September 2019

GPN/ExpRes Newsletter
UNDP Crisis Bureau

193 ExpRes consultants

23 Staff deployments
13 CO staff support
248 deployments 10 Stand By Partners
to 62 countries 9 UNV
in January - August 2019

Europe
Global
Jan-Aug 2019 Jan-Aug 2019 Top COs
Top GPN/ExpRes Latin America receiving the highest
Profiles deployed: and the Caribbean no. of deployments:
Governance 39 Africa Mozambique 18

Rule of Law 33 Myanmar 15

Yemen 13
Disaster Risk Reduction
21 Arab States
and Recovery Ethiopia / Somalia 12
Conflict Prevention & India / Iraq / Lebanon 10
12
Peacebuilding

Early Recovery
12
Coordination
Asia Pacific

Cyclone Idai and Support Plan for Sudan

Cyclone Kenneth Response (L2)
The devastating cyclone Idai that hit south-eastern
Africa in March 2019 may be the worst ever disas-
ter to strike the southern hemisphere, affecting
Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The dev-
astating cyclone affected 3 million people, dis-
placed 245,000 people and took over 1,000 lives.
Between 9 and 19 March, the three Governments
declared state of emergencies and welcomed
international assistance. On 24 April 2019 cat 4
Cyclone Kenneth hit Northern Mozambique.
UNDP supported the governments and partners to
conduct PDNAs in Mozambique and Malawi.
Since the crisis’s onset, the Crisis Bureau facilitat-
ed 24 deployments to the 3 affected countries:
11 GPN/ExpRes consultants, 5 SURGE advisors,
5 deployments through SBP and 3 UNVs, as Early
Recovery Coordinators, Debris/Waste Manage-
ment Advisors, Disaster Risk Reduction advisors,
Communication Specialists, and others.
Yemen protracted crisis (L3)
In response to political transition in Sudan, a
UNDP mission comprising 4 members was
deployed to Sudan in March 2019 to identify
opportunities and entry points to position UNDP
Sudan within the transition and post-transition
context in Darfur. Based on the findings of the
review mission, a series of deployments were
initiated in the first half of 2019 to strengthen the
CO’s capacities and scale up its interventions in
Darfur. To that extent, the Crisis Bureau facilitat-
ed 7 deployments to Sudan, as part of the sup-
port plan: 4 GPN/ExpRes consultants, 2 SURGE
advisors, and 1 Stand By Partner deployment, in
the areas of Rule of Law, Livelihoods, HDP Nex-
us and others. Other deployments are planned
After more than two years of stalemate, the intra-
for the coming months to further reinforce the
Yemeni consultations held in Stockholm in
capacities of the Country Office.
December 2018 successfully concluded with
agreements on the redeployment of forces from
Hodeidah city and port, as well as a leading UN
role in oversight of the port management and
port resources. UNDP is playing a key role in the
civilian component of the implementation of the
Stockholm agreement, with a focus on Mine
Action, Rule of Law and reconstruction.
Since January 2019, the Crisis Bureau facilitated
13 deployments to Yemen, in support of the
Stockholm agreement: 8 GPN/ExpRes consult-
ants, 4 SURGE advisors and 1 CO staff support,
as CPR Senior Advisors, Communication
Specialists, Stabilization advisors, Governance
and HDP Nexus advisors.
 Snapshot of January– August 2019 GPN/ExpRes Deployments

Country of
Assignment title Job profile Duration
assignment

Senior Anti-Corruption Advisor Governance Myanmar 6 months

Early Recovery Advisor Beira Early Recovery Coordination Mozambique 3 months

Industrial Sector Development Specialist Livelihoods Iraq 6 months

Procurement Specialist Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Yemen 4 months

Senior Elections Expert Governance Ethiopia 3 month

Expert on Media, Elections and Political Parties Debates Governance Ecuador 3 weeks

Human Rights Programme Development Consultant Rule of law Malawi 3 months

Early Recovery Specialist Early Recovery Coordination Zimbabwe 5 months

Coaching Municipal Police Rule of Law Lebanon 1,5 months

Operations Advisor Operations support Bangladesh 2 months

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