Coordination (R.C.) & UNDP Early Recovery Intervention and Livelihood Activities

1. ECHO Coordination (R.C.)& UNDP Early Recovery Intervention and Livelihood Activities Baalback & Hermel Caza - Lebanon Wednesday, September 19, 2007

2. Objectives • Establish a UNRC field presence • Recovery activities • Restore lives and Livelihoods • Establishment of effective coordination mechanisms among various contributing bodies in the fields of recovery and development such as UN agencies and NGO’s • Provide technical support to local authorities

3. Coordination and Sectorial Meetings • Coordination among local & International NGOs & local active institutions &CBOs • Identification of problems in each sector • Agriculture and environment sectors • Development and tourism sectors • Health and Education sector • Solutions and Priorities of intervention • How projects can address the following issues: • Feasibility • Sustainability • Avoid duplication • Number of beneficiaries

4. Current status of the activities • Since its inception early November 2006 the UNDP Bekaa-Sub office carried out the following: • Initial preliminary inception meeting with local authorities and municipalities (Mohafez, Qa’im Maqam, Federation of Municipalities, Local Communities, Civil Society Organizations) • Needs and damage assessments in affected villages • Prioritize and supervise a variety of interventions to reconstruct and rehabilitate affected areas

5. On-going Recovery Projects

6. Baalbak /Al Sayel Road • Pavement • Lighting poles • Sewage Connections • Storm Water Canal • Landscaping

7. Chmistar • Storm Water Canal

8. Chwaghir • 1500 meters Irrigation Canal • 2 Bridges over the Assi River

9. Hermel • Main entrance rehabilitation • Lighting poles • Pavements • Road Isles and signs • Retaining walls

10. Completed Recovery Projects

11. Bouday • Municipal Roof & Premises • Lighting poles • Generator • Irrigation Canals

12. Nabi Shiit • Retaining walls • Lighting poles

13. Al Saydeh • Main Bridge • Lighting Poles

14. Al Ain • Retaining walls • Strom Water Drainage Canals • Drinking Water Network

15. Younine • Lighting Poles • Retaining walls

16. Haddath Baalback • Bridge • Retaining walls • Lighting poles

17. Britel • Lighting poles • Retaining walls • Sewage Network

18. Khraibeh • Lighting poles • Road Pavement • Retaining walls

19. Zahleh – Civil Defense H.Q. • Well rehabilitation • Pump, pipes, electrical wires and accessories

20. Field Assessment of Trout farms. • Damage assessment • Proposed farm design • Best management practices • Define levels of intervention & support: • Construction and rehabilitation of race ways (Ponds) • Technical support (shades, liners, demand feeders, air blowers, monitoring equipments) • Management –Trainings…etc • Provision of Alvins and fish feed

21. Field Assessment of Trout farms.

22. Forecasted livelihood projects in Northern Bekaa. • Union of Northern Baalbeck (Nabi-Othman): Market place for fruits vegetables and local products • Union of Baalbeck Municipalities (Baalbeck): Permanent Exhibition Hall • Union of Agriculture Cooperatives-Deir Al Ahmar: Cold storage Upgrading - Additional cold storage room (140 m2) • Union of Hermel Municipalities: Trout fish Processing, Smoking & Packaging plant • Union of East Baalbeck Municipalities (Nabi-Sheet): Municipal Equipments (Hydraulic Excavator, Cistern truck, Skid Steer Loader, Wheel loader) • Union of West Baalbeck Municipalities (Chmistar): Municipal Equipments (Hydraulic Excavator, Pick up broom, Skid Steer Loader, Wheel loader) • Union of Al Challal (Bouday): Municipal Equipments (Hydraulic Excavator, Pick up broom, Skid Steer Loader, Wheel loader)

23. Areas of Intervention in Hermel Caza

24. Areas of Intervention in Baalback Caza

25. Thank You