GLOBAL PROTECTION CLUSTER WORKING GROUP PCWG

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GLOBAL PROTECTION CLUSTER WORKING GROUP(PCWG)
21 May 2007
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GLOBAL PROTECTION CLUSTER WORKING GROUP

• Established at global level late September 2005.
• UNHCR is the lead of the global protection
  cluster working group.
• At the country level, UNHCR lead for the
  protection of IDPs and affected populations in
  complex emergency situations.
• At the country level, in natural and human made
  disasters or in complex emergencies without
  significant displacement, UNHCR, OHCHR and UNICEF
  will consult closely and under the overall
  leadership of the HC/RC agree on the role of Lead
  for Protection.
• PCWG regularly once a month. UN Agencies,
  inter-governmental organizations, NGOs, ICRC (as
  observer) and agencies call in from NY,
  Washington, Copenhagen, Rome etc.
• Protection cluster activated in 4 roll-out
  countries, and later in Cote dIvoire, Colombia
  and Ethiopia (complex emergency situations).
• Protection cluster also activated in new
  emergencies in Lebanon (complex emergency
  situation), the Philippines, Pakistan,
  Yogyakarta/Indonesia, Mozambique, Horn of Africa
  floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia (Natural
  disaster situations).
• Protection cluster almost always activated,
  demonstrating the need for coordination,
  predictability and partnership in the protection
  response.

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PCWG Mission Statement

• .the mission of the PCWG is to facilitate a more
  predictable, accountable and effective response
  by humanitarian, human rights and development
  actors to protection concerns within the context
  of humanitarian action in complex emergencies,
  disasters and other such situations.
• Established primarily to support the
  implementation of the cluster approach, the PCWG
  is also ready, within the limits of its capacity,
  to support protection coordination mechanisms and
  country teams in all complex emergencies,
  disasters and other such situations.

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Framework For Responsibility Sharing Focal
Point Agencies

• Rule of Law and Justice (UNDP-OHCHR)
• Prevention and Response to GBV (UNFPA/UNICEF)
• Protection of Children (UNICEF)
• Mine Action (UNMAS)
• Land, Housing and Property Issues (UN HABITAT)
• Promotion and Facilitation of Solutions (UNDP)
• Protection of Persons or Groups of Persons with
  specific protection needs (UNHCR)
• Prevention and Response to Threats to Physical
  Safety and Security and other Human Rights
  Violations (OHCHR UNHCR).
• Logistics and Information Management Support for
  the Cluster (UNHCR)

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PCWG What it does, has done and will do!

• Tasked to establish broad partnership bases (i.e.
  clusters) in three main areas of work
• Standards and policy-setting
• Building response capacity
• Operational support

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REPORT ON GLOBAL CAPACITY BUILDING 2006/2007

• Standards and Policy-setting
• Inter-agency Handbook on IDP Protection being
  drafted and field tested second half of 2007
  (Inter-agency, coordinated by UNHCR)
• IDP Profiling Guidelines drafted and field tested
  in 2006, finalized in 2007 (IASC Initiative
  coordinated by NRC IDMC and OCHA)
• IDP Key Resources developed and disseminated CD
  with standards, tools, templates, guidelines
  (Inter-cluster and PCWG).
• Development of protection needs assessment
  framework and gaps analysis framework. Review of
  IASC CAP Needs Analysis Framework (PCWG).
• Field Survey and standardization of protection
  monitoring, reporting and information management
  mechanisms (Coordinated by UNHCR)

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REPORT ON GLOBAL CAPACITY BUILDING 2006/2007

• Building Response Capacity
• Inter-agency surge capacity and
  standby-partnership in place. Standby schemes
  expanded and more diverse (IRC Surge 10 and
  Danish Refugee Council - 50 )
• IRC/UNHCR Surge Deployment of 5 protection
  officers to new (Lebanon x 2) and ongoing
  emergencies (DRC, Somalia, Sudan).
• 10 Senior Protection Officers (ProCap) deployed
  on 20 assignments (OCHA).
• 75 Standby experts (mid-level) trained by ProCap
  (OCHA).
• Training developed and provided for 300
  field-based actors in six countries civil
  society, national authorities, UN and non-UN
  (NRC IDMC)

