Third Exchange Hub announced: Measuring success in protection programming

The topic of the third Exchange Hub has been selected by the PHAP membership: “Measuring success in protection programming.” Starting out with a public introductory online briefing on 25 February, this topic will be discussed over the coming six weeks on the Hub’s information portal and during the online member event on 2 April.

The humanitarian community has come under increasing pressure to achieve more meaningful results and demonstrate impact through protection programming. Protection programs need to be accountable for the funds they receive and the activities they implement. However, measuring results in protection programming is not straightforward. While traditional results-based management techniques are useful, the particular challenges faced in humanitarian protection programming call for a targeted examination of how these tools and methods can and should be used in such contexts – and potentially the development of new approaches.

To provide some additional structure to the discussion, and to help ensure that member inputs are incorporated into ongoing policy development efforts in this area, PHAP is collaborating with two important initiatives that are currently looking at how to better measure success in protection: InterAction’s Results-Based Protection Program and ALNAP’s program on Evaluating protection in humanitarian action.

An introductory briefing will be held on 25 February, which will include short briefings on their respective programs from Francesca Bonino, Research Fellow at ALNAP, and Jessica Lenz, Senior Program Manager with InterAction.

All members and the wider humanitarian community are welcome to follow the discussions for this third Exchange Hub at https://phap.org/exchange-hub/3 and join the introductory briefing on 25 February. Everyone is encouraged to join the online member event on 2 April.

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