Disasters, Conflicts and Migration

 

For a more detailed database on disasters by country, please see the Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters

Seasonal Effects on Logistics Capacities

 

The floods are not common in Libya, but the country has experienced number of severe floods in this millennium caused by the heavy rainfall and led to close the roads in Tripoli and Benghazi, and disruptions in the aviation at Mitiga Airport.

 

 There are no potential seasonal bottlenecks might affect the storage and handling process.

 

Capacity and Contacts for In-Country Emergency Response

 

GOVERNMENT

Libya is suffering from the political instability and a vacuum of effective governance, thus its capacity to respond to emergencies is very limited including the capacity of the military and civil defence. Until this point in time, the government hasn’t established a NDMO for emergencies. Although during early days of the Covid pandemic, the government established a Crises Committee to manage the crises headed by a senior military officer. Nevertheless, the government and through its different ministries (MOFA, Ministry of Displacement, MoH, MOE, Central bank…etc.) try to cooperate with the humanitarian community to ensure the smooth flow of the humanitarian services to the beneficiaries. 

For more information on government contact details, please see the following link:

4.1 Government Contact List

 

HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY

In 2021, HRP partners aim to reach approximately 451,000 people, 36 percent of the 1.3 million people identified to need humanitarian assistance. These are people with the most severe needs because of a partial or total collapse of living standards and basic services, increased reliance on negative coping strategies, and widespread physical and mental harm.

The response will target five groups identified as particularly vulnerable—internally displaced persons, non-displaced.

Libyans, returnees, and migrants and refugees— across all 22 Mantikas in the country. Based on assessed needs, the response prioritizes provision of or access to critical services, such as education, health, protection, and hygiene and sanitation, as well as providing access to basic household goods and commodities including food and essential non-food items.

Libya continues to struggle to cope with the effects of ongoing conflict and insecurity, an economic and governance crisis, and the impacts of COVID-19. In 2020, around 2.5 million people have been the most affected, with 1.3 million people having the most severe needs and requiring humanitarian assistance. This is the result of a deterioration or partial collapse of living standards and basic services, an increased reliance on the use of negative coping strategies and widespread grave violations of human rights and significant impact on physical and mental wellbeing. “OCHA”.

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country are living in unsafe conditions and in volatile conflict areas, with little or no access to basic household goods and essential commodities, and with limited access to functioning basic services and utilities. This includes people exposed to violence and unable to access life-saving medical assistance, essential medicines, food, safe drinking water and sanitation, shelter and education.

The humanitarian organizations play a big role to relive the suffering of people in Libya. There are more than 70 UN agencies, INGOs and NGO are operating in Libya to provide the humanitarian assistance.

UNHCR is one of the UN agencies that operates many programs through the partners such as IMC and Cesvi to improve protection and life-saving assistance to displaced people, refugees, asylum-seekers and host communities. This includes supporting local public services which benefit the whole community, such as hospitals and schools. 

IOM has a significant and wide presence on the ground, they distribute NFI, including clothes, shoes, and other necessities, as well as hygiene kits to IDP families and migrants, IOM has also provided immediate humanitarian assistance to several hundred migrants rescued at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard through the provision of specialized health care including psychosocial support, clothing, hygiene articles and other necessities.

IOM Libya is currently implementing a community stabilization program aims at promoting peace and stability for IDPs, migrants and local host communities in Libya, and to build local capacities and promote peace initiatives with local authorities, NGOs and CSOs through training activities and support inter and intra community dialogue.

IOM also established Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) with the purpose of providing accurate and timely information on the locations and movements of IDPs, returnees and migrants.

ICRC gives relief assistance for beneficiaries in Libya. They distribute aid in the form of food and essential household items such as mattresses, blankets, kitchen sets, jerry cans, buckets, diapers, and hygiene kits. ICRC teams also provides medical supplies to hospitals and health-care facilities, and support patients with physical disabilities.

The attached map shows the operational capacity of humanitarian organizations by Mantiqa (as of August 2021):

https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/libya_access_snapshot-august_2021.pdf.

