STORY: Humanitarian agencies urged to work

together to strengthen disaster response in

Somalia
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DATELINE: 06/SEPTEMBER/2017 MOGADISHU SOMALIA

SHOT LIST
1. Med shot, banner for the humanitarian function
2. Wide shot, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General
(DSRSG) for Somalia and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Peter de Clercq, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management
Maryam Qasim and other officials seated at the high table
3. Med shot, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management
Maryam Qasim and other officials seated at the high table
4. Close up shot, official listening
5. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MINISTER FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND
DISASTER MANAGEMENT, MARYAM QASIM
We need to promote the growing role of local responders and the private
sector. We need to see more investment going through the local responders.
Today, more than ever, we need to work with local responders and ensure
that they are prepared to manage huge funding and that systems are in place
to ensure that aid reaches its intended recipients.

6. Wide shot, facilitator Peter Hailey of Centre for Humanitarian Change

addressing the meeting
7. Med shot, facilitator Peter Hailey of Centre for Humanitarian Change
addressing the meeting
8. Med shot, The DSRSG and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Peter de Clercq, and Seb Fouquet, Head of Humanitarian, Health & Resilience
Team for Somalia, UK Department for International Development (DFID)
listening
9. Med shot, participants listening during the meeting
10. Med shot, participants listening during the meeting
11. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) DSRSG AND RESIDENT HUMANITARIAN
COORDINATOR FOR SOMALIA, PETER de CLERCQ
We can again look at some of the positive aspects that are coming out of
the drought in terms of empowering local actors and I want to, in this
respect, to mention the Somalia Humanitarian Fund that we have used
 where we continue to prioritize national NGOs (non-governmental
organizations). And of the $45 million that was programmed under this
humanitarian fund, 38 percent is directed to national NGOs and this is an
unprecedented figure again reflecting the importance of local actors.

12. Wide shot, facilitator passing the microphone to a participant to give her
remarks
13. Med shot, participant giving her remarks
14. close up shot, participant giving her remarks
15. Wide shot, participants listening
16. Med shot, participants listening
17. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) HEAD OF HUMANITARIAN, HEALTH & RESILIENCE
TEAM FOR SOMALIA, UK DFID (DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT), SEB FOUQUET
How do we make sure that when we take money, when we put forward our
proposals, when we say what we are going to do, that we are doing it from
the position of the people who need to receive the assistance and not the
position of the organization which is trying to deliver that assistance?

18. Wide shot, Facilitator Peter Hailey of Centre for Humanitarian Change
addressing the meeting
19. Med shot, participants listening
20. Med shot, participants listening
21. close up shot, participant from world vision addressing the meeting
22. Med shot, participant from world vision addressing the meeting
23. Close up shot, participants listening
24. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE
COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UNOCHA) IN SOMALIA,
JUSTIN BRADY
In order to prevent famine, it required a shift to more rural areas and that
by definition necessitated reliance on more Somali national actors, and I
think some of what we did in the period between 2011 and 2012 and the
beginning of this crisis paid off. And I point specifically to the risk
management processes that were put in place, not to try and limit the
number of partners but to define very clearly the partners who could reliably
deliver and to the extent to which they had capacity to deliver.

25. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) THE DIRECTOR OF HORMUUD FOUNDATION,

ABDULLAHI OSMAN
We as a business community have certain beliefs. We actually trade (with)
the people, our community are our clients. If there is a challenge or a crisis,
we are part of the community and those who will be affected in various
places as well. So we dont hesitate to respond at any time as soon as
possible.
26. Wide shot, panning shot as a participant gives her remarks
27. Med shot, participant giving her remarks
28. Close up shot, participant listening
 29. Med shot, DSRSG and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Peter
de Clercq, listening
30. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH): FOUNDER, CAWIWALAAL ONLINE NETWORK,
ABDIHAKIM AYNTE
At Cawiwalaal, we are complementing what humanitarian actors are already
doing but we have our own way of approaching to the crisis and that
approach is that we dont have any strings attached to what we do. We
receive money, and we identify the gap and we immediately go there.
31. Wide shot, participants walking out of the room

END

Humanitarian agencies urged to work together to strengthen disaster response in

Somalia

Mogadishu, 7 September 2017 - The Federal Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and
Disaster Management Maryam Qasim urged international humanitarian agencies in
Somalia to collaborate more closely with local aid organizations to deliver assistance
to the intended recipients during a meeting held in Mogadishu yesterday.

The conference brought together local and international organizations engaged in

delivering humanitarian aid to drought victims. Minister Qasim said the federal
government was working to institutionalize national disaster management to
promote effective disaster preparedness.

The minister called for greater involvement of local non-governmental organizations

(NGOs) and the private sector in the funding and assistance to vulnerable groups in
order to foster a culture of resilience and safety in communities.

We need to promote the growing role of local responders and the private sector.
We need to see more local investment going through the local responders. Today,
more than ever, we need to work with local responders and ensure they are
prepared to manage huge funding and that systems are in place to ensure that aid
reaches its intended recipients, Dr. Qasim added.

The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia

and UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, lauded
Somali NGOs for their crucial role in averting famine thus far this year.

We can again look at some of the positive aspects that are coming out of the
drought in terms of empowering local actors and I want, in this respect, to mention
the Somalia Humanitarian Fund that we have used where we continue to prioritize
national NGOs, the DSRSG said, noting that of the $45 million that was allocated
under the humanitarian fund, 38 percent was channeled to national NGOs.
The head of the humanitarian, health and resilience team for Somalia at the United
Kingdoms Department for International Development, Seb Fouquet, challenged
local actors to put the interests of the most vulnerable people at the heart of their
activities.

The head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(UNOCHA) in Somalia, Justin Brady, praised local actors for their role in preventing
the current drought afflicting the country from causing a famine.

In order to prevent famine, it required a shift into more rural areas, and that by
definition necessitated reliance on more Somali national actors. I think some of what
we did in the area between 2011 and 2012 and the beginning of this crisis paid off,
noted Mr. Brady.

Also participating in the workshop were officials from the private sector including
the Director of the Hormuud Foundation, Abdullahi Osman, who said the Somali
business community actively participated in the drought response effort because so
many of the people affected by the crisis are our clients.

Abdihakim Aynte, the founder of an online network known as Cawiwalaal (which

means help a brother and sister in Somali) that was established to raise funds from
Somalis at home and abroad for drought victims, said its role was intended to
complement the efforts of humanitarian organizations in addressing the crisis.

The meeting was a follow up to a similar conference held in Nairobi last May that
examined the role of local humanitarian organizations in the overall drought
response effort.