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urban vulnerability and population movement in Southern Africa

urban vulnerability and population movement in Southern Africa. ROSA regional risks - ‘Triple Threat’ plus HUMANITARIAN: - climate change - population movement/migration.

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urban vulnerability and population movement in Southern Africa

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  1. urban vulnerability and population movement in Southern Africa

  2. ROSA regional risks- ‘Triple Threat’ plus HUMANITARIAN:- climate change - populationmovement/migration

  3. Population movement challenges- Silent humanitarian emergency or structural prob in an MIC...?(UN jury is still out…)- RSA regional position- Aftermath of xenophobia in RSA- Govts reticent on ‘irregular’ migration- humanitarian capacity limited

  4. Cross-mandate, various terminology… (= inertia)

  5. Assessment - need reliable data for advocacy and programming - need for profiling PLUS needs assessBUTwho? Costs? Sustainability? linkage with other tools?

  6. KNOWN NEEDS- access to documentation- shelter- access to services- access to employment- social integration- early warning…but WHERE? how to and how much? Where best to add value?

  7. Collaborative proposal- Witts FMSP, SARCS/IFRC,UNOCHA, UNDP- focus area: township and inner city- assessors: SARCS volunteers- analysis: Uni/OCHA

  8. Assessment Plan- target 2000 persons(50:50 N/F)in township plus inner city-35000 USD!

  9. Tool - 20 page tool in 5 languages - entirely quantitative (for SPSS analysis)- 2 day training, 2 week assessment

  10. Results- involvement of community leadership in violence- significant movement of foreigners away from townships- unemployed/lowest income brackets most at risk- RSA migrants the most economically vulnerable

  11. Results- areas identified for joint programming - health - home-based care - access to documentation - SHELTER!

  12. - volunteers can do profiling!- Multi-tenant/multi occupancy areas possible- it can be cheap(ish) and quick (2 weeks)- 1st RSA appeal on the way- significantly enhanced strategic position for humanitarian community in an MIC

  13. Way forward- simplify and roll out regionally- link assessment to action (esp social protection)- Mainstream into Disaster Management - VCAs - VACs- build partnerships - NGOs/UN/IOs - Govts - SADC s

  14. Questions…

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