- 97/TF/AZE/LS/450 ANNEX A/Rev. 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
- Temporary local settlement of
- Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan
1. Project Objective/Overview
The Project is geared to provide humanitarian assistance to approximately 140,000 of
the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged of the 610,000 internally displaced persons
(IDPs) and returnees in Azerbaijan. The primary objective is to facilitate an intermediate
local integration of the displaced persons through improving their transitory shelter
conditions, promote the public service delivery capacity of the host municipalities and
local communities, and instituting a degree of economic self-reliance among IDP
communities.
Assistance will thus be rendered in sectors such as Water, Sanitation,
Health/Nutrition, Shelter, Community Services, Income-Generation and Legal Assistance.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the provision of a substantial number of
single-family dwellings constructed with local [limestone] building materials, repairs and
rehabilitation of [decrepit] IDP-occupied public buildings for a humanly-appropriate as
well as dignified living.
Additional sectoral assistance in Crop Production and Animal Husbandry is aimed at
reducing dependency on external assistance for subsistence and promoting a degree of
economic self-reliance of some of the many thousands of less-fortunate and impoverished
displaced families. Such assistance will be directed primarily towards assisting
female-headed and penurious IDP households in remote rural locations and settlements where
real opportunities for engaging in meaningful socio-economic activities are non-existent.
In view of the still prolonged and yet to be resolved conflict over Nagorno-Karabagh,
the political stalemate and the temporary nature of the cease-fire, small quantities of
essential relief items procured under 1995 and 1996 projects will be retained as
contingency stock.
Since 1988, and successive influxes of refugees and displaced persons, the country
remains overwhelmed by the progressive decline of living standards of its population; and
consequently the increased needs of the IDPs and their resulting larger dependence on
relief assistance. Moreover, economic dislocation as a result of regional political
conflicts continues to exacerbate the situation, making the Government of Azerbaijan rely
continually on the international support to provide humanitarian relief assistance to its
affected and impoverished population. In addition, the already overstretched institutional
capacity of the GoA to address complex problems of its dispossessed populace needs to be
strengthened further.
Effective 1 July, the Azerbaijan programme will be divided into AP and TF projects,
however, until then this project will continue to cover relief activities for refugees as
initially set out and approved under TF project. This provision is made to ensure
continuity of programme implementation and to facilitate relevant division of projects
when the transition is made; AP project effectively taking over the refugee-designed
programme.
2. Description of Beneficiaries
The displaced communities are largely composed of the following:
549,598 Azerbaijanis who were displaced from Nagorno-Karabagh and surrounding regions
and from the border with Armenia in the West to the East of the country; and
60,402 IDP returnees to Aghdam and Fizuli districts.
The number of beneficiaries will vary and depend on the type of assistance. Priority
will be assigned to the following categories:
- families which have lost members during the military conflict;
- female-headed families with children;
- families without earning family members;
- families with large number of children;
- the elderly, handicapped, the children; and
- persons in need of medical care.
3. Implementation Procedures
(a OXFAM, UK
(b RI, Relief International, USA
(c IRC, International Rescue Committee, USA
(d ADRA, Adventist Development and Relief Agency
(e Hayat International, a national NGO
(f CAD, Children's Aid Direct (UK)
(g UMCOR, United Methodists Committee on Relief (USA)
(u UNHCR BO Baku
(u) UNHCR BOB Baku
OXFAM will be engaged in the implementation of rehabilitation and/or maintenance
and construction work in the sectors water, sanitation and shelter. OXFAM will also
implement specific health training in reproductive health, environmental sanitation and
hygiene and income-generation and engage in community services sectorial activities.
RI will carry out activities in the health sector serving isolated rural IDP
communities in the form of providing medical services in applied field obstetrics and
gynecology; conduct specific training for trainers in reproductive health for both [IDP]
women and men. RI will also engage in sectors transport/logistics, water, sanitation,
shelter, crop-production [horticulture], community services, income-generation as well as
animal husbandry.
IRC will carry out [multi-sectorial] activities in health/nutrition
(reproductive health), shelter and livestock/animal husbandry. IRC will also render a
multi-sectorial assistance engaging increasingly in activities in the Fizuli region for
IDP returnees. The agency will also implement the crop-production sector, primarily in the
Fizuli region.
ADRA will engage in the crop production sector providing selected rural
communities with communal-type of rudimentary greenhouses, farming tools and assorted
amount of vegetable seeds for individual consumption and commercial growing of vegetables.
Hayat will participate in the implementation of sectors water, shelter and
sanitation as well as engage in livestock/animal husbandry sector for selected rural
beneficiaries.
CAD will engage in health sector to address the needs of mother and child by
providing specific maternal and child health care. In addition, CAD will provide family
planning training services and support national health structures.
UMCOR will engage in health sector with the aim to conduct education campaign on
reproductive health and integrate safe motherhood and obstetric care into the UMCOR clinic
operations.
B.O. Baku will provide programme support to local charitable and welfare
organizations which promote self-reliance of displaced communities. BO Baku will also
carry out training activities to increase the level of knowledge of its implementing
partners and government interlocutors involved in delivering humanitarian assistance
and/or engaged in protection.
4. Related Inputs/Projects
The Government of Azerbaijan has been providing and will continue to provide, through
the state social welfare system, limited assistance to displaced persons as well as
returnees, mainly in the form of shelter and limited financial support and relief items.
Bilateral relief assistance is being provided to IDPs through direct
government-to-government agreements or through international relief agencies working in
the country; ECHO, USAID and certain governments provide funding to international
non-governmental organizations toward the multi-sectorial relief assistance.
Activities financed by UNHCR will form an important and integral part of the country
programmes of OXFAM(UK), RI(USA), IRC(USA), ADRA(USA), Hayat(local), CAD (UK) and
UMCOR(USA). Thus, the activities financed from external sources will benefit the programme
as a whole of each agency. For example, in order to maintain access to essential health
services that have been received by IDPs in Barda and Aghjabedi under sub-agreement with
UNHCR during 1995 and 1996, RI will receive financial support from USAID for continuation
of these vital health services in course of 1997.
ADRA will implement a "greenhouse" project in the north-western regions
providing IDP communities with greenhouse assembly kits and inputs for year-round growing
of vegetables. Partial costs associated with operational support will be borne by ADRA.
HAYAT will put in place project management/supervisory staff and implement water,
shelter/other infrastructure and livestock/animal husbandry sector. Similarly, RI (USA)
will engage project staff in the implementation of above-mentioned sectors.
CAD will, in cooperation with UNFPA and GoA's Ministry of Health, continue their own
operation of mobile clinics in the north-western regions of Azerbaijan. These outreach
activities will be closely linked with UNHCR-funded sector health/nutrition that will
provide for specific health services for IDP mother and child.
UMCOR will provide project support services from its Headquarters in New York, USA. In
addition, employee benefits and/or staff salaries and partial budget cover for UMCOR's
agency operational support costs will be borne by the agency.
NGOs which are not UNHCR's formal implementing agencies will, as required, carry out
distribution of relief items throughout the country; relief agencies will incorporate this
activity within their own humanitarian relief programme and cover costs of regional
storage of UNHCR relief items, logistics and costs related to operational support through
own funding. In districts where NGOs do not have distribution network, the distribution of
relief items will be entrusted to the local administrations and monitored by BO Baku
staff. In-country transport to their regional warehouse depots will be covered by UNHCR.
5. Description of Assistance
B.03 TRANSPORT/LOGISTICS: Warehouse/Mechanical Workshop Construction
Budgetary provisions are made for repairs on Government-provided warehouse facilities
such as concrete roofs by sealing joints with bitumen-based and hot-laid roofing sheets.
