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  • Emergency Preparedness and Response

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your emergency programming. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2018) Global strategy for emergency preparedness and response 2017-2021 (PDF, 430.51 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains PIN's commitments and priorities in terms of humanitarian aid for the strategic period 2017-2021, including key priorities, expected results, required investments and actions, and relevant responsibilities.

    PIN (2018) Global strategy for emergency preparedness and response 2017-2021 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ICRC (2010) Code of Conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in Disaster Relief (PDF, 47.53 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource lists the 10 fundamental humanitarian principles that PIN as well as other humanitarian actors adhere to. They give guidance on how humanitarian aid should be provided and what impacts should be sought for the affected population.

    ICRC (2010) Code of Conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in Disaster Relief - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    SPHERE (2018) SPHERE Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains the minimum technical humanitarian standards used in four main programming areas, including WASH, food security and nutrition, shelter and NFIs, and health. It also includes the Humanitarian charter, Protection principles and Common Humanitarian Standard brief.

    SPHERE (2018) SPHERE Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2023) : Food Security Outcome Monitoring: a comparative analysis, Syria (PDF, 689.21 KB)
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    When can it be useful?

    PIN (2023) : Food Security Outcome Monitoring: a comparative analysis, Syria  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Humanitarian Principles and Global Standards

    SPHERE (2018) SPHERE Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains the minimum technical humanitarian standards used in four main programming areas, including WASH, food security and nutrition, shelter and NFIs, and health. It also includes the Humanitarian charter, Protection principles and Common Humanitarian Standard brief.

    SPHERE (2018) SPHERE Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ICRC (2010) Code of Conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in Disaster Relief (PDF, 47.53 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource lists the 10 fundamental humanitarian principles that PIN as well as other humanitarian actors adhere to. They give guidance on how humanitarian aid should be provided and what impacts should be sought for the affected population.

    ICRC (2010) Code of Conduct for the ICRC and NGOs in Disaster Relief - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    CHS Alliance (2014) Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (PDF, 1.35 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains the nine commitments that humanitarian actors can use to improve the quality and effectiveness of their assistance. PIN strives to meet these commitments. The versions in 25 other languages can be downloaded from https://corehumanitarianstandard.org/the-standard/language-versions

    CHS Alliance (2014) Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Emergency Preparedness & Early Action

    PIN (2018) Global strategy for emergency preparedness and response 2017-2021 (PDF, 430.51 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains PIN's commitments and priorities in terms of humanitarian aid for the strategic period 2017-2021, including key priorities, expected results, required investments and actions, and relevant responsibilities.

    PIN (2018) Global strategy for emergency preparedness and response 2017-2021 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Early Warning System in Cambodia (PDF, 2.36 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides lessons learned from the development of the Early Warning System in Cambodia by PIN.

    PIN (2021) Early Warning System in Cambodia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Distributions

    IOM, Care (2018) Distribution: Shelter materials, NFI & Cash - Guidance to Reduce the Risk of GBV (PDF, 1.1 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is aimed at Shelter/NFI team members working in distribution assessments, planning, implementation and post distribution monitoring of distributions of Shelter materials, NFIs and cash. It highlights ways in which distributions can reduce some of the risks of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and avoid doing harm. Simply put, this booklet is about good distributions.

    IOM, Care (2018) Distribution: Shelter materials, NFI & Cash - Guidance to Reduce the Risk of GBV - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IOM (2021) Post Distribution Monitoring for Shelter and NFI Programming (PDF, 853.29 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provide an introductory guide on how to design, implement and utilize the data of PDM for Shelter and NFI distributions, with a rich section of annexes where operative guides and tools are collected.

    IOM (2021) Post Distribution Monitoring for Shelter and NFI Programming - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Templates
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Humanitarian Donors & Rapid Funding

    Start Network (2020) Start Fund Handbook (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is the detailed guide on accessing the Start Fund.

    Start Network (2020) Start Fund Handbook - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Cash and Vouchers Assistance in Emergencies

    Resources on Cash and Voucher Assistance (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to all the relevant documents at this site dedicated to Cash and Voucher Assistance.

    Resources on Cash and Voucher Assistance - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Markets in Emergencies

    Resources on Markets / Private Sector in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to all the relevant documents at this site dedicated to Market and Private Sector related section.

    Resources on Markets / Private Sector in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Food Security & Livelihoods in Emergencies

    Resources on Food Security and Livelihoods in Emergenceis (URL)
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    When can it be useful?

    Resources on Food Security and Livelihoods in Emergenceis - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2023) : Food Security Outcome Monitoring: a comparative analysis, Syria (PDF, 689.21 KB)
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    When can it be useful?

    PIN (2023) : Food Security Outcome Monitoring: a comparative analysis, Syria  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Nutrition in Emergencies

    Resources on Nutrition Security Assessments (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to the KLC section dedicated to nutrition security.

    Resources on Nutrition Security Assessments - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Training Materials
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Resources on Nutrition in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to all the relevant documents at this site dedicated to nutrition in humanitarian programs.

    Resources on Nutrition in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    WASH in Emergencies

    Resources on WASH in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to all the relevant documents at this site dedicated to WASH.

    Resources on WASH in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Shelter, NFIs & Settlements in Emergencies

    Shelter Cluster (2018) Shelter Repair and Rehabilitation Guidelines for Syria (PDF, 1.7 MB)
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    Also available in: Arabic

    When can it be useful?
    These practical guidelines provide a comprehensive technical standard operating procedure for shelter repair and rehabilitation programmes in Syria. It contains practical tips and guidance for all phases of project cycle. It was developed specifically for Syria but if adapted to local context, could be a good inspiration and useful resource for other countries and shelter repair projects.

    Shelter Cluster (2018)  Shelter Repair and Rehabilitation Guidelines for Syria - overview
    Language: English, Arabic
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    IFRC (2015) All Under One Roof – Disability-inclusive shelter and settlements in emergencies (PDF, 3.21 MB)
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    Also available in: Arabic, French

    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides a comprehensive guide on how to design disability-inclusive emergency response and shelter program.

    IFRC (2015) All Under One Roof – Disability-inclusive shelter and settlements in emergencies - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation (2021) Housing, Land and Property in Shelter Programs Mobile Guide (PDF, 1.04 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you to introduce HLP to field staff.

    Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation (2021) Housing, Land and Property in Shelter Programs Mobile Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Education in Emergencies

    Resources on Education in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to all the relevant documents at this site dedicated to Education.

    Resources on Education in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ICRC and WVI (2018) Operational Guidance for Child Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides a set of materials and related guidance that can be used in designing, planning and operating Child Friendly Spaces in emergencies.

    ICRC and WVI (2018) Operational Guidance for Child Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Environment in Emergencies

    EU(2022)Guidance on the environmental requirements for EU funded humanitarian aid operations .. (PDF, 6.67 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Guidance on DG ECHO's environmental principles, sector specific and cross-cutting overview.

    EU(2022)Guidance on the environmental requirements for EU funded humanitarian aid operations .. - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    COVID-19 Response

    This site offers the most useful resources for your COVID-19 response activities (make sure that you are logged in the internal version of KLC so that you can see all the available resources). It is updated several times a week. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please. Explore also additional guidance included in other thematic sections of this website.

    Key Resources

    WHO (2020) E-Learning on COVID-19 (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This e-learning provides key information on COVID-19, how to protect yourself and how to engage communities. Available in multiple languages.

    WHO (2020) E-Learning on COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    WHO (2020) Q&A on COVID-19 (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site provides a useful overview of questions & answers on COVID-19.

    WHO (2020) Q&A on COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    Sphere (2020) COVID-19 Guidance Based on Humanitarian Standards (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site includes guidance on applying the Sphere standards to COVID-19 response activities.

    Sphere (2020) COVID-19 Guidance Based on Humanitarian Standards - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Protecting Staff and Beneficiaries

    WHO (2020) E-Learning on COVID-19 (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This e-learning provides key information on COVID-19, how to protect yourself and how to engage communities. Available in multiple languages.

    WHO (2020) E-Learning on COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    WHO (2020) When and How to Use Masks (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    WHO guidance video and materials on when and how to use a mask.

    WHO (2020) When and How to Use Masks - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    FSC Syria (2020) General Distribution SOPs for Covid-19 Mitigation and Preparedness (PDF, 150.31 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for distributions taking COVID-19 prevention measures into account – Syria Food Security example that is relevant to many other countries.

    FSC Syria (2020) General Distribution SOPs for Covid-19 Mitigation and Preparedness - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Awareness Raising & Behaviour Change Communication

    TWB (2020) Do You Speak COVID-19? (PDF, 237.71 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brief outlines findings and recommendations on four key aspects of effective communication with communities and countering misinformation about COVID-19 risks: language, format, relevant content and channel.

    TWB (2020) Do You Speak COVID-19? - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Compass (2020) COVID-19: Resources for Social and Behavior Change (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site offers a (frequently updated) overview of useful COVID-19 behaviour change communication guidance, tools and various materials (posters, leaflets, etc.)

    Compass (2020) COVID-19: Resources for Social and Behavior Change - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2017) Creating Effective Communications (PDF, 596.54 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This short guidance is a part of PIN's Behaviour Change Toolkit. It explains how to design and pre-test your communication messages and materials.

    PIN (2017) Creating Effective Communications - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Public Health and WASH

    WHO (2020) COVID-19 Technical Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control / WASH (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    WHO guidance on a range of infection prevention and control topics.

    WHO (2020) COVID-19 Technical Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control / WASH - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    WHO (2020) Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Waste Management for COVID-19 (PDF, 723.86 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    WHO technical brief on WASH in text context of COVID-19.

    WHO (2020) Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Waste Management for COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    WASH Cluster (2020) National WASH Cluster Iraq COVID-19 Response Guidance Note (PDF, 856.44 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document provides an example of a COVID-19 hygiene kit (Iraq WASH Cluster COVID-19 guidance).

    WASH Cluster (2020) National WASH Cluster Iraq COVID-19 Response Guidance Note - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Nutrition and Care

    Global Nutrition Cluster (2020) COVID-19 Resources (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    A compilation of resources published by the Global Nutrition Cluster (updated regularly).

     Global Nutrition Cluster (2020) COVID-19 Resources - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ACF (2020) Family MUAC: Supporting entire communities to screen for acute malnutrition (PDF, 470.22 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource briefly explains the family MUAC approach and contains useful links to communities of practice.

    ACF (2020) Family MUAC: Supporting entire communities to screen for acute malnutrition  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Innovations
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    Concern Worldwide (2020) Adapting Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (PDF, 547.06 KB)
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    Also available in: French

    When can it be useful?
    This guide is designed to assist health and nutrition staff responsible for the management and coordination of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) operations to adapt and modify programme modalities in the context of COVID-19.

