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Humanitarian programme cycle (IASC)

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Key points
  • The HPC establishes the steps to take and tools to use to manage the inter-agency response to humanitarian crises (for IDPs and nationals of a country). The HPC seeks to achieve a needs-based rather than project-based approach to strategic planning, and standardises the approach to needs assessment and analysis, strategic planning, resource allocation and monitoring
  • UNHCR engages fully in HPC processes: familiarize yourself with, and follow, HPC procedures and guidance; fulfill cluster obligations and commit financial and human resources to support cluster roles and responsibilities. Request support from HQ if there are gaps
  • When UNHCR leads a refugee operation in a country with an HRP, it prepares the refugee chapter in the HRP, based on active and inclusive consultation with partners involved in the refugee response
  • The HPC does not apply in refugee emergencies, which are covered by the UNHCR Refugee Coordination Model (RCM). In mixed situations including IDPs and refugees, UNHCR will apply the RCM and the arrangements in the UNHCR-OCHA Joint Note on Mixed Situations: Coordination in Practice. Contact the Partnership and Coordination Service in the Division of External Relation (DER) to consult on the best coordination and delivery arrangements

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