Support to the “Task Force” on the Nexus in Chad

Our support will aim to improve donors’ ability to collectively meet the challenges of delivering aid in Chad by improving the impact of projects related to the different aspects of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. In order to do this, it is important to improve understanding of the causes and effects of crises, and subsequently to respond in a strategic way by focusing on the vulnerabilities in fragile areas of Chad, and finding ways to link the different approaches. Our support will be based on a certain number of key principles established by the donor community, such as the OECD DAC principles for fragile states, the DAC’s principles for managing the HDP Nexus, and the key aspects of the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative.

At the beginning of the mission, an action plan will be drawn up in consultation with the members of the Task Force and all other suggested parties. The action plan will provide a strategy and approach to operationalise the HDP Nexus in Chad. It will include:

• shared objectives in line with the OECD’s recommendations for implementing the HDP Nexus;
• actions to be carried according to different timeframes and on different scales;
• a coherent system of indicators which will have both core indicators for all donors and sectors, and specific indicators for each key sector;
• a proposed timetable for implementation;
• a system for annually accounting for the progress made.

It is important to point out that for a context like Chad, this timetable will be indicative and will need to remain very flexible. It can be reviewed and redefined regularly in discussion with the Task Force. A system will need to be established to monitor the action plan and ensure that there is accountability between the members of the Task Force and towards the main stakeholders. It will be necessary to rapidly establish relations with the UN Country Team, the Humanitarian Country Team, NGOs, technical coordination systems (sectors, PTF groups and clusters), and especially the Chadian authorities. The latter are obviously a key player in the HDP Nexus, but they are also a key player in relation to food security issues, and mediation (the role of Governors, Sultans, Mayors, etc.).