PSEA

1. SUMMARY

2. PROBLEM ANALYSIS A. Background Sexual exploitation and abuse can occur in any refugee setting where beneficiaries are vulnerable and rely on external parties to provide assistance and protection. As the UNHCR/Save the Children-UK assessment mission to West Africa in 2001 clearly demonstrated, those who have been mandated to provide this assistance and protection can themselves become the perpetrators of exploitation and abuse of those they have been entrusted to serve.

For over one year, from 2002-2003, all UNHCR Implementing and Operational Partners (IP/OP) in Kenya collaborated to develop a joint Code of Conduct for Humanitarian Workers in the Kenya Refugee Program (Kenya Code) establishing a shared set of ethical standards of employee conduct as a first inter-agency step towards preventing the sexual exploitation and abuse of refugees in Kenya. In October 2003, 15 UN, Intergovernmental, international and national humanitarian agencies, in the presence of the Government of Kenya (GOK), agreed to adopt and implement the Kenya Code. In November 2003, the IRC’s Prevention of Exploitation and Abuse Advisor visited Kenya and assisted all signatory partners to the Kenya Code in the development of a Joint Action Plan for Preventing Exploitation and Abuse (Joint Plan).

A second inter-agency step towards preventing sexual exploitation and abuse of refugees in Kenya was the development of the project: Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Kenya Refugee Program (SPRMCO04CA102). This Project was funded for the period August 1, 2004 – July 31, 2005 and then from August 1, 2005 – July 31, 2006 by the Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) to support implementation of the Kenya Code and to strengthen complementary programmatic and operational initiatives to prevent and respond to cases of sexual exploitation and abuse of beneficiaries perpetrated by agency staff members in Kenya.

The project is a formal collaboration between International Rescue Committee (IRC), CARE Kenya, FilmAid International (FAI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The project also directly involves other agencies implementing programmes with refugees in Kenya under the auspices of UNHCR and the Government of Kenya, namely African Rehabilitation and Education Program (AREP), African Refugee Training and Employment Services (ARTES), Don Bosco, Deutsche Geselleschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Handicap International, HIAS Refugee Trust of Kenya, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA), Kenya Red Cross Society, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Nairobi Archdiocese Refugee Assistance Program (NARAP), National Christian Council of Kenya (NCCK), Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK), United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), Windle Trust Kenya, World Food Program (WFP) and World Vision International. The project’s collaborative approach within Kenya is complemented by global initiatives, such as the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) PRM-funded “Building Safer Organizations” project and draws on materials and tools developed in other country missions (e.g. Sierra Leone), with a view to testing them in the Kenya context.

This proposal is designed to be the third phase of the current PRM funded project, and will build on the current project’s achievements. The first phase of the project largely targeted humanitarian workers and focused on response mechanisms. The second phase continued to reinforce these interventions, but also had a greater focus on how to engage and empower the beneficiaries to be agents in their own protection. Activities included: drafting and signing the Inter-agency protocols on investigation procedures for cases of sexual exploitation and abuse within the signatory humanitarian organizations; additional training; implementation of mainstreaming plans; and capacity building to effectively disseminate information.

The third phase of the project has three objectives. (1) First, based on the materials and lessons learned so far, the project aims to enable agencies outside of Kenya to create and implement their own SEA programs. We will specifically target Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan & Tanzania for training and sharing of materials at the regional level. (2) Second, it seeks to raise awareness and among refugees and aid workers, especially by disseminating FilmAid materials in Dadaab (where CARE leads PSEA activities) and Kakuma (where IRC is the lead agency on PSEA). Related to this, IRC will also strengthen coordination mechanisms among the agencies that have signed the protocol this year, thus encouraging that the protocols will be put into practice and that agencies support PSEA at the management level as well as in the field. (3) Third, the project seeks to institute mechanisms within the police force to create awareness and advocate against SEA, in partnership with the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) and UNHCR. This is particularly important, as the police have been one of the main perpetrators of sexual abuse and exploitation in the camps. It is anticipated that the police training can be further developed and supported by the IRC urban protection program, which has been funded by the Dutch government.

B. Analysis Progress to date Phase I In Phase I of the project there were three key elements identified as necessary for preventing exploitation and abuse in the Kenya refugee program: 1) building institutional capacity to investigate and respond to cases of SEA; 2) disseminating information to all beneficiaries of the Kenya refugee program; and, 3) establishing preventative measures to minimize opportunities for SEA to occur. While there was progress towards meeting these goals, these areas continued to be a priority during Phase 2 of the project, and are still a focus.

