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Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters

Session 3.1: Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters. Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters . (Place) – (Date). What is monitoring and why does it matter? What are the principles of monitoring? How can protection needs be assessed?

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Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters

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  1. Session 3.1: Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters (Place) – (Date)

  2. What is monitoring and why does it matter? • What are the principles of monitoring? • How can protection needs be assessed? • What groups should monitoring protection target? Overview

  3. What is monitoring? Mount Merapi, Indonesia Picture: AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara, from: http://news.uk.msn.com/photos/special-photo-galleries/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=155105230&page=20

  4. Accountability  • Results-orientation  • Adaptability • Mitigation Why monitor?

  5. Needs based • Performance Management • Comprehensiveness • Equity Why monitor? (cont.)

  6. During the response phase: • Rights related to physical security, integrity and dignity • Rights related to basic necessities • Equal access to assistance or non-discrimination in aid provision • During the recovery phase: • Rights related to economic, social and cultural protection needs • Rights related to civil and political protection needs • Equal access to assistance or non-discrimination in aid provision • Effectiveness of protection programs What should be monitored?

  7. Aim: Collect data  on vulnerable populations in hazard prone or affected areas to inform response • Method: Participation of the community; agency questionnaires/indicators   • Expertise: Requires skilled professionals with specialist competencies  The essentials of monitoring

  8. Prioritize safety and dignity of disaster affected persons and communities • Contextual analysis including protection risks  • Equitability and impartiality • Consultation and participation • State has primary responsibility for protection  • Prioritize vulnerable groups needs  • Policies for advocacy response  • Respond to human rights abuses Minimum standards for Protection

  9. Sphere Project Minimum Standards • Humanitarian Accountability Standard • Interagency Network for Education in EmergencyStandards • Red Cross Code of Conduct • Good Enough Guide • Standards and Indicators in UNHCR Operation Examples of common standards

  10. Joint assessment mission • Joint monitoring mechanism – checklists and guidelines • Agency focal points • Start monitoring as soon as possible focusing on a few key elements • Broaden the scope as resources and time permit Implementing common standards for monitoring 

  11. Children, especially infants • Women • Older people • HIV/AIDS patients • Internally displaced persons • People with mental or physical disabilities • Indigenous people • Other marginalized groups Vulnerable groups for special monitoring attention

  12. Protection status of different vulnerable target groups over time • Changes in social behavior patterns • Changes in migration/displacement movements • Positive and negative effects of the intervention Monitoring allows decision makers to see:

  13. Be aware of community expectations • Ensure availability of mechanisms for redress • Support states’ assumption of responsibility for protection monitoring Thinking beyond monitoring:

  14. Questions? Thank you!

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