Provision of the lifesaving basic needs and essential services will be prioritized in 2017. Access to education will be given due attention to the refugees and asylum seekers in all camps (water, sanitation and hygiene; shelter; alternative energy, health, etc). For transitional shelter, the operation will only be able to partially cover the needs, with priority given to the extremely vulnerable cases and UASCs. The majority of the new arrivals will remain in temporary shelters. The provision of domestic energy and alternative energy sources, including connecting the camps to national grids, will also continue as resources permit, in all Eritrean refugee camps. Priority will be given to communal facilities such as the hospitals, communal kitchens, schools, and vocational skills training centers in Tigray camps. Ethanol distribution at the household level to the most vulnerable will also be undertaken in all of the Eritrean camps.
- Provision of sanitary kits, soap and core relief items (blankets and sleeping mats only) for new arrivals will be undertaken.
- Attention will be given to education (primary and secondary) for the population which is predominantly youth (75 per cent aged 25 years and below).
- Continuous registration, data analysis of population and issuance of individual documentation in all Eritrean refugee camps in Ethiopia (Tigray and Afar regions). Advocacy will be done for the issuance of birth certificates in 2017.
- Family based care for the UASCs will be prioritised and child protection will be mainstreamed within all sectors.
- Reception facilities will be improved to meet the minimum requirements of humanitarian response starting from the entry to the territory of the country.
- Track and reflect donor earmarking from the onset of the planning process.
- Objectives linked to the Global Strategic Priorities will be prioritised fully or partially for 2017 interventions.
- Request for more resettlement opportunities from accepting countries in 2017.
- Promotions of vocational skills training with linkages to meaningful income generation activities (IGAs) to complement partners’ bilateral funds.