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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2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)
The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) have become one of the key resources for humanitarian workers since its launch in 2012. The CPMS have been developed to support child protection work in humanitarian settings by: Establishing common principles between those...
CPMS Standard 18 - Case Management
Case management (CM) is an approach for addressing the needs of an individual child who is at risk of harm or has been harmed. The child and their family are supported by a caseworker in a systematic and timely manner through direct support and referrals. CM provides individualised, coordinated...
Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care
Evidence from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicate that existing child protection risks are exacerbated, and new ones emerge, as a result of the epidemic as well as of the socioeconomic impacts of prevention and control measures. Some children are at increased risk in these circumstances...
Technical Note: COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty
Experience from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicates that new child protection risks are likely to emerge from the direct effects of COVID-19 as well as from measures to prevent and control its spread. Moreover, existing child protection risks are likely to be exacerbated. Some groups of...Technical Note Summary: Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic (v.1)
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance) has provided guidance for child protection (CP) practitioners on how to effectively respond to CP risks and complications amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This summary outlines the Alliance's assessment of the additional...Child Labour Tool | Coordinators' Checklist
This checklist is developed for practitioners who are responsible for inter-agency coordination during preparedness, response and recovery phases of a humanitarian crisis. The actions listed in the checklist should be read in conjunction with the guidance provided in the toolkit section 2.1 on...
Case Management Supervision and Coaching Lessons Learned Report
The Case Management Supervision and Coaching Lessons Learned Report in English and French documents the effects of the initiative on collaboration and coordination, contextualization and localization. It explores the effects on the capacities of trainers, supervisors and caseworkers. Finally, it...Case Management Supervision and Coaching Lessons Learned Report: Summary
The purpose of the lessons learned consultancy was to gather and draft key lessons learned on the Case Management Supervision and Coaching initiative. Key questions that the Task Force wanted to address included feedback on the inter-agency country collaboration, the effectiveness of the...Parenting and MHPSS Webinar Series: REAL Fathers
This webinar is part of the Parenting and MHPSS Webinar Series, hosted by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action's Family Strengthening Task Force. The Responsible, Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative developed by the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown...
Summary - Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (2019 Edition)
This is the summary version of the first edition of the 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) handbook. All of the principles and standards in the e-version of this summary are hyperlinked to the full handbook. If you would like to review each...
Case Management Competencies
The Case Management Comptencies and Skills Framework can be used as a guide to recruit and build the capacity of caseworkers and supervisors. The framework ensures all staff have appropriate skills and competencies to carry out case management interventions in a safe and professional manner...
Child Protection Caseworker Capacity Assessment Tool
The Caseworker Capacity Assessment Tool (from the CM Supervision and Coaching package) is a practical resource used to assess the caseworker’s attitudes, knowledge and skills. These are minimum competency standards for all caseworkers providing case management services. The results of the assessment...
Information Management for Case Management
The key resources for Information Management for Case Management (IM4CM) include the Standard Child Protection Case Management Forms, the CPIMS+ and the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and Data Protection and Information Sharing Protocol (DPISP) templates. For the latest versions of the...
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 of...
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...