Minutes for Logistics and Shelter/NFI Meeting (Khartoum) - 30 November 2006
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1. NFI Common Pipeline update
Darfur
Table 1. NFI CP Darfur Stocks as of 25 November 2006
| Col 01 | El Obeid | El Geneina | Nyala | El Fasher | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blankets | 104,519 | 6,126 | 61,497 | 48,276 | 220,418 |
| Plastic Sheeting | 18,795 | 5,425 | 9,011 | 23,545 | 56,776 |
| Sleeping Mats | 3,650 | 32,873 | 2,487 | 94,564 | 133,574 |
| Jerry Cans | 25,571 | 145,312 | 41,476 | 212,359 | |
| Sanitary Materia | 77,023 | 12,330 | 73,793 | 68,309 | 231,455 |
| Women's Clothing | 6,279 | 97 | 20,007 | 26,383 |
For winter/cold snap needs, please contact the UNJLC field offices for the distribution of blankets. UNJLC advises to do this before the holiday season starts.
Currently no news on Ed Daein (South Darfur) with possibly 20.000 displaced people. Assessment is underway.
There is new funding being requested for the common pipeline. More information will follow.
NFI Monitoring and Evaluation: The CARE monitoring and evaluation report (October) will be available on the UNJLC website shortly. The conclusions are with CARE already.
For the NFI assessment CARE has trained NGO staff involved in NFI distribution. This took place already in West and North Darfur, South Darfur is to follow in the coming week.
Warehousing: CARE is cutting back from 3 warehouses to 2 in Nyala, the other warehouse facilities will be unchanged. CARE assured there is enough capacity for emergency response stock for 100.000 households. The exact locations for the emergency response stock have to be decided.
Rest of Sudan (RoS)
Returnees: The registration campaign for returnees began in Khartoum on Sunday 19th November and the moving of returnees from Khartoum within the Blue Nile area is expected to start mid December onwards. The Coordinator for Organised Returns is Patrick Baudry (patrick.baudry@wfp.org or 0912168458).
For the GOS/ GOSS/ UN- organised returnees there will be NFI kits available. The NFI Coordinator for the Rest of Sudan is Sarah McNiece, (sarah.mcniece@wfp.org or 0912170728). UNICEF will soon hand over the NFI stocks to UNJLC management/ coordination.
UNJLC is opening an Office in Kadugli for south Kordofan and Abyei. The NFI distribution for RoS has been low this year, partially because a lack of coordination. The process for accessing NFO stocks for RoS will be similar to the Darfur process.
2. Logistics Overview
Service repair facility: Neil Barriskell (UNJLC NFI-Coordinator) is looking into possibilities for a service repair facility for light vehicles in Geneina based on cost recovery. Please contact him for further details (neil.barriskell@wfp.org). Also the need for a generator facility will be taken into consideration.
Landmine Safety: UNMAO offers landmine safety briefings every Tuesday from 10-11 am at the UNMAO office in Khartoum. All organisations are encouraged to sign up. To do so, send your name, email address and telephone number to signup@sudanmap.org.
NFI and Emergency Shelter Cluster. IN 2007 UNJLC will be the sector lead for the NFI and Emergency Shelter Sector. Because of this the planning and contents of the UNJLC chaired meetings will be altered. There will be separate NFI/ Emergency Shelter meetings for Darfur and RoS once a month and a separate meeting for Logistics. Please find schedule below:
- NFI Coordination Meeting RoS - 14th December 14:00 OCHA conference room
- NFI Coordination Meeting Darfur - 21st December 14:00 OCHA conference room
- Logistics Meeting North Sudan - 28th December 14:00 UNDP conference room
Comments on agenda items are welcome from agencies. UNJLC is encouraging logistics staff to attend the logistics meetings.
WFP has opened their convoys in El Geneina for others to join.
3. Air Operations
UNMIS: Spare capacity is still available. Please contact UNJLC for assistance in getting on the manifests for UNMIS passenger flights.
UNHAS: UNJLC has established a user group meeting in each state in order to assist UNHAS in prioritizing helicopter missions. For further information on UNHAS flights please contact UNJLC or UNHAS directly.
In El Geneina a second helicopter will be deployed shortly.
4. Convoy
Eight vehicles have registered for the next light vehicle convoy to from Khartoum to Darfur. The departure date will depend on the number of agency vehicles registered (minimum 15) and security situation in Darfur. Interested organisations are requested to submit a form with details about convoy needs to unjlc.khartoum@wfp.org. The form and additional information can be found on the UNJLC website under http://www.unjlc.org/sudan/transport/land/light_vehicle_convoys.
5. Other Pipeline
NGOs are reminded to inform UNJLC of details of NFI distributions to assist an overview of the entire NFI situation. If logisticians are tasked with transportation of NFI cargo, please inform UNJLC on quantities and destination at unjlc.khartoum@wfp.org.
6. South Sudan Information
The UNJLC South Sudan has recently initiated a project to collect and collate a comprehensive and ground-verified geographic database of the road network in South Sudan. The GIS unit has is currently in Juba working to improve there map coverage.
UNJLC holds weekly logistics coordination meetings in Juba. Interested organisations are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Robert Sepe at robert.sepe@wfp.org or Paal jannang paal.jannang@wfp.org. UNJLC operates a separate mailing list for logistics information in South Sudan. Organisations interested in joining the South Sudan list should send an email to southsudan.logs-subscribe@unjlc.org.
7. AOB
OFDA is mentioning that all travel restrictions in for Americans into Darfur are lifted.
The new NFI Coordinator for Darfur will be Neil Barriskell for two months while Alister will be away. Neil can be reached at Neil.Barriskell@wfp.org or 0912172159.
The NFI Coordinator for the Rest of Sudan is Sarah McNiece, she can be contacted at sarah.mcniece@wfp.org or 0912170728.
Type of document : Minutes
Country : SD SDN 736 Sudan, Democratic Republic of the
Publication date 2006-Nov-30
