Under the leadership of the HC, IAHCC members discussed on 9 September 2008 the opportunity to develop a Côte d’Ivoire CAP for 2009. As recommended by the HC, sector group and cluster leads made thematic presentations on key challenges in their respective areas during the 23 September 2008 IAHCC meeting. Consequently, IAHCC members unanimously agreed not to embark in a conventional CAP for 2009 but rather update the humanitarian strategy (CHAP) and elaborate a gap-filling resource mobilisation in two areas: IDPs resettlement and protection in the west, and nutrition and food security in the north. This decision, which is line with changing context and the fact that more sources of funding are available in transition and early recovery areas, particularly through the UNDP-administered 'Sortie de Crise' Basket Fund, simplifies the humanitarian strategy and programming exercise.
Taking into account the agreed humanitarian strategic priorities, three main criteria for the selection of eligible project proposals were retained: (a) priority was given to the Protection and Nutrition sectors (b) consideration was given to cross-cutting projects in favour of IDPs and people suffering from malnutrition (c) inter/intra-cluster consultation was enhanced to avoid overlapping in terms of projects areas of implementation and beneficiaries, and provide a more strategic and complementary set of programmes to achieve agreed objectives.