Protection Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Disasters

 

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Session 3.1: Protection Monitoring and Assessment in

Natural Disasters

Overview

• 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? 

What is monitoring?

 

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Why monitor?

• Accountability  • Results-orientation  • Adaptability

• Mitigation

Why monitor? (cont.)

• Needs based  • Performance Management  • Comprehensiveness • Equity

What should be monitored?

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

The essentials of monitoring

• 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 

Minimum standards for Protection

• 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

Examples of common standards

• Sphere Project Minimum Standards

• Humanitarian Accountability Standard

• Interagency Network for Education in Emergency

Standards

• Red Cross Code of Conduct

• Good Enough Guide

• Standards and Indicators in UNHCR Operation

Implementing common standards for monitoring

• 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

Vulnerable groups for special monitoring attention

o Children, especially infants o Womeno Older peopleo HIV/AIDS patientso Internally displaced personso People with mental or physical disabilitieso Indigenous peopleo Other marginalized groups

Monitoring allows decision makers to see:

• 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

Thinking beyond monitoring:

• Be aware of community expectations • Ensure availability of mechanisms for

redress • Support states’ assumption of

responsibility for protection monitoring

Questions?

Thank you!