B.21 TRANSPORT/LOGISTICS: In-country Transport (General)
Budgetary provision is made to cover costs for the in-country transport of ADRA/
UNHCR-procured greenhouse assembly material and related components such as iron rods and
transparent plastic sheets to the rural sites in eleven north-western regions. The sector
also provides for the hire of a truck and a vehicle; 3 and 12 months respectively. Air
transport from Baku to Ganja is also being provided for by this sector.
In support of RI's project implementation, the sector provides for the hire of five
trucks and two 4WD vehicles for a duration of three months. Provisions have also been made
to cover transportation of medicines by UMCOR to its regional outposts and warehouses.
B.24 TRANSPORT/LOGISTICS: International Transport (Non-food)
Budgetary provision is made to cover cost of rail transport and handling of a possible
donation of additional construction timber from Georgia or Russia to Azerbaijan earmarked
for the UNHCR shelter programme. Additional provision is made to cover international
transportation of two Nissan Patrol vehicles for BO Baku. Partial costs related to RI's
international procurement of drugs/medical supplies will be provided.
B.25 TRANSPORT/LOGISTICS: In-country Transport (Non-Food)
In-country transport of non-food items such as domestic needs/household support will,
if not provided through other agencies, be carried out by RI in all regions of Azerbaijan
through direct hire of contractual road transport services provided by the private sector.
Under this activity, RI will also be engaged in the provision of road transportation of
UNHCR relief items within the country for the distribution by various international relief
agencies in their respective regions of operation and by Regional Executive Committees.
B.28 TRANSPORT/LOGISTICS: Warehousing/Distribution Services
The sector activity provides for the payment of manual labor for handling of UNHCR
relief items at two government warehouses in Darnagul/Baku made available to BOB. RI will
provide for the operation of the UNHCR-managed warehouse depots and the handling of goods
and hire of a crane. Salaries of the warehouse manager, his assistant, transport manager
and 7 laborers will be covered. As well, the sector covers costs for a regional warehouse
maintained by Relief International for a period of three months.
The sector provides for the distribution of UNHCR relief items by Relief International.
The operation is scheduled for a period of twelve months depending on actual volume of
items to be distributed in 1997; work will be carried out and monitored by a local team of
four distributors/monitors. In support of these field activities, RI will employ a
housekeeper; lodgings of the field distribution teams for nine months will be provided.
Commodity handling expenses of UMCOR-procured medical items will be provided for.
NGOs will continue to render to UNHCR logistical assistance in their respective regions
of operation. Elsewhere, distribution 1996 STS-procured relief items as well as in-kind
donations such as vegetable seeds will be carried out by the Regional Executive Committees
in liaison with UNHCR's principal government counterpart office; Working Group of the
Republican Commission on Humanitarian and Technical Assistance (RCHTA) under the Cabinet
of Ministers. Such distributions of UNHCR relief commodities will be directly monitored by
the field staff of BO Baku.
C.96 DOMESTIC NEEDS/HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT: Individual/Family Support
Payment of financial assistance to a small number of individual asylum seekers,
refugees and families will be provided. Monthly payments for basic subsistence(rent/food),
ranging from US$50 to $70, will be made to refugee/asylum seekers depending on family
size. Individual asylum seekers and recognized mandate refugees without accompanying
family members receive USD40 per month; couples without children receive USD50, and
families with children receive USD10 per child. The beneficiaries and duration of the
assistance will be decided on a case-by-case basis to ensure that only the most vulnerable
families are assisted. This assistance is also provided to recognized refugees awaiting
resettlement to other countries either because of family reunification or other related
protection matters. The sector also provides for an one-time payment to refugees to assist
them in finding durable solution. In addition, BO Baku will render special legal
protection as well as other forms of assistance to particularly vulnerable asylum seekers
and refugees. The criteria for selection of these cases will include families with sick or
invalid family-members; single young people who have been severely psychologically
traumatized. All of them have originated from non-CIS countries and are in need of
psychological rehabilitation, medical and humanitarian assistance.
D.03 WATER (NON-AGRICULTURAL): Water System
Development/Construction
The main objective of this sector is to provide the refugee/IDP beneficiaries with an
adequate daily amount of water (20 liters/person/day) of potable quality. The sector
provides for the rehabilitation and extension of existing and construction of new water
service lines primarily in under-served rural areas and at locations with assessed lack of
water supplies. The sector also addresses the need of providing, where feasible, piped
water supply to the newly constructed limestone settlements that accommodate IDPs.
OXFAM will procure a variety of water system hardware locally and elsewhere. The main
system components will be four electric submersible and three centrifugal water pumps of
various diameter (6"-10"), and where necessary, control panels, small
transformers and electrical power cables. For the connection of rising mains and water
distribution network, some 7,500 m of water pipes of various diameters (15-80mm) and
related hardware will be procured. The equipment will find application in small-scale
rural water schemes, work implemented in cooperation with the Regional Water Departments
and the State Committee for Refugees; 15 water schemes are to benefit some 600 families.
Participation of local water authorities will form an integral part of the sector activity
and enable implementing agencies to enlist local expertise in the pursuit of project
objectives. In addition, prior to commencing with sector work, OXFAM will seek agreement
with relevant authorities and IDP beneficiaries themselves in order to secure their active
participation in the operation/maintenance of water schemes. Such technical assistance
will also be sought by IRC and RI when there is a need for connecting RI-constructed
settlements to the trunk water mains, service distribution lines or boreholes.
The sector also takes into account the need for a systematic testing so as to ascertain
the potability of supplies and physical state of water supply hardware. A microbiological
water testing kit provided to OXFAM will be continue to be employed to provide conclusive
evidence as to water supplies being fit for human consumption and/or to identify the need
for practical measures and [chemical] disinfection of supply systems.
RI and Hayat will engage in this sector activity to link the new IDP settlements to the
existing water supply installations and/or rehabilitate defunct or malfunctioning water
system hardware to serve exclusively the IDP communities housing in the new limestone
settlements. The sector aims at providing potable piped water supplies to IDPs who would,
otherwise, have to rely on the availability of water from distant/unsafe water sources.
Provisions under this sector will allow IRC to construct and/or rehabilitate upto 297
water schemes in conjunction with repatriate home rehabilitation project in Fizuli.
Budgetary provision is made to cover salaries of internationally and locally recruited
field staff. Under this sector OXFAM will employ a local field coordinator and driver; RI
and Hayat will field local water engineers for three months to oversee activities by RWD.
Salary of IRC's expatriate water engineer for two months will be provided. The cost of
fuel and maintenance of a NIVA project vehicle will be provided for.
E.03 SANITATION: Sanitary Facilities/Latrine Construction
The sector activities encompass maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement of sanitary
facilities constructed during 1996 and to ensure continued serviceability of same. OXFAM
will implement the sector in road-side camps where most pit-latrines were erected
previously as well as occupied public buildings and railway carriages in Barda, Tartar,
Aghdam, Imishli, Saatli, Sabirabad and Bilasuvar as well as other regions if need be.
Construction of new toilets will be continued at sites where poor sanitation pose a health
risk to the IDP communities. Replacement of dilapidated toilets may also be made.
OXFAM will build for 2,000 beneficiary families up to 800 VIP latrines of which some
400 units will be individual family latrines; VIP latrines will also be provided in
existing IDP roadside settlements and other sites at a ratio of one latrine for four
families.
The construction of the VIP latrines will be based on ply-wood cladding on timber frame
and painted for better durability and reduced maintenance requirements. The construction
of pit- latrines will also incorporate a manual self-help component to encourage the IDP
beneficiaries to actively contribute toward their own welfare. Assistance will be given to
elderly persons or physically disabled who are unable to participate in this activity.
