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Shifting the Power Paradigm – Increasing Resources for and Representation of L/NNGOs and CSOs in Protection Coordination Mechanisms – Challenges and Opportunities - GPC Forum 2020
Organised by Centre de Recherche JURISCONSULTE, Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR), InterAction and International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), , this webinar will focus on concrete steps that humanitarian practitioners and policy makers can take to create a more equitable and inclusive protection sector. Date & Time: Monday 28 September 2020, 13:00 Geneva Time
Protection Dimension of Durable Solutions - GPC Forum 2020
This session will focus on the stocktaking done of the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, to mark its 10th anniversary. The presentation will highlight the findings of the stocktaking exercise of the Framework conducted under the auspices of GP20. It is expected that with this session knowledge of the IASC Framework is increased and that lessons learned and good practices of its use are shared among stakeholders. In addition, expected outcomes are to understand how the Framework has been and can be used in different contexts to support IDPs progress towards durable solutions. Date & Time: Monday 28 September 2020, 11:30 – 13:00 Geneva time
Children’s Voice: Maintaining and Adapting for Safe Child Participation during COVID-19 - GPC Forum 2020
Organized by the CP AoR and the CPC Learning Network, this webinar will present the new ‘Children as Partners in Child Protection during COVID-19 Guide’ with the aim to assist humanitarian actors to maintain and strengthen children’s meaningful participation in their work in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic and in preparedness planning. During the webinar, participants will explore ways how children can be engaged as partners and leaders in child protection during the crisis. Tip sheets and tools that have been adapted for the COVID-19 context will be presented and experiences on meaningfully engaging children will be shared from the field. Date & Time: Tuesday 29 September 2020, 15:00 – 17:00 Geneva Time
Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons in the Humanitarian Response to GBV - GPC Forum 2020
Organized by the GBV AoR, UNHCR, Humanity & Inclusion and HelpAge international, this session will focus on the specific protection risks that persons with disabilities and older persons face in relation to emergencies, particularly focusing on the increased exposure to Gender-Based Violence during COVID-19. Through dialogue, this session aims to provide a contextual mapping of protection risks and barriers faced by persons with disabilities and older persons, particularly in relation to GBV. Field-level practitioners, including Disabled Persons Organisations and Older Persons Organisation, and the IASC Reference Group on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities will share promising practices on the implementation of the IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, both within specialist GBV services and through targeted GBV risk mitigation across sectors. Follow-up actions will be determined jointly to bolster inclusion during emergencies. Date & Time: Tue...
Leveraging Law and Policy for Effective Field Protection Response - GPC Forum 2020
Organized by the Task Team on Law and Policy (TTLP), this session will discuss the role of field protection clusters and AoRs in the development and promotion of legal and policy frameworks relating to the protection of IDPs in country of operation, as well as the use of existing frameworks in protection programming and response in practice. The event will inform the development of an “Interim guidance for Field Protection Clusters and AoRs coordinators and operational actors on Law and Policy” as well as the revision of the Training Package on Law and Policy. Date & Time: Tuesday 29 September 2020, 13:30 – 15:00 Geneva Time
‘Due Diligence, What Next?’ Housing, Land and Property (HLP) Implications for Protection in Practice: Coordination between CCCM, Shelter and Protection - GPC Forum 2020
Housing Land and Property issues cut across many aspects of crisis response including activities carried out under Shelter, CCCM and Protection clusters. This session will focus on what happens when due diligence Standards and processes meet the complex reality of an emergency context. Conducting due diligence enables humanitarian actors to ask critical questions before embarking on activities that depend on housing, land and natural resources. But what happens when this due diligence uncovers complex issues like pre-existing conflicts, multiple rights-holders, and ‘owners’ refusing the construction of emergency shelters and sanitation facilities? How do humanitarian actors respond? This session will explore practical approaches to coordination and collaboration with and across protection, shelter, CCCM and others in response to this issue. The discussion will be based around examples and experiences that draw together skills and techniques from across the sectors. Participants will...
Mine Action: Consultations on Mine Action AoR Guidance Requirements - GPC Forum 2020
Mine Action in emergency settings is a critical life-saving humanitarian activity in itself and an enabler of other humanitarian activities. The Mine Action Area of Responsibility (MA AoR) is a field-oriented coordination mechanism that aims to ensure a predictable, accountable, and effective mine action response in emergencies. It envisions a world in which people living in humanitarian emergencies are protected from explosive ordnance and needs of victims are realized. This session aims to seek the views of MA AoR coordinators, members and partners on strategic and operational guidance required to adapt to current and emerging challenges. Important thematic areas may include: guidance on the relationship between the global MA AoR and in-country MA AoR; definitions of responsibility and synergy between different entities; new areas of work outside of traditional humanitarian mine action; governance, cooperation with national authorities and local actors including NGOs within the...
Risk Communication And Community Engagement: New Ways of Working on the Digital Frontline - GPC Forum 2020
Effective RCCE is the provision of clear, context appropriate and accountable answers to the questions that matter to affected communities and is an area of aid increasingly seen to require more intentional thought, resourcing and inter-agency coordination. Increasingly, communication is seen no longer a space of innovation, but as fundamental to protection work and humanitarian response. While this holds great opportunity for defining the future of humanitarian response, it also presents risks surrounding the lingering ‘digital divide’, data protection and safeguarding. Organized by IRC, UNHCR, IOM and UNICEF, this webinar will focus on exploring emerging best practice in digital delivery of RCCE and information services, while creating a space for stakeholders to present risks and opportunities in digital communications. Date & Time: Thursday 1 October 2020, 16:00 Geneva time
Preventing GBV in Humanitarian Crises: Advancing What We Know Works and Measuring GBV Outcomes - GPC Forum 2020
This event proposes to look at several initiatives and programs that can highlight what we know is working and where additional effort is needed to strengthen prevention strategies and programs in humanitarian crises. It will also provide an opportunity for open discussion and input into a draft Framework that aims to serve as a resource for helping organizations improve how they analyze, design, and implement prevention programs in order that they can be effectively measured to achieve GBV outcomes. Date & Time: Thursday 1 October 2020, 15:00 Geneva Time
A Roundtable on Preparedness for Protection in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change - GPC Forum 2020
Preventing and preparing for internal displacement during armed conflict is notoriously difficult. In comparison, the predictable, cyclical or slow-onset nature or geographic location of many hazards, such as hurricane season, volcanic eruptions or droughts, means that much can be done to avoid disaster displacement in the first place or reduce the risk of displacement, through disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation and development measures that address the underlying causes of displacement. Organized by UNHCR, GPC, IOM and the GBV AoR, the focus of the Roundtable will be to discuss the greater involvement of the GPC, field clusters and AoRs and their role in preparedness efforts and including necessary preparedness measures in their protection strategies and respective operations. The event will inform the development of specific guidance on the role of the protection cluster and AoRs in preparedness efforts and measures in their operations. Date & Time: ...