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Results-based protection is a problem-solving approach used to address complexity and the ever-changing environment that surrounds protection issues in humanitarian action. The approach embraces aspects of systems-practice, design-thinking, foresight analysis and planning, and other comparable methods that emphasize iteration, adaptability, relationships, and interconnectedness. It underscores the importance of starting from the perspective of those experiencing violence, coercion, and deliberate deprivation articulating the desired outcome as reduced risk.

Watch this video as an introduction to results-based protection.

Results-Based Protection Webinar – Embracing the Protection Outcome Mindset: We All Have a Role to Play

Thursday, June 11, 2020

9:00 – 10:30am (Washington DC GMT-4)

7:00 – 8:30am (Tegucigalpa GMT-6)

2:00 – 3:30pm (Abuja GMT+1)

3:00 – 4:30pm (Geneva GMT+2)

4:00 – 5:30pm (Baghdad GMT+3)

Please join us for a Results-Based Protection webinar to be held on Thursday, June 11, 2020 from 9:00 – 10:30am (Washington DC GMT-4). Expert panelists will respond to issues raised in InterAction’s recent paper, Embracing the Protection Outcome Mindset: We All Have a Role to Play.

Key themes include creating pathways to reduce risk for affected populations, how protection analysis can lead to better decision-making, multi-disciplinary strategies for protection outcomes, and how a diversity of actors can work together to achieve protection outcomes. Experts from diverse perspectives will share their insights on these topics and on the roles that we all have to play in reducing risk.

English-Spanish/Spanish-English interpretation will be available.

To sign-up for the webinar, please REGISTER HERE by Wednesday, June 10, 2020. You must register to receive further instructions to join the webinar.

Open to the public.

For more information, contact Keri Baughman at kbaughman@interaction.org. We look forward to engaging with you!

Background for the Results-Based Protection Practitioners’ Virtual Roundtable

November 10, 2020

USING HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN IN PROTECTION PROGRAMMING: Iteration Through Participatory Engagement

November 9, 2020

Desirable protection outcomes in a time of prolonged armed conflict and civilian harm can be achieved with practical and creative approaches to saving lives, as reflected by Results-Based Protection (RBP) and human-centered design (HCD). InterAction has worked since 2012 to identify and promote a results-based approach to protection centered on the Three Key Elements: (1) continuous context-specific protection analysis, (2) multidisciplinary strategies, and (3) outcome-oriented methods. At the center of these three elements lies the core outcome of reducing the risks faced by affected people. RBP encourages protection actors to ask themselves: Do we know what problem we are trying to solve? Once... Read more →

The Child Resilience Alliance’s Toolkit for Reflective Practice in Supporting Community-led Child Protection Processes

November 9, 2020

The Child Resilience Alliance (CRA) is a group of senior partners dedicated to children’s protection and well-being in adverse environments. The group, in September 2018, released a 4-section toolkit to support community-led approaches to addressing protection risks affecting children. The toolkit includes four sections: facilitating, training, learning, and management. There is an interactive activity for every recommended tool to empower users to fully grasp the presented ideas. CRA’s community-based engagement strategy is a vital basis for the first Key Element of Results-Based Protection, continuous context-specific protection analysis, as it places the affected population at the center of the discussion and emphasizes skill... Read more →

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