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These Guidelines provide a structured approach for CCCM partners in Yemen to effectively phase out and hand over site management responsibilities. Aligned with the Yemen CCCM Cluster Strategy 2025-2027 and global best practices, this document outlines a systematic process across three primary transition pathways: handover to local organizations, handover to local authorities and communities, and site phase-out and closure.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
In 2025, Yemen is facing a severe humanitarian crisis as it enters the tenth year of conflict. Many IDPs have been displaced since the peak of the conflict in 2015-2018, with approximately 1.6 million IDPs still living in 1,896 spontaneous settlements and 401 smaller sites. These sites continue to be overcrowded, lacking access to essential services and infrastructure, and faced with heightened protection risks.
The operating environment presents substantial challenges:
- Funding constraints: Reductions in humanitarian funding, including donor fatigue and the suspension of USAID programming in early 2025, have strained service delivery.
- Capacity limitations: Local actors and authorities have limited resources and varying levels of technical capacity.
- Site fragmentation: Hundreds of small, dispersed sites make consistent monitoring and service mapping challenging.
- Compounding crises: Economic contraction, protection risks, and climate hazards disproportionately impact displacement sites.