    Concern Worldwide (2020) Adapting Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition  - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Training and Education

    PIN, EiE and CPWG Myanmar (2020) Wellbeing at Home Activity Book (DOCX, 7.9 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Activity Book includes a collection of 60 activities to support children’s (and adult's) physical, social, emotional and cognitive wellbeing. It can be used by caregivers to provide activities for children at home or by facilitators to run activities with groups of children.

    DOCX
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2020) Guides for Teachers and Caregivers to Support Home-based Learning (ZIP, 10.81 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    These two guides provide guidance to teachers and parents/caregivers on how to support children's learning and wellbeing during school closures, and continuing once schools reopen. The guides may need to be adapted to local contexts, and where possible, they should be accompanied by contextualised illustrations to support lower literacy households.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    UNICEF (2020) Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools (PDF, 531.68 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document talks through key messages and actions for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in schools. It also provides practical checklists to help organizations adhere to relevant guidance in their educational work with different groups, including schools, parents, communities and children

    UNICEF (2020) Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Market-Based Programming

    CaLP (2020) Guidance on CVA in COVID-19 Contexts (PDF, 546.11 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides key notes to consider during each step of the project cycle in cash and voucher assistance (CVA), in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    CaLP (2020) Guidance on CVA in COVID-19 Contexts - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    ICRC (2020) Tipsheet: Cash and Voucher Assistance and COVID-19 (PDF, 438.99 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides practical guidance on what to consider when adjusting your CVA responses to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, to reduce risks and contribute to minimizing the spread of COVID-19, while ensuring your responses remain flexible to the changing market context.

    ICRC (2020) Tipsheet: Cash and Voucher Assistance and COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    IRC, CaLP (2020) Comparative Table of Humanitarian Market Analysis Tools (PDF, 615.35 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides a brief overview of and links to the different market assessment guidance and tools that exist for humanitarian contexts, it can be useful when deciding which tool is best for your information needs.

    IRC, CaLP (2020) Comparative Table of Humanitarian Market Analysis Tools - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Good Governance

    IFRC, UNIEF, WHO (2020) Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) (PDF, 3.94 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document explains community engagement and risk communication framework. It is designed primarily for higher-level actors but provides useful information and guidance even for interventions at a lower level.

    IFRC, UNIEF, WHO (2020) Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    EPD (2020) Democratic principles in a time of crisis (PDF, 423.22 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This statement highlights the core advocacy messages related to ensuring human rights in the context of COVID-19 crisis and various emergency measures taken by the governments. It was produced by the European Partnership for Democracy, a network of organizations (including PIN) that work on defending democracy and human rights issues globally.

    EPD (2020) Democratic principles in a time of crisis - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
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    MEAL

    Poverty Action Lab (2020) Best practices for conducting phone surveys (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    A collection of briefly-summarized best practices for conducting phone surveys.

    Poverty Action Lab (2020) Best practices for conducting phone surveys - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    60 Decibels (2020) Remote Survey Toolkit (PDF, 1.15 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This toolkit provides practical tips and guidance on conducting remote (phone-based) surveys. Focus primarily on chapters 1 and 2.

    60 Decibels (2020) Remote Survey Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    CHS (2020) How to meet our CHS commitments in the coronavirus pandemic (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    CHS Alliance guidance on how to meet quality and accountability commitments in the time of COVID-19. Includes links to many other useful resources.

    CHS (2020) How to meet our CHS commitments in the coronavirus pandemic - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Protection, Gender and Inclusion

    IASC (2020) Technical guidance note for Protection, gender and inclusion in the response to COVID-19 (PDF, 1.05 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains how to consider protection, gender and inclusion in the response to COVID-19

    IASC (2020) Technical guidance note for Protection, gender and inclusion in the response to COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IFRC (2020) Covid-19 key messages on protection, gender and inclusion (PDF, 274 KB)
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    Also available in: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian

    When can it be useful?
    This short guidance provides key messages on how to ensure protection, gender and inclusion is considered in the response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

    IFRC (2020) Covid-19 key messages on protection, gender and inclusion - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    RCCE (2020) How to include vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement (PDF, 258.39 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides practical guidance on how to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement.

    RCCE (2020) How to include vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Formal and Informal Camps and Camp-Like Settlements

    IASC (2020) Response Operations in Humanitarian Situations, Including Camps and Camp-Like Settings (PDF, 257.07 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guidance describes specific needs and considerations required for providing humanitarian assistance in formal and informal camps and camp-like settings as well as the surrounding host communities, aiming at scaling-up readiness and response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

    IASC (2020) Response Operations in Humanitarian Situations, Including Camps and Camp-Like Settings - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    SSHAP (2020) Key considerations: COVID-19 in informal urban settlements (PDF, 631.53 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brief sets out key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts of COVID-19.

    SSHAP (2020) Key considerations: COVID-19 in informal urban settlements - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    UNHCR (2020) INTERIM GUIDANCE ON SHELTER AND SETTLEMENTS RESPONSE TO COVID-19 (PDF, 494.79 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Interim guidance on Shelter and Settlements Response to COVID-19 with tips for key emergency actions for shelter and settlements response, considerations for settlement planning and improved shelter.

    UNHCR (2020) INTERIM GUIDANCE ON SHELTER AND SETTLEMENTS RESPONSE TO COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Cash and Voucher Assistance

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your cash and voucher assistance (CVA). If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Cash and Voucher-Related Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Here you can find practical guidance on indicators that are most commonly used in cash and voucher assistance in emergencies. It is based on the aid agencies’ field experience and best practices promoted by CaLP, donors and other stakeholders.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Cash and Voucher-Related Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CaLP (2018) Programme Quality Toolbox (PQT) (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The programme quality toolbox is a set of common standards and actions for quality Cash Based Assistance (CBA) which defines 'what' needs to happen for quality CBA. Each action is supported by a set of guidelines and ready to use tools and templates on 'how' to achieve quality CBA. The toolbox is the main supporting documentation on CBA in the 2018 Sphere Handbook.

    CaLP (2018) Programme Quality Toolbox (PQT) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CaLP (2017) Minimum Standard for Market Analysis (MISMA) (PDF, 1.17 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is a set of standards (similar to the Sphere Standards), indicators and guidance on conducting market assessments/analysis in disaster or early recovery contexts (to ensure interventions can help meet basic needs while using and strengthening markets in this process), they have been designed to be used by non-market specialists across sectors.

    CaLP (2017) Minimum Standard for Market Analysis (MISMA) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Introduction to Cash and Voucher Assistance

    CaLP - Cash Learning Partnership Website (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The main website of The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP), a global partnership of humanitarian actors engaged in policy, practice and research within Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA).

    CaLP - Cash Learning Partnership Website - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CaLP - CaLP Discussion Group (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is an online discussion group on all things cash and voucher assistance, and a useful way to keep abreast of related discussions and pose key questions to the broader cash and voucher assistance community.

    CaLP - CaLP Discussion Group  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CaLP (2020) State of the World Cash Report: CVA in Humanitarian Aid (PDF, 5.59 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This report critically analyses the current state of CVA in humanitarian aid, and the extent to which commitments have been achieved, in order to provide shared insights that can accelerate progress.

    CaLP (2020) State of the World Cash Report: CVA in Humanitarian Aid - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Needs Assessment & Response Analysis

    Save the Children, Okular Analytics (2018) Basic Needs Assessment Guidance & Toolbox Part 1 (PDF, 1.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    These documents constitute the final draft of the Basic Needs Assessment (BNA) Guidance and Toolbox, commissioned by Save the Children within the broader framework for the uptake of quality, collaborative multipurpose grants (MPGs).

    Save the Children, Okular Analytics (2018) Basic Needs Assessment Guidance & Toolbox Part 1 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Save the Children (2018) Facilitator's Guide for Inter-Sector Response Options Analysis Planning (PDF, 2.9 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The ROAP ultimately leads to the selection of the most appropriate, operationally feasible, and cost efficient response options to achieve sector and inter-sector objectives for specific target groups and geographic areas. It considers in-kind transfers, direct service delivery, vouchers, cash transfers, and combinations of those.

    Save the Children (2018) Facilitator's Guide for Inter-Sector Response Options Analysis Planning - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    UNHCR (2017) Cash Feasibility and Response Analysis Toolkit (PDF, 1.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The “Cash Feasibility and Response Analysis Toolkit” aims to assist operations in determining the feasibility of cash-based interventions (CBIs) in UNHCR country programmes. The toolkit brings together new tools and knowledge on conducting cash feasibility assessments and response analysis that have emerged since the publication of the UNHCR Operational Guidelines for Cash-based Interventions (OG)

    UNHCR (2017) Cash Feasibility and Response Analysis Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Modalities

    Mercy Corps (2017) Cash Transfer Implementation Guide: Part of the CTP Toolkit (PDF, 2.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The Cash Transfer Implementation Guide is written for Program Managers actively managing cash transfer programs. If you are reading this Implementation Guide, it is assumed you are familiar with the preconditions for CTP and the advantages and disadvantages of cash transfer programs. If not, please read the Cash Transfer Programming Methodology Guide.

    Mercy Corps (2017) Cash Transfer Implementation Guide: Part of the CTP Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ERC (2015) Operational Guidance and Toolkit for Multi-Purpose Cash Grants (PDF, 3.72 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This operational guidance and toolkit brings together worldwide expertise on cash-based interventions (CBIs). It provides comprehensive and practical guidance for humanitarian actors to assess the feasibility, conceptualise the design and structure the implementation of MPGs.

    ERC (2015) Operational Guidance and Toolkit for Multi-Purpose Cash Grants - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Mercy Corps (2017) Voucher and Fair Implementation Guide (PDF, 5.41 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    If you are reading the Voucher and Fair Implementation Guide (Voucher Guide), we assume you are familiar with the preconditions for CTP and the advantages and disadvantages of voucher programs. As such, the Voucher Guide is written for the active design and implementation of cash, restricted cash, and commodity voucher programs and/or fairs.

    Mercy Corps (2017) Voucher and Fair Implementation Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Transfer Mechanisms

    UNHCR (2016) Cash Delivery Mechanism - Assessment Tool (PDF, 445.63 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Recognising the need to complement the Guidelines with practical tools that can be used by field practitioners, UNHCR developed a Cash Delivery Mechanism Assessment Tool (CDMAT) in 2016 to help field teams to assess the adequacy of various cash delivery mechanisms to meet programme needs.

    UNHCR (2016) Cash Delivery Mechanism - Assessment Tool - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Mercy Corps (2017) Cash Transfer Implementation Guide: Part of the CTP Toolkit (PDF, 2.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The Cash Transfer Implementation Guide is written for Program Managers actively managing cash transfer programs. If you are reading this Implementation Guide, it is assumed you are familiar with the preconditions for CTP and the advantages and disadvantages of cash transfer programs. If not, please read the Cash Transfer Programming Methodology Guide.

