| Humanitarian Working Group:
This Group consists of senior program/technical
personnel from UN Agencies in Zambia. UNICEF heads it with
the Secretariat being the Resident Coordinator’s Office.
Key member include WFP, FAO, UNICEF, WHO,RCO,UNFPA and UNDP.
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| Expanded Humanitarian Working
Group: The Humanitarian Working Group transforms
into an “Expanded Humanitarian Working Group”
when collaborating with partners from government and NGOs
are also invited.The partners usually include the Disaster
Management and Mitigation Unit of Government (DMMU), CARE,
CRS,WV, Programme Against Malnutrition (PAM),Africare, Evangelical
Fellowship of Zambia, Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) and
FEWSNET. |
| Sectoral Working Group: The
main processes of technical co-ordination occur through
a series of technical working groups which are headed either
by a UN agency or a government institution. These groups
encompass all of the key participants (UN, NGOs and government)
in humanitarian delivery and recovery strategies. |
| Vulnerability Assessment
Committee (VAC): The Zambia
Vulnerability Assessment is headed by the DMMU and consists
of the UN(RCO, WFP, UNICEF, FAO),Government (CSO, Meteorology
Department, Early Warning Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Water Department of the Ministry of local government and
housing, Ministry of Health), NGOs (CRS, CARE, Oxfam, Concern
Worldwide, FEWSNET, WV, PAM ) |
| Child Protection Working Group:
Mechanisms for sharing information and handling violations
of children’s rights to protection from violence, abuse
and neglect. Ensuring ongoing vulnerability assessments
in terms of levels and dynamics among children and their
families. Also forms a coherent response strategy with partners,
including advocacy, intervention, priority settings and
mapping of protection interventions. More>>
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Water And Sanitation Working
Group: The working groups current plan focuses
on stock taking and repositioning the sector for a more
effective process of reform. Emphasis is being placed on
reaffirming government’s commitment to sector reforms, establishing
open dialogue between government, external support agencies,
NGOs and other stakeholders.
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HIV/AIDS
Working Group:
Key partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zambia
consists of the Zambian Ministry of Health, USAID, European
Union (EU), Government of Norway (NORAD), Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA), Department for International
Development (DFID), Japanese International Cooperation Agency
(JICA), Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association (KNCV),
World Bank, and multiple UN agencies (UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNDP,
WFP, and WHO).
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