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PART II: CAMP COORdINATION ANd CAMP MANAgEMENT

CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT

OVERVIEW NO. OF PEOPLE IN NEED SEVERITY MAP - +
Camp coordination and camp management
systems are required to ensure equitable access
to services and protection for displaced persons 1.3M
in formal and informal settlements. Settlements
without coordination and management systems do not BY SEX BY AGE
meet standards and are not maintained properly, leading to
inadequate aid provision for vulnerable people. The lack of core
services contributes to serious public health risks, preventable 48% 52%
deaths, and increased risks of gender-based violence for male female 47% 47% 6%
children adult elderly
women and girls both in formal and informal settlements. (<18 yrs) (18-59) (>59)
Information dissemination and the coordination of service
provision in camp settings are required to allow humanitarian
partners to better coordinate assistance, support informed governorate, district and site level. Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala,
return intentions and strengthen accountability to affected Hamdaniya, Kirkuk, Ninewa, and Salah al-Din Governorates
populations.
are the highest priorities for the sector. There is a need to
identify and rectify threats to health and safety including man-
AFFECTED POPULATION made hazards and damage caused by weather conditions and
over-use of equipment, and to ensure regular maintenance and
Over 2.7 million people in formal and informal settlements solid waste removal, reducing the physical and public health
need camp coordination and camp management services, risks in and around settlement sites. Communication with
with women accounting for more than 50 per cent of the communities and access to information on returns are critical.
24 displaced. Vulnerable groups like women, girls, people There is a lack of service mapping for informal sites, resulting
with disabilities and the elderly are at risk of higher rates of in duplication or gaps in service provision, and an inadequate
discrimination and exclusion during displacement, as their humanitarian response for people in need. Vulnerable people
privacy and safety are most affected by inadequate or absent in informal sites lack access to information about their rights
camp management systems and reduced or un-prioritized and available services.
service provision.
Improved planning, construction and multi-service
mapping in formal sites are required to maximize resources
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS and services, and to reduce crime and protection risks,
Strengthening camp management structures across Iraq is particularly gender-based violence and sexual exploitation
a key need. The capacity for camp management and effective and abuse. Displacement is expected to continue to increase
CCCM
coordination of different services and needs in a prioritized into 2017, and the subsequent establishment of new formal
manner continues to be a challenge in the majority of settlements will further increase camp management needs.
formal settlements. Stronger levels of coordination and the Without planning, sites will later require costly reconstruction,
implementation of impartial service provision are needed at redesign or relocation due to poor site preparation and lay-

NUMBER OF IDPS IN CAMPS AND OUT-OF-CAMPS IN 2016 IN IRAQ IDP POPULATION MANAGED BY CAMP MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Out-of-camp 2.5M

12% 88%
Camp 565k NGOs Government
(54k) (413k)