    Mercy Corps (2017) Cash Transfer Implementation Guide: Part of the CTP Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Mercy Corps (2018) E-Transfer Implementation Guide (PDF, 1.65 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The E-transfer Implementation Guide was created for Mercy Corps team members considering – or already using – digital technology to deliver cash or vouchers to program participants. Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of the steps required to use digital payments. The Annexes contain customizable tools and templates.

    Mercy Corps (2018) E-Transfer Implementation Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Sectors

    UNHCR (2018) Multi-Purpose Cash and Sectoral Outcomes: Review of Evidence and Learning (PDF, 3.25 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Evidence is lacking on how far multi-purpose cash contributes to sectoral outcomes in health, WASH, shelter, food security and nutrition, education, livelihoods, energy and environment programming, and how sectoral interventions should include multi-purpose cash along with other activities to best reach intended sectoral outcomes that contribute to protection. This report helps address this gap.

    UNHCR (2018) Multi-Purpose Cash and Sectoral Outcomes: Review of Evidence and Learning - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CaLP (2018) CTP in the Education and Child Protection: Literature Review & Evidence Maps (PDF, 1.85 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This report examines the body of research that provides evidence of the impact of CTP on education and child protection outcomes and provides a comprehensive synthesis and analysis of existing evidence and identifies gaps in the knowledge base for future research prioritisation.

    CaLP (2018) CTP in the Education and Child Protection: Literature Review & Evidence Maps - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    UNHCR (2016) Cash Based Interventions for WASH Programmes in Refugee Settings (PDF, 1.09 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication summarizes the current use of cash-based interventions (CBI) in WASH programming, explains the best practices and lessons learned, and provides recommendations for use of CBI in refugee settings.

    UNHCR (2016) Cash Based Interventions for WASH Programmes in Refugee Settings - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Market Analysis

    CaLP (2017) Minimum Standard for Market Analysis (MISMA) (PDF, 1.17 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is a set of standards (similar to the Sphere Standards), indicators and guidance on conducting market assessments/analysis in disaster or early recovery contexts (to ensure interventions can help meet basic needs while using and strengthening markets in this process), they have been designed to be used by non-market specialists across sectors.

    CaLP (2017) Minimum Standard for Market Analysis (MISMA) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    MiC (2018) Markets in Crises Discussion Group (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is an online discussion group on all things markets in crisis, and a useful way to keep abreast of related discussions and pose key questions to the broader markets in crisis community.

    MiC (2018) Markets in Crises Discussion Group - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    EMMA (2010) Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit (ZIP, 1.7 MB)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    This resource is a set of tools and guidance notes for front-line humanitarian staff in sudden-onset emergencies to better understand, accommodate, and make use of market systems, it provides detailed guidance on each of the steps involved in market assessment.

    EMMA (2010) Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit  - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Monitoring & Evaluation

    CaLP (2017) Monitoring 4 CTP: Monitoring Guidance for Cash Transfer Programming in Emergencies (PDF, 856.78 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guidance provides a central ‘living’ resource to promote a common understanding of the most important monitoring considerations for humanitarian projects using cash transfer programming (CTP).

    CaLP (2017) Monitoring 4 CTP: Monitoring Guidance for Cash Transfer Programming in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Cash and Voucher-Related Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Here you can find practical guidance on indicators that are most commonly used in cash and voucher assistance in emergencies. It is based on the aid agencies’ field experience and best practices promoted by CaLP, donors and other stakeholders.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Cash and Voucher-Related Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Multiple authors (2018) Overview of cash transfers and vouchers in 2018 Humanitarian Response Plans (PDF, 1 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This paper examines how cash transfers, as well as vouchers, are incorporated in Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs) in 2018, as these are key planning documents for international humanitarian assistance.

    Multiple authors (2018) Overview of cash transfers and vouchers in 2018 Humanitarian Response Plans - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Cross-Cutting Topics

    CaLP, USAID (2017) A Review of Inter-agency Collaboration for CTP Delivery (PDF, 733.98 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This study tests the commonly held assumption that greater collaboration results in greater efficiency or effectiveness. It establishes drivers and measures of efficiency and effectiveness in CTP delivery; characterises different models of collaboration for cash delivery; and assesses these different models against the measures of efficiency and effectiveness.

    CaLP, USAID (2017) A Review of Inter-agency Collaboration for CTP Delivery - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Steets, J. et al. (2017) Policy Paper on Cash Coordination in Humanitarian Contexts (PDF, 426.29 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of seven institutional models for cash coordination, as well as the level of stakeholder endorsement for each option.

    Steets, J. et al. (2017) Policy Paper on Cash Coordination in Humanitarian Contexts - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Save the Children (2017) Child Outcomes of CTP (report, annexes) (PDF, 5.13 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This systematic review attempts to fill an evidence gap by reviewing a comprehensive list of indicators around outcomes for children in health, food security, nutrition, protection, and education. These indicators include both those that indirectly concern children, such as maternal health status, as well as those that directly affect children, such as the child’s health.

    Save the Children (2017) Child Outcomes of CTP (report, annexes) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Training Materials

    CaLP (2018) Course: Cash Transfer Programming - The Fundamentals (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This session will introduce you to the fundamentals of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and will help you to begin understanding it. No knowledge of CVA is required to do this course.

    CaLP (2018) Course: Cash Transfer Programming - The Fundamentals - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    IFRC - Cash & Livelihoods Trainings (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    A comprehensive selection of trainings on Cash & Livelihoods Interventions.

    IFRC - Cash & Livelihoods Trainings - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    CaLP (2019) Course: Core CTP Skills for Supply Chain, Finance & ICT Staff (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This 5-day course, developed by the Fritz Institute in conjunction with CaLP, is structured around the humanitarian project cycle and allows a range of operations staff to understand their role and function in the design, implementation and monitoring of cash and voucher assistance.

    CaLP (2019) Course: Core CTP Skills for Supply Chain, Finance & ICT Staff - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Market Development

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your market development programming (covering market systems development and other private sector development approaches). If you feel that an important resource is missing, please let us know.

    Key Resources

    PIN RDD Strategy 2016-2021: Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment (PDF, 1.68 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to improving people’s livelihoods and protecting the natural environment.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2016-2021: Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Enabling Poor People's Access to Essential Products and Services (PDF, 8.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to increase poor people’s access to products and services that can improve their lives, through effective engagement of the private sector.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Enabling Poor People's Access to Essential Products and Services - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Increasing Poor People's Demand for Essential Products and Services (PDF, 9.37 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to increase poor people’s demand for products and services that can improve their lives through effective engagement of the private sector and the use of a market systems approach.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Increasing Poor People's Demand for Essential Products and Services - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2015) Video on the Community Livestock Market Development Project, Cambodia (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This video provides an overview of a livestock market development project implemented by PIN and partners in Cambodia, and includes an overview of the constraints the project was aimed at addressing and how these were being addressed.

    PIN (2015) Video on the Community Livestock Market Development Project, Cambodia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Market Systems Development (Issue 4) (PDF, 8.16 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource features practical project examples and lessons from PINs market systems development programming across different countries.

    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Market Systems Development (Issue 4) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Resources on Market-based Approaches (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website includes a range of resources on market systems development with a particular focus on market-based approaches and behaviour change.

    Resources on Market-based Approaches - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Market Assessments

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Improving Small Producers' Access to Profitable Markets (PDF, 14.93 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to assist poor producers to sell their products in more profitable markets through effective engagement of the private sector and the use of a market systems development approach.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Improving Small Producers' Access to Profitable Markets - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Increasing Poor People's Demand for Essential Products and Services (PDF, 9.37 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to increase poor people’s demand for products and services that can improve their lives through effective engagement of the private sector and the use of a market systems approach.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Increasing Poor People's Demand for Essential Products and Services - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Enabling Poor People's Access to Essential Products and Services (PDF, 8.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to increase poor people’s access to products and services that can improve their lives, through effective engagement of the private sector.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Enabling Poor People's Access to Essential Products and Services - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Labour Market Assessments and Employment

    PIN (2018) Guide: Improving Employment Through Market Driven Vocational Education And Training (PDF, 12.55 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This good practice guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on engaging the private sector to ensure that Vocational Education and Training (VET) programmes sustainably increase access to productive and fulfilling employment opportunities.

    PIN (2018) Guide: Improving Employment Through Market Driven Vocational Education And Training  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) Labour Market Assessment in East and West Mosul, Iraq (PDF, 2.3 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is a practical example of a labour market assessment report from an assessment conducted by PIN in Mosul Iraq to identify employment opportunities (with a specific focus on women and people with disabilities), it can be useful when planning or conducting a labour market assessment in a recovery context, the assessment tools are included in Annex.

    PIN (2019) Labour Market Assessment in East and West Mosul, Iraq - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Mercy Corps, IRC (2016) Labour Market Analysis in Humanitarian Contexts: Practitioner's Guide (PDF, 745.85 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide aims to help humanitarians conduct better labour market analyses (LMA) to inform the design and delivery of livelihoods and market strengthening programmes in emergency and post-crisis settings.

    Mercy Corps, IRC (2016) Labour Market Analysis in Humanitarian Contexts: Practitioner's Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Facilitation Approaches

    BEAM exchange - Wide range of resources on market facilitation (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website page has an extensive range of resources (guides, publications, tools, case studies) on the topic of market facilitation used in market systems development projects.

    BEAM exchange - Wide range of resources on market facilitation - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ILO (2017) Market Systems Facilitation - key lessons learned and interactive game (PDF, 2.24 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brief learning note summarises lessons learned on facilitation tactics from ILO market system projects, it includes a link to an online roleplaying game to test your facilitation skills.

    ILO (2017) Market Systems Facilitation - key lessons learned and interactive game - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Improving Small Producers' Access to Profitable Markets (PDF, 14.93 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to assist poor producers to sell their products in more profitable markets through effective engagement of the private sector and the use of a market systems development approach.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Improving Small Producers' Access to Profitable Markets - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Private Sector Engagement and Partnerships

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Enabling Poor People's Access to Essential Products and Services (PDF, 8.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on how to increase poor people’s access to products and services that can improve their lives, through effective engagement of the private sector.

    PIN (2018) Good Practice Guide: Enabling Poor People's Access to Essential Products and Services - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Mercy Corps (2014) Private sector engagement toolkit (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This toolkit provides comprehensive guidance (including practical tools, templates and case studies) on how to effectively building strategic partnerships with the private sector, it can be particularly useful when working with larger companies, Tool 4 is a practical tool and checklist for a Due Diligence assessment of a potential private partner.

    Mercy Corps (2014) Private sector engagement toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Hivos (2018) Hivos and the Private Sector - The Guiding Principles for Companies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document describes the key guiding principles that inform Hivos' partnerships and support to the private sector, it draws from the UN Global Compact's ten principles and covers important topics such as human rights, gender, labour, corruption and the environment.