Phase II IRC and its partners CARE, FilmAid, and UNHCR have continued to create and implement mechanisms to protect refugees from sexual exploitation and abuse. These efforts have ranged from improving responsiveness to cases to awareness-raising to encouraging/assisting humanitarian aid organizations to mainstream protection.

Responsiveness In cooperation with CARE and UNHCR, IRC scheduled a series of focus group discussions in Kakuma, Dadaab and Nairobi on complaints mechanisms to assess their accessibility, effectiveness and efficiency, which were used to develop and refine the process. IRC continues to work with staff in both camps and Nairobi to raise awareness and understanding of the current mechanism.

Also during phase II, a new training of trainer’s curriculum was developed and in total reached 6,572 people in both camps and in Nairobi. Concepts covered during the training included protection, gender, power, and violence, in addition to protection against sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by aid workers. The training utilized exercises that helped aid workers better understand the Code of Conduct, complaints mechanisms and case intake. In addition to teachers, the training assisted aid workers and police to understand the complaints process, and their roles within the process ensuring that complaints are dealt with accurately and sensitively. Staff training was also conducted for 25 IRC managers and counterpart managers, this training resulted in a number of new and innovative ideas being developed and helped to build momentum for the mainstreaming process. CARE in Dadaab has also developed a PSEA module for teachers. The model was tested at 2-day training in Nairobi attended by 25 teachers from urban schools that have a high number of refugee children, and feedback was very positive. The module was also rolled out in Dadaab and will be refined for 83 teachers in Kakuma before the end of phase II. The education module will be included in the materials for regional dissemination. School-based activities were carried out in Kakuma by both NCCK and LWF reaching an estimated 7,000 youth.

The drafting of the inter-agency protocols on PSEA was completed in March with 14 heads of agencies becoming signatories. The official signing too place on the 13th of March to great acclaim with 52 people representing various international and national NGO’s in attendance.

Awareness Raising During phase II, PSEA awareness and visibility were raised amongst target groups through a wide range of activities, including: distributing 850 t-shirts with PSEA messages in Kakuma, Dadaab and Nairobi to police officers, minority groups, children, unaccompanied minors, new PSEA agency focal points, the winners of PSEA sports tournaments, PSEA youth teams, host community members, and the provincial administration: issuing 4,500 bicycle bumper stickers in the camps; and distributing 250 PSEA mugs to heads of agencies, focal points and agency partners. Additionally, a one-page document for refugees on how to file a complaint has been translated into 15 languages, tested in various refugee communities, and is now being utilized at camp level.

Film Aid completed the filming and editing of four different films on topics related to PSEA, and which were officially launched in Nairobi and in the camps in February 2006. During each screening, a trained PSEA facilitator assisted in engaging the refugees in dialogue and discussing the issues raised in the films. It is estimated the screenings have reached 89,494 people, and reactions to the videos and the accompanying dialogue have been extremely positive. At all screenings the messages and dialogue are translated into a number of languages to ensure that all the target audience understands the messages.

Mainstreaming All agencies have prepared mainstreaming plans that are consistent with the mission and spirit of their organizations. However, it is essential that rigorous monitoring takes place to ensure implementation. Some have instituted quarterly reviews of codes of conduct and PSEA awareness raising activities for staff. Others have ensured that refugees are made aware of their codes of conduct by posting them in waiting areas of hospitals, therapy rooms and in schools. All who have participated in the trainings have undertaken exercises in which staff identify areas of vulnerability and program responses to assist in making beneficiaries safe. IRC also incorporated a mainstreaming exercise into its training of trainers program that has been delivered to 42 new agency focal points in Dadaab, Kakuma and in Nairobi. A 1-day conference is to be held on the 28th of June to disseminate and discuss all PSEA materials to regional heads of agencies.

A police training curriculum on PSEA is also currently being developed, which is to be finalized during the third phase and trainings are to be conducted in partnership with UNHCR and RCK. In collaboration with UNHCR PSEA training was held in Kakuma over a month long period for 150 camp security staff.

Challenges & Constraints While tremendous gains have been made during the first 2 phases of the program, the consortium partners – IRC, FilmAid, CARE and UNHCR feel that the outcome of the initial program planning process was overly ambitious, given the time and the budget available for this program.

