2019 Syria Regional Appeal - HQ - Capacity and Management Support

Under this Appeal, a senior emergency officer maintains day to-day oversight of the Agency’s response to the crisis and to ensure that dedicated capacity is available for political advice, emergency preparedness and communications. In order to ensure technical assistance with data analysis for the Agency’s emergency programmes, a statistician will be retained under this EA. The Department of Planning will retain oversight of monitoring and reporting on emergency activities using the Agency-wide results-based management (RBM) framework. The three field offices continue to collect data on a daily basis and report to the RBM on a quarterly basis. UNRWA will also maintain other headquarter functions in support of emergency operations, such as legal services including engagement led by the Department of Legal Affairs with international human rights mechanisms.