    Hivos (2018) Hivos and the Private Sector - The Guiding Principles for Companies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Value Chain Development

    Market Links, USAID - Guidance on Value Chain Development Approach (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website provides guidance on the value chain development approach, ranging from introductory information to more detailed guidance, it can be useful when wanting to understand different concepts and terms.

    Market Links, USAID - Guidance on Value Chain Development Approach - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ILO (2015) A Rough Guide to Value Chain Development: How to create employment and improve conditions (PDF, 433.41 KB)
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    Also available in: Spanish, French, Russian

    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides guidance on the value chain development approach as applied by the ILO (so with a specific focus on employment), it is shorter than most other guides (24 pages) and therefore can be a useful way to quickly review guidance on this topic.

    ILO (2015) A Rough Guide to Value Chain Development: How to create employment and improve conditions - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    ILO (2015) Value Chain Development for Decent Work (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides practical guidance on how to support value chain development to create 'decent work' employment opportunities and improve working conditions in targeted sectors, it covers initial assessments, sector selection, implementation and monitoring.

    ILO (2015) Value Chain Development for Decent Work - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Monitoring and Evaluation of MSD

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Market Development Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website provides guidance on the use of practical indicators for market development interventions.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Market Development Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Mercy Corps (2016) Managing Complexity: Adaptive Management at Mercy Corps (PDF, 235.56 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This learning note by Mercy Corps provides practical advice on how to integrate an adaptive management approach into your programming, covering organisational culture, people and skills, and tools and systems.

    Mercy Corps (2016) Managing Complexity: Adaptive Management at Mercy Corps  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Springfield Centre (2014) Framework for managing and measuring systemic change processes (PDF, 440.89 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This briefing paper on the Adopt-Adapt-Expand-Respond framework provides implementers with an approach to manage and measure the extent to which new behaviours and practices introduced by a project are owned and spread across an industry by project partners themselves ('systemic change').

    Springfield Centre (2014) Framework for managing and measuring systemic change processes  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Women's Economic Empowerment

    BEAM Exchange - Wide range of resources on Women's Economic Empowerment (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website page includes a range of resources (guides, publication, case studies, tools) on the topic of women's economic empowerment in market systems projects.

    BEAM Exchange - Wide range of resources on Women's Economic Empowerment  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports, E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    DCED (2019) Online resource hub and database for guidance on MSD, PSD, and the DCED Standard (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website has an extensive array of resources (articles, evidence papers, guides etc) related to private sector development, including resources on MSD, women’s economic empowerment, engaging the private sector in fragile contexts, and on results measurement.

    DCED (2019) Online resource hub and database for guidance on MSD, PSD, and the DCED Standard - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    BEAM Exchange (2016) The Women’s Empowerment and Markets Systems (WEAMS) Framework (PDF, 706.46 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document provides practical tools and guidance on supporting women’s empowerment in market systems development projects.

    BEAM Exchange (2016) The Women’s Empowerment and Markets Systems (WEAMS) Framework - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Markets in Emergency / Recovery Contexts

    SEEP (2017) Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Minimum Economic Recovery Standards are internationally recognized standards for building economic resilience for crisis-affected communities, they can be useful to review when designing and planning activities in humanitarian contexts.

    SEEP (2017) Minimum Economic Recovery Standards  - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    EMMA (2010) Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit (ZIP, 1.7 MB)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    This resource is a set of tools and guidance notes for front-line humanitarian staff in sudden-onset emergencies to better understand, accommodate, and make use of market systems, it provides detailed guidance on each of the steps involved in market assessment.

    EMMA (2010) Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit  - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CaLP (2018) A Tip Sheet: Market Support Interventions in Humanitarian Contexts (PDF, 2.68 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides practical tips and examples on market support programming in humanitarian contexts.

    CaLP (2018) A Tip Sheet: Market Support Interventions in Humanitarian Contexts  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Education and Skills

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your education and skills programming. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2019) Education in Emergencies Guides (ZIP, 4.23 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is divided into two Guides; "Part 1: WHAT EiE is, WHY we do it and what GUIDES us" and "Part 2: Planning, Implementing and Monitoring an EiE Response Introduction to PIN’s approach to EiE". They provide information on the theory of EiE, PIN’s EiE Framework,cross-cutting themes and step-by-step guidance on how to plan, implement and monitor EiE activities.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Education and Skills Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to INDIKIT set of education and skills indicators, that can be used within your project proposal development.

    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Education and Skills Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2020) The Child-Centred Approach to Education in Emergencies (PDF, 12.89 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document outlines PIN's child-centred approach to education in emergencies (EiE)

    PIN (2020) The Child-Centred Approach to Education in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2018) Learn and Share Together: Community-building Training Curriculum (ZIP, 18.04 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides structured guidance and a series of lesson plans to engage community members in activities aimed at improving social cohesion

    PIN (2018) Learn and Share Together: Community-building Training Curriculum - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2016) Agricultural Labor market in Imereti - Georgia (PDF, 2.48 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This research was conducted within the context of the TVET Imereti Project for PiN’s “Improving Formal, Non-formal and Informal Vocational Education for the Agribusiness in Georgia” project. The project is intended to improve the linkages between the labor market demands of the agribusiness sector, and the skills and qualifications offered by the formal, non-formal and informal VET.

    PIN (2016) Agricultural Labor market in Imereti - Georgia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2016) Engagement of the agricultural private sector in VET - Georgia (PDF, 1.19 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resources provides recommendations on how the VET sector, and particularly this project’s partner organizations (in this case in Imereti), can better engage with the private sector.

    PIN (2016) Engagement of the agricultural private sector in VET - Georgia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Education in Emergencies (EiE) - Standards and Guidance

    PIN (2019) Education in Emergencies Guides (ZIP, 4.23 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is divided into two Guides; "Part 1: WHAT EiE is, WHY we do it and what GUIDES us" and "Part 2: Planning, Implementing and Monitoring an EiE Response Introduction to PIN’s approach to EiE". They provide information on the theory of EiE, PIN’s EiE Framework,cross-cutting themes and step-by-step guidance on how to plan, implement and monitor EiE activities.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2020) The Child-Centred Approach to Education in Emergencies (PDF, 12.89 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document outlines PIN's child-centred approach to education in emergencies (EiE)

    PIN (2020) The Child-Centred Approach to Education in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2020) Psychosocial Support Best Practice Guide and Toolkit (ZIP, 17.58 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Guide provides key information on PIN’s approach to Psychosocial Support (PSS) – what it is, who it is for, when we do it and how we do it. It introduces the Framework that guides us and provides practical guidance and tools for how to design, implement and monitor PSS activities.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    PIN Education in Emergencies (EiE) Tools

    PIN (2021), School Improvement Planning (SIP) Toolkit (ZIP, 673.45 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource includes tools needed to set up a participatory approach to School Improvement Planning (SIP), engaging stakeholders in designing, budgeting for, implementing and monitoring activities towards school improvement. It includes: SIP Guidance Note, SIP checklist, SIP template and SIP reporting template.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2020) Quality Standards Checklists (QSCs) for Education Projects (ZIP, 5.22 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource includes a series of Quality Standards Checklists (QSCs) for education. The QSCs include sections on planning, implementation and monitoring, and can be used as a checklist to assure quality throughout the project cycle. Included are QSCs for: Child Friendly Spaces, Psychosocial Support, School Rehabilitation, Cross-cutting Themes, a General School Checklist and Project Development.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2020) Guides for Teachers and Caregivers to Support Home-based Learning (ZIP, 10.81 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    These two guides provide guidance to teachers and parents/caregivers on how to support children's learning and wellbeing during school closures, and continuing once schools reopen. The guides may need to be adapted to local contexts, and where possible, they should be accompanied by contextualised illustrations to support lower literacy households.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Child Protection and Well-Being

    PIN (2020) Psychosocial Support Best Practice Guide and Toolkit (ZIP, 17.58 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Guide provides key information on PIN’s approach to Psychosocial Support (PSS) – what it is, who it is for, when we do it and how we do it. It introduces the Framework that guides us and provides practical guidance and tools for how to design, implement and monitor PSS activities.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    INEE (2018) Guidance Note on Psychosocial Support (PDF, 478.1 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Guidance Note provides key definitions and strategies for improving and supporting the standardisation of psychosocial support (PSS) interventions.

    INEE (2018) Guidance Note on Psychosocial Support - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    IRC (2016) Safe Healing and Learning Spaces Toolkit (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Toolkit provides all the resources needed to initiate a Safe Healing Learning Space in an emergency including tools for social emotional learning (SEL), reading, maths and parental support.

    IRC (2016) Safe Healing and Learning Spaces Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Inclusion and gender

    United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (2021) EiE GenKit (PDF, 4.08 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The EiE-GenKit is a series of tools and practical guidance that helps practitioners ensure education in emergencies (EiE) interventions and programmes are gender-responsive and inclusive

    United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (2021) EiE GenKit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    INEE (2019) Guidance Note: Gender Equality in and through Education (PDF, 2.17 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides useful advice on how to promote gender-responsive programming in education.

    INEE (2019) Guidance Note: Gender Equality in and through Education - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    Washington Group (2016) Module on Child Functioning: Questionnaires (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Module on Child Functioning is an international tool for assessment of functional difficulties in different domains incl. hearing, vision, communication/comprehension, learning, mobility and emotions.

    Washington Group (2016) Module on Child Functioning: Questionnaires - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish, Russian
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Templates
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Environment and Climate Change

    Plan International (2023) Climate Change and Girls' Education: Barriers, Gender Norms & Pathways (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is a research piece created by Plan International which addresses the intersection bewteen climate change and girls education.

    Plan International (2023) Climate Change and Girls' Education: Barriers, Gender Norms & Pathways - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    SCI (2021) Build Forward Better: How global community can protect education from the climate crisis (PDF, 2.96 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This briefing paper sets out how leaders can protect children’s learning from the impacts of the climate crisis, and the role that education can play in equipping the next generation with the tools they need to protect against its worst impacts.

    SCI (2021) Build Forward Better: How global community can protect education from the climate crisis - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    EiE Hub (2023) Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource looks at how climate change impacts education in emergencies while also highlighting ways in which EiE can be used to mitigate climate change impacts.

    EiE Hub (2023) Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Teacher Professional Development and Wellbeing

    INEE (2022) Promising Practices in Teacher Professional Development (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource shares promising policies, practices, and research approaches for supporting teachers in crisis contexts including 42 case studies from around the world

    INEE (2022) Promising Practices in Teacher Professional Development - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    INEE (2023) Accelerated Education Introductory Teacher Training Pack (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The Accelerated Education Introductory Teacher Training pack (AEITTP) is designed specifically for teachers working in accelerated education programme (AEP) classes and teaching learners generally aged 10-18 who are overage for their grade.

