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Afghanistan: ICCT Winter Prioritisation - August 2022

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Afganistán
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The Inter-Sector Winter Prioritisation for 2022 represents an analysis by the Inter-Cluster Coordination Team (ICCT) that identifies locations where seasonal risks during the October to December period (early onset winter season) and underserved locations intersect, therefore indicating where the most acute multi-sectoral vulnerabilities lie.

The 2022 Inter-Sector Winter Prioritisation follows suit from the 2022 ICCT Spring and Summer prioritization exercises with the aim to provide real-time information to sequence limited resources to prioritised areas where sector-specific needs are the highest and multi-sector needs are overlapping, during the onset of winter in 2022.

The Prioritisation was based on a collective analysis of a seasonal scenarios and assumed risks, an analysis of each cluster’s priorities at the district level (details are available in the next sections of this document), and a realistic assessment of where capacity can be availed.

A multi-sector vulnerability approach was applied considering areas where – temperature falls and snow cover persists (relying on analysis from the past 10 years); winter season risks are high; sector-specific vulnerabilities are acute; and people are underserved.

Cluster-specific prioritisations highlight where the sector-specific needs are concentrated, whereas the inter-sector prioritisation highlights areas where needs are most overlapping and multi-sector activities can have the maximum impact. The inter-sector prioritisation outlines 122 top priority, 247 medium priority and 32 low priority districts.

Unlike past seasonal prioritisation exercises, the 2022 Winter Prioritisation is a costed prioritisation. All activities included consider winter-specific and winter season focused assistance. With a strict lens applied to the costing, the immediate funding gaps highlighted reflect planned response in each clusters’ top priority districts. All activities and costing in the 2022 Winter Prioritisation are a subset of the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). The ICCT will undertake another prioritisation for Q1 2023 – the second half of winter – towards the end of 2022, which will be a subset of the 2023 HRP.

Currently, the Humanitarian Response Plan has a gap of a staggering US$3.14 billion. Some $614 million is urgently required to support priority winter preparedness activities such as upgrades and repairs to shelter and the provision of warm clothes and blankets. These activities must be implemented in the next three months. In addition, $154 million is needed to pre-position supplies, including food and livelihoods assistance, before areas get cut off by the weather.

  • Overall HRP Funding Gaps – $3.1 billion
  • 2022 Immediate Winter Funding Priorities (Oct-Dec) – $614 million
  • Early Pre-Positioning Requirements (Q1 2023) – $154 million

Donors interested in sector-specific funding are encouraged to be guided by Cluster-specific priorities, whereas those focusing on multi-sectoral objectives, can be guided by the intersector priority districts. Urgent funding for immediate winter prepositioning is critical. With procurement and transport lead times already taking between 4 and 6 months, urgent response and resource mobilisation will be required to get ahead of winter and physical access challenges. Not investing now will directly result in a raid worsening of vulnerabilities and will result in a costlier investment at a later stage.

Humanitarian needs are still at-large, and people’s vulnerabilities are compounded by emerging threats – such as the devastating earthquake and atypical summer floods. While the Prioritisation points to the most immediate gaps, the reality is that the differences in needs between the top priority areas and beyond are only marginal.

In terms of response, humanitarian partners reached 22.9 million people with at least one form of humanitarian assistance in the first half of 2022 – some 94 per cent of those in need. While this exceeds the annual targets in absolute terms, millions of people will continue to require more rounds of assistance. The expanded reach has been achieved via a scale-up of response across clusters, as well as through high-reach lower-cost activities. Millions will continue to require more comprehensive, costlier, and more impactful packages of assistance to cover their needs. Partners have demonstrated ability to deliver large quantities of response where funding is availed, and access allows.

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