68 . MOPAN 2017-18 ASSESSMENTS . UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST Within the UNRWA Protection Policy (2012) the Agency commits to “seek and allocate appropriate human and financial resources to meet its commitment to protect Palestine refugees”. However, UNRWA’s approach to protection from a structural and resource alignment perspective remains work in progress as currently only 5 per cent of the costs needed for protection and 2 core staff (Chief of 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 24, 25, Protection Division and Head of Gender Section) are from the programme budget, and the rest from 37, 38, 40, 50, 52, 57, project funding. The remaining protection activities are currently project funded. 60, 61, 64, 65, 79, 84, UNRWA has standard procedures for dealing with each phase of an Emergency (Preparedness, 86, 114, 119, 146, 147, Response, and Recovery). The Agency works proactively to ensure sufficient prevention, mitigation 149 and preparedness measures are in place so as to be well positioned in the event of a crisis. The Agency recognises that achieving these goals requires that the organisation’s structure is adjusted to changing circumstances and that effects on staff, arising from such changes, are mitigated. MI 3.1 Evidence confidence High confidence MI 3.2: Resource mobilisation efforts consistent with the core mandate and strategic priorities Score Overall MI Rating Highly satisfactory Overall MI score 3.75 Element 1: Resource mobilization strategy/case for support explicitly aligned to current strategic plan 4 Element 2: Resource mobilization strategy/case for support reflects recognition of need to diversify the funding base, particularly in relation to the private sector Element 3: Resource mobilization strategy/case for support seeks multi-year funding within mandate and strategic priorities 4 3 Element 4: Resource mobilization strategy/case for support prioritises the raising of domestic resources from partner countries/institutions, aligned to goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan/ N/A relevant country plan Element 5: Resource mobilization strategy/case for support contains clear targets, monitoring and reporting mechanisms geared to the Strategic Plan or equivalent MI 3.2 Analysis 4 Source document Given UNRWA’s current financial situation, resource mobilisation receives significant emphasis across the organisation and there is accountability for this at the highest levels with staff ‘pulling out all stops’ to address the funding crisis, and many senior staff spending up to 50 per cent of their time focused on resource mobilisation and resource management. There is widespread recognition within UNRWA and by donors of the destabilising effect, in an already unstable region, of potential or perceived threats to UNRWA’s ability to deliver on mandate and as such messages around resource mobilisation are carefully communicated. In response to the chronic funding crisis; UNRWA has significantly invested in resource mobilisation efforts, in resource management and in the consideration of alternative funding models for the agency going forward. UNRWA’s Resource Mobilisation Strategy (RMS) 2016-18 is explicitly aligned to the timeframe of the MTS and designed to ensure that UNRWA has the necessary resources to deliver on its mandate and realise the MTS strategic outcomes across its five fields of operation; this in an operating context where many of the longer-term operations that UNRWA implements are funded from the UNRWA ‘Programme Budget’ which is funded by voluntary contributions. The RMS 2016-18 recognises how the extension of multi-year funding for UNRWA has the potential for numerous benefits that lead to not only a more efficient response, but also better outcomes for beneficiaries through: 1, 2, 7, 10,12, 35, 42, 49, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 86, 97, 118