The CCCM Sector will embrace an integrated area-based approach to site facilitation and coordination in responding to the needs of IDPs and returnees in camps, camp-like settings, and host communities across the BAY states.
The sector's interventions will aim to provide well-coordinated, planned and managed camp sites that address the gaps in IDPs’ access to basic humanitarian services and daily needs, particularly for the most vulnerable. The sector will advocate for improved living conditions through community-led programming and field monitoring of protection risks and concerns through safety audits and complaints and feedback mechanisms. In support of improved coping mechanisms for IDPs living outside of camps, the sector will increase its reach, targeting IDPs in host communities. They will receive a full or specific/tailored CCCM package response through out-of camp services and community information centres. In addition, the sector will provide well-coordinated CCCM assistance through capacity-building, referrals, and advocacy to reduce protection risks and strengthen accountability to affected people.
Response
Of the 1.55 million individuals targeted for CCCM assistance, approximately 857,820 are IDPs living in camps, 461,936 are IDPs in host communities and 237,976 are returnees (including projected arrivals from extremely hard-to-reach areas). IDPs prioritized to receive assistance will include those affected by disaster, new arrivals, and individuals in reception centres. Based on the IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Round 41, around 53 per cent of IDPs are women and children. The sector will strive to give more support to the most vulnerable groups of people (including female-headed and child-headed families, older persons, single-parent families, and the 65,078 people identified as living with a disability) through service provider referral mechanisms and community empowerment interventions.
The 2023 sector priorities will include better preparedness and contingency planning for displacement due to the ongoing conflict, harsh weather conditions such as flooding and fire outbreaks that damage and destroy livelihoods and property.
Also key in 2023 is a designated partner response to cross-cutting issues that will be mainstreamed across all partner activities. Programming will include environmental rehabilitation and awareness; disability inclusion; protection mainstreaming with specific emphasis on GBV and PSEA; localization through capacity-building and agency pairing/shadowing of UN/INGOs with local NGOs and civil society organizations; COVID-19 responses; and improved accountability to affected persons through impact assessments of CCCM programming.
With planned and ongoing government-led camp closures, the sector will be able to re-organize, relocate, or decongest camp sites whose residents have been relocated or returned to their areas of origin. This
activity will be conducted in collaboration with the National and State Management Agencies (NEMA/SEMA) and, where applicable, through multi-sector engagements. The sector intends to continue requesting usable land from the government in all locations identified for decongestion, such as Bama, Banki, Dikwa and Ngala.
CCCM partners will assist people in need through in-kind assistance, cash-and-voucher assistance (CVA) or a combination of both. The modality is determined by the principles of feasibility, effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and safety. Working closely with displaced people and host communities, the sector and partners will strengthen site governance structures to empower affected people to organize and mobilize their communities, create tangible contributions to the delivery of assistance and make informed decisions.