    INEE (2023) Accelerated Education Introductory Teacher Training Pack - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    INEE (2023) Teacher Wellbeing in Emergency Settings: Regional contextualization, policy, & practice (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides practical tips for organizations undertaking workshops focused on teacher wellbeing and contextualising the resources for their contexts and action planning on integration of teacher wellbeing.

    INEE (2023) Teacher Wellbeing in Emergency Settings: Regional contextualization, policy, & practice - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Learning Outcomes

    PIN (2019) ASER Literacy and Numeracy Tools (ZIP, 11.21 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This package of tools provides guidance on what ASER is and how to conduct literacy and numeracy assessments using the ASER tools. It also includes sample ASER tools that can be adapted to a specific context as well as a reporting template.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    USAID (2021) A Roadmap for Measuring Distance Learning - A Review of Evidence and Emerging Practices (PDF, 1.98 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This review presents a roadmap that guides users through four steps of planning and designing how distance learning can be monitored and evaluated. Featuring several case studies, including PIN's LNGB in Nepal.

    USAID (2021) A Roadmap for Measuring Distance Learning - A Review of Evidence and Emerging Practices - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    GEEAP (2023) Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning (PDF, 6.72 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resources can help during project planning to determine what types of activites to include if the aim of the project is to improve learning outcomes.

    GEEAP (2023) Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Labour market assessment and employment

    WRC (2013) Market Assessment Toolkit for Vocational Training Providers and Youth (PDF, 1.7 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The three-part Market Assessment Toolkit for VT Providers and Youth is a combination of resources, questionnaires and activities to assist VT programs and youth to gather information on market demand and translate it into programming that responds to a dynamic business environment and youth needs.

    WRC (2013) Market Assessment Toolkit for Vocational Training Providers and Youth - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Templates
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2016) Agricultural Labor market in Imereti - Georgia (PDF, 2.48 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This research was conducted within the context of the TVET Imereti Project for PiN’s “Improving Formal, Non-formal and Informal Vocational Education for the Agribusiness in Georgia” project. The project is intended to improve the linkages between the labor market demands of the agribusiness sector, and the skills and qualifications offered by the formal, non-formal and informal VET.

    PIN (2016) Agricultural Labor market in Imereti - Georgia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    DCED (2019) Employment Creation Website Page (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website page involves a range of resources on employment creation, including publications that provide insights into solutions and challenges in creating jobs, it can be useful when searching for evidence on this topic.

    DCED (2019) Employment Creation Website Page  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

    PIN (2018) Guide: Improving Employment Through Market Driven Vocational Education And Training (PDF, 12.55 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This good practice guide provides practical guidance, examples and tools on engaging the private sector to ensure that Vocational Education and Training (VET) programmes sustainably increase access to productive and fulfilling employment opportunities.

    PIN (2018) Guide: Improving Employment Through Market Driven Vocational Education And Training  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2016) Engagement of the agricultural private sector in VET - Georgia (PDF, 1.19 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resources provides recommendations on how the VET sector, and particularly this project’s partner organizations (in this case in Imereti), can better engage with the private sector.

    PIN (2016) Engagement of the agricultural private sector in VET - Georgia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    OSU (2013) Competency-Based Education via the DACUM and SCID Process: An Overview (PDF, 409.72 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you with a curriculum development process.

    OSU (2013) Competency-Based Education via the DACUM and SCID Process: An Overview - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    One World in Schools (OWIS)

    PIN (2020) One World in Schools: Inspiring the Next Generation of Active Citizens (PDF, 1.56 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brochure presents the One World in Schools methodology, one of the PIN's flagships and an innovative approach to youth civic engagement. The booklet provides general information as well examples from recent projects.

    PIN (2020) One World in Schools: Inspiring the Next Generation of Active Citizens - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021): Media Literacy with One World in Schools Methodology (PDF, 665.13 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A brief overview of One World in Schools methodology, its application for Media Literacy, critical thinking skills and disinformation resilience in the context of Eastern Partnership and Balkan countries.

    PIN (2021): Media Literacy with One World in Schools Methodology - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your programming related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes (PDF, 4.95 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you in understanding PIN's approach and give you some examples on Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Flagship: Climate Smart Energy Solutions (PDF, 3.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The resource can help you in understanding PIN's approach on clean and low-carbon energy solutions (renewable energy, improved cook stoves, eco-briquets, etc.), also integrated in a Market Systems Development approach

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Climate Smart Energy Solutions - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) INSPIRED: Climate change and climate funds (issue 5) (PDF, 13.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This journal provides both information on climate funds as well as examples of climate-related projects implemented by PIN

    PIN (2019) INSPIRED: Climate change and climate funds (issue 5) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes (PDF, 4.95 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you in understanding PIN's approach and give you some examples on Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Flagship: Climate Smart Energy Solutions (PDF, 3.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The resource can help you in understanding PIN's approach on clean and low-carbon energy solutions (renewable energy, improved cook stoves, eco-briquets, etc.), also integrated in a Market Systems Development approach

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Climate Smart Energy Solutions - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2020) Climate Vulnerability and Needs Assessment in the Western Province of Zambia (PDF, 9.36 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help in understanding what are the climate vulnerabilities and how to increase climate resilience in the Western Province - Zambia, with a focus on climate-resilient agriculture and agri-businesses

    PIN (2020) Climate Vulnerability and Needs Assessment in the Western Province of Zambia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Climate Change - General Resources

    IPCC (2022) Sixth Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (PDF, 1.58 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Sixth Assessment Report from the IPCC on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - Summary for Policymakers. This resource can provide an overview on the most recent studies from the scientific community worldwide

    IPCC (2022) Sixth Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IPCC (2021) Sixth Assessment Report: The Physical Science Basis (PDF, 3.54 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Sixth Assessment report from the IPCC (The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policymakers) useful to understand global trends and scientific evidence of climate change

    IPCC (2021) Sixth Assessment Report: The Physical Science Basis - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Assessing climate risk and vulnerability

    PIN (2020) Climate Vulnerability and Needs Assessment in the Western Province of Zambia (PDF, 9.36 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help in understanding what are the climate vulnerabilities and how to increase climate resilience in the Western Province - Zambia, with a focus on climate-resilient agriculture and agri-businesses

    PIN (2020) Climate Vulnerability and Needs Assessment in the Western Province of Zambia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CARE (2019) Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (PDF, 4.12 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Handbook to inform community-based adaptation, resilience and gender equality

    CARE (2019) Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    USAID (2018) Designing Climate Vulnerability Assessments (PDF, 3.14 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can give you an overview on how to design a Climate Vulnerability Assessment at activity, project and strategy level and includes several examples and references.

    USAID (2018) Designing Climate Vulnerability Assessments - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Climate Change Adaptation

    PIN (2020) Climate Vulnerability and Needs Assessment in the Western Province of Zambia (PDF, 9.36 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help in understanding what are the climate vulnerabilities and how to increase climate resilience in the Western Province - Zambia, with a focus on climate-resilient agriculture and agri-businesses

    PIN (2020) Climate Vulnerability and Needs Assessment in the Western Province of Zambia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Lessons Learned on EWS Sensor Units (PDF, 1.42 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides lessons learned from the application of the Tepmachcha sensor units in Cambodia. These are used for automatic detection of rising water levels as a part of a flood early warning system.

    PIN (2021) Lessons Learned on EWS Sensor Units - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2022) Climate Report - Iraq (PDF, 288.87 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Main findings of the Climate reports for five location in the Northern Iraq, highlighting climate trends and crops' performance

    PIN (2022) Climate Report - Iraq - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Climate Finance

    PIN (2020) Table of most relevant climate funds with their key characteristics (XLSX, 17.38 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This table may inspire you when you are looking for funding for your climate-related project idea

    XLSX
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    PIN (2019) INSPIRED: Climate change and climate funds (issue 5) (PDF, 13.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This journal provides both information on climate funds as well as examples of climate-related projects implemented by PIN

    PIN (2019) INSPIRED: Climate change and climate funds (issue 5) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ACT Alliance (2018) A Resource Guide to Climate Finance (PDF, 2.34 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you identify existing sources of funds for climate change programmes and projects

    ACT Alliance (2018) A Resource Guide to Climate Finance - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Monitoring and Evaluation

    GCF (2018) Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks (PDF, 577.69 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help in designing climate change indicators. It includes both climate change mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks (PMFs), associated with proposed indicators, by the Green Climate Fund.

    GCF (2018) Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    GIZ (2014) Repository of Adaptation Indicators (PDF, 1.54 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The resource can help you in designing climate change adaptation indicators. This resource comes from a study made by adaptation and development M&E Experts on M&E systems at regional, national and sub-national levels.

    GIZ (2014) Repository of Adaptation Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Climate change and cross-cutting issues

    UN Agencies (2020) Gender, Climate and Security (PDF, 4.21 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides the rationale and examples to understand the Gender-Climate-Security triple nexus at different levels

    UN Agencies (2020) Gender, Climate and Security - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    UNEP (2020) Preventing the next pandemic (PDF, 23.19 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you understand the links between humans and zoonoses and how to prevent the next pandemic

    UNEP (2020) Preventing the next pandemic - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Sphere (2019) Reducing environmental impact in humanitarian response (PDF, 476.84 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This short guide offers hands-on guidance to practitioners looking to consider environmental issues in their humanitarian programmes by compiling references in the Sphere Handbook.

    Sphere (2019) Reducing environmental impact in humanitarian response - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Agriculture and Natural Resources Management

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your programming related to agriculture and natural resources management (NRM). If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN RDD Strategy 2016-2021: Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment (PDF, 1.68 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to improving people’s livelihoods and protecting the natural environment.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2016-2021: Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) IndiKit: guidance on agriculture and NRM indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website can help you with selecting and using indicators for your agricultural, livelihoods and natural resources management interventions.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: guidance on agriculture and NRM indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Guideline for agricultural trainings (PDF, 1.09 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource leads you through the main steps in planning, design and implementation of agricultural trainings, helping you to deliver them in the most effective way.

    PIN (2018) Guideline for agricultural trainings - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2014) Final evaluation of agricultural extension services in SNNPR Ethiopia (PDF, 828.23 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource compiles the lessons learned from PIN's agricultural extension services projects in SNNPR, Ethiopia.

    PIN (2014) Final evaluation of agricultural extension services in SNNPR Ethiopia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Best Practices in Landscape Management (PDF, 3.47 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document presents best practices from PIN, MENDELU and other implementers' landscape management projects that were implemented in Ethiopia between 2010 and 2020, with the financial support of the Czech Development Assistance.