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REPORT ON GLOBAL CAPACITY BUILDING 2006/2007

• Operational support
• Strategic guidance and protection expertise to
  protection mandated UN agencies and Country Teams
• Support to establish coordination mechanisms in
  the field
• Technical advice on protection coordination and
  strategy development during initial roll-out of
  the cluster approach (Liberia, Uganda, DRC,
  Somalia, Pakistan and Lebanon)
• Support to undertake joint and participatory
  needs assessment.
• IDP Profiling and IDP Survey in Somalia.

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Standards and Policy-setting (Strategic Framework
and Workplan 2007-2008)

• Field testing of Inter-agency IDP Protection
  Handbook
• Finalization of Inter-agency Guidelines on
  profiling of IDPs
• Develop Standards and guidelines for IDP
  profiling/registration.
• Further development needs assessment tools (Rapid
  multi-sectoral needs assessment framework,
  Gaps-analysis, NAF)
• Development of Inter-agency protection monitoring
  and reporting and information management
  mechanisms.
• HR Checklist Application HRBA to planning and
  programming in all clusters
• Update and revision of Actions for the Rights of
  Children (ARC)
• Guidance material for engaging national and local
  authorities
• Policy guidance on HIV and protection
• Collect, collate and disseminate model field
  practice/lesson learned/recommendations
• Roll-out of IASC Guidelines on MHPSS
• Develop policy guidance on CPIE
• Develop other policy, standards and operational
  tools as required and identified as gaps.

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Building Response Capacity (Strategic Framework
and Workplan 2007-2008)

• Inter-agency learning task force. Coordinated and
  complementary training programmes. Ensure
  principle audiences are trained and thematic
  areas are covered. Raise learning standards and
  promote synergies. (14 Activities out of 70 in
  the appeal).
• Develop/update protection learning/training
  material, including IDP learning programme,
  Action for the rights of Children, implementing
  the Pinheiro Principles etc.
• Offer training in thematic areas (child
  protection, HLP, GBV, mine action, persons with
  specific protection needs)
• Inter-agency training for Standby Protection
  Experts
• Protection and coordination training for members
  of agencys standby rosters.
• Review and develop skill profiles/core
  competencies of protection staff
• Increase deployable Standby and surge capacity
  through training and skill development
• ProCap and Surge. Child protection Stand-by
  (TdH), Placement scheme (SC).

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Operational Support (Strategic Framework and
Workplan 2007-2008)

• Support missions and technical advice (ensure
  that field-based CWG adopts a human rights based
  approach, promote AGDM and community-based
  approaches)
• Collate and disseminate model field practice
  (website, using networks, training)
• Support to formulate and develop protection
  strategy development
• Support to undertake joint needs assessment and
  protection gap analysis
• Information management (Website, data management)
• Mapping of protection capacity (staffing,
  programme, activities, resources requirement
  gaps)
• IDP Profiling (Set-up and actual survey)
• Support to establish and manage protection
  coordination mechanisms
• Strategic use of Protection standby Capacity
  (ProCap)

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Challenges and Gaps

• Provision of protection in emergencies remains a
  gap. Insufficient number of deployable, trained
  protection officers, particularly at senior level
  in the system.
• Need for practical guidance for the
  implementation of protection responsibilities
• Need to strengthen interface and connection with
  field protection clusters.
• Protection may end up as a last resort cluster
  how to ensure activities in other cluster are
  carried out with a protection lense to
  mainstream a human rights based approach is
  challenging
• Strengthen areas of responsibilities and focal
  point agenciesm and their technical
  expertise/capacity. Review existing structure and
  develop strategy to build capacity and address
  gaps.
• Common understanding of activities/content of
  protection.
• Mainstreaming age, gender, diversity principles,
  HIV/AIDs and MHPSS.
• Support to sustainable and institutional
  protection (Link to early recovery etc).