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Informing resilient livelihoods

INTRODUCTION
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Programme Information
Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (RVAA)
Programme was established in 2005 with the objective to Current Programme Phase Dates:
strengthen national and regional vulnerability analysis • March 2017 to March 2022
systems, in order to inform policy formulation, development Objective
programmes and emergency interventions. Since them the • To support resilient and sustainable rural
programme has gone through phases with varying and urban livelihoods, environments,
objectives. and institutions in reducing poverty and
enhancing well-being in the SADC region.
What are the needs Targeted beneficiaries
• SADC Secretariat, NVACs, Government
To address vulnerability, it is important for decision-makers
Ministries, UN, Donors, NGOs, Agencies.
to have access to credible data and information. This applies
Service Providers:
to both emergency response as well as longer-term
• The United Nations World Food
development planning.
Programme (WFP).
The RVAA Programme provides timely and credible
• Landell Mills (LM).
vulnerability data and information as well as strengthens Programme donors:
62 capacities in Member States to meet the ever-increasing • UK - Foreign, Commonwealth &
information needs of developmental programming and
Development Office (FCDO).
emergency response for governments and partners. • The Swiss Agency for Development and
Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (VAA)
Cooperation (SDC).
is the regional monitoring system applied by the National
Vulnerability Assessment Committees (NVACs) established
in the SADC Member States.
Key priority interventions
• Technical capacity development and assessments coordination: - to ensure that credible, high quality
assessments are produced by the National Vulnerability Assessment Committees (NVACs) in a timely
manner.
• Institutionalization: - to enhance the legitimacy and sustainability of the VAA system by supporting
NVACs to be incorporated into government administrative and financial structures.
• Communication, Advocacy and Leadership development: - to increase the influence of the VAA system
by facilitating increased access, use and uptake of VAA information and products.

Significance of VAA information system at strategic & operational level
• Evidence-based planning: The VAA system provides credible historical and real-time analysis vital to
inform evidence-based emergency response and sustainable developmental programming in the region.
• Dependable source: Member States depend on the VAA information system to identify and assess the
vulnerability and food insecurity in SADC countries to plan interventions and influence policy decision
making processes.
• Accountability: VAA data can show the effectiveness of approaches to address food and nutrition
security, and thus enables systems of accountability.

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