The sector also addresses the need for equipping IDP settlements with bathing
facilities where unavailable or inadequate. OXFAM will construct bathhouses (hamams) which
will be provided with piped hot/cold water and segregated into some 40 female/male
cubicles. Each shower cubicle may serve up to 20 families for a total target of 800
families. It is envisaged that this measure may thus reduce the prevalence of scabies and
other skin ailments for the improved health of the IDP communities. An important aspect of
this work will be to ensure that a system is in place to operate and maintain such
facilities. OXFAM will also construct some 40 communal wash-houses for washing clothes and
cooking utensils adjacent to the existing or new bath houses. The wash houses will be
served by a common hot/cold water system. Each wash-house will be equipped with several
sinks and serve around 40 beneficiary families at each location.
In connection with the construction of new limestone one-family houses, 550 individual
VIP latrines will be procured by RI from IRC-established and IDP-run workshop in form of
knocked-down assembly kits consisting of a pre-cast concrete slab and timber components
for the superstructure; fuel costs and hire of trucks for transportation of these
materials will be provided by the sector. Provisions have been made to procure relevant
building supplies to facilitate construction of latrines by RI field teams. Hayat
International will build 100 one-family VIP latrines for the new limestone houses that
will be constructed in the southern regions for the rural refugee and IDP communities. IRC
will build up to 297 sanitary facilities(VIP latrines and bath-houses) in conjunction with
repatriate home rehabilitation project in Fizuli with the assistance of beneficiaries.
E.21 SANITATION: Human Waste Control
Under this sector activity provision has been made for a purchase of bins for the
collection of solid waste by OXFAM. Metal bins will be provided to the 20 sites where
disposal of such waste is problematic. IDP/refugee communities will be responsible for
organizing the collection and safe disposal themselves. OXFAM health promoters and
community workers will help to organize regular self-help cleaning campaigns.
E.23 SANITATION: Vector/Pest Control (except Warehouse)
This sector will introduce control measures for whichever pests are encountered at the
20 sites at which OXFAM is working. Measures may include purchase of rat-traps, fly-screen
netting and the filling of area with stagnant water/mosquito breeding sites.
E.97 SANITATION: Training/Orientation/Seminar, etc.
This sector provides for a comprehensive health education and promotion programme to be
conducted by OXFAM. It is an extension of water and sanitation sector work with the aim to
promote environmental sanitation/personal hygiene of IDPs living under unsanitary or
unhealthy conditions. In support of these activities, the sector provides for food for the
participants of "new" trainers courses and courses for the health facilitators.
Relevant display and promotional material will be printed locally and used by the
trainers; equipment will be purchased to produce inputs for the working of IDP/refugee
community groups.
E.99 SANITATION: Sector Support/Management
Hire of four drivers/vehicles will be provided to OXFAM. Provision is made to purchase
a 4WD vehicle and fuel. Salaries of project staff engaged in the implementation of the
sector will be covered. OXFAM will employ an expatriate health education engineer and one
field technical assistant, three health promoters and one driver with vehicle.
F.03 HEALTH/NUTRITION: Health Facilities Construction
CAD will assist local authorities to open a reproductive health center in Mingechavir.
The building identified to serve such a center is in need of repairs; funds will be made
available to carry out basic rehabilitation and/or physical repair work.
F.21 HEALTH/NUTRITION: General Health Services
As in most of the newly independent countries of the CIS women's reproductive health
has been sorely neglected in Azerbaijan. Abortions remain the primary form of
contraception and are readily obtained, often with a disregard for their reproductive
health.
In 1996, RI's medical teams began in-service training on women's reproductive health
(WRH) in order to provide better diagnosis, treatment and prevention education to
vulnerable women. RI began to develop a referral system to its stationary clinics to
enable IDP women to have access to more specialized WRH services. Access to such services
has been particularly difficult in the area remote from under-equipped and under-staffed
government polyclinics. It is estimated that 67,500 women will have access for the first
time to monthly RH services that are to be supported through expansion of RI's on-going
stationary clinics. In addition to specialized reproductive health services, in-service
training of existing primary health care programme will ensure quality care for all IDP/R
women in RI's area of operation. Working with other UN agencies such as UNICEF and UNFPA
will further increase effectiveness of efforts and prepare ground for eventual handing
over of these activities. RI will also work with national NGOs and provide capacity
building. A large part of the reproductive health has been modified to include men, using
male volunteers to give them more responsibility for their part in RH issues.
A public health curriculum will be designed and training will be provided to these
volunteers. IDP primary health care workers who have received training under
USAID-supported health programme will receive further training on RH prevention education
in order to consolidate awareness among the refugee/IDP women. Budgetary provisions are
made to procure basic equipment for five RH clinics such as examination tables,
instruments, portable autoclaves, heaters and privacy screens.
The objective of Women and Health Programme conducted by IRC is to increase women's
knowledge of reproductive health practices and options and to facilitate access to
reproductive health services offered by government facilities and medical NGOs. IRC will
train selected IDP women as health educators and provide training on such issues as family
planning, pregnancy, women's diseases and child health care. The health educators will
then organize, monitor and support women's groups and educate the women about reproductive
health and contraception. Towards this IRC will target 40 settlements to reach a minimum
of 1,200 families. Health Education Centers will be built to house the women's groups
educational activities and to be used by mid-wives and nurses to examine the patients. The
centers will also be used by the health education programme as a base to disseminate
health materials. Performance indicators for this sector will include attendance at
women's groups, measurement of retention of education material by both the volunteer
health educators and members of women's groups and ongoing health information collected by
the volunteer health educators such as contraceptive use, abortion rates, number of
pregnancies, birth outcomes and women's diseases rates.
UMCOR's activities in this sector will address needs to provide an integrated approach
in the provision of health services for IDP women and their families. Budgetary provisions
have been made to procure sanitary supplies for 10,000 beneficiary women.
F.27 HEALTH/NUTRITION: Maternal/Child Health Services
In this sector activity CAD will continue its programme on providing preventative
health care measures for newborn infants and support of mothers in the established area of
operation around Mingechavir. CAD will distribute 1,500 hygiene kits for newborn infants
and mothers as a component of this programme. The hygiene kits will consist of locally
purchased items such as nappies, a towel, women and baby clothes, soap, washing powder,
petroleum jelly and sanitary napkins. The distribution of the kits will be monitored by
CAD staff on a proportional sample. Kits will be distributed to mother after the birth of
the child; allowing a more comprehensive data collection of all births whether at a health
facility or a home delivery. Beneficiaries of this programme will be the IDP families
residing in public buildings, temporary shelters, tents and railway carriages.
One of the components of the recently launched health system reforms takes into account
a significant reduction of medical staff at MoH health structures. As a result at least
four polyclinics will be closed and staff reduced in Mingechavir. Medical authorities of
Mingechavir suggested that one large center be opened and all services relating to
reproductive health be available at this center. A list of necessary supplies and basic
furniture has been prepared in consultation with local authorities and includes
syphmomanometers, washstands, tables, chairs, stethoscopes, thermometers, examination
coaches, etc. Budgetary provisions will cover local purchase of these items.
The sector provides for a purchase of medicines by UMCOR to support maternal health/
nutrition including multi-vitamins, ferrous sulphate, folic acid, vitamins A, C and B-1.
F.30 HEALTH/NUTRITION: Health Education
Under this sector activity budgetary provisions will be made for development of
training-of-trainers(TOT) programme and manual for all RI medical staff. The printed
material will be developed and training will be conducted by an expert trainer on
reproductive health.
F.96 HEALTH/NUTRITION: Individual/Family Support
Asylum seekers and refugees , originating from non-CIS countries, do not have access to
public health services. A UNHCR-designated local doctor will provide primary medical
assistance to asylum seekers, refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR. If need be,
the designated doctor will also arrange for hospitalization of asylum seekers as well.
Funds under this sector activity are covering the costs of medicines and doctor's fees.
