Minimum Standards for Child Protection and the UNHCR Framework for Protection of Children

1. Minimum Standards for Child Protection and the UNHCR Framework for Protection of Children • What are the Minimum Standards and • Framework for the Protection of Children? • What are they used for and how? • Principle similarities • Linkages and comparisons

2. Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Overview: Intended to cover gaps and support child protection work in humanitarian settings. • Establish common principles amongst those working in child protection, and to strengthen coordination between them • Improve quality of child protection programming, and its impact for children • Improve accountability • Further define the professional field of child protection • Provide a synthesis of good practice and learning to date • Enable better advocacy and communication on child protection risks, needs and responses.

3. Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action • How are the Minimum Standards used? • Plan and cost humanitarian interventions • Establish common and measureable expectations regarding scope & quality of child protection services provided to children, their families and communities • Establish agreement on common principles between different actors, such as the different members of Child Protection coordination mechanism • Motivate and enable those working in other sectors of humanitarian action to protect children better. • Guide and evaluate quality and effectiveness of humanitarian interventions • Induct and train new staff or partners • As a self-learning tool and reference text • Enable advocacy on CP issues • M & E

4. CPMS in refugee settings • CPMS is not developed specifically for refugee situations – but should guide UNHCR CP emergency response • Complements UNHCR specific child protection guidance (e.g. BID guidance, CP Framework etc.) • Does not address specific issues relating to children in refugee procedures (e.g. registration, RSD, durable solutions) - for these procedures specific UNHCR guidance applies. • Developed for emergencies, but can also serve as a guide for protracted situations

5. Similar Guiding Principles *Colors correlate to similarities in principles.*

6. A Framework for the Protection of Children Broadens UNHCR’s understanding of and engagement in the protection of children. The Framework articulates 6 goals and offers guidance on how to achieve them. The Six Goals are: Girls and boys are safe where they live, learn and play Children’s participation and capacity are integral to their protection Girls and boys have access to child-friendly procedures Girls and boys obtain legal documentation Girls and boys with specific needs receive targeted support Girls and boys achieve durable solutions in their best interests

7. Broader scope of Child Protection • A broad ‘rights-based approach’ focuses on ensuring protection for all children of concern rather than focusing more narrowly on specific categories of children. • State Responsibility States are primarily responsible for the protection of children: • they need to establish and implement child protection systems in • accordance with their international obligations, ensuring non- • discriminatory access to all children under their jurisdiction. • Child Protection Systems • The Framework applies a child protection systems approach that • includes actions for duty bearers at all levels – family, community, • national and international – to mitigate and respond to the protection • risks children are facing. • Prevention and Response Establish mechanisms which prevent and respond to children’s protection risks, including referral pathways to child-sensitive health, psychosocial and care services.

8. A Framework for the Protection of Children Promotes a systems approach supports the comprehensive protection of children: - Legal and policy framework - Coordination - Prevention and response activities - Knowledge and data - Human and financial capacities - Human and financial capacities - Advocacy and awareness raising Framework applies a child protection systems approach that includes actions for duty bearers at all national and international levels including family and community. Assists in the mitigation and response to the protection risks children are facing. Recognizes that all actors contribute to the comprehensive protection of children.

9. Monitoring implementation of the CPMS • UNHCR has standard pre-set indicators for all programme areas, including child protection. • (Outlined in the Results Based Management framework) • Many Child Protection indicators are closely aligned with the CPMS indicators. • Field level partnership agreements (‘IP agreements’) can include additional indicators, including CPMS indicators.

10. Indicator linkages

11. Indicator linkages Note: Indicators are from UNHCRs Results Framework for 2014

12. A Framework for the Protection of Children Core comparisons: • The Framework and Minimum Standards both: • Have key actions and guidance notes associated with goals/indicators • Take on a more holistic approach to child protection, involving multiple actors than simply focusing on individual child. • Could be used as tools to guide decision-making and reference • Address the needs of the child as the fundamental goal