Fund dates

Start date: 01 March 2022

End date:  28 February 2025

Participating UN Organisations: Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Nations Development Program (UNDP), and World Food Programme (WFP)

Joint Programme Main Documents

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Project Document

Standard Administrative Agreement (SAA)

Joint Programme Supporting Resilient Livelihoods, Food Security and Climate Adaptation in Yemen  (ERRY III) will build on the progress and lessons learnt from the first two phases of building community resilience by enhancing community capacity and reduce vulnerability resulted from the protracted, complex crisis in Yemen caused by the civil war coupled with poverty and environmental shocks. This programme implemented jointly by FAO, ILO, UNDP and WFP, will address Community Conflict Reduction and Social Cohesion; Access to Clean Energy and Climate Adaptation; and Livelihoods and Food Security in eight governorates in Yemen. It will directly benefit around 1,270,674 (847,312 funded) vulnerable beneficiaries and marginalised communities including Internally Displaced People (IDP), returnees, vulnerable host communities, Muhamasheen, female-headed households, youth, daily labourers, people with disabilities and elderly community members. The programme will have inception phase of four moths.

Overall Objective of the Programme (Goal): Crisis affected communities are better able to manage local risks and shocks for increased resilience and self-reliance

Specific Objectives (Outcomes):

Outcome 1: Community institutions are strengthened and capacitated on gender sensitive resilience planning, conflict resolution and social cohesion.

Outcome 2: Vulnerable communities’ benefit from equal access to clean energy solutions, environmental protection and climate adaptive capacity in sustainable manner

Outcome 3: Sustainable livelihoods of women and men created through improve productivity, food security and income opportunities

Management Arrangements and Coordination

This is a joint programme, drawing on the combined expertise of four Participating UN Organisations (PUNOs): Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); International Labour Organisation (ILO); UN Development Programme (UNDP) and World Food Programme (WFP). The Joint Programme will be coordinated by UNDP, with a specific Joint programme Management exclusively dedicated to its management. Each organisation will specifically contribute to one or more of the workstreams and specific pathways, based on their area of expertise. PUNOs will use a combination of partnership with local, national and international NGOs and direct implementation or programming. In the proposed Joint Programme, UNDP as the Convening Agency will be responsible for coordinating programmatic aspects, and the Administrative Agent (UNDP’s Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office) will be responsible for financial management using the pass-through modality, with each participating UN organization having programmatic and financial responsibility for the funds entrusted to it.

The National Programme Steering Committee (PSC) is the Joint Programme oversight and advisory authority, representing the highest body for strategic guidance, fiduciary and management oversight. It is responsible for overall programme governance bringing together participating UN organizations, donor community and the host government for the implementation of the Joint Programme. Advisory in nature, the PSC reviews and endorses the Joint Programme Document and annual work plans. It provides strategic direction and oversight, advises on allocation criteria for resources to programme management team as required, and reviews implementation progress and addresses problems. The PSC also receives progress reports, approves budget revisions/reallocations, notes evaluation and audit reports (published in accordance with each PUNOs’ disclosure policy), and initiates investigations if needed.

The PSC meets at least bi-annually. The PSC will include country representatives (CDs/RR/DRR) of all UN signatories of the Joint Programme Document, government and donor representatives. It will be co-chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator, a senior representative of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (counterpart to ERRY) and a representative from the European Union/donors. Prior to the PSC there is a Head of Agency meeting to prepare key points for PSC consideration. The PSC is supported by a Joint Programme Management Unit, details of which follow.

There will be biannual technical coordination meetings will be held between PUNOs and donors, in addition to the SC meeting.