F.97 HEALTH/NUTRITION: Training/Orientation/Seminar, etc.
The objective of this sector activity, carried out by IRC is to conduct educational
campaigns on several public health and environmental issues in coordination with
distributions of seeds, agricultural tools and greenhouse materials; and to develop and
field test a catalogue of health educational materials to be utilized by IRC and other
interested NGOs and GoA structures. Health education will specifically target children and
will be coordinated with small scale tree planting activities scheduled for the early
autumn. The production of environmental health materials will be done in form of
pamphlets, posters, slides and will support educational efforts in this sector.
Consultation with the Government and NGOs to share information and examine health
education resources will be a crucial element of this sector. All new materials will be
field tested and evaluated prior to mass distribution among the beneficiary communities.
CAD in cooperation with UNFPA will aim to improve the capacity of the MoH's medical
staff through a series of workshops and training programmes. Towards this objective four
gynecologists will attend a two-week training programme organized in Baku; the purpose of
the training is to consolidate their knowledge, to see a center in operation and update
their knowledge on correct use of contraceptives. In Mingechavir, seminars and workshops
will be organized for all gynecologists, mid-wives and patronages. Meetings will be held
monthly to discuss the progress of the project and CAD project gynecologist will provide
continued support to MoH staff in the Mingechavir RH Center. Provisions will cover the
costs relating to production of RH materials and conducting of training.
In the first two months of its project implementation, UMCOR will develop information
materials for dissemination to target population of IDP women. Materials will include
pamphlets for general distribution and a training manual for specialized
training-of-trainers in the community. UMCOR training teams will conduct a one-week
community needs assessment, survey on women's knowledge, attitudes and practices and
organize women to self-select candidates to receive training. Within this assessment will
be the identification of traditional birth attendants, nurses, midwives, physicians and
other local medical professionals; women volunteers will be elucidated that this training
is to build up local capacity in the subject matter. UMCOR will initiate a male component
to the RH community outreach activities. Additional information materials will be
developed for the new target group. Two male RH outreach specialist will work as one team
and deliver training and RH informational materials to IDP men residing in public
buildings.
F.99 HEALTH/NUTRITION: Sector Support/Management
Under this sector activity budgetary provisions have been made to cover operational
costs of RI, IRC and UMCOR medical teams. Hire of five vehicles for RI's RH teams as well
as costs associated with lodgings of these teams will be provided. In addition, a
warehouse for storage of medical supplies procured under this sector will be rented.
Salaries of RI's RH trainer, medical coordinator, field medical coordinator, RH trainer,
six gynecologists, three nurses/midwives, a translator, a housekeeper and a driver will be
covered by this activity.
Towards sector implementation IRC will hire an expatriate community health manager and
public health trainer, eight PH outreach workers with vehicles, a data specialist, two
translators, a poster artist and a driver with vehicle. Costs related to hire and
insurance of vehicles, petrol and vehicle maintenance will be covered by the sector
activity. Provisions are made to cover IRC's field base rentals, purchase of a laptop
computer with printer and a photocopier. In addition, indemnity payments to IRC staff will
be provided.
Provisions have been made to cover CAD's operational costs related to hire of
transport, vehicle maintenance and fuel as well as warehouse rent. Provisions also cover
agency's communication costs and purchase of office supplies. Salaries of a health project
manager, six distributors, a packer, office manager, gynecologist will be covered.
For the implementation of the health sector objectives UMCOR will hire a field and
Baku-based expatriate reproductive health project officer, local project manager, medical
director, warehouse manager, three maternity care physicians, four RH trainers, four
drivers with cars, a warehouse assistant, three nurses, a medical coordinator, computer
specialist, medical distributor, temporary labour, eight monitors with cars. UMCOR will
purchase basic office supplies, rent a regional warehouse, cover vehicle petrol costs and
local/regional travel of its project staff.
G.03 SHELTER/OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE: Refugee Shelter/Construction
The main objective is to provide safe and adequate housing to IDPs and refugees that
will focus primarily on the construction of simple, individual family dwellings and the
renovation of existing shelters such as public buildings where refugee/IDP families
reside. The construction of the new family-size (24 sq.m.) housing units will be made in
accordance with the design developed by UNHCR/PTSS with locally available materials such
as timber(including Sweden-donated construction lumber) for doors, windows and roof
trusses, limestone blocks for foundation and walls, and asbestos sheet for roof. This
design is, at the same time, durable, dismantlable and portable; in the event repatriation
takes place in the future, the materials can be utilized in the repair of damaged
dwellings or re-construction. In addition, the re-usable construction material can be
employed in the construction of a similar shelter unit by the IDP returnees at their
places of origin and/or regional relocation. The work on public buildings will provide
basic repairs to insulate the dwellings from rain and cold, reduce health and fire hazards
by improving water supply and public sanitation and carrying out electrical re-wiring
where found faulty.
Small repair work on some 300 temporary IDP shelter will be carried out on a self-help
basis supervised by OXFAM. This will benefit approximately 1,500 persons residing in reed
houses, dilapidated tents and other forms of inadequate shelters. Practical assistance
will be provided through contractors to extend help the elderly/physically disabled
people. OXFAM will implement these measures at surveyed sites the Barda, Terter, Aghdam
after consultation with other international NGOs involved in similar activities.
One of the needs that is arising among IDP communities is a need for improvements to
kindergarten/schooling facilities. A lumpsum will be made available to rehabilitate a room
in the public building, a temporary structure or unused village school building. Work will
be carried out by OXFAM-appointed building contractors at ten selected sites.
In consultation with local EXCOMs in Aghdam, Aghjabedi, Beylagan, Terter, Khanlar and
Ismailli, RI will identify the most vulnerable families living in road-side communities
and temporary dwellings that are inadequate as human shelter. RI will make house-to-house
surveys in these districts to identify the vulnerable families; among the families,
priority will be given to female-headed households.
After identification of these target families, RI will confer with UNHCR and
subsequently inform the beneficiaries of the plan of action. Another criteria for
selection of sites will be availability of land, electricity and water. Selection of the
contractors will be done on the basis of competitive bidding; the final decision will be
based upon cost, experience, reliability and assessed professionalism of the contractors.
Particular attention will be paid towards identification of larger settlement sites in
order to maximize the potential for development of self-sustaining communities. Larger
settlements may require inclusion of a temporary health post and a school and would become
a better venue for income-generation and community environmental rehabilitation
initiatives(e.g. distribution of tree seedlings to be planted by school children and
teachers, etc.). These activities may be conducted by refugee/IDP community as self-help
initiatives.
This sector activity provides for the construction of 550 single family units. RI will
construct limestone family houses of standard dimensions of 6 m(length) x 4 m(width) and a
height of 2 meters. The house design will follow the prototype worked out by UNHCR/PTSS.
The design accommodates standard features such as pitched roof covered with locally
manufactured roofing materials, two windows for cross ventilation, a door and a suspended
ceiling for added thermal insulation. The house design and siting of the dwelling take
into account the possibility of future extension work by house occupants.
IRC will carry out basic repairs to public buildings for 600 families currently
occupying these buildings. One general contractor per building or group of buildings will
be selected, after a competitive bidding. To ensure quality workmanship, the work of each
building contractor will be supervised by the expatriate construction officer and a local
site engineer. The sector also provides for the rehabilitation of 297 [war destroyed/
damaged] individual houses by IRC in the Fizuli region. Most of the IDP returnees possess
the knowledge to effectively rehabilitate their former homes, but lack material. IRC will
provide the construction material to the families and assist in practical matters whenever
required. Partial repair of these houses will be done to provide a minimum of one room per
family and 4.5-5 square meters per person. In support of shelter rehabilitation
activities- and to assist reintegration of returnee families - a minimum of six schools
will be rehabilitated in formerly occupied areas of Azerbaijan. A further 110 houses will
be subject to minor repairs (i.e. replacing window panes, etc.). Performance indicators
will include number of shelters/public buildings rehabilitated, number of beneficiaries
served and an use-satisfaction survey conducted upon completion of works.
