Technical Materials

The Alliance is committed to developing standards and materials covering all areas related to child protection in humanitarian action and generating technical guidelines for use by humanitarian actors. The Alliance is also the custodian of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, which is considered a companion to the Sphere standards.

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Background Paper | Protecting Children in Escalating Conflict and Crises: Armed Violence, Climate Shocks, and Displacement

This paper aims to support the upcoming discussions during the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action . Based upon over 300 responses to the Annual Meeting Theme Survey, this year’s theme focuses on protecting children in escalating conflict and crises. For more information...

The Unprotected: Overview and Technical Annex on the Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children in 2023

Explore the Dedicated Webpage here! As we reflect on 2023 and embark on a new year, the Alliance is deeply concerned about the devastating consequences of increasing armed conflict, climate-induced emergencies, and disasters associated with natural hazards on children around the world. In 2023, the...

Alliance Pledges | Global Refugee Forum 2023

At the Global Refuge Forum 2023 , the Alliance is proud to announce two joint-pledges to make a lasting impact on the lives of children affected by refugee and displacement situations, their families and communities. 1) Supporting Integrated Approaches to Child Protection and Education in Refugee...

«I Am Mariam» Illustrated Storybook and Posters

«I am Mariam» is an illustrated storybook about a young girl forced to flee her violence-torn hometown. It reflects the lives of many forcibly displaced children, as its balance of hard-hitting realities and small acts of kindness comes from consultations with conflict-affected children. Meant for...

The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action – An Introduction

The centrality of children and their protection in humanitarian action is a shared responsibility, to ensure the entire humanitarian system is actively and consciously engaged in realising broader child rights as well as children’s rights to protection in each step of humanitarian action. On World...

Working Across Sectors Starter Kit

Working effectively across sectors for children’s protection and well-being requires building relationships and collaboration with sectors like health, education, food security and camp coordination and camp management. Child protection actors need to understand other sectors’ approaches, priorities...

Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality Framework

A tool to identify potential barriers to accessing services in humanitarian settings.

Collaboration Tip Sheet: Health

A tip sheet about child protection actors’ contribution to health’s work, the latter sector's commitments to child protection, and tips and entry points for advocacy with health actors.

Working Across Sectors Three Modalities

A description of the three ways of working across humanitarian sectors.

Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

A comic strip describing risks in humanitarian settings and the meaning and purpose of child protection in humanitarian action.

Child Protection Responsibilities of Humanitarian Actors

A comic strip describing key responsibilities of child protection actors and of all humanitarian actors.

Child Protection Risks in Emergencies

A comic strip describing child protection risks in humanitarian settings.

Collaboration Tip Sheet: Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM)

A tip sheet about child protection actors’ contribution to CCCM’s work, CCCM’s commitments to child protection, and tips and entry points for advocacy with CCCM actors.

Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Competency Framework

The revised CPHA Competency Framework is now available. This new version is more closely aligned with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) , and reflects our better understanding of the competencies required to work effectively with other sectors. The format and...

Technical Note | Education Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups

The ‘Education interventions for CAAFAG’ Technical Note is based upon an extensive desk study, key informant inter- views with 23 practitioners from a range of roles, including in Child Protection and Education, as well as technical in- put from the CAAFAG Task Force and CAAFAG Education technical...

Report | An Overview of the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. This year’s annual meeting hosted 950 participants from 386 unique organisations representing 147 countries and territories across the world. As well as two in-person Participation Hubs in Nigeria...

Alliance Pledges | Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict

At the Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict held on 5-6 June 2023, governments, UN agencies, and civil society, including networks and non-governmental organisations, were invited to make specific commitments to protect children in armed conflict. In consultation with our...

Technical Note | Livelihood Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups

Children associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG) are often recruited and used due to economic risk factors. Providing livelihood interventions to CAAFAG and vulnerable children can be used to prevent children from being recruited and used by armed forces and armed groups and may...

Advocacy Template Tools

Please find the Advocacy Template Tools used during Session 18: How to do local advocacy for CAAFAG from the 2023 Annual Meeting. 1. Advocacy Strategy Template: To help design your strategy – including objectives, targets and tactics 2. Risk Assessment Template: To help assess when to do public /...

2021- 2025 Work Plans | The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

The Alliance 2021 - 2025 Work Plan sets out the interagency standard setting and normative work of the Alliance, which aims to strengthen quality and effectiveness of child protection programs in humanitarian settings. This document should be read in conjunction with the 2021-2025 Strategy of the...

The Unaccompanied and Separated Children Task Force - Offer of Support

This document provides an overview of the Offer of Support provided by the UASC Task Force to emergency responses. This document is intended for the relevant Child Protection Coordination body in-country (ex. CP AoR, CP Sub-working Group, UASC TF). Contact us at uasc.tf@alliancecpha.org or check us...

The Alliance Flyer (2023)

This flyer provides a brief overview of the structure and activities of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) in 2023. The flyer is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

UNPROTECTED: Special Edition - Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Armed Conflict in 2021 and 2022

The impact of armed conflict on children is one of the most pressing humanitarian concerns today. A strong humanitarian child protection response is critical to protect children and promote their rights, dignity, and resilience. This requires sustainable, flexible, multi-year funding for child...

Compendium of Resources for Family and Caregiving Strengthening in Humanitarian Settings

The Family Strengthening Task Force is pleased to present this Compendium of Family and Caregiver Strengthening Interventions and Tools! As defined in the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (2019), family and caregiving strengthening aims to promote children’s healthy...

Mini Guide #5 | Child Protection in Outbreaks: Preventing Harm to Children in Infectious Disease Outbreaks

This Mini-Guide is aimed at humanitarian personnel working in health and child protection as well as those specialising in mental health and psychosocial support and members of the social service workforce. This Mini-Guide is for use during the preparedness, response and recovery phases of an...