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key message the do no harm  principle  especially in active and protracted conflict situation is  the essence of our activities from planning to evaluation and needs to guide all our actions and activities.

My question will be how to coordinate well to have a common comprehensive response  inter clusters where  the do no harm principle is respected and where one cluster’s activity does not lead to a harmful result on the beneficiaries or on other sector’s activity and results ,

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The key message about Protection Coordination for me is as follows: protection of all communities affected by this conflict should be the absolute priority of diplomatic and humanitarian actions. That statement was highlighted by the Global Protection Cluster in the context of a current humanitarian and protection situation in Ukraine. Protection work and its results indeed depend on a coherent, consistent and continuous response by all actors providing assistance to the affected population and support to the hosting communities and Government.

The questions I would like to be answered during this course are:

-           How to ensure cooperation with the other clusters such as WASH, Shelter, Health etc. to address the beneficiaries’ needs and protection gaps in a timely and efficient manner?    -           Would be great to know about the facilitators’ and participants’ experience and best practices in coordination activities between the Protection Cluster and the Child Protection, GBV, HLP and Mine Action AoRs.

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I  m very glab to be part of this programme. During the study, I need to understand very well the difference between centrality of protection, protextion mainstreaming and protection programme.

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I  m very glab to be part of this programme. During the study, I need to understand very well the difference between centrality of protection, protextion mainstreaming and protection programme.

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Françoise from DRC

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KADE BETTY KENYI

·       Key Message:

One of the key messages I can put out is that Safe service provision can only be achieved through coordinated, collective sustainable intervention.

It is very important to coordinate with other sectors to integrate Protection/GBV response in all humanitarian response

Advocacy and engagement are an important element in humanitarian response

·       Question:

How to increase leadership of Women Led Organizations in Cluster Coordination?

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During self-study phase I learned more about the Global protection cluster structure and its mandate and responsibilities

I learned about the sub clusters GBV, CP, HPL and Mine Action and their responsibilities

I learned there are many learning resources available in in the platform library many different international laws, conventions, Treaties, Workshops, reports and other more documents that are related to protection work. It was an amazing learning opportunity to me.

My Questions

Is the rule of law part of the protection cluster, may sub cluster or working group under protection cluster? If no under which cluster did the rule of law fall?

Where dose Mental Health Technical Working Group fall under is it independent or it falls under protection cluster?

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Accountability to affected population is the major key issue for me. Having an accessible complaint and feedback mechanism in place would allow persons of concer  to raise issues of concern specifically exploitation and abuse therefore, keeping us informed

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My key messages on protection in my areoa of responsibility is the accountability for affected persons, like having a complaint and feedback mechanism to be in place for beneficiaries to address issues of exploitation and abuse and in the identification of beneficiaries involving the community leaders and other structures in the community. My question is: what is the role of HCT in the issues of protection?

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Shafiullah Shahab Message is about Protection, and Coordination

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Shafiullah Shahab Message is about Protection, and Coordination

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My key message is about protection, and coordination is as following:

To enhance protection coordination, have to work in the light of a long time strategic plan. We need to improve sub-protection clusters; the protection actors be able to convey the key messages to community. As well as, community awareness is important to increase knowledge of individual regarding, regarding human-rights, women rights, child rights.

We have to encourage, and engage local authority to take responsibility recording protection coordination. Protection actors have to keep close coordination in national, and international level with actors. This coordination requires to be continued in country level, and Rational and trans-regional. As protection is everyone thus, we hand to work shoulder, by shoulder with each other from bottom to top, hence we need to engage individual, group, community, local authority, and world community.

Question:

Do the internal community consider protection equally, because third world countries are deprived of basic human rights and protection, more attention should be paid to whether such a thing is possible?

E.g Afghans girls are forbidden to go to schools, and education, as education is basic right of human.

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Luna  - Coordinating between protection and other sectors

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Luna  - Coordinating between protection and other sectors

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Coordination between different protection AoRs and other clusters is imperative for appropriate humanitarian programming. Working with WASH, Shelter, Health and other partners is crucial to ensure that all protection principles, and more technical aspects of protection (e.g. making sure that women and girls can safely access WASH facilities, making sure children are in safe shelters, how to make sure persons with disabilities are appropriately consulted during communication with communities).

Questions:
- How can we best integrate with other clusters as protection/AoR coordinators, particularly if there is resistance from other clusters?
- Advocate for inclusive programming with partners, specifically partners that are not traditionally protection partners?

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When learning and researching more about the different AoR's, particularly the ones that I have less experience with (MA and HLP), I try to think about how they link to the ones that I have more experience and knowledge about (protection, GBV, CP to a lesser extent), and how they complement each other to ensure an overall and see the complementarity between all of them. For example, MA and how it can impact HLP and access to that land. I also try to think of different at-risk groups and think of how to appropriately ensure they are represented in each of the AoR's.

Question about intersection:
- Intersection between HLP, GBV and CP. Thinking about adolescent girls, which may be heads of households due to conflict or as a result of child marriage. How do we ensure their access to HLP rights if, for example, there are no legal provisions to support their claims? In mentions of the intersection of HLP and women, there do not seem to be many specific references to adolescent girls, which may face the same discriminations as women and then additional discriminations due to age. Also addressing HLP in child-headed households and polygamous marriages.

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My key take away is that collaboration with all actors including communities is critical to enhance coordination. Everyone has something to bring to the table and therefore coordination to ensure everyone is on board is critical. We need to Deliver as One.