For more information on humanitarian agency contact details, please see the following link:

4.2 Humanitarian Agency Contact List.

 

One of the main governmental entity empowered in regulatory activities is The Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) is a governmental institution established in 1991 and is based in Tripoli, LNCSM is governed by a Board of Directors, headed by the Ministry of Planning, and comprising 10 representatives from different Ministries. The main task of LNCSM is to develop national Standards (and/or adapt international standards). LNCSM also grants a voluntary Libyan Quality Mark and accredits inspection bodies. Besides, the centre activities are: 

• Preparation, issuing, accrediting, reviewing and quality control of national standards in all fields of products and services, and disseminating and selling these standards. 
• Harmonization of Libyan standards with Arab, regional and international specifications, and accreditation of standards issued by Arab, regional or international organizations. 
• Standards coordination between normal, Arab, Regional and international bodies in order to promote the exportation of national goods and products. 

• Expand the cooperation between the Arab, Regional and International bodies, in the fields of common interest. 
• Proposing accreditation of testing facilities and laboratories for testing, inspection, analysis and calibration, inspection offices, and qualifying conformity certificates grantors and following up their performance. 
• Setting and implementing the national metrology system, keeping the national references of the national standards, and developing and accrediting measurements and calibration methods. 
• Preparing a national quality programme aiming at improving the performance efficiency of the public and private production and service institutions, and supervising its implementation. 
• Issuing a Libyan quality mark system specifying the relations and organizing the conditions for the permission of its use. 

LNCSM contacts: 

Website: http://www.lncsm.org.ly/ 

E-mail : info@lncsm.org.ly 

Tel: +218 21 463 0885  

Other governmental entity is the administrative Control Authority (ACA) which aims to achieve effective administrative control over the executive bodies in the country and follow up its work to ascertain the fulfils of its responsibilities and duties in the fields of its competence and implementation of laws and regulations. 

ACA contacts: 

Website: www.aca.gov.ly 

E-mail : ico@aca.gov.ly 

Tel: +218 21 334 2166 

Under the supervision of this authority, the National Food & Drug Control Centre (FDCC) works to conduct the quality control of food and drugs, and ascertain that all locally produced and importing food and drugs meet the Libyan standard specifications.   

FDCC contacts:   

Website: https://www.fdcc.ly/ 

E-mail : info@fdcc.ly 

Tel : +218 21 444 1491 

For more information on regulatory departments and quality control laboratories’ contact details, please see the following links: 

4.1 Libya Government Contact List

4.3 Libya Laboratory and Quality Testing Companies Contact List

Duties and Tax Exemption

For contact information regarding government custom authorities, please follow the link below:  

4.1 Libya Government Contact List

Emergency Response

[Note: This section contains information which is related and applicable to ‘crisis’ times. These instruments can be applied when an emergency is officially declared by the Government.  When this occurs, there is usually a streamlined process to import goods duty and tax free.]

In the following table, state which of the following agreements and conventions apply to the country and if there are any other existing ones

Exemption Regular Regime (Non-Emergency Response)

As described in the Libyan Law No. (10) of 2010 on customs, Chapter (5)” Temporary Exemption”:

https://customs.ly/ova_doc/law-of-customs/
 

Exemption Certificate Application Procedure

Exemption Certificate Document Requirements

Customs Clearance

General Information 

Customs Clearance Document Requirements

Transit Regime

There are certain procedures and documentation for such imports, a guarantee needs to be paid by the forwarder to the customs authority which will later be returned after official confirmation on customs the declaration by customs staff at the last customs checkpoint on the border. Customs then confirm that all transited cargo (same quantity, quality) has departed Libya. Transit cargo from the entry point in Libya to the departure point must remain under customs guard and remain sealed.

Clearance Formalities

Clearance formalities for importation of goods are as described as below:

• Receipt of full set of original shipping documents.
• Checking of documents for completeness and correctness.
• Submitting of original shipping documents to the customs clearance agency.
• Issuance of customs declaration and forms including classification of goods as per customs rules.
• Evaluation of payable services fees and/or tax according to valid current exchange rates.