To support recovery on the Mentawai Islands, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Labour Organization have formulated a joint livelihoods recovery programme under the guidance of the Office of the Resident Coordinator. The Government identified three major priorities for the joint programme, including:

• Assistance for clean water provision and improved sanitation;

• Assistance for improving the agriculture value chain, including SME development; and

• Assistance for improving food security.

 The Mentawai Islands Livelihoods Recovery Programme therefore aims at supporting the recovery of the productive economy in among 447 households in Pagai Utara communities affected by the 2010 earthquake and tsunami through supporting recovery of the agriculture and fisheries sectors, facilitating development of the agricultural and fishery value chain and supporting strategic planning on basic service provision, including water and sanitation.

The outcome of the Mentawai Islands Livelihoods Recovery Programme is as follows:

Improved sustainable livelihoods and strengthened institutional capacity in disaster recovery in areas affected by the 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami

 In order to achieve this outcome, the FAO, UNDP and ILO wi ll work together on the joint programme on two identified core outputs, namely:

 • JP Output 1: Agricultural livelihoods restored, improved and diversified, incorporating the value chain approach; and

 • JP Output 2: Institutional capacity of local government strengthened to promote livelihoods recovery efforts and encourage provision of basic social and public services.

 The key activities of this Output 1 include a complete a value chain assessment for the agricultural sector; improve capacity and skills of both the impacted communities and government extension, as well as workers' and employers organizations workers on livelihoods and entrepreneurship know-how through the provision of train ing; and increase agricultural production through the provision of necessary Inputs. Output 2 will provide technical support and monitoring to support effective implementation of the Government's RENASKI. Output 2 will also facilitate a technical assessment of clean water and sanitation needs, Including developing a long-term plan for managing access to clean water.