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Myanmar

Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Training of Trainers Report

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Background

As Myanmar is going through political and economic reforms and nationwide ceasefire negotiations, conflict in Kachin and northern Shan states is ongoing, and tensions in Rakhine persist. The displacement profile of the country is one of great complexity which includes statelessness, protracted internal displacement as well as recurring national disaster driven displacement.

As the 17-year ceasefire broke down on 9 June 2011 in Kachin and Northern Shan States, the conflict flared up again between the Myanmar Armed Forces, also referred to as Tatmadaw, and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as well as with smaller non-state armed groups (NSAGs). As of February 2017, with the intensification of the conflict in Kachin and Northern Shan, about 86,900 internally displaced people are sheltered in 139 camp/sites across Kachin in Government as well as NonGovernment controlled areas and about 10,700 internally displaced persons are sheltered in 37 camps/sites across northern Shan. Here humanitarian access is very challenging and churches and civil society play a key role in assisting the displaced population.

In Rakhine about 119,862 IDPs remain displaced in 39 locations as a result of the 2012 intercommunal violence. Most of the IDPs are stateless, live in very dire conditions and enjoy no freedom of movement outside of the camps. Here assistance to Muslim IDPs mostly lies on the international community with camp management agencies managing and coordination activities within the camps.Moreover, the attacks of the 9th of October 2016 in Maungdaw and Rathedaung Townships which killed 9 armed forces resulted in harsh military operations that caused the displacement of more than 76,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh and 20,000 internally displaced.

Disaster preparedness also remains a major challenge as Myanmar is considered to be one of the countries at highest risk of natural disasters in South East Asia. There is a continued need for disaster risk reduction and activities aimed at strengthening national capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Upon the request from the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster lead (UNHCR) in Myanmar in 2014 and with the support of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) initiated a capacity building project to support camp management agencies and other key stakeholders in Rakhine, Kachin and Northern Shan states. IOM staff are now providing technical support to International and national non-governmental organizations in the field of camp management, information management, coordination, and community mobilization and have trained to date 1,064 individuals (excluding TOTs) in the core CCCM Cluster training curriculum.

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) served as sub-contractor to the Trócaire-led Department for International Development (DFID)-funded consortium in Kachin in 2016 offering Camp Management capacity building services for local and international partners. To date, NRC working with church based groups supporting IDPs, has been able to train over 500 camp management committee members in GCA and NGCA.