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� collaborating with government and other clusters to maximise complementarity in the selection of projects � facilitating a process of prioritisation for selection of cluster partner projects to include in appeals � managing information relating to cluster funds raised, including for cluster coordination, and providing regular updates to cluster partners � leading accurate, timely completion of appeal documents. Tracking funding To get a realistic overview of the funding required to meet education cluster needs, information about all available funding (direct and pooled), and all committed funding (to cluster partners and projects) is required. The Financial Tracking Service (FTS) provides a useful overview of humanitarian funding requirements and commitments. It is an online database that draws on data from the On-line Projects System (OPS) outlined in the adjacent text box. FTS: www.reliefweb.int/fts Gathering accurate funding information is difficult, particularly in the early response when information is hazy or agencies are reluctant to provide financial data. However, efforts can be made through ongoing partner mapping and review (see section 6.5). 258 | May 2010 On-line Projects System (OPS) The OPS is a web-based database that allows UN agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participating in consolidated or flash appeals to directly upload their projects and funding requests and update them during the course of the appeal year. The database has been designed with the aim of facilitating information-sharing and the appeal review process for humanitarian actors. http://ocha.unog.ch/ops/pageloader.aspx? page=Welcome& Furthermore, the Coordinator can take a number of general measures to encourage the exchange of funding information: � promoting the ‘pull factor’ of potential funding � facilitating the participation of cluster partners in the response planning and prioritisation process � striving to represent the interests of all cluster partners among the projects submitted for funding � highlighting the potential for collaborative projects bringing different partners together with shared resources � doing deals to secure the necessary information, eg, support in securing materials, agreement to working in particular areas � drawing on peer pressure – through highlighting partners that fail to meet information requirements to government, donors and the remaining cluster partners.
Funding for cluster coordination In accordance with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) decision in July 2009, funding for nationaland sub-national-level cluster coordination should be included in all Flash Appeals and Consolidated Appeals. The following guidelines generally apply: � Make provision for cluster � coordination as a stand-alone project. Include the provision in the emergency education section of the Appeal. � Narrative for the proposal can be drawn from the ToR for Cluster/Sector Leads at Country Level (see section 2.2). Advocacy and resource mobilisation Managing cluster coordination funding In addition to budgeting for cluster coordination costs, early provision will need to be made for how allocated funding will be managed. As the cluster is not an ‘organisation’, it cannot receive funding, therefore arrangements will have to be made with the CLA(s) or another cluster partner agency for channelling the funding through them. This may involve a contract agreement between the donor and this cluster partner, which would ultimately take responsibility for managing, and reporting on, the disbursement of the funds. � There is no generic budget – draw guidance from previous CAPs. Arguments to support funding coordination include cluster coordination as a common service, and the need for dedicated coordination capacity. Typical costs might include: coordination staff, office and meeting costs, information management (IM), joint needs assessment costs, transport, communications and advocacy, training and capacity development. Prioritising projects for inclusion in funding appeals As information about cluster partner funding becomes available, the Coordinator will need to take steps to identify the most critical and under-funded education needs for which funding has not already been committed. A process of selection may then be required, to determine which projects will be included by the cluster in pooled funding appeals, and which will be identified as the cluster’s priority projects. Selection of cluster projects can be a sensitive process, particularly when projects proposed by the CLA(s) are also under consideration. Furthermore, some cluster partners will be unfamiliar with the restrictions and criteria for funding. An inclusive and structured approach to strategic response planning (as set out in section 7.3) will help to facilitate an open and objective process for project selection. The response planning process covers much of the necessary groundwork in prioritising needs, identifying gaps, and agreeing project selection criteria. May 2010 | 259
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