availability, 3) Price, 4) Resilience of supply chains, 5) competition, 6) infrastructure, 7) service, 8) food quality, and9) access and protection. The Rapid (Reduced) MFI assessment looks at four dimensions.

7. AOB: 3W & Biweekly Humanitarian Updates 1. The inter-thematic coordination working group (ITWG) will from this week on take place once a week on Mondays at 10:30am. 2. In agreement with the Humanitarian Coordinator, humanitarian updates will from now on be issued once a week (Tuesdays). 3. The Head of OCHA s Benghazi office Hazem Al Junde (aljunde@un.org) will lead on all matters related to field coordination, including local coordination meetings: to discuss all matters related to field and missions: Derna (Mondays or Tuesday, tbc).

8. A.O.B. Weekly Humanitarian Updates Food Security Questions for the Narrative (NO RESPONSE UPDATES) UPDATES FOR 17 October update ADDITIONAL UPDATES? 1. NEEDS: Further assessment results / analysis per location, new market developments? In coordination with the Cash & Market Working Group, WFP developed the set-up and data management platform for the rapid market functionality index assessment. The market functionality index will be utilised to determine whether the market functionality in the flood-affected cities is strong enough to resume cash-baseed transfers as the modality to provide food assistance to flood-affected people. 2. RESPONSE: Any progress on activities? WFP finalised its plan for the second cycle of food assistance to over 40,000 flood-affected people across 12 districts for 17 - 21 October. FAO organised a training workshop on collecting and managing quantitative and qualitative field data for 12 local stakeholders. The training was hosted by the Agricultural Research Centre in Al-Bayda in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Humanitarian Update_TWG inputs - Google Docs

9. A.O.B. Weekly Humanitarian Updates Food Security Questions for the Narrative (NO RESPONSE UPDATES) UPDATES FOR 10 October update ADDITIONAL UPDATES? 3. CONSTRAINTS: e.g. funding gaps, access, Delay in authorities clearance process for newly shipped food commodities. 4. Any key figures or messages to add? 5. Other comments or updates? Humanitarian Update_TWG inputs - Google Docs

10. Links Libya Flood Flash Appeal: https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/libya-flood-response-flash-appeal-sept-2023- dec-2023-issued-september-2023 OCHA Flood Response Humanitarian Update (As of 10 October 2023) [EN/AR]: https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/libya/libya-flood-response-humanitarian-update-10-october- 2023-enar Online mission trackers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZrBPyG5hp7dXxFrj1T5E7I1fHrPqQrKXOXwYRrxFr-Y/edit#gid=0 Online Thematic Working Group calendar: https://teamup.com/ksuinw3isbab45rkn6 Online registration for the Libya Humanitarian response group: https://forms.gle/mcPE1Btwh8CfSMHG7 Online assessment registry: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xwgaCOnLSl6C_ILOTZJNzGnqn5a1IjwyjXDS_aMPloM/edit?usp=s haring Libya Food Security web: https://fscluster.org/libya Global Food Security Cluster web: https://fscluster.org/