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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Cash Transfer Programming and Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Review and Opportunities to Strengthen the Evidence

As prevalence of cash transfer programming in humanitarian response has grown, so too has the recognition that the child protection sector must learn how to use case transfer programs to achieve better results for children. This report summarizes the evidence for cash transfer programming and child...

Case Management Minimum Indicators

These Case Management Minimum Indicators were developed for the 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) . They provide measurable benchmarks to assess the quality of case management in humanitarian crises. They include notes for implementation, some...

Case Management Quality Assessment Framework

The prevalent use of case management in humanitarian settings as an approach to respond to the child protection needs of individual children has led to an increased emphasis on the importance of being able to assess the quality of the response and the system in which it operates. The Case Management...

Inter-agency Child Protection Case Mangement Standard Operating Procedures

Inter-agency Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) guide Child Protection Case Management programming in humanitarian settings by enabling service providers to harmonise and standardise services and approaches for children and families. Many achievements have been made in rolling out SOPs in...

Resources for Safe Spaces for Children in Humanitarian Settings: Overview

Safe Spaces for children, including Child Friendly Spaces (CFS), are interventions used by humanitarian agencies to increase children’s access to safe environments and promote their psychosocial well-being. Some safe spaces may focus on informal education or other needs related to children. However...

Summary: Community Based Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Definitions and Terminology

This is a summary of the Alliance's Community Based Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Definitions and Terminology . A chapter-level summary is presented in 12 postcard-sized slides, highlighting community based definitions such as: community, community-based community-based child protection...

Child Protection in Emergencies Situation and Response Monitoring Toolkit

The purpose of the toolkit is to provide guidance on how to develop and implement systems for monitoring child protection issues that affect children in humanitarian settings, as well as for monitoring the child protection response. Acknowledging the multifaceted nature of protection, this toolkit...

Summary: Review on Child Wellbeing in Humanitarian Action: Concepts, Definitions and Domains

This is a summary of the Alliance's Desk Review on Child Wellbeing in Humanitarian Action: Concepts, Definitions, and Domains . A chapter-level summary is presented in 11 postcard-sized slides, highlighting the desk review on the definition of child wellbeing in humanitarian action. Reading time: 3...

Summary: Review of Existing Definitions and Explanations of Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Violence Against Children

This is a summary of the Alliance's Discussion Paper: Review of Existing Definitions and Explanations of Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Violence against Children . A chapter-level summary is presented in 12 postcard-sized slides, highlighting the main elements of child abuse, neglect, exploitation...

Case Management and Child Protection Guidelines

The Inter-Agency Guidelines for Case Management and Child Protection were developed at an inter-agency level through the Child Protection Working Group to complement the agreed standard 15 on Case Management in the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. They aim to provide a...

Unprotected: Crisis in humanitarian funding for child protection

All children have a fundamental right to protection, but the needs of children in emergencies are far from being met. In 2018, almost 50 million children were in need of protection in humanitarian settings. Yet child protection isn’t systematically prioritised when a humanitarian response is being...

Community Based Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Definitions and Terminology

This resouce provides a list of common Community Based Child Protection (CBCP) - related terms and their definitions - is intended to show the evolving definitions around CBCP. Terms include: community, community-based community-based child protection community driven formal child protection system...

Desk Review on Child Wellbeing in Humanitarian Action: Concepts, Definitions, and Domains

This desk review represents the first step in a larger process to develop an overarching definition of child wellbeing that can be adapted according to context and used to define strategic objectives within humanitarian response. This report can also be found in 11 postcard-sized slides with chapter...

Discussion Paper: Review of Existing Definitions and Explanations of Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Violence against Children

Academics, scholars, and practitioners have a tendency to use one term – typically “abuse” or “violence” – as the umbrella term for a full range of types of child maltreatment including neglect; exploitation; and physical, sexual, and psychological violence and abuse. This creates challenges for the...

Child Protection Rapid Assessment (CPRA) Toolkit Review

This report provides findings and analysis on the use of the Child Protection Rapid Assessment (CPRA) Toolkit between 2014 and 2018. It includes recommendations for (a) improving the CPRA Toolkit and (b) more effectively situating it within the broader framework of child protection analysis and...

Coordination of Case Management

There are two key resources related to Case Management Coordination in humanitarian settings, these are the Case Management Standard Operating Procedures Guidance and Template. Other Coordination resources include the Terms of Reference template for a country CMTF, referral pathways template...

Monitoring & Evaluating for Quality Case Management

There are two key resources related to monitoring and evaluating child protection case management in humanitarian settings. They include the Quality Assessment Framework and the Case Management Indicators. Updated key performance indicators for case management are also currently under development.

2018 Annual Report: The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

2018 was marked by the development of the first 2018-2020 Alliance Strategic Plan and 2018-2020 Alliance Work Plan. The key objectives in these documents were developed after extensive consultation with the CPHA community and provide the Alliance with a roadmap for future work. This report contains...

2018 Alliance-INEE Roundtable Resources

The The Inter-Agency Network of Education in Emergencies (INEE) and the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance), in partnership with Elevate Children Funders Group and International Education Funders Group, were co-hosts of this roundtable. The theme for this event was “A...

Advocacy Brief: Integrating child protection and education in emergencies

Integrating child protection and education creates a mutually-reinforcing cycle that can reduce children’s vulnerability in emergencies. A quality education increases children and families’ resilience in adversity, empowers children, and promotes a protective environment. An environment free from...

Hannah Has a New Job: CPMS Induction Video

Meet Hannah! It's her first week as a Child Protection Officer. This new video introduces Hannah to the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. It's designed for newly hired child protection staff or for generalists who are keen to learn more about protecting children in...

Global Child Labour Task Force Terms of Reference

In 2011 a child labour task group was established under the former global Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) to develop CPMS1 Standard 12 on Child Labour. In 2012, a CPWG survey among country child protection coordinators showed that child labour had the highest average rating of gravity chosen...

Summary: 2018-2020 The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Strategic Plan

Through extensive consultation with local, national, regional and global humanitarian actors, the Alliance has defined its strategic priorities for the period 2018−2020. These priorities were incorporated into the work plan of the Alliance’s technical working groups and task forces and will guide...

Child Protection Case Management Supervision and Coaching Training Package

The Case Management Supervision and Coaching Training Package is developed to increase case management supervisors’ confidence, capacity and support to caseworkers to provide safe, ethical and competent case management services to vulnerable children and their families. The package includes 6...

Study Guide: Protection of children during infectious disease outbreaks

This study guide is a companion to Guidance Note: Protection of Children during Infectious Disease Outbreaks, which provides humanitarian child protection practitioners with guidance on how to engage in responses to infectious disease outbreaks to ensure children’s protection needs are taken into...