In support of these activities monthly allocation of petrol fuel, maintenance and
repair and vehicle insurance expenses will be covered. In addition, provision is made to
cover rental costs of one regional office in Aghjabedi. Technical project staff employed
on the project comprises two expatriate construction engineer, a local site engineer,
field officers(8), drivers(3), two translators, three engineers, two electricians; partial
salaries of these staff will be borne by the project. Cost related to food and lodgings of
project staff will be covered. Local staff severance and indemnity payments will be
provided for.
Hayat will construct 100 family limestone dwellings in the sites identified in
Sabirabad and Kurdamir regions. The selection criteria of beneficiaries follows those
described under OXFAM, RI and IRC project outline and will conform to the standard design
and use of building materials. The construction will be carried out by local contractors
selected by the project implementing agencies on the basis of competitive bidding.
G.22 SHELTER/OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE: Electricity/Lighting Development/Const
The sector activity takes into account provision of external electrical installation as
well as basic electrification of the limestone houses constructed by RI, Hayat and
individual shelters repaired by OXFAM where technically feasible. Basic electrical house
installation will include provision of light ceiling point, two power outlets and a light
switch. In addition, a house internal safety device(circuit breaker) will be installed.
Provisions will allow RI to procure wood poles to put in place overhead power lines.
G.99 SHELTER/OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE: Sector Support/Management
Toward this sector outline, OXFAM will employ an expatriate construction engineer, two
local technical[engineering] assistants, a warehouse manager, a foreman, 10 refugee/IDP
workers, a cook and two guards. For the transport of building/construction material and/or
repair material OXFAM will hire one truck with driver for the duration of eight months;
costs are provided for by the sector. In addition provision is made to include hire of a
light vehicle with driver. Cost of rent of a regional base is provided for under the
sector; petrol, maintenance and repair of vehicles and office premises will be provided
for as well. The sector also provides for a purchase of a NIVA 4WD vehicle by OXFAM.
Budgetary provision is made to cover staff salaries employed by RI to carry out project
supervisory activities such as two expatriate construction officers, field coordinator,
programme assistant, field monitor, two field team leaders, four site engineers, two
interpreters, data specialist, warehouse manager and three labourers and two housekeepers.
Cost for lodgings for two field teams is covered by the project. Also, hire of three 4WD
NIVA vehicles and four trucks will be provided for by the project. In addition, rental
costs of two field warehouse units will also be covered by the project. Miscellaneous
supplies, relating to drawing of shelter site plans, relevant stationery will be purchased
by the agency. Budgetary provisions will also allow for a purchase of a computer by RI.
Budgetary provision is made to cover salaries of technical engineering staff working on
the Hayat's shelter project such as a chief engineer and one site engineer to coordinate
and supervise project work by the contractor. Vehicle rental and provision of fuel will be
covered by the sector. Cost of lodging for field staff will be provided for by the sector.
H.22 COMMUNITY SERVICES: Special Services (Children)
OXFAM will continue its activities with the children's circles established in 1996.
Children circles' supervisors will be selected from among the community and will
preferably be former teachers. They will be encouraged to work voluntarily or for a small
payment from the children's families. In addition, the sector provides for the purchase of
materials for children's circles at forty sites. These inputs will include costumes for
health education plays, wooden toys, games, musical instruments, books and pencils.
RI will engage in similar activities and procure basic supplies for such as blankets,
toys, water filter, heaters, etc. These items will be used in the child daycare center
operated by RI. The day care centers will serve a dual purpose of enabling refugee/IDP
women to engage in income-generation while providing their children with stimulating
activities.
H.23 COMMUNITY SERVICES: Special Services (Women)
OXFAM will utilize its existing workshop facilities to produce reusable sanitary towels
for the vulnerable IDP women and girls. OXFAM will produce 20,000 quality sanitary packs
each containing six sanitary napkins and distribute these supplies to beneficiaries in
conjunction with other community activities in the area of programme activities.
H.28 COMMUNITY SERVICES: Community Development Services
The objective of this sector is to provide selected families with a limited amount of
such supplies as water jerry cans, plastic bowls and buckets, jars, etc. These will aim at
improving public health situation by breaking possible routes for fecal, oral disease
transmission. These items will be distributed in sets through the community programme to
families simultaneously with the distribution of sanitary towels to targeted women.
OXFAM will also undertake the construction of 100 community shelters that may range
from small stone built community centers to simple sun/rain shelters over baking places or
other public meeting places at various road-side IDP settlements in areas of project
activities. Each community shelter will benefit 20 families each, a total of 2,000
families.
In addition, funds will be provided implementation of five small QIPs by IRC which will
encourage reintegration of returning IDPs to their places of origin and/or local
integration of IDPs in their host communities. Project proposals will be solicited from
IDP community groups. Community groups will then implement the projects with technical and
logistical support of IRC. Examples of projects which may be implemented will include
equipping if schools, set up of vocational training workshops, etc.
Criteria for proposal selection will include the number of potential beneficiaries,
impact of interventions, timeframe and so on.
H.29 COMMUNITY SERVICES: Cultural/Recreational Activities
Under this sector activity provision is made for the purchase of supplies for community
groups. These will include tables and benches, sewing/knitting materials to produce their
own winter garments and miscellaneous sports equipment. These items will be distributed at
forty sites where OXFAM operates; some 2,000 IDP/refugee families will benefit.
H.97 COMMUNITY SERVICES: Training/Orientation/Seminar, etc.
This sector will provide for the training of OXFAM staff in appropriate skills for
working with communities to allow for more effective local decision making. Six courses
will be conducted for 20 people each in such subjects as rudimentary communication skills,
basics in organizing meetings and the various practical aspects of OXFAM's intervention
such as health promotion, sanitation and income-generation. Provision has been made for
food to the participants of these training courses for an enhanced attendance and results.
RI will aim to utilize the micro-enterprise development (MED) initiative and child
daycare activities as a starting point for the formation of the indigenous Azerbaijani
women's NGO, which by 1998 will be a sub-contractor for an expanded MED/day care project
and would even be able to develop new programmes of its own. RI will use its staff to
contribute to the development of such an NGO. Personnel, administrative, procurement,
operating regulations will be taught to the individual selected to run the new NGO and
his/her staff.
H.99 COMMUNITY SERVICES: Sector Support/Management
Under this sector activity provision has been to cover OXFAM's operational costs
relating to hire of four vehicles/drivers and a truck. Costs associated with a monthly
allocation of fuel for one vehicle and its maintenance will be provided by the project.
Salaries of the three community workers, 30 IDP community workers, technical assistant,
production coordinator and Barda office manager will be provided. RI will hire an IDP
child daycare centre worker for twelve months to run the operation independently.
J.03 CROP PRODUCTION: Construction/Improvements
The most active participants of the training schemes will benefit from receiving
material/financial assistance toward, for example construction of cold frames, small
greenhouses or small scale drying facilities, seeds, etc. Funding approval would depend on
the soundness of the plan prepared during the training in business as well as relevant
technical knowledge, experience and assessed capability to carry out the plan through. 300
beneficiaries will be selected by the community-appointed committee comprising at least
three members including those with relevant business and agronomic expertise.
J.21 CROP PRODUCTION: Production Activities/Inputs
Provision has been made for supporting small-scale agricultural activities by the
refugees and displaced persons in growing vegetables as a supplementary source of food for
improved dietary intake. The sector is aiming at providing family packets of assorted
vegetable seeds and fruit trees to the beneficiaries. The provision of seeds will also
enable rural beneficiaries to generate a modest seasonal income through partial sale of
their surplus yields on the markets thus providing for a degree of improved [and renewed]
socio-economic activities and well-being of the targeted communities.
