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HNO and HRP process – CVA quality checklist

Planning Meetings with Cluster Lead Agencies

This document contains guidance around topics that should be included in (initial) meetings with Cluster Lead Agency/Agencies (CLA) – considering Cluster experience of the UNICEF Representative and the Save the Children Country Director:

Guide to Developing Education Cluster Strategies

The purpose of this Guide and accompanying Strategy Package is to provide practical, relevant guidance and resources to education in emergencies (EiE) coordination staff on how to develop and update an Education Cluster Strategy.

Elevating Education in Emergencies: Making Cash Transfer Work Framing Paper

The second instalment in the Elevating Education in Emergencies series takes stock of the work done within the education sector to implement cash transfer programming (CTP) and reflects upon the challenges, successes and opportunities for the future, with a focus on Iraq and Somalia.

Strategy Alignment Matrix

An Alignment Matrix is a tool that will assist in ensuring cluster strategy aligns with and complements the approaches of other emergency and development plans. It will ensure continuity and relevance while helping to avoid duplication and confusion. As with the Strategy itself, the process of…

People-Centred Approaches in Humanitarian Coordination: Reviewing and Improving Cluster Performance

This matrix and accompanying presentation and facilitation notes can be used to help national clusters to review and assess their performance and prioritise actions to ensure people are at the centre of the cluster's work. The matrix uses the Core Cluster Performance Management (CCPM) survey as the…

Localisation in Coordination

"The World Humanitarian Summit recognised that increased localisation is fundamental to the delivery of a dignified and effective humanitarian response, concluding that humanitarian action should be “as local as possible, as international as necessary.” The associated Grand Bargain emphasized the…

Inter-Sector Checklist

This checklist provides tips for inter-sectoral planning within the Education Cluster Strategy development process. It follows the same step-by-step structure as the Guide to Developing Education Cluster Strategies. For more detailed general guidance on each step, refer to the full Guide in the…

Contact List Template

This template is intended to Cluster Coordinators and Information Management Officers an effective and useful contact list

Accountability to Affected Populations Checklist

This checklist provides guidance for integrating accountability to affected populations throughout the Cluster Strategy document and development process. It follows the same step-by-step structure as the full Guide to Developing Education Cluster Strategies Available in the Strategy Package.