2013-08-19 :Needs Assessment Planning Process

• • Seasonal assessment (LIAS) result is not used directly as input for the HRD
  • Since multi-agency team don't conduct on each woreda,LIAS considers only woredas selected by the multi-agency teams. i.e some areas may not be included on the assessment.
  • Multi agency team who conduct need assessment at woreda level are assembled to organize needs assessment.
  • The Multi agency team’s result and the regions assessment is submitted to  federal Early warning response directorate
  • Federal compare submitted needs assessments and approves one of the two.
  • Needs assessment is done every six month.("Mehire" and "Belg" seasons )
  • For pastoral areas (Short rainy season ) ,assessment is done once a year.

There are three types of assessments :-

• • • • Main Assessment ; HRD is prepared based on it .
      • Rapid Assessment: held when fast on set disasters occur .
      • Disaster area Assessment : Affects needs assessment figure and HRD needs to be modified.
  • Contingency budget held at the regional level.
  • If the duration of assistance from the previous HRD is grater that six months then the rest of the duration will be transferred (or will be used as an input) to the next HRD.
  • Transitory document is the main template used by the multi-agency teams and regions to report back the assessment to the federal.
  • Reports to include :
    • • Teams result summary report
      • Humanitarian assistance summary report by Regions ,woreda and zone