Targeting of beneficiaries and intervention areas

The documents to be prepared for repatriation will show details of the repatriates. Thus, the countries of asylum will share their databases on the involved population or manifests during convoys. This information will be used in the detailed planning of interventions, which will help obtain the profile of potential repatriates. Single women heads of households, unaccompanied children, the elderly and disabled people will have a treatment adapted to their individual situations during transport, accommodation in transit centres and catering.

The intervention areas mainly cover the west and the Lagunes region for repatriates. As repatriation is voluntary, repatriates willing to go to other parts of the country will receive assistance for this purpose.

Statistics on Ivorian refugees living in Grand Gedeh, Liberia, indicate that the main areas of origin of the 71,146 refugees living in this county are Blolequin (53%), Toulepleu (11%), Tai (8%), Pehe (6 %), and Bakoubly Tiobly and Guiglo (5% each). Grand Gedeh county hosts about 45% of the Ivorian refugees in Liberia.

The analysis of spontaneous returns recorded between 11 September and 13 October 2011 shows that out of 2,278 spontaneous repatriates registered at the points of entry, 48.2% returned to Toulepleu, 39.4%, to Bloléquin, 9.7% to Guiglo and 1.7% to Duekoué.

Given the acceleration in return movements, organized repatriation began in mid-October 2011, despite the fact that it was not initially planned.

The forecasted population of refugees in Côte d’Ivoire in early 2012 is 25,146. The refugees’ different needs have been collected through evaluation sessions taking into account age, gender and diversity mainstreaming (AGDM).

An assessment of populations (groups) at risk of statelessness has been made by the Ministry of Human Rights and Civil Liberties, and will guide priority actions.

Intervention areas cover the west and the Lagunes region for refugees, while the area of ​​intervention for the prevention of statelessness practically covers the whole country.
Constraints/Risk Analysis

The main constraints are summarized as follows:

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  High needs in terms of rehabilitation in the return areas of repatriates.
  
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  Damage to access roads in return areas makes it difficult to organize convoys in the absence of road maintenance.
  
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  Presence of armed elements and sporadic security incidents.
  
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  The outcome of the elections in Liberia and the legislative elections late in 2011 in Côte d'Ivoire is still unknown.
  
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  Liberian refugees’ low willingness for voluntary repatriation or local integration.
  
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  High number of people at risk of statelessness and their distribution over almost all the country.
  
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  Sensitizing the population on statelessness and naturalization remain important tasks affected by political debates.
  
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  Low financial contribution for the activities.
  

The return of repatriates from neighbouring countries will be managed in close collaboration with the various clusters, especially the Protection Cluster which is monitoring security conditions in return or residence areas common to IDPs and repatriates.

While UNHCR will organize the return, the reintegration phase will be done in synergy with other actors to ensure that repatriates have access to the assistance planned in the return areas. This will facilitate their reintegration and reduce the risks of conflicts in the areas.

Statistics on the number of repatriates, the return areas, vulnerable people or people with special needs will be made available to other actors through OCHA.

Information about the achievements for these two groups (refugees in Côte d'Ivoire and those at risk of statelessness) will be made available to the humanitarian community through UNCT and HTC meetings.

4. 
   Monitoring mechanisms
   

Repatriation activities will be monitored on the basis of repatriation plans established by mutual agreement with the countries of asylum of Ivorian refugees.

In field offices (Man and Tabou), weekly meetings will take stock of the activities on the basis of field visits and monitoring results.

Programmes for assistance to refugees and people at risk of statelessness will be monitored according to the UNHCR project management mechanism. Each operational partner will develop a detailed workplan that will guide the evaluation.

5. 
   Logical framework
   

4.5.8 Protection Cluster

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   Summary
   

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   Analysis of the situation and humanitarian needs in 2012 according to scenario
   

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  the need for FRCI to return to barracks to restore confidence among the populations willing to return to their usual areas of residence;
  
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  the launch of the DDR process to disarm militia men, and train and supervise new FRCI elements;
  
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  return of the police and the gendarmerie equipped with the necessary resources to ensure the security of the populations;
  
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  rehabilitation of State social and justice institutions and restoration of the rule of law, with civil organizations capable of ensuring the protection of civilians in areas affected by the crisis.
  

There are several factors that still worsen the protection situation in the selected areas: cultural, social and traditional factors, the education level, land disputes and the general issue of access to land; political factors (change of power relationships and low institutional capacity of state institutions); the low level of social cohesion and national reconciliation; movements/displacements of populations during the violence and in search of employment; the absence (of the civil-status records) or weaknesses and uncertainties of the legislative framework (such as the impunity of the perpetrators of human rights violations); the fact that the State has not yet ensured the protection of civilians; the proliferation and free movement of weapons; the existence of many insecure stocks of ammunition; delays in the launch of DDR activities; and the reduction of livelihoods.

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   Response plan
   

The Protection Cluster, with the child protection, GBV, and social cohesion and peaceful conflict resolution (including land conflicts) sectors, has identified 10 activities tailored to sectoral requirements and approaches. They will enable cluster members to target their assigned objectives. The activities include coordination; supervision, outreach and mass sensitization; training, identification and referral of needs and individual cases; individual and community-based care and treatment; protection monitoring; local, individual and cluster advocacy; and establishment and reinforcement of community and State organizations.

The objectives and activities planned by the Protection Cluster aim to include State and community organizations and the possible transfer of responsibility from humanitarian organizations to Ivorian organizations. The targets and activities, with the criteria for selection of submitted projects, require the cluster members to consider people with special needs and to work closely with other clusters to ensure the cross-cutting nature of protection.

Activities will be mainly conducted in the Moyen-Cavally, Montagnes, Bas Sassandra, Haut Sassandra and Lagunes regions, with other activities among displaced people in the Vallée du Bandama region where there are still some host communities in need of protection monitoring. Early warning and conflict-prevention activities will also be implemented in areas with potential risk of conflict. Monitoring activities will be conducted in compliance with Security Council resolutions on the collection of data on sexual violence and child protection in all the country’s departments.

Intervention areas have been selected on the basis of surveys on the protection status, the level of impact of the crisis on the current situation, and the presence of displaced people and returned communities in the area. The extent of land conflicts and events during the crisis in 2010 and 2011 has determined the inclusion of risk areas and will guide the activities planned in such areas.