Livelihood Integration Unit

Livelihoods Integration Unit

USAID is supporting the establishment of a Livelihoods Integration Unit (LIU), within the national Early Warning Directorate of the DRMFSS. It is committed to the goal of capacity building, with an objective of handing over its core functions to the DPPA within three years. The LIU will achieve this through: maximizing participation of the DPPA in project activities; information sharing and exchange of ideas between government staff and other stakeholders at all levels; standardization of approach; ongoing training; developing training materials; establishing a nation-wide comparable set of regional livelihoods baselines; integrating these baselines into the existing early warning system; and gaining general agreement around national standards for livelihoods-based early warning and emergency food and non-food assessments.

For further information on the LIU please contact Jane MacAskill, Chief of Party, LIU Program liujm@dppc.gov.et