As the consortium partners have explored Nairobi area programming, a number of challenges and opportunities have arisen. The differences in the contexts between urban refugee programs and the camp settings result in a different set of program needs being required by urban refugees. This need cannot be met within the current program or phase III without having a detrimental effect on the camp-based programs. The urban refugees live in an extremely challenging and unprotected environment, thus, they face different risks from camp-based refugees. Most urban refugees rarely interact with aid workers. Perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse are much more likely to be teachers or police in Nairobi. As a result of these differences phase III will only be focusing on camp-based activities. With this in mind however, the police training that occurs in phase III will provide linkages to the IRC Urban Protection Program sponsored by the Dutch government and commencing in May 2006.

The turnover of agency focal points has also been an obstacle to effective implementation of the PSEA program particularly in Dadaab. It is still often the focal points that have the depth of knowledge and expertise needed to ensure the mainstreaming and awareness raising continues. When the focal points are transferred or change positions, agencies are often left with no one to lead the mainstreaming process and training on PSEA issues. To address this problem the program trained greater numbers of agency staff to produce more focal points that can assist with mainstreaming processes and staff trainings within their own agencies.

All agencies have provided input into and shown commitment to the PSEA program. The second phase of the program brought about a new sense of enthusiasm and learning on many issues relating to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. With the new round of training and increased number of staff with extensive knowledge of PSEA, we feel that a certain momentum has been established. Agencies have continued to find new and creative means to carry out regular awareness raising activities, and have already developed mainstreaming plans on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, which now need to be closely monitored to ensure follow up and compliance.

The program remains ambitious. All partners are committed to maximizing impact and finding creative ways to achieve our goals. The program continues to advance, growing, evolving and improving each month. Third Phase Strategy The lessons learned in phases I and II of implementation of PSEA show an overall need to increase coordination efforts, engaging key stakeholders in regular discussions where they are put to task, to act to prevent SEA. By securing the commitment of a broad coalition of humanitarian actors, we seek to ensure sustainability of the program. This will also help fill the need for a variety of multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional approaches to PSEA. Moreover, in the case of signatories, enhanced coordination efforts will provide the follow-up necessary to ensure that agencies live up to the protocols they have signed and make the project their own.

This proposal therefore also seeks to address the gaps in preparedness for an exit strategy and community ownership of the program, including sustainability. In the next phase, PSEA implementation will seize the opportunity to enhance inter-agency synergistic partnerships and ultimately improve overall coordination. This phase will seek active participation of all stakeholders towards mainstreaming PSEA in all programmatic and operational areas within the respective agencies. The proposal also aims to facilitate the development of stronger links and partnerships with national organizations involved in PSEA programming particularly in response and advocacy.

Due to high staff turn over and the long duration to replace members of the different agencies refresher training and capacity building will be required to ensure effective coordination of the PSEA mainstreaming process.

Other than capacity building, the next level of the PSEA programming will not only embark on facilitating joint and collective review of PSEA, but will also assess impact, identify lessons learnt and best practices as well as lay critical steps on way forward for the PSEA agenda. This will involve bringing together all stakeholders in forums at different levels in the form of organized workshops. The forums will also be a ground for sharing humanitarian/aid workers experiences from the different agencies in PSEA programming and not sidelining the community members.

As part of the monitoring and evaluation process, agencies will be required to develop appropriate and standard measurement tools. Through collaboration and technical advice organizations will in the long run have user friendly tools of identifying gaps and informing key actors on the future of PSEA programming in the refugee camps. As the new interventions seek to fill the gaps, the development and use of the tools will ensure that agencies engage in independent monitoring and implementation levels.

Ultimately, Phase III of PSEA implementation will capitalize on the unique opportunity to analyze the cycles through which the refugees go through in regards to SEA in the country of asylum, during repatriation and during reintegration. As IRC is involved in repatriation regionally, it is vital the all the materials developed by the PSEA Kenya program are shared at a regional level and that follow up training is carried out to ensure that all those involved in repatriation and reintegration are fully conversant with PSEA.

Overall, this project seeks to facilitate the creation of an enabling environment and also the space for inter-agency lobbying and advocacy on PSEA issues, particular those related to safety and security. For instance, advocating the PSEA message directly to the police commissioner, as police have been cited as major perpetrators within the camps. It further seeks to give further technical support to agencies in collectively building their expertise in managing investigations in view of the high staff turn over in the region.