The primary beneficiaries will be women-headed households and occupants of the new
single-family limestone housing units constructed by RI, also to equip the IDPs with the
opportunity for a smooth and convenient settling in their new settlements.
Toward the implementation of this sector, RI will engage a local supervisor/monitor and
five field distributors. RI will also distribute fruit trees to 500 selected beneficiary
families. In carrying out these activities, the sector provides for the hire of three
passenger vehicles and flatbed trucks, operational cost of fuel and cost of renting a
regional warehouse unit.
IRC will rehabilitate selected commercial greenhouses in consultation with IRC's
income-generation specialist and a consultant from VOCA(Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative
Assistance). Greenhouse production on a commercial level will allow beneficiaries to
obtain higher prices for their [horticultural] produce in winter and spring. Forty
greenhouses will be rehabilitated after screening of the beneficiaries and suitable sites
have been identified. Each unit will be run by two families, benefiting 80 families.
Participants will receive training in greenhouse assembly and maintenance, crop
production, marketing, seed propagation and association development in view of continued
sustainability.
IRC will also procure fruit trees to replace trees cut down by IDPs/refugees around
public buildings and settlements and to increase environmental awareness through active
tree planting activities in conjunction with environmental education of the IDP children.
3,000 tree seedlings will be planted in and around settlements and public buildings in the
early autumn. The tree planting campaigns will be preceded by dissemination of
environmental education materials(activity books) as well as technical assistance from
local NGOs. This field activity will be coordinated with the regional government forestry
departments.
In addition, IRC will procure materials for greenhouse to be distributed to 500
returnee families in Fizuli and other regions of operation. In addition, IRC will procure
and distribute 2,500 sets of agricultural tools. The family greenhouses will allow IDPs to
enjoy a longer growing season and to strengthen their [fresh] food security. Outreach and
dissemination of nutrition education materials will also be coordinated with this
activity. Performance evaluation will entail monitoring activities beginning with the
assembly of greenhouses and planting crops by the local agronomist and field officers,
including post-harvest surveys of the amounts and types of produce grown and estimates of
supplementary income generated from the crop production that may serve as a measurement of
knowledge gained.
Cost of food and lodging for the local field staff will be provided for. Hire of eight
flatbed trucks and diesel fuel for the regional distribution of tools, tree seedlings
and greenhouse components will be provided for a period of three months. Provisions are
also made to cover vehicle insurance and regional office rent for five months. As well,
the sector provides for material for maintaining IRC's regional warehouse. Salaries of the
expatriate logistics officer, expatriate project coordinator and two consultants will be
provided. IRC will also recruit local agronomist, six field officers, three distribution
monitors, one translator, a warehouse manager, three warehouse supervisors, EDP
specialist, six drivers and two warehouse guards. Staff severance/indemnity payments will
be provided.
ADRA will implement a greenhouse-based agricultural project that will involve the
procurement, preparation and distribution of materials for the construction of 100 market
garden enterprises run by IDPs. Each greenhouse market garden will include plastic
sheeting, metal rod framework, wire and string for erecting four 3 m x 20 m greenhouses.
In addition, vegetable seeds, 500 sets of gardening tools will also be procured toward
this.
ADRA will make use of UNHCR stock of transparent reinforced plastic material procured
in 1995. Provision is also made for assistance of up to 20 enterprises and/or cooperative
groups of enterprises in marketing their produce; such assistance may include purchase of
wooden stalls and equipment (scales, crates, etc.) and provision of training in book
keeping and related skills. ADRA will also engage in setting-up of tree nurseries.
Provisions are made for the procurement of fertilizer inputs and fencing wire materials
for nurseries. The programme will identify motivated leaders from among the IDP population
who will be instrumental in ensuring the success of the enterprises they lead. They will
be responsible for the day-to-day running of the market gardens and for all aspects of
operation. The community will be required to nominate the neediest families from among its
members to benefit from participation of the programme. It is expected the each market
garden will provide full time employment for five persons who will receive payment in the
form of a percentage of the crops harvested plus their share of income from the crops
sold. Ownership of the programme by all participants will be encouraged by the fact that
each member of the group jointly signs a protocol governing the use of inputs with ADRA.
Target areas for implementation will be the cities of Ganja and Naftalan, and Khanlar,
Geranboy, Samukh, Gazakh, Dashkesan, Shamkir, Tovuz, Gedabey and Aghstafa regions.
Continued technical advice given on individual and group level and an assessment survey
with accompanying report at programme completion is also provided for in the sector
through employment of expatriate agronomist(or horticulturist) and two assistants. In
addition, ADRA will hire two drivers, a logistician, four labourers, a translator and four
guards. Lodgings of agricultural team in the field will be provided by the project.
J.97 CROP PRODUCTION: Extension/Training/Seminar, etc.
Under this sector activity OXFAM will provide for an appropriate training, in both
problem-solving agricultural practices and small business management. Training on such
activities would be conducted through field extension days as well as formal workshops.
J.99 CROP PRODUCTION: Sector Support/Management
Towards implementation of its sector objectives OXFAM will hire a field coordinator.
Budgetary provisions are also made to hire one light vehicle and two flatbed trucks.
K.21 LIVESTOCK/ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: Production Activities/Inputs
Following successive implementation of sheep-rearing activities in 1995 and 1996
activities under this sector will continue. The economic situation of 900 vulnerable rural
refugee/displaced families will be improved through livestock rearing. The sector provides
for the distribution of 5 ewes by RI to 180 beneficiary families in the southern regions,
of whom 50 percent will be headed by women. The primary objective is to encourage
[economic] self-reliance of individual IDP families; consuming or selling such outputs as
milk, wool and lambs.
The project takes into account the minimum size of the sheep flock required to reach a
level at which the herd becomes self-sufficient. The assistance provided to the
beneficiaries also includes the purchase of 81 MT of dry/enriched animal fodder and
distribution of same to the rural settlements for one winter season.
This sector activity also provides for renewed livestock raising activities among the
IDP returnees to the Fizuli region. Some 600 female sheep will be distributed to 120 needy
and most vulnerable female-headed households, or impecunious families who are truly most
disadvantaged. The selected families will have previous experience in sheep rearing and
access to pasture grounds. A VOCA livestock specialist will conduct an assessment to
determine programme support needs(veterinary and sheep rearing supplies, sheep fodder,
etc.) and conduct training sessions for a locally hired programme assistant as well as to
the beneficiaries. The procurement of 36 MT of animal fodder and the in-country transport
of same as well as animal stocks to the selected rural locations is provided for.
Hayat will implement a sheep project covering provision to refugees/IDPs of 3,000
animals; five ewes will be given to selected rural beneficiaries, with priority being
assigned to female-headed families and families who meet stringent selection criteria and
those who are impoverished and particularly vulnerable in socio-economic context. The
sector also provides for the purchase of 180MT of oats to be distributed during winter
months. This project will benefit 600 refugee/IDP families in the selected regions. The
assistance is also to benefit IDP families who originally came from sheep rearing regions
and areas and possess experience in animal husbandry and use of wool; for renewed
socio-economic activities among the needy for improved livelihood and self-sustainance.
K.22 LIVESTOCK/ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: Veterinary/Vaccination Services
The sector provides for the purchase of essential vaccines and medicines. RI, IRC and
Hayat will ensure adequate availability of such vaccines to ensure that beneficiaries will
receive healthy animal stock as well as carry out any post-distribution vaccination of the
beneficiaries' sheep herds if so required.
