Advocacy and resource mobilisation - OneResponse

� Identify storage space for prepositioned
supplies and
potential future emergency
supplies, in collaboration with
government and cluster
partners.
� Develop appropriate
mechanisms for supply and
distribution of education
materials and equipment,
including tools for planning
and monitoring supply and
distribution.
� Determine quantity of
emergency education supplies
needed according to
contingency plans and
coordinate pre-positioning of
an agreed-upon percentage.
� Share and update the list of
quantities and locations of
contingency stocks with
cluster partners.
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Preparedness in mobilising
education materials
� In Nepal, in preparation for
annual floods, containers were
purchased for the three most
vulnerable regions and
education supplies were prepositioned
in each region prior
to the flooding.
� In Mozambique, standby
agreements were established
with local suppliers so that
initial bidding procedures were
not necessary in the acute
response phase and supplies
could be ordered rapidly.
From UNICEF and Save the Children,
Education in Emergencies Training
Facilitators’ Guide
8.4.2 Mobilising supplies and equipment in emergency
response
Role of the Coordinator
� Following emergency onset (in a rapid-onset emergency), and drawing on
contingency plans and any available needs assessment data, the cluster will
begin distribution of pre-positioned materials. This process should be
facilitated by the Coordinator as part of initial response planning (see section
7.2).
� At the same time preparations need to be made for procuring, mobilising and
distributing additional education supplies, again drawing on preparedness
measures put in place. This activity may be undertaken by a smaller working
group within the cluster, in collaboration with government partners, CLA(s),
and the Logistics Cluster.
� Encourage cluster partners to collaborate in procurement and logistics where
feasible, drawing on their usual supply channels.
� As part of the supply and distribution planning, identify additional supply and
logistics capacity and funding requirements, eg, for coordinated
procurement, transport, storage and distribution, and develop or adapt