    PIN (2021) Best Practices in Landscape Management  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Flagship: Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes (PDF, 4.95 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you in understanding PIN's approach and give you some examples on Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes

    PIN (2021) Flagship: Productive and Climate-Resilient Landscapes  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Approaches and practices

    APO (2016) Manual on good agriculture practices (PDF, 14.88 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you understand the main concept behind good agricultural practices and help you with their promotion as a part of your agricultural interventions.

    APO (2016) Manual on good agriculture practices - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Resources on nutrition-sensitive agriculture (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This links contains strategies, toolkits and checklists that can help you with maximizing the nutritional impacts of the agricultural interventions.

    Resources on nutrition-sensitive agriculture - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ICRAF (2014) Conservation agriculture with trees: Principles and practice (PDF, 2.34 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you conduct a basic training course in conservation agriculture with trees. It provides practical tips on training activities and required materials and information needed for extension workers/trainers.

    ICRAF (2014) Conservation agriculture with trees: Principles and practice - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Agriculture in Emergencies

    LEGS (2014) Livestock emergency guidelines and standards (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides standards and guidelines on appropriate and timely livestock-based livelihoods responses in emergencies.

    LEGS (2014) Livestock emergency guidelines and standards - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Extension & Trainings

    PIN (2018) Guideline for agricultural trainings (PDF, 1.09 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource leads you through the main steps in planning, design and implementation of agricultural trainings, helping you to deliver them in the most effective way.

    PIN (2018) Guideline for agricultural trainings - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    FAO (2016) Farmer Field Schools Guidance Document - Planning for quality programmes (PDF, 4.24 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource will help you understand processes and critical decisions that are needed to establish a new farmer field school programme. It details necessary preparatory steps, appropriate implementation period and quality assurance mechanisms.

    FAO (2016) Farmer Field Schools Guidance Document - Planning for quality programmes - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    CRS (2013) Private Service Provider Implementation Manual (PDF, 2.81 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This manual provides explanation on how the Private Service Provider (PSP) model, which prepares agents to become independent service providers operating on a market-led basis (in a bid to ensure the long-term availability of SILC services), works.

    CRS (2013) Private Service Provider Implementation Manual - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Monitoring & Evaluation

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: guidance on agriculture and NRM indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website can help you with selecting and using indicators for your agricultural, livelihoods and natural resources management interventions.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: guidance on agriculture and NRM indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2014) Final evaluation of agricultural extension services in SNNPR Ethiopia (PDF, 828.23 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource compiles the lessons learned from PIN's agricultural extension services projects in SNNPR, Ethiopia.

    PIN (2014) Final evaluation of agricultural extension services in SNNPR Ethiopia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Other

    FAO, TECA (2015) Training manual for organic agriculture (PDF, 13.67 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This manual can explain all the necessary sub-topics in organic agriculture.

    FAO, TECA (2015) Training manual for organic agriculture - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    IFOAM (2017) Training module on gender in organic agriculture (PDF, 2.96 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides useful information about gender in organic agriculture.

    IFOAM (2017) Training module on gender in organic agriculture - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    SOLMACC (2018) STRATEGIES FOR ORGANIC AND LOW-INPUT FARMING TO MITIGATE AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE (PDF, 777.19 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource seeks to promote a wider adoption of innovative practices that can contribute to reaching the EU’s climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives in the food and farming sector.

    SOLMACC (2018) STRATEGIES FOR ORGANIC AND LOW-INPUT FARMING TO MITIGATE AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Multi-Sectoral Nutrition

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your multi-sectoral nutrition programming. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN Relief and Development Department Strategy 2022-2026 (PDF, 3.35 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can help you in understanding PIN's RDD Strategy for 2022-2026 including PIN's multi-sectoral nutrition approach.

    PIN Relief and Development Department Strategy 2022-2026 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2014) Practical Toolkit for Integrated Programming for Improved Nutrition (IPIN) (PDF, 2.21 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This toolkit outlines PIN’s multi-sectoral approach to addressing undernutrition and covers the following main topic: types, causes and impacts of undernutrition; integrating nutrition into existing programming; practical options for addressing undernutrition; and tips and tricks for program design, implementation, and M&E.

    PIN (2014) Practical Toolkit for Integrated Programming for Improved Nutrition (IPIN) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Nutrition Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website provides guidance on useful indicators to monitor and measure the impact of nutrition projects.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Nutrition Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2022) Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage Report, Nalolo District, Zambia (PDF, 2.3 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    In October 2022, PIN together with the Ministry of Health (MoH) conducted a SQUEAC assessment to assess the coverage of the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) in Nalolo District’s East and West Banks.

    PIN (2022) Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage Report, Nalolo District, Zambia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Semi-quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage Report, DRC (PDF, 1.45 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    In February 2021, PIN conducted a SQUEAC assessment to assess the coverage of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programmes in Kabambare Health Zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    PIN (2021) Semi-quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage Report, DRC - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) Strengthening Food Systems for Nutrition (PDF, 2.73 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource gives an overview of PIN's global approach to ensuring nutrition or food security outcomes from it's agriculture, value chains or other market systems development programmes.

    PIN (2019) Strengthening Food Systems for Nutrition - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Training Materials, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Introduction to Nutrition

    LSHTM (2021) Nutrition for Global Development Online Course (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This course has been designed to explore the complicated problem of malnutrition in all its forms, highlighting its multi-sectoral causes, exploring the available evidence and identifying potential solutions.

    LSHTM (2021) Nutrition for Global Development Online Course - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    UNICEF AGORA (2022) Introduction to Nutrition (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This course describes the actions UNICEF Nutrition takes to attempt to alleviate malnutrition, explains why efforts and collaborations with multiple sectors are required to address the underlying causes of malnutrition, and presents some case studies.

    UNICEF AGORA (2022) Introduction to Nutrition - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2014) Practical Toolkit for Integrated Programming for Improved Nutrition (IPIN) (PDF, 2.21 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This toolkit outlines PIN’s multi-sectoral approach to addressing undernutrition and covers the following main topic: types, causes and impacts of undernutrition; integrating nutrition into existing programming; practical options for addressing undernutrition; and tips and tricks for program design, implementation, and M&E.

    PIN (2014) Practical Toolkit for Integrated Programming for Improved Nutrition (IPIN) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Nutrition Security Assessments

    PIN (2015) Practical Checklist for Conducting Nutrition Surveys  (PDF, 1010.47 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Five brief checklists focusing on the key stages of the most common nutrition-related surveys enable survey managers to quickly assess whether or not they have omitted an important step which may influence the quality of survey’s data. Each checklist also recommends the best sources of know-how for survey design, implementation and reporting.

    PIN (2015) Practical Checklist for Conducting Nutrition Surveys  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2022) M&E Online Course Repository (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Provides a repository of online nutrition-related Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) courses

    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2022) M&E Online Course Repository - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: M&E Managers / Officers
    Save the Children (2018) Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Toolkit (ZIP, 7.61 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A practical toolkit for assessing, designing and monitoring acute malnutrition treatment programmes.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Templates
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) (incl. mHealth and Positive Deviance)

    UNICEF (2022) The Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The Community IYCF Counselling Package includes the Facilitator Guide for use in training community workers (CWs); the Participant Materials, consisting of “handouts” and monitoring tools; a set of 24 IYCF Counselling Cards and companion Key Messages Booklet; Take-home Brochures; Planning Guide, and Adaptation Guide.

    UNICEF (2022) The Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    WHO (2021) Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices (PDF, 2.49 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document presents a set of new and updated indicators to assess infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices at household level.

    WHO (2021) Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IFE Core Group and Save the Children (2021) IYCF-Emergency Hub (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The IYCFEHub is for health and nutrition frontline workers, technical officers, and programme managers interested in accessing the most relevant resources related to infant and young child nutrition. Through the IYCFE Hub you can access a compilation of resources, guidance, protocols, evidence, educational materials and tools.

    IFE Core Group and Save the Children (2021) IYCF-Emergency Hub - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture

    PIN (2019) Strengthening Food Systems for Nutrition (PDF, 2.73 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource gives an overview of PIN's global approach to ensuring nutrition or food security outcomes from it's agriculture, value chains or other market systems development programmes.

    PIN (2019) Strengthening Food Systems for Nutrition - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Training Materials, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CIP & PIN & Emory (2017) Quality Diets for Better Health - Ethiopia (PDF, 1.2 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A summary of a project aimed at improving nutrition security and consumption of vitamin A-rich Orange-Flesh Sweet Potato through nutrition-sensitive value chain development. Implemented in Ethiopia, project partners are the International Potato Centre (CIP), PIN, and Emory University.

    CIP & PIN & Emory (2017) Quality Diets for Better Health - Ethiopia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Quality Standard Checklist on Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture and Livelihoods (DOCX, 156.3 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A practical checklist for designing, monitoring and evaluating Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture and Livelihoods programmes.

    PIN (2018) Quality Standard Checklist on Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture and Livelihoods - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Nutrition and WASH

    ACF (2017) WASH'Nutrition: Guide book on increasing nutritional impact through integration of wash (PDF, 3.23 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A practical guidebook on: increasing nutritional impact through integration of WASH and Nutrition programmes

    ACF (2017) WASH'Nutrition: Guide book on increasing nutritional impact through integration of wash  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Cranfield & PIN (2019) Environmental enteric dysfunction and child stunting (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This paper reviews the existing evidence on the causes of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in infants and considerations for nutrition and WASH interventions to be able to effectively reduce the prevalence of stunting worldwide.

    URL
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Nutrition and Gender

    Ripple Effect (2023) Transformative Household Methodology for Gender & Nutrition: A Training Manual (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The Transformative Household Methodology (THM) is a tool that aims at creating awareness of intra-household gender relations between women, men, girls, and boys. The THM identifies the different roles and responsibilities of household members, their access and control over resources, and their related benefits. The purpose of THM training is to create awareness of the participating household on ge

    Ripple Effect (2023) Transformative Household Methodology for Gender & Nutrition: A Training Manual  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    CORE Group (2015) Guide: Enhancing Nutrition through Gender Sensitive Behavior Change (PDF, 3.21 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    An textbook on designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating gender-sensitive behaviour change within Nutrition and Food Security programmes.

    CORE Group (2015) Guide: Enhancing Nutrition through Gender Sensitive Behavior Change - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    USAID (2022) Integrating Gender into Nutrition Programs: Program Guide (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide is for nutrition programme planners and implementers who aim to integrate gender into multi-sectoral nutrition activities. It shares resources and examples to effectively integrate gender at each phase of a nutrition programme.

    USAID (2022) Integrating Gender into Nutrition Programs: Program Guide - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Nutrition Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Programming

    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2023) Tools for High-Quality Nutrition SBC Programming (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    A suite of practical tools to harmonise design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of nutrition SBC programmes in food and health systems.

