Humanitarian response plans (HRPs) are required for any humanitarian crisis requiring the support of more than one agency , and are prepared by humanitarian country teams (HCTs) based on a humanitarian needs overview. In-depth guidance and templates are available, as well as a collection of tools and best practice
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HRPs build upon humanitarian needs overviews which provide the evidence base and analysis of the magnitude of the crisis and identify the most pressing humanitarian needs. These needs inform the strategic objectives in of the HRP. The various cluster plans follow from these strategic objectives.
Humanitarian response plans are primarily management tools for the humanitarian coordinator (HC) and HCT. In addition, however, they can be used to communicate the scope of the response to an emergency to donors and the public, and thus serve a secondary purpose for resource mobilization. Response monitoring , in turn follows , follows the strategic plan, as it seeks to determine whether the goals and targets set in the HRP are actually achieved.
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- a country strategy consisting of a narrative, strategic objectives, and indicators, and
- cluster plans consisting of objectives, activities and accompanying projects, which detail implementation and costing of the strategy.
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