K.99 LIVESTOCK/ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: Sector Support/Management
For a period of three months, RI will field a local team consisting a veterinarian,
three surveyors/distributors. Cost of petrol fuel and hire of two RI vehicles and three
trucks will be covered by the sector. IRC will hire three trucks for the period of one
month to facilitate distribution of sheep and fodder. A zootechnician and a field driver
will be also hired by IRC towards sector implementation. Hayat's project team will involve
a project coordinator, five veterinarians, three team leaders, one driver and five
monitors. Costs associated with outposted Hayat teams' food and lodging will be covered by
the project.
In addition, Hayat will hire transport units for distribution of sheep(60 trucks),
animal fodder(42 truck loads), survey teams(5 vehicles), field teams(3 vehicles) and a
vehicle for regular monitoring of field teams. Petrol costs for the vehicles will be
provided as well as maintenance of a project vehicle; a UNHCR NIVA vehicle assigned to
Hayat.
N.22 INCOME-GENERATION: Small Business Assistance
The sector aims to enable OXFAM to issue small business grants to initiate small
income-generation projects and to purchase equipment for selected beneficiaries. 200
families will be selected by a committee of at least three staff-members of OXFAM and
ideally will be known to OXFAM through other on-going programmes. Criteria will include
the presentation of a sound business plan, experience in the area of operation and
capability to carry out the plan. Grants will be issued in two parts; second installment
depending on the successful use of the first, according to the approved business plan and
with an satisfactory book-keeping. Emphasis will be placed on marketing. The second
objective is to provide 50 selected IDP families with purchased or hired equipment for
renewed income-generating activities. The equipment will be rented to the beneficiaries
and will become their property after payment of the rent is completed. Should the family
business default, the equipment will be recovered. Beneficiaries will be selected from the
small grant receivers who have demonstrated their ability to do well.
RI's evaluation in income-generation sector has shown that IDPs have some trade skills
but lack the capital and specific business knowledge to start micro-enterprises of their
own. The micro-enterprise development(MED) project will be an expansion of the 1996 work.
After soliciting applications RI will select 50 refugee/IDP families in and around shelter
sites in Barda and Saatli and train them in micro-enterprise start up and management.
After a successful completion of a 3-day workshop the beneficiaries will receive the
resources (up to USD200) to purchase necessary equipment and related start up materials.
The recipients will pay back the cost of the capital equipment in full by the end of the
project year. The returned funds then will be utilized for the next group of beneficiaries
in 1998. Budgetary provisions will support implementation of some small income-generating
activities that will be identified by BO Baku field staff.
N.97 INCOME-GENERATION: Extension/Training/Seminar, etc.
The training seminars will provide the core of the income-generation and business
programmes together with the visits of extension officers, business advisors. The
employment of the market researcher by OXFAM will enable the development of new products
and markets. It is considered important for the development of the traditional product
market such as hand woven kilim market. Traditional designs may need to be examined as
well as natural dye techniques and cost analysis. Provisions have been made for producing
of training materials which will be handed out to the IDP beneficiaries.
The sector will also enable OXFAM's upgrading of the existing techniques and skills and
learning of new skills by recipients. Possible areas of support through seminars will
include upgrading leather tanning skills to improve the quality of the produce, either by
exchange visit or the employment of an expert to provide some consultancy services.
The recipients of the RI micro-enterprise development project will be trained in the
concepts of credit and interest and basic managerial skills and book-keeping procedures.
Towards this materials will be translated into Azerbaijani language and printed by RI.
N.99 INCOME-GENERATION: Sector Support/Management
The sector activity provides for an operational costs of OXFAM associated with
provision of petrol for three hired vehicles and their maintenance. OXFAM will hire a
flatbed truck for the transport of the IG equipment for a period of three months. Salaries
of the expatriate programme manager, local business trainer, two extension officers, a
market researcher, assistant programme manager, five labourers and two drivers will be
provided. Budgetary provision also covers rentals for a small regional warehouse.
RI will hire two vehicles for the monitoring of the income-generation activities;
petrol for these vehicles will be provided. RI will also employ an expatriate
income-generation specialist, local trainer cum monitor, surveyor as well as an
interpreter.
O.01 LEGAL PROTECTION/ASSISTANCE: Legal Research
The budgetary provisions under this activity cover the expenses for a team of legal
experts to draft a new national legislation governing activities of the local NGOs.
O.21 LEGAL ASSISTANCE/PROTECTION: Refugee Legal Representation
As Azerbaijan's Law on Refugees and IDPs is not applied to asylum seekers and refugees
originating out of CIS, such asylum seekers encounter serious protection problems with
respect to their entry, residency, registration, freedom of movement, detention and documentation.
This sector will provide for the engagement of local lawyers to seek domestic legal
remedies to assist refugees, including the ethnic Azeri refugees from Armenia and
Meskhetian Turks. In addition, the sector will provide for legal research by BO and
advocacy for asylum seekers, refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
O.22 LEGAL ASSISTANCE/PROTECTION: Refugee Status Determination/
Registration/Id.cards
There are asylum seekers in Azerbaijan who originated out of CIS and they have not been
registered by the Government of Azerbaijan. State Committee for Refugees of Azerbaijan has
recently agreed to register the Afghan refugees. BO will assist the Government in the
registration of the Afghan asylum seekers and the acquisition of the refugee status. The
budgetary provision of the sector will provide a computer, a data-base software and
salaries of two staff for five months, a cost of placing advertisement in the local
newspaper and the cost for printing of refugee ID cards by the SCR. The computer resources
allocated to SCR for the registration of Afghan refugees can also be re-deployed for other
purposes such as registration of other persons of concern to UNHCR. Meskhetian Turks are
the second largest refugee group in Azerbaijan. Since their gradual entry into Azerbaijan
as refugees in late 1980s almost all of them have been registered as refugees and granted
'propiska' if they owned houses or resided in permanent private address. UNHCR protection
objectives vis--vis this group will focus on addressing the legal and policy issues
which has impeded their local integration and the acquisition of Azerbaijani citizenship
law. Under this sector activity, BO Baku will retain the legal services of local lawyers
regarding the legal problems of individual cases of Meskhetian Turks with respect to
propiska and other protection related issues.
O.97 LEGAL ASSISTANCE/PROTECTION: Training/Orientation/Seminars
Although Azerbaijan is a party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees and its protocol of 1967, the Government has not implemented a cohesive practice
to receive and process asylum claims of asylum seekers originating from out of the CIS. In
response to the influx of ethnic Azeri refugees from Armenia, the Government adopted the
Law on Refugees and IDPs in 1992 and this Law falls short of meeting the internationally
recognized standards. Moreover, the Law has been applied just to two categories of
refugees on a prima facie bases; ethnic Azeris from Armenia and Meskhetian Turks from
Uzbekistan. Consequently, asylum seekers originating out of the CIS do not benefit from
the legal protection of Azerbaijan. In retrospect the main objectives for the protection
activities in Azerbaijan are to: a) assist the GoA to draft the new law on refugees and
asylum seekers which is compatible with international standards, as well as assist the
Azerbaijani State Committee for Refugees(SCR) to develop the necessary structure and
procedures to carry out an eligibility determination exercise for asylum seekers
regardless of their places of origin; b) assist the officials of Ministry of Justice to
draft a new law with respect to regulating the activities of NGOs in Azerbaijan as well as
providing technical support to for the local NGOs to coordinate their activities and
improve their institutional capacity to carry out their mandates; and, c) researching and
reporting by BO Baku on the issues which are related to asylum seekers, refugees, IDPs ,
religious and ethnic minorities. In addition to aforementioned objectives, BO Baku will be
working closely with IOM on the follow up to CIS conference. UNHCR/IOM will be aiming at
assisting GoA establish a national migration system consistent with the principles
declared in CISCONF Programme of Action.