    URL
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2023) Se concentrer sur les normes sociales: Un guide pratique (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Le guide du programme aborde la manière d’identifier les normes, d’inclure des éléments de changement de normes dans les stratégies et activités de nutrition, qu’elles soient spécifiques ou sensibles à la nutrition, et de suivre et mesurer le changement normatif.

    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2023) Se concentrer sur les normes sociales: Un guide pratique - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2022) Measuring SBC in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides guidance on how to evaluate an activity that uses SBC to improve multi-sectoral nutrition outcomes.

    USAID Advancing Nutrition (2022) Measuring SBC in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: M&E Managers / Officers
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    Nutrition in Emergencies

    WHO (2023) WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting (acute malnutrition) (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This new 2023 WHO guideline includes recommendations and good practice statements informed by the best available evidence for the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema.

    URL
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IFE Core Group (2017) Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guide (PDF, 836.15 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    Key guidance for use in food security and nutrition interventions in emergency contexts, to ensure programmes are providing the necessary requirements for adequate infant and young child feeding.

    IFE Core Group (2017) Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IFE Core Group and Save the Children (2021) IYCF-Emergency Hub (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The IYCFEHub is for health and nutrition frontline workers, technical officers, and programme managers interested in accessing the most relevant resources related to infant and young child nutrition. Through the IYCFE Hub you can access a compilation of resources, guidance, protocols, evidence, educational materials and tools.

    IFE Core Group and Save the Children (2021) IYCF-Emergency Hub - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your programming related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2015) Ethiopia WASH Program Strategy 2015-2020 (PDF, 1.01 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This strategy of PIN Ethiopia’s WASH programme explains the approach PIN has taken to improving water, sanitation and hygiene.

    PIN (2015) Ethiopia WASH Program Strategy 2015-2020 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) Standards in WASH programming (SWAP) (PDF, 924.64 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This key document lists the WASH standards that are applied by PIN in the course of its WASH interventions – an essential resource for all PIN staff working on WASH.

    PIN (2019) Standards in WASH programming (SWAP) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Quality Standard Checklist on Water Trucking in Emergencies (PDF, 379.15 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This checklist helps you ensure a higher quality and impact of the water trucking emergency support. It enables you to quickly check whether you have omitted any important steps in the design, budgeting, implementation and M&E of the water trucking activities.

    PIN (2018) Quality Standard Checklist on Water Trucking in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Examples of PIN's Interventions

    PIN (2015) Video: Ethiopia - Protected from diseases thanks to clean water (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This video illustrates the results of PIN’s WASH interventions in the rural areas of Ethiopia.

    PIN (2015) Video: Ethiopia - Protected from diseases thanks to clean water - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) Comparative analysis: Impact of hygiene promotion and sanitation marketing in Ethiopia (PDF, 147.22 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This study shows the results of comparing the effectiveness of two types of intervention to improve sanitation and hygiene behaviours: hygiene promotion and hygiene promotion in combination with sanitation marketing.

    PIN (2017) Comparative analysis: Impact of hygiene promotion and sanitation marketing in Ethiopia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) Example of PIN's Barrier Analysis Report (WASH, Ethiopia) (PDF, 1.42 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This formative research report presents the main barriers and motivators to practicing the promoted hygiene and sanitation behaviours and shows the approach PIN took to address the barriers.

    PIN (2017) Example of PIN's Barrier Analysis Report (WASH, Ethiopia) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Water Supply

    PIN (2019) Standards in WASH programming (SWAP) (PDF, 924.64 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This key document lists the WASH standards that are applied by PIN in the course of its WASH interventions – an essential resource for all PIN staff working on WASH.

    PIN (2019) Standards in WASH programming (SWAP) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Welthungerhilfe (2013) Orientation Framework: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (PDF, 2.07 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication provides a comprehensive orientation of the WASH sector, including the key challenges addressed, good practices, and useful lessons learned.

    Welthungerhilfe (2013) Orientation Framework: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Winrock International (2011) Guide to SolutionMUS: Putting multiple-use water services into Action (PDF, 5.09 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication provides practical guidance on using the multiple-use water services (MUS) approach for improving people’s access to water for a variety of needs, including drinking, hygiene, agriculture and other purposes.

    Winrock International (2011) Guide to SolutionMUS: Putting multiple-use water services into Action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Excreta Disposal

    PIN (2019) Standards in WASH programming (SWAP) (PDF, 924.64 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This key document lists the WASH standards that are applied by PIN in the course of its WASH interventions – an essential resource for all PIN staff working on WASH.

    PIN (2019) Standards in WASH programming (SWAP) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Welthungerhilfe (2013) Orientation Framework: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (PDF, 2.07 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication provides a comprehensive orientation of the WASH sector, including the key challenges addressed, good practices, and useful lessons learned.

    Welthungerhilfe (2013) Orientation Framework: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Tayler, K. (2018) Faecal sludge and Septage Treatment: Guide for low- and middle-income countries (PDF, 9.19 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This technical publication provides a very detailed, technical overview of sanitation approaches in low and middle-income countries.

    Tayler, K. (2018) Faecal sludge and Septage Treatment: Guide for low- and middle-income countries - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Hygiene & Sanitation Promotion

    UNICEF (1999) A manual on hygiene promotion (PDF, 1.29 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This practical manual can help you with designing methodologies for the effective promotion of hygiene practices.

    UNICEF (1999) A manual on hygiene promotion - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2021) Perceptions and Barriers to Menstrual Hygiene Management in the Province of Bié in Angola (PDF, 7.64 MB)
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    Also available in: Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    The issue of menstrual hygiene in Angola is not yet properly explored and reflected in the national policies and guidelines, mainly due to lack of scientific evidence. The study tries to fill this gap and provides practical tips for stakeholders, incl. government authorities, on how to tailor action to better respond to girls´ and women´s needs, promote gender equity and improve MHM awareness.

    PIN (2021) Perceptions and Barriers to Menstrual Hygiene Management in the Province of Bié in Angola - overview
    Language: English, Portuguese
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) Comparative analysis: Impact of hygiene promotion and sanitation marketing in Ethiopia (PDF, 147.22 KB)
    View

    When can it be useful?
    This study shows the results of comparing the effectiveness of two types of intervention to improve sanitation and hygiene behaviours: hygiene promotion and hygiene promotion in combination with sanitation marketing.

    PIN (2017) Comparative analysis: Impact of hygiene promotion and sanitation marketing in Ethiopia - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Management & Financing

    Welthungerhilfe (2013) Orientation Framework: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (PDF, 2.07 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication provides a comprehensive orientation of the WASH sector, including the key challenges addressed, good practices, and useful lessons learned.

    Welthungerhilfe (2013) Orientation Framework: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    PIN (2016) Conducting cost recovery analysis: A practical guide (PDF, 1.86 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brief and practical guide helps you assess the financial viability of a rural water supply system.

    PIN (2016) Conducting cost recovery analysis: A practical guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    OPM et al. (2015) How to do Value for money analysis for WASH programmes (PDF, 505.87 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This “how to” note provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to analyse value for money in WASH programmes.

    OPM et al. (2015) How to do Value for money analysis for WASH programmes - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    WASH in Emergencies

    PIN (2018) Quality Standard Checklist on Water Trucking in Emergencies (PDF, 379.15 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This checklist helps you ensure a higher quality and impact of the water trucking emergency support. It enables you to quickly check whether you have omitted any important steps in the design, budgeting, implementation and M&E of the water trucking activities.

    PIN (2018) Quality Standard Checklist on Water Trucking in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Indicators on WASH in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of many emergency WASH (and other) indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Indicators on WASH in Emergencies  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Multiple authors (2018) Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies in Emergencies (PDF, 7.58 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This technical publication provides a detailed overview of various sanitation systems and technologies used in emergency contexts.

    Multiple authors (2018) Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    DRR and Resilience

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your programming related to resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR). If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN RDD Strategy 2017-2021: Resilience Building (PDF, 1.72 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to strengthening the resilience of people and systems.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2017-2021: Resilience Building - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) INSPIRED: Resilience (Issue 2) (PDF, 5.97 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This magazine offers inspiration on ways to build resilience, based on case studies from various People in Need programmes across three continents.

    PIN (2017) INSPIRED: Resilience (Issue 2) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on DRR Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of many disaster risk reduction (and other) indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on DRR Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on DRR Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of many disaster risk reduction (and other) indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on DRR Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IFRC (2007) Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (PDF, 1.07 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource offers a series of 14 guidance notes that can help you with mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in your development programming in hazard-prone countries.

    IFRC (2007) Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    World Vision International (2014) Urban disaster management toolkit (PDF, 1.75 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This toolkit can help you to assess the strengths and shortcomings of existing urban disaster management programmes and take action at every stage of disaster management, with particular relevance to Asia.

    World Vision International (2014) Urban disaster management toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Resilience

    PIN (2019) Mainstreaming Resilience - Guide for programme staff (ZIP, 179.13 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This introductory guide can help you understand how the activities you implement can better contribute to strengthening resilience.

    ZIP
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) INSPIRED: Resilience (Issue 2) (PDF, 5.97 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This magazine offers inspiration on ways to build resilience, based on case studies from various People in Need programmes across three continents.

    PIN (2017) INSPIRED: Resilience (Issue 2) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ActionAid (2016) Resilience Handbook: A Guide to Integrated Resilience Programming (PDF, 2.85 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This handbook explains how to build resilience in various programming areas, based on practical examples and a selection of key tools and resources.

    ActionAid (2016) Resilience Handbook: A Guide to Integrated Resilience Programming  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Social Inclusion and Protection

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your programming related to social protection and inclusion. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN RDD Strategy 2018-2021: Social Inclusion and Protection (PDF, 1.82 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to addressing social inclusion and protection.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2018-2021: Social Inclusion and Protection - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) IndiKit: guidance on social inclusion and protection indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of social inclusion and protection indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: guidance on social inclusion and protection indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) Gender Analysis Guide (PDF, 3.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document introduces basic concepts of gender mainstreaming, defines key areas of inquiry to take into consideration when undergoing a gender analysis and provides easy access to practical guidance and tools.

    PIN (2019) Gender Analysis Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Social Inclusion

    PIN (2018) THE SELF-HELP GROUP APPROACH IN AFGHANISTAN (PDF, 4.44 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This report offers an overview of how the Self-Help Group (SHG) approach has been used by PIN in the Afghan urban context, with a focus on its three main components — social development, economic development and institutional stability.

    PIN (2018) THE SELF-HELP GROUP APPROACH IN AFGHANISTAN - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    KNH (2018) The Self Help Group Approach Manual (PDF, 3.09 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This manual provides practical guidance on supporting self-help groups and includes various examples.