Exit Strategy

To exit in July 2007, the third phase of the project seeks to institutionalize the interventions currently being implemented under the second phase, coordinate the implementation of interagency protocols which have been signed by senior management of all agencies, and share materials widely so that PSEA may continue when the project ends. Already, IRC Kenya and its partners have been working to ensure the mainstreaming of PSEA in all agencies’ programs in the camps, as well as training focal points for each agency. This coming year, IRC will ensure that at completion, agencies have tools and trained staffs equipped to carry on PSEA from their own agencies’ initiatives. To achieve this, in the first quarter of the third phase, IRC will carry out discussions with partners in both camps on exit strategies and plans for how to continue preventing SEA after the program ends. A fully documented exit strategy will be created and finalized by the end of the first quarter, and be shared with all partners in the camps.

C.	Profile of Target population 1. Refugees Kakuma – 95,855 Dadaab – 127,733 2. Kenyan Host Community in Kakuma and Dadaab: 65,000 3. Employees: 10,000

D.	Need While substantial progress has already been made to prevent SEA of refugees in Kenya both at inter-agency and individual organizational levels, there is still much more to be done to ensure lasting results and sustainability.

The need to continue the program in Dadaab and Kakuma is heightened by the fact that both camps are continuing to receive refugees (predominately from Somalia and Sudan). The combination of continued insecurity in Somalia and Sudan and the ongoing problems with repatriation has lead to Dadaab and Kakuma currently holding more refugees than ever before, this is unlikely to alter in the foreseeable future.

3. PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES A.	Program Goal: To prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of refugees in Kenya

Objective 1 - To strengthen knowledge among refugees and other beneficiaries of PSEA and to further develop information tools while monitoring and assisting with mainstreaming Objective 2 - To take the program to a regional level by providing follow up ToT’s and support to assist and train those who will be dealing with repatriation and reintegration of refugees. Objective 3 - To advocate for PSEA awareness within the police force and conduct trainings on PSEA to police stationed in the camps

B.	Indicators

Objective 1 To strengthen knowledge among refugees and other beneficiaries of PSEA and to further develop information tools while monitoring and assisting with mainstreaming ·	20% increase in awareness of PSEA amongst refugee and aid workers in the camps, from the initial KAP survey. ·	One steering group meeting per month in both Kakuma and Dadaab. ·	100% of all steering group members and focal points receive at least one refresher training. ·	100% of teachers trained on PSEA education module. ·	1 program evaluation will take place to assess the effectiveness of the program. ·	PSEA program completed and exited.

Objective 2 To take the program to a regional level by providing follow up ToT’s and support to assist and train those who will be dealing with repatriation and reintegration of refugees. ·	IRC programs in Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Tanzania have each received at least one PSEA training of trainers. ·	The Kenya PSEA program responds to 100 % of all questions/enquiries regarding PSEA. ·	100% of IRC staff and their implementing partners will be provided with PSEA materials and training. ·	1 copy of the police training module will be distributed to all agencies regionally.

Objective 3 To advocate for PSEA awareness within the police force and conduct trainings on PSEA to police stationed in the camps. ·	One police training module is developed. ·	90 law enforcement offers trained on PSEA. ·	One report will be produced after training. ·	Awareness raising of all police will take place at a camp level in conjunction with UNHCR, FilmAid and RCK.

4. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION A.	Implementation plan Objective 1 To strengthen knowledge among refugees and other beneficiaries of PSEA and to further develop information tools while monitoring and assisting with mainstreaming.