The core protection activities of UNHCR complement the UNHCR/IOM overall goal in
assisting the Government to formulate policies with respect to the management of
involuntary population displacement as well as assisting the government to legislate
laws/regulations congruent with principles declared in the Programme of Action.
The overall UNHCR protection objectives in Azerbaijan will result in commentaries for
the amendment of the Azerbaijani Law on Refugees and IDPs; a draft law on local NGOs; and
the initiation of a process within the State Committee for Refugees to receive asylum
seekers and conduct eligibility determination regardless of their places of origin.
To achieve these objectives, training will be used as a protection tool. The sector
will allow organization of workshops and sponsor study-tours abroad for concerned
authorities to acquaint them with international legal standards as well as providing them
with the opportunity to benefit from experience of their counterparts in other countries
with respect to the implementation of the international human rights standards in domestic
legislation and administrative practices concerning refugees, IDPs and asylum seekers.
Moreover, to complement the training component, budgetary provisions will allow the
translation and publishing in Azerbaijani of the major international legal documents on
human rights and refugees, which, among others, include: 1951 Convention and its protocol;
the Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status; the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and International
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discriminations. These will be
carried out in collaboration with the National Parliament and State Committee for
Refugees.
Two study-tours abroad will be organized for the concerned authorities and the
participants will include: the proponents of refugee rights in the National Parliament who
are supporting UNHCR's effort to amend the current legislation on refugees and IDPs; and,
the officials from the Ministries of Justice and Interior, the Cabinet of Ministers and
the State Committee for Refugees. The study-tours will provide opportunities for Azeri
authorities to see well-functioning asylum systems in European countries.
With respect to capacity building on national NGOs, BO Baku will organize two training
seminars in Azerbaijan to improve their administrative capacity to fulfill their mandates.
This sector will cover also the expenses for a legal expert to assist the concerned
Azerbaijani authorities to draft a new national legislation governing activities of NGOs.
GoA is in process of legislating a new nationality law. UNHCR has critiqued the draft law
to ensure that its provisions are in congruity with international standards. BO Baku will
organize a training seminar for the officials of the Ministries of Justice and Interior
and parliamentartians specifically on procedural matters to ensure that the new law is
implemented uniformly and without discrimination. The sector activity provides for EDP
such as PCs, printers and associated software toward building up GoA's capacity to embark
on a nation-wide re-registration exercise of its IDPs and refugees residing in Azerbaijan;
five desktop computers complete with peripherals will be procured. In addition, one
consultant may also be required to participate in the planning of nation-wide
re-registration of refugees and IDPS.
O.98 LEGAL ASSISTANCE/PROTECTION: Other Legal Assistance Activities.
A number of refugees and asylum seekers who had been permitted to remain in former
Soviet Union and, then, they have ended up in Azerbaijan after the disintegration of the
USSR, would repatriate to their countries of origin. However, they cannot return without
the assistance of the international organizations because they either lack travel
documents or need transit visas through several countries for their repatriation. With
respect to the acquisition of their transit visas, it is almost impossible for them to
obtain transit visas on their own. This is because the transit countries do not have
embassies in Azerbaijan, or, if they do, they do not believe that the returnees will just
be in transit and the interest to return is genuine. In addition, there are some stranded
migrants as well. The potential returnees originate from Jordan, West Bank (occupied
territories), Somalia, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Vietnam. Budgetary
provisions are made for the Branch Office in Baku to cover repatriation of those cases to
their countries of origin.
In view of putting in place a multi-faceted and integrated repatriation planning for
IDPs to their places of origin, an organized and comprehensive re-registration campaign is
indispensable if UNHCR is to accomplish its objective successfully. In the preparation of
this crucial exercise, the sector provides for two consultancies of one month each with
the following aim: (i) review GoA's previous registration practices and methodology used
for the preparation of current statistics on refugees and internally displaced persons;
(ii) evaluate current accuracy of IDP/R statistics compiled by the State Committee for
Statistics; (iii) propose and introduce methodology for a concerted nation-wide
re-registration and updating/maintenance of the computer data-base; (iv) develop
up-to-date tools for all organizations, and donor information on the scope of the return
activities, the areas to which the returnees will most likely relocate and their assessed
needs.
The consultant will be placed in the State Committee for Refugees in Baku on a
full-time basis for an initial period of 3-6 months to train the officials of the SCR on
individual status determination procedures. The majority of the individual asylum seekers
originate out of CIS and the consultant needs to train the employees of the SCR on
interview techniques, the use of CD ROM, to acquire information on the human rights
situations in the countries of origin, and the registration of individual asylum seekers
by the SCR. In close consultation with BO Baku, the consultant will help develop an
administrative mechanism amongst the concerned State authorities(the Ministries of
Interior, Justice, and the State Committee for Refugees) in identifying individual asylum
seekers in the border crossing areas and their subsequent referral to the SCR.
P.01 AGENCY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: Plan/Survey/Research/Evaluation
Budgetary provision has been made to conduct final evaluation of the medical project
implemented by UMCOR in the Metropolitan area of Baku and Absheron Peninsula. The
evaluation will be conducted by a researcher hired for a period of one month.
P.21 AGENCY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: General Project Management Services.
Provision has been made to cover operational expenses relating to the multi-sectorial
project implementation by IPs and such costs indirectly associated with the sector
activity. In particular, salaries of project staff based in Baku and regional bases
engaged in providing operational support will be covered by this sector. Fuel, vehicle
repair and maintenance, office supplies/rentals in Baku, communication and staff-related
costs such as subsistence allowances and travel of expatriate/local staff travel will be
covered.
In addition, the sector provides for the maintenance and repair of office premises,
provision of office furniture, office supplies and printing costs for project PR material
and public information concerning UNHCR's work and for the promotion of visibility as to
its assistance provided. The sector also provides for the procurement of one 4WD vehicle
by OXFAM, one Mitsubishi for IRC, and one vehicle by RI. Funds will be made available for
an international procurement of two Nissan Patrol 4WD vehicles for BOB. A budget item has
been established to cover costs related to clearance of goods consigned to BO Baku. The
sector also provides for project staff severance and/or indemnity payments.
Additional provisions have been made under Oxfam sub-project to facilitate the
establishment of an [UNHCR] antenna office in Barda for enhanced field presence and
monitoring, and to provide for a stop-over facility for the UNHCR staff. Salaries of the
project staff engaged in running of this office will be covered by the sector.
Budgetary provision is also made to provide for the costs of local audit services;
OXFAM, RI, IRC, ADRA and Hayat will be hiring internationally-chartered audit firms to
carry out regular audit on their financial management of UNHCR project funds.
P.22 AGENCY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: Public Information
Budgetary provision is made for miscellaneous expenses under BO Baku such as production
of relevant PR information material for the submission to the Headquarters and for the
international donors. A budgetary entry is to cover expenses associated the PR activities
conducted by BOB; purchase of color films, printing of photographs and compilation of the
portfolio presentations.
The sector provides for the production of a four-colour publication to emphasize on and
promote UNHCR work, solicit public opinion and inform donor countries, embassies and
interested parties on the assistance rendered by UNHCR to war-affected, traumatized
populace in view of encouraging their continued funding. As well, the pictorial book is to
illustrate in unmistakable terms the humanitarian dimension of the long-term dislocation
of one-seventh of the country's population, hardship, desperation and endurance of the
affected IDP communities in wait for peace and return to their former homes and resumption
of normal lives.
P.97 AGENCY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: Training/Orientation/Seminar, etc
Budgetary provision covers training of OXFAM staff in skills to effectively perform
their assignments. These skills could include communication and teaching skills,
administration and project management, computing and English. Priorities will be decided
by OXFAM managers after individual performance reviews.
P.98 AGENCY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: Other Agency Operational Support(Specf.)
Budgetary provisions have been made to cover computed entitlements of international
NGOs relating to agency operational support costs of their Headquarters.
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