    KNH (2018) The Self Help Group Approach Manual - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Oxfam (2012) Social norms diagnostic tool (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The social norms guidance document is a set of exercises that helps practitioners to identify and discuss the social norms, perceptions and expectations that shape, constrain or promote young women’s economic empowerment in economic development initiatives within their context; and to develop initial ideas for change strategies.

    Oxfam (2012) Social norms diagnostic tool - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Urban Poverty

    ACF (2010) Identification of vulnerable people in urban environments (PDF, 2.31 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document provides methodological guidance on how to identify vulnerable people in urban contexts, especially for the purposes of nutrition, food security and livelihoods programming.

    ACF (2010) Identification of vulnerable people in urban environments  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    HFHI (2015) From slums to sustainable communities: The transformative power of secure tenure (PDF, 544.1 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document explains the importance of secure tenure and provides examples of which solutions (do not) work.

    HFHI (2015) From slums to sustainable communities: The transformative power of secure tenure - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Multiple authors (2018) iTenure (innovative good practice from Cambodia) (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The website of the iTenure programme provides a set of computer tools that allow the collection of data about land claims in Cambodia, with potential for replication elsewhere.

    Multiple authors (2018) iTenure (innovative good practice from Cambodia) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Asia
    Resource type: Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Gender

    PIN (2019) Gender Analysis Guide (PDF, 3.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document introduces basic concepts of gender mainstreaming, defines key areas of inquiry to take into consideration when undergoing a gender analysis and provides easy access to practical guidance and tools.

    PIN (2019) Gender Analysis Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IASC (2018) The Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This handbook sets out the rationale for integrating gender equality into humanitarian action and provides practical guidance for doing so across sectors.

    IASC (2018) The Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IASC (2020) Introduction to Gender with Age Marker (GAM) (PDF, 172.47 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    This two-pager describes IASC's Gender with Age Marker (GAM), an updated and expanded version of the Gender Marker tool that has been used for assessing the extent to which a humanitarian intervention addresses gender- and age-related differences.

    IASC (2020) Introduction to Gender with Age Marker (GAM) - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Protection in Emergencies

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Indicators on Protection in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of protection (and many other) indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Indicators on Protection in Emergencies  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    World Vision International (2012) Minimum Inter-Agency Standards for Protection Mainstreaming (PDF, 2.98 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The Minimum Standards for Protection Mainstreaming provides concrete guidance to humanitarian actors on how to operationalise the four Sphere protection principles through a set of minimum standards, key actions, indicators and guidance notes for humanitarian actors.

    World Vision International (2012) Minimum Inter-Agency Standards for Protection Mainstreaming - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ADCAP (2015) Minimum Standards for Age and Disability in Humanitarian action (PDF, 3.54 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document describes eight key inclusion standards as well as specific standards for the sectors of protection, WASH, FSL, nutrition, shelter and NFIs, health and emergency education.

    ADCAP (2015) Minimum Standards for Age and Disability in Humanitarian action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Good Governance

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your good governance programming. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN RDD Strategy 2017-2021: Good Governance (PDF, 1.48 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to strengthening good governance.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2017-2021: Good Governance - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2020) Participatory Planning for Social Inclusion (PDF, 1.24 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A participatory multi-stakeholder approach to effective planning, implementation and evaluation of social policies and services ensuring that the most vulnerable people are not left behind.

    PIN (2020) Participatory Planning for Social Inclusion - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples, Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials, Communication Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Good Governance Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Drafting a logframe? IndiKit's guidance on the use of Good Governance indicators can help you when developing CSO development, civic engagement and local governance programmes.

    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Good Governance Indicators  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Youth Civic Engagement

    PIN (2020) One World in Schools: Inspiring the Next Generation of Active Citizens (PDF, 1.56 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brochure presents the One World in Schools methodology, one of the PIN's flagships and an innovative approach to youth civic engagement. The booklet provides general information as well examples from recent projects.

    PIN (2020) One World in Schools: Inspiring the Next Generation of Active Citizens - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021): Media Literacy with One World in Schools Methodology (PDF, 665.13 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A brief overview of One World in Schools methodology, its application for Media Literacy, critical thinking skills and disinformation resilience in the context of Eastern Partnership and Balkan countries.

    PIN (2021): Media Literacy with One World in Schools Methodology - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    CSO/Local Authority Capacity Development 

    Helvetas (2007) Sharing power for development: Experiences in Local Governance and Decentralisation (PDF, 2.18 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document provides case studies and lessons learned to support local governance programmes.

    Helvetas (2007) Sharing power for development: Experiences in Local Governance and Decentralisation - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Community Engagement in Development Programs

    PIN (2020) Participatory Planning for Social Inclusion (PDF, 1.24 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A participatory multi-stakeholder approach to effective planning, implementation and evaluation of social policies and services ensuring that the most vulnerable people are not left behind.

    PIN (2020) Participatory Planning for Social Inclusion - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples, Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials, Communication Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    OECD (2014) Accountability and Democratic Governance: Orientations and principles for development (PDF, 4.82 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This guide provides overall background principles for governance programming.

    OECD (2014) Accountability and Democratic Governance: Orientations and principles for development - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    ICRC (2016) Guide to Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) (PDF, 4.81 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is a resource to support all country programs better engage with communities/beneficiaries in both development and emergency programmes.

    ICRC (2016) Guide to Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Food Security & Livelihoods in Emergencies

    Key Resources

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Food Security Indicators in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resources provides guidance on how to select food security indicIndiKit website offers guidance on the use of many food security (and other) indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about. ators and how to measure them while designing an intervention.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on Food Security Indicators in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    External Resources & Training

    FAO: Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods: Basic concepts (e-course 1 hour) (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Briefly explains the concepts of food secuirty, nutrition, malnutrition, and livelihoods

    FAO: Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods: Basic concepts (e-course 1 hour) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Global Food Security Cluster Indicator Handbook (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This handbook overviews key food security related indicators.

    Global Food Security Cluster Indicator Handbook  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    Introduction to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) (e-learning 1.5 hours) (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This course introduces IPC as an analytical approach for decision-makers. It explains the concepts on which the IPC is based, and provides all the necessary information to appreciate and critically use IPC products.

    Introduction to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) (e-learning 1.5 hours) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: E-Learning and Webinars
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Resources on Agriculture & Livestock in Emergency

    Resources on Agriculture in Emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will take you to all the relevant documents at this site dedicated to agriculture and resources management.

    Resources on Agriculture in Emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Shelter and Infrastructure

    Key Resources

    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Shelter and NFI Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of shelter and NFI indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Shelter and NFI Indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Global Shelter Cluster (2020) Shelter Projects Case Studies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This recommended website is developed by the Global Shelter Cluster, and is a repository for over 250 case studies, overviews and updates of post-disaster and post-conflict shelter projects. There are multiple points of learning and of good practice that arise time and time again, and this website and publications distil these points into a series of recurring messages.

    Global Shelter Cluster (2020) Shelter Projects Case Studies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    Shelter Cluster (2018) Shelter Repair and Rehabilitation Guidelines for Syria (PDF, 1.7 MB)
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    Also available in: Arabic

    When can it be useful?
    These practical guidelines provide a comprehensive technical standard operating procedure for shelter repair and rehabilitation programmes in Syria. It contains practical tips and guidance for all phases of project cycle. It was developed specifically for Syria but if adapted to local context, could be a good inspiration and useful resource for other countries and shelter repair projects.

    Shelter Cluster (2018)  Shelter Repair and Rehabilitation Guidelines for Syria - overview
    Language: English, Arabic
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Cash in Shelter

    CRS (2015) - Using Cash for Shelter: An Overview of CRS Programs (PDF, 20.44 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides a list of eight case studies from CRS aimed to gain a better understanding of when cash for shelter outcomes works, why it works, and what factors contribute to its success or failure. In six countries project participants were able to meet Sphere and other building standards. In one country, CRS decided against using cash. In another country, CRS used a mixed modality.

    CRS (2015) - Using Cash for Shelter: An Overview of CRS Programs - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Rental Assistance

    IFRC (2020) Step-by-step guide for RENTAL ASSISTANCE to people affected by crises (PDF, 4.45 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains in detail how to design, manage and monitor rental assistance programs.

    IFRC (2020) Step-by-step guide for RENTAL ASSISTANCE to people affected by crises - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Global Shelter Cluster (2019) Securing tenure in shelter operations (PDF, 15.44 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides a general overview to HLP and rental issues and a country by country profile of HLP situation, shelter response, cross cutting issues and lessons learned.

    Global Shelter Cluster (2019) Securing tenure in shelter operations - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Settlement Approach

    Global Shelter Cluster (2020) SETTLEMENT APPROACH Guidance Note (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource collects and explains the theoretical principles and the methodology of the settlement/area based approach which is now increasingly promoted by humanitarian actors and donors.

    Global Shelter Cluster (2020) SETTLEMENT APPROACH Guidance Note - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Global Shelter Cluster (2019) Full Case Study Compendium of Area Based Approaches (PDF, 21.33 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is a collection of case studies in different geographical areas in which the settlement/area based approach has been implemented

    Global Shelter Cluster (2019) Full Case Study Compendium of Area Based Approaches - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Cross Cutting Themes

    IOM, Care (2018) Distribution: Shelter materials, NFI & Cash - Guidance to Reduce the Risk of GBV (PDF, 1.1 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource is aimed at Shelter/NFI team members working in distribution assessments, planning, implementation and post distribution monitoring of distributions of Shelter materials, NFIs and cash. It highlights ways in which distributions can reduce some of the risks of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and avoid doing harm. Simply put, this booklet is about good distributions.

    IOM, Care (2018) Distribution: Shelter materials, NFI & Cash - Guidance to Reduce the Risk of GBV - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    Global Shelter Cluster (2018) Site planning - Guidance to Reduce the Risk of Gender-Based Violence (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides basic information about site planning and gender-based violence risks, it provides practical guidance for measures which can be taken to reduce risks to affected populations in and around camps and sites. This booklet is targeted at field practitioners.

    Global Shelter Cluster (2018) Site planning - Guidance to Reduce the Risk of Gender-Based Violence - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
    UNHCR (2021) Shelter and Sustainability (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The resource can help with a wide selection of shelter tipologies from the UNHCR catalogue; with drawings, BoQs and a focus on environmental impact and carbon footprint.

    UNHCR (2021) Shelter and Sustainability - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning

    This site offers the most useful technical resources that can help you increase the quality of your monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) processes. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on SMART sector-specific indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit is online guide on the use of hundreds of relief and development indicators across different sectors, including specific survey questions and practical tips based on from field experience.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on SMART sector-specific indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    MEAL Planning

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on SMART sector-specific indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    IndiKit is online guide on the use of hundreds of relief and development indicators across different sectors, including specific survey questions and practical tips based on from field experience.

    PIN (2019) IndiKit: Guidance on SMART sector-specific indicators - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) Value for