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.

InterAction has been working with various actors across the humanitarian community to identify the key elements that make up successful protection interventions that achieve protection outcomes and reduce risk. The new publication spotlights 13 examples of organizations around the world that have explored innovative ways to adopt results-based protection. To access the booklet, click HERE.

For questions, please contact Jessica Lenz, Senior Technical Advisor, Protection, Interaction at jlenz@interaction.org.

Protection for People: What Do We Mean? Guidance for Senior Leadership

November 9, 2021

Earlier this year, through the financial support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), InterAction commissioned an independent evaluation of its Results-Based Protection (RBP) program. The evaluation reviewed the RBP program against its strategic objective to determine the relevance and effectiveness of InterAction’s varying RBP activities and efforts since 2012, with emphasis on the two years funded by Sida (2019-2021). To bolster the achievements of the program, a key recommendation from the evaluation was to “develop a new strand of strategic engagement focused on humanitarian generalist leaders.” The evaluation suggested that InterAction work with humanitarian NGO leaders and decision-makers to explore specific ways... Read more →

Collective Approaches to Communication and Community Engagement: Models, Challenges and Ways forward

November 9, 2021

“The humanitarian system is not accountable at the collective level to the communities it serves.” Why is this so despite the increasing collective approaches to communication and community engagement that focus on making humanitarian action more accountable to affected populations? How can humanitarians engage with communities to better understand the protection risks, vulnerabilities, and capacities specific to them? To better understand the lack of accountability within the humanitarian system, the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) published a report titled ‘Collective Approaches to Communication and Community Engagement: Models, Challenges and Ways forward.’ The research from the... Read more →

Mesurer les résultats de la protection : Efforts émergents et nouvelles opportunités

November 5, 2021

Comment arrêter ou prévenir la violence dans les crises humanitaires ? Comment savoir si vos actions ont réduit les risques de protection ? Pourquoi est-il si difficile de programmer et de mesurer la réduction des risques ? Ces dernières années, la communauté humanitaire a progressivement changé sa façon de penser sur ces questions. Nous savons que pour obtenir des résultats en matière de protection, nous devons devenir meilleurs pour les mesurer. Bien que nous ayons fait des progrès, la communauté humanitaire continue de débattre de la meilleure façon d’améliorer la mesure des résultats. Les organisations continuent d’insister sur le fait... Read more →

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