Protection of children in situations of armed conflict is essential and lifesaving, and a primary objective of any humanitarian response. Provision of high-quality child protection services must be a priority in every humanitarian and refugee response plan.

• Advocate and mobilise financial and human resources, and build capacities for strengthened access, scale, and quality of services and programmes that meet the needs of children affected by armed conflict

• Support the integration and mainstreaming of Child Protection in humanitarian action across multiple sectors in line with the IASC (Inter Agency Standing Committee) Centrality of Protection policy

• Design humanitarian responses based on a comprehensive inter-sectoral assessment that places children and their protection at its center

• Strengthen the humanitarian sector’s analysis of Child Protection needs, provision of estimates of children in need of Child Protection services and the targeting of interventions

• Collect age and gender-disaggregated data and information about child protection risks during needs assessments to inform Humanitarian Needs Overviews, and other situation and context analyses

• Work to ensure that Humanitarian and Regional Refugee Response Plans clearly outline how Child Protection interventions meet identified needs, follow the Child Protection Minimum Standards, and are costed accordingly

• Support States, to implement their commitments, including through delivery of technical assistance and where necessary delivery of direct services to affected children and families

• Consult children and families during all phases of the programme cycle, and include them in the design, implementation, and monitoring of services

• Build partnerships for collective action, including South-South cooperation, which strengthens the capacities of children and youth, and other local and national actors, in the planning and response in humanitarian action