Resources

2013 Global Protection Cluster Funding Study

Published: 2013

Dynamic gridlock: Adaptive Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of Congo

This case study report, focusing on adaptive humanitarian action in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlights the landscape of humanitarian action in DRC, as well as what flexible, adaptive action looks like in this context, drawing out several relevant connections to Results-Based Protection.

Published: 2018

Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting: An Analysis of what CLA Looks Like in Development Programming

This report presents key findings related to Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA) through an analysis of 2015 USAID CLA Case Competition submissions.

Published: 2017

ADAPTing Aid: Lessons from six case studies

This report, a collaborative initiative from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Mercy Corps, explores what adaptive management looks like in practice, what impact it can have on programs, and how to best support this approach.

Published: 2016

Protection in the occupied Palestinian territories

The L2GP studies explore how people living in areas affected by natural disasters and complex emergencies understand ‘protection’ – what do people value, and how do they go about protecting themselves, their families and communities?

Published: 2015

How to support community-based protection

This leaflet sums up the main lessons from a series of studies on community-based protection, by the Local to Global Protection Initiative (L2GP).

Published: 2015

The People’s Perspectives: Civilian Involvement in Armed Conflict

This report from the Center for Civilians in Conflict explores the perspectives and experiences of civilians in conflict-affected countries. The report consists of an analytical overview and four case studies in Bosnia, Libya, Gaza, and Somalia.

Published: 2015

Collaboration with criminal organisations in Colombia: an obstacle to economic recovery

Through interviews with community leaders and NGO workers across Colombia, this study aimed to unpack how and why many displaced individuals collaborate with armed groups and criminal organizations.

Published: 2018

Every Practitioner a “Knowledge Worker”: Promoting Evaluative Thinking to Enhance Learning and Adaptive Management in International Development

This article promotes practitioners’ evaluative thinking to foster more complexity‐aware monitoring and evaluation for learning and adaptive management in complex and dynamic settings.

Published: 2018

Local constructions of gender-based violence amongst IDPs in northern Uganda: analysis of archival data collected using a gender- and age-segmented participatory ranking methodology

This article, published in BMC Conflict and Health reports on a secondary analysis of archived data collected as part of formative qualitative work – using a group participatory ranking methodology (PRM) – informing research on the prevalence of GBV amongst internally displaced people (IDPs) in four camps in northern Uganda in 2006.

Published: 2018