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Global Needs Assessment

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In 2009, UNHCR rolled out worldwide a Global Needs Assessment (GNA) aimed at determining the real needs of refugees and internally displaced people, the costs of meeting those needs and the consequences of any gaps. The GNA is now an integral part of how UNHCR maps and plans its operations around the globe.

The GNA started as a pilot project in 2008 in eight countries - Cameroon, Ecuador, Georgia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand, Yemen and Zambia - and found that there were gaps in several areas, including shelter, health, education, food security, sanitation and the prevention of sexual violence. Nearly a third of those unmet needs were basic and essential services.

The Global Needs Assessment is a blueprint for planning and action and allows donors to have a very accurate picture of what is needed and the impact of their support.

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Global Needs Assessment Pilot Report

Global Needs Assessment Pilot ReportA report on the pilot Global Needs Assessment - meeting the needs of refugees and others of concern to UNHCR globally.

Global Needs Assessment Pilot Update, September 2009

Key findings of the GNA pilot survey, 2008

  • 30 percent of needs are not being met
  • A third of unmet needs are for basic needs and essential services

Measures are needed to improve:

  • Food security and nutrition
  • Health
  • Access to clean water - construction or rehabilitation of wells
  • Sanitation - construction or rehabilitation of latrines
  • Distribution of non-food items
  • Access to education - subsidies to students, school supplies, extra schools or classrooms, more teachers

To ensure better protection we will need:

  • Training and technical support to governments
  • Improved and ensured access to asylum procedures
  • Enhanced reception facilities and procedures
  • Documentation
  • Border monitoring
  • Strengthened community security measures
  • To support justice mechanisms

To improve prevention and response to sexual abuse and violence we will need to:

  • Provide firewood or fuel alternative
  • Strengthen child protection programmes
  • Enhance reporting and follow-up
  • Establish safe houses
  • Expand opportunities for women's self-reliance
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