Key activities planned to implement objective 1: ·	Work with the refugee communities in Kakuma and Dadaab, host communities and humanitarian workers and police to disseminate basic video messages on PSEA and the Kenya Code Dissemination through facilitated daytime and mass evening video screenings (Kakuma and Dadaab-security permitting). Mass screenings will be deployed as key dissemination media in the camps (Kakuma and Dadaab), security permitting. Daytime screenings in Kakuma and Dadaab will be done at sites of service delivery with 80% of the daytime screenings accompanied by facilitated discussions. ·	Hold monthly steering group meetings throughout the implementation period to ensure improved and effective coordination of PSEA activities. Further to this, inter-agency partnerships will be enhanced thus strengthening coordination. This will ensure that all actors at all levels will fully participate in the mainstreaming of PSEA in all programmatic and operational areas within the respective agencies. ·	Organize steering group and focal point refresher training to ensure all new members are fully conversant on PSEA. ·	Post complaints boxes at strategic places throughout Dadaab and Kakuma. Continue discussion and refining of the PSEA complaints boxes to ensure the reporting procedure becomes more accessible to beneficiaries. ·	Strengthen and continue school-based activities at the camp level. This will form part of the exit strategy as agencies responsible for education in the camps implement their mainstreaming plans. ·	Hold six consultative meetings with Community leaders in the Camps. The meetings will in effect be feedback sessions for the leaders to show their role in prevention of SEA as well as present the different ways and mechanisms in which the community is using to solve the problem of SEA. From these forums the community will map the way forward with regard to protection mechanisms in preparedness for their eventual return. ·	Develop a community information checklist (similar to the NGO checklist) as a tool to establishing communities’ awareness of their entitlements and human rights. This will further provide and opportunity for the refugees to be more involved; actively playing their role to ensure their protection through community based initiatives; not withstanding the fact that the PSEA project has been running for the last two years. This will in return ensure greater ownership of the program by the community. ·	Extend PSEA awareness to the host community through ToTs of community leaders. ·	Perform a rigorous follow up with individual agencies within the camps to ensure PSEA mainstreaming plans developed by these agencies are being implemented. This will involve agency visits with PSEA focal points, regular implementation status meetings, providing technical support to those agencies that need it and holding interagency staff consultative meetings to review mainstreaming progress. ·	Work with at least 50 youth (25 Kakuma and 25 Dadaab) in already existing youth groups. This initiative will build on the effect of the video messages on the community and aims at further instilling the knowledge of PSEA among the youth and community in general. Some of the activities envisaged within this context include drawing and story writing competitions, music and drama/skits festivals with PSEA messages, based on the understanding of PSEA by the youth/community. Focus here is to encourage youth to become PSEA ambassadors in their communities. ·	Translate two PSEA videos into Dinka and four into French. Training will be provided to the agencies on how to use the Films together with the video facilitation manual and the feedback/monitoring form. ·	Translate the video facilitation manual into 4 local languages spoken by refugees in Kenya.

Objective 2 To take the program to a regional level by providing follow up ToT’s and support to assist and train those who will be dealing with repatriation and reintegration of refugees.

Given the potential for the return of refugees to Sudan, program materials and ideas need to be shared with partners working in those countries and beyond utilizing a regional focus through Phase 3 of SEA. This reflects the need for returnees to know about their entitlements, standards governing all humanitarian workers and peacekeepers, and complaints mechanisms and response during the repatriation phase when they are at one of the most vulnerable points in the refugee lifecycle. Efforts will focus on strengthening PSEA through existing regional humanitarian networks, specifically those focusing on Sudan.

Key activities planned to achieve Objective 2 include: ·	Conduct 2 follow up TOT workshops at each regional center, specifically concentrating on areas and agencies that will be dealing with repatriation and reintegration of refugees. ·	IRC Kenya will act as an advisory body for any problems/questions that may arise at a regional level and will provide further training support where required ·	Duplicate and distribute PSEA videos to 100% of humanitarian agencies in the Kenya Refugee Program as well as in the region. ·	Distribute the police training module regionally.

Objective 3 To advocate for PSEA awareness within the police force, and train police stationed in the camps

Police are often cited by refugees as perpetrators of violence. In order to assist and encourage police to assert their power by protecting rather than perpetrating abuse, IRC in cooperation with UNHRC, RCK & FilmAid will facilitate a series of police trainings on gender-based violence and PSEA. Police will be trained on refugee rights, gender, children’s rights, protection, case intake and referrals in order to improve their capacity to deal effectively with survivors of SEA. This program will build on the relationships established with police by RCK and UNHCR and will provide linkages for the IRC protection program funded by the Dutch government to initiate the police trainings at an urban level.

Key activities planned to achieve objective 3 include; ·	Train 90 law enforcement officers in prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse; ·	Introduce 100% of all police officers in camps to the concept of PSEA through screening of PSEA films and facilitated discussion. ·	Disseminate the police training module regionally. ·	Devise a monitoring mechanism for the project, and if necessary carry out a refresher course. ·	Advocate directly to the police commission for rotational transfers of police within the camps and for more female police within the camps ·	Advocate to the highest ranks within the police force to ensure the PSEA message is heard and acted upon. ·	Hold at least 10 facilitated dissemination sessions with police. ·	Increase dissemination with police to strengthen police awareness on PSEA and their mandate to protect both the refugees and host communities. B.	Coordination The project will be managed by a Steering Group comprised of IRC, UNHCR, CARE and FAI, who will continue to collaborate in ensuring all objectives are met. The Steering Group will ensure all partners of the Kenya refugee program are involved at local and national level. The PEAA will be the project supervisor, responsible for assuring the project’s objectives are achieved and for the active monitoring of, and reporting on, project implementation.