Additionally, Accountability to affected populations is very important and as humanitarians, we need to receive feedback from the community. This is very important to enable complaints especially of sexual exploitation and abuse get received and addressed timely.

I would like to find out why in some operations, despite the cluster and sub cluster leads knowing their role as the lead, they are unable to do their role effectively and in some instances also cause confusion, duplication and wastage of resources, and yet they have the responsibility to lead the cluster? What can be done to enhance their participation especially in emergency situations.

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One of my take aways is how coordination in protection centers access to rights by affected persons ( Persons of Concern) in responses, objectives and activities.

Perhaps  an eye opener that an absence of such a centered approach, reduces activities, objectives and responses to a mere focus on the organization's interest ( Agency/ Ngo) and perhaps one of the underlying challenges of the coordination framework.

Still 'circling around'  how the GBV Handbook  on Interventions in Emergencies'  juxtapositions  the high prevalence and severity of GBV ( especially in conflicts) on the one hand and on the other hand, places  undue regard to procedural & other technicalities in GBV responses - where a passive approach is adopted by the guidelines ( e.g "don't ask  details").

While acknowledging  the sensitivities around GBV- I'm still un comfortable with the idea of placing the burden on the survivors  to disclose and or offer details as a pre condition to assistance and even then- at an arms length.
Perhaps, an indictment on the  guidance ?

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key Messages about Protection Coordination:
- Promoting centrality of Protection is key. Protection is achieved when protection cluster engage and work closely with other clusters, actors and stakeholders, and also when understand and integrate the interventions of other clusters and their impacts on the protection of people.
- Meaningful  participation of communities in all stages of the humanitarian action is essential to ensure the appropriateness, effectiveness and relevancy of protection.
- Advocacy is a vital element of any intervention/response.
- Establishing and maintaining good relationships and networks with various actors/stakeholders is very important in Protection coordination.

Questions about Protection Coordination:
- In a sensitive context where state and non-state actors are existing, how to maintain good relationship and coordination with both to ensure protection interventions.
- In some context, how do we practically align the protection intervention with the early recovery approach?

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1) Messages:
Prevention of protection crisis is cheaper than response. INVEST in PREVENTION.

2) Questions
How to improve the working relationship between PC and AoRs in order to enhance the coordination?
How can you put PC and AoRs in 'life-saving' clusters? what are the available strategies?
What are the available tools and strategies for advocacy with donors, partners etc.?

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Key Understanding of Protection Coordination:
Protection coordination is the strategic coverage of all the protection needs considering the multi-sectoral responses (Areas of Responsibilities and other clusters) as per the affected populations needs and the emergency context.

Main Questions on Protection Coordination:
What are the relationships between donors and the protection cluster and/ or Areas of Responsibilities apart from the countries' Humanitarian Funds and call for the specific protection needs?
How is protection cluster engaging other clusters available for better coordination in responding the needs?
How do protection cluster assess the upcoming protection concerns and needs in order to introduce a new Area of responsibility if need might be?

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Message: The humanitarian, development and peace nexus is the buzzword today. I am keen on strengthening knowledge and skills on seamless coordination of GBV across the triple nexus.

Question: How does GBV coordination under a cluster system differ from coordination of GBV in a non-cluster system? What works in both situations?

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key messages

One of the key messages I can put out is that it takes a community to raise a child. They play a vital role in implementing child protection through identifying at-risk children, mediating family and providing direct support for children in need of protection. Community structures not only help in preventing child protection issue but also improve the future of the children.

Question

-How to improve linkages between the communities in IDP settings and national child protection systems?
-How to support effective participation of all children

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Message: Circling around effective communication and information exchange between different AoR coordination groups for protecting people wherever they found harmed.

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How to balance and the specific role of national clusters without impeding on sub-national/state level clusters.

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The fact that there are so many engaging resources and videos that may be enough to ensure are shared. Often we try to reinvent the wheel and efforts to mainstream or train are time-consuming as a result, but it is clearly not needed looking at the various qualitative resources already available!

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Understanding how as coordinators we can support implementing partners to engage and coordinate with each other (i.e. CP actors and MA actors to understand the practical and programmatic benefit of coordination).

More over-arching, understanding how as coordinators we can generally increase "buy-in" from implementing partners to see the value of clusters as often they are seen more as another actor adding to workload instead of a supporting facet to enhance implementation.

Similar/relating to above, how practically to move away as cluster from being an information sharing unit and enhance two-way communication.

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Protection is the heart of UNHCR mandate and the soul of the organization.

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High level of complementarity and greater impact can be achieved if coordination is efficient and inclusive.

For example;
- MA (EORE) and CP, to ensure child-friendly messages and enhance appropriateness of both EORE as well as for example PSS sessions.
- MA (EORE) and community-based initiatives, to mutually benefit from community liaison efforts and relationships built within the community.
- GBV and HLP, to support through GBV CM ensuring tenure security is achieved for affected women for example.
- CP and GBV, to have higher advocacy for issues specifically affecting adolescent girls that may affect overall child wellbeing. For example by working through CFS'es, and implementation of Adolescent Girls Toolkit by CP actors can enhance reporting and GBV CM.

In other words - there's a reason it's all under Protection, and Protection mainstreaming can focus on more than the umbrella but take from specific AoRs and examples on the benefit for other sectors and clusters.