Results-based protection is a problem-solving approach used to address complexity and the ever-changing environment that surrounds protection issues in humanitarian action. It's an approach which aims for results - results which are a reduction in actual risks that people face. It underscores the importance of starting from the perspective of those experiencing violence, coercion, and deliberate deprivation, and embraces aspects of systems-practice, design-thinking, and other comparable methods that emphasize iteration, adaptability, relationships, interconnectedness, and strategic collaboration to achieve protection outcomes.

Watch this video as an introduction to results-based protection – to watch the video in Arabic, French, and Spanish, click here.

Given the current attention on the protection concerns in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and displacement of those fleeing violence into Bangladesh, these two reports may be relevant. InterAction recently conducted two missions to Myanmar — one focused on the methods and approaches actors use to achieve protection outcomes, one focused on NGO roles in relation to the overall protection leadership, coordination, and strategies within the country. Key findings and recommendations are available in the full mission reports here, and here, respectively.

InterAction Protection Mission – Northeast Nigeria

October 2, 2018

At the request of the Nigeria INGO Forum, InterAction visited Nigeria in July/August 2018 to help identify ways to address the protection concerns arising from the ongoing conflict in the northeast. This report presents key findings and specific recommendations for achieving protection outcomes, including to strengthen protection analysis; invest in the prevention of gender-based violence; expand safe freedom of movement of civilians; and invest in a coordinated strategy to ensure IDPs’ decisions regarding return, relocation, or local integration are safe, viable, and voluntary. View the full report Read more →

Report: Preparing the ground for better dialogue, better information, better action: learning from preparedness

August 28, 2018

In humanitarian crises, people need the right information, at the right time and in the right language, to make potentially life-saving decisions. In recent years, humanitarians have established specialist working groups or inter-agency initiatives with a specific focus on communication with affected communities. The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) and CDAC, funded by the UK Department for International Development, looked at building preparedness capacity among humanitarian practitioners to strengthen national preparedness capacity for communication and community engagement while also building the operational response capacity. This report distills the good practice and learning gleaned from the 3-years of implementation in... Read more →

Paper: An Overview of Community Innovation Trends: Design-Based Approaches

August 28, 2018

This paper from the Tamarack Institute explores the current landscape in community innovation trends and focuses on two design-based approaches, Design Thinking and Social Labs, and how their experimental and iterative characteristics may be useful to the practice of “community innovation”. These approaches echo several fundamental aspects of results-based protection, and through recognizing the similarities and complementarities in approaches, we may draw on tools and methods used by design-thinkers for collaborative and effective problem-solving for protection. ”These approaches have their roots in the field of design, drawing heavily on Community Engagement, iterative and experimental processes, and encouraging creative collaboration. Importantly,... Read more →

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