Specific roles and responsibilities of the Steering Group members are as follows:

i) IRC IRC will be the PRM agreement administrator, responsible for all contract, financial monitoring, and donor liaison and reporting responsibilities. IRC will employ the PEAA who will report to and be directly supervised by the IRC Kenya Country Director. IRC will facilitate and drive PSEA activities in Kakuma refugee camp. IRC will focus on the longer-term sustainability of PSEA within the Kenya refugee program and will take a lead on the development of a ToT and package of resource materials. IRC will ensure coordination of the project with complimentary global IRC and NGO initiatives through the active involvement of the IRC global Prevention of Exploitation Advisor.

ii) UNHCR UNHCR will assure parity in implementation of the project across all refugee sites in Kenya. UNHCR will facilitate project implementation in Nairobi for urban refugees and will act as the liaison between this project and all GOK institutions and personnel. UNHCR Kenya will engage the UNHCR Regional office and will ensure coordination of the project with complimentary UN initiatives on PSEA, including the UN Focal Point on PSEA.

iii) CARE Through CARE’s, PSEA Coordinator, CARE will facilitate PSEA activities in the Dadaab refugee camps, including the dissemination of FAI’s video messages. CARE will also continue the monitoring and refinement of the PSEA educational module. CARE will be a sub-grantee of IRC

iv) FAI FAI will be responsible for the mass information campaign of video messages on PSEA in Kakuma, Dadaab and Nairobi. FAI will be a sub-grantee of IRC.

5. CODES OF CONDUCT

Implementation of the proposed program will be guided by all relevant national and international codes of conduct and laws. IRC’s Code of Conduct and Mandatory Reporting Policies (MRP), which prohibit all exploitation and abuse of beneficiaries and fiscal impropriety and require identification of known offences, are an integral part of IRC staff policies and strictly enforced. All staff have been trained on the MRPs and copies of the policy are posted at all work sites, including field sites accessed by beneficiaries. IRC Kenya is also a signatory to the Kenya Code of Conduct, which provides guidelines to assist humanitarian agencies, and their staff to better understand the ethical obligation placed upon their conduct and to act accordingly. The Kenyan code does not tolerate abuse, exploitation or corruption within their operations. IRC Kenya provides all new staff with a copy of the Kenya Code of Conduct. Please see Annex 5.

6. MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY A. Program Management Overall responsibility for the development, implementation and administration of all programs and IRC in-country operations is vested upon the Country Director (CD) and the Program Coordinator (PC) and the Protection Coordinator. The CD and PC are the principal liaisons with the government, donors and other agencies. Responsibility for financial management, treasury, accounting, and compliance to donor financial rules and regulations rests with the Finance Controller. In addition, the Program Manager provides support for compliance, reporting, monitoring of targets and indicators, and inter-agency coordination. The costs will be allocated are based on expected time and effort that will be devoted by staff members.

IRC Kenya has been successfully implementing the PSEA program for the past two years, with funding from PRM. IRC Kenya has been operational in Kenya since 1992 working with refugee populations in complex settings in various programmatic sectors (i.e. health, education, protection).

B. Security Operations in Kakuma, Dadaab and Nairobi are subject to security threats but their degree and nature vary from location to location. In Kakuma, IRC continues to consider the following as possible threats: local banditry brought about by drought, famine and weakened livelihood; tensions between hosts and refugees based upon perception of inequity in levels of humanitarian assistance; strikes arising out of staff lay-offs and tensions between various refugee ethnicities premised on events occurring within the camp or other cross-border events. Similar to Kakuma, Dadaab continues to face security threats imposed by banditry attacks, which now occur on occasional basis compared to the past when it was more frequent. IRC’s general strategy is based upon the fact that its image is the best protection against threats from the local and refugee populations. The quality of IRC’s work and conduct of its staff therefore continue to be important ingredients in mitigating insecurity. A security plan complete with documentation on IRC global security policy, protocols, in-country and site-level standard operating procedures have been developed. The Country Director is overall focal point on security management but responsibility is also shared with the Logistics Coordinator for security at the Nairobi level and the Program Coordinator in close liaison with the Field Security Officer at the Kakuma level. The IRC New York Global Security Adviser provides back-up advice and management to the Kenya Country operation. Designated IRC security focal points are targeted and have attended specialized security training such as that offered by Red R.

IRC does not have a permanent presence in Dadaab, in which case, during travel to these camps, IRC staff fit into the UNHCR-managed security system. In Dadaab UNHCR has provided the GoK with vehicles to enhance security patrols in and around the camps. Security escorts are provided for all travel between the three camps: Ifo, Hagadera and Dagahaley. During heavy rains, the roads can become impassable which adds to security concerns. The UNHCR head of sub office in Dadaab is the overall coordinator of security management closely assisted by the UNHCR Field Safety Assistant. UNHCR Field safety Advisor at the Branch office level provides back up, security and safety management advice to the camp. All UNHCR staff have undergone basic security training which has given them basic knowledge and skills required to combat imminent security problems encountered while on duty.

7. MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

A. Monitoring and Evaluation Plan IRC has developed and will follow a timeline for 2006/2007 for measuring program progress and for tracking the completion of major evaluations and periodic activities. Performance against specified indicators will be measured and internally reported upon on a monthly basis by our implementing partners CARE and FilmAid and by PSEA officers based in Kakuma, Dadaab and Nairobi using program tools such as training and workshop attendance, site visits, progress reports, focus group discussions and the dissemination of materials. CARE and FilmAid will also provide quarterly reports both narrative and financial.

To further monitor and evaluate the progress of the program monthly coordination meetings are held with CARE, FilmAid and UNHCR in Nairobi to review and discuss all program reports and to highlight areas of performance weakness and to provide guidance to ensure all program targets are met.

Field trips for monitoring and evaluation purposes will be made on a monthly basis by the program manager or the PSEA officer. Donors, IRC head quarters PSEA technical unit, and the IRC Horn and East Africa Regional Office will also make site visits to provide additional technical support and for monitoring and evaluation.

Meetings are held on regular basis in both Dadaab and Kakuma with community leaders made up of both the beneficiaries and host community. The meetings are a vital source of feedback and evaluation of the PSEA program. They also provide the community leaders with and opportunity to discuss issues that may arise within the program.

B. Performance Measurement

Performance of the program activities and outcomes in this proposal will be measured in relation to the target indicators and baselines summarized below. A KAP survey was conducted in the initial planning stages of the program in 2004. A comparative KAP survey will be carried out towards the end of the program in July 2007 enabling the programs performance over its entirety (phase one, two and three) to be accurately assessed. In the interim, the implementation process has been evaluated in July 2006, with results available in mid-August 2006.

2006/2007 Key Target Indicator	2005/2006 Baseline Status 20% increase in awareness of PSEA amongst refugees and aid workers	Initial KAP survey (2004) showed little to no awareness One steering group meeting per month in both Kakuma and Dadaab	9 held in Kakuma and 6 in Dadaab 100% of all steering group and focal points receive at least one refresher training. 80% of all steering group and focal points received initial training. 100% of teachers trained on Education module	Module is still be finalized, 30 teachers have received training for assessment purposes 1 program evaluation will take place	To be completed August PSEA program completed and exited	Will occur by July 31st 2007 IRC programs in Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Tanzania have received at least one PSEA training of trainers 	New activity (no baseline) 100% of all PSEA questions/enquiries are responded to by the Kenya PSEA program	New Activity (no baseline) 100% of IRC and their implementing will be provided with PSEA materials and training	New Activity (20 agency representatives will receive materials at PSEA conference on the 28th of June 2006) 1 Copy of the police training module will be distributed to all agencies regionally	New Activity (no baseline) One police training module is developed	Carried over from phase II 90 law enforcement officers will be trained on PSEA	Activity carried over from phase II (no baseline as yet) One report will be produced after training	New activity (no baseline) Awareness raising/training of all police will take place at camp level in conjunction with UNHCR, FilmAid and RCK	Carried over from phase II (no baseline as yet)

8. ATTACHMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

1.	IRC’s NICRA Agreement 2.	SF 424 version 02 3.	Cost Proposal – Detailed Itemized Budget 4.	Cost Proposal – Budget Narrative 5.	IRC Codes of Conduct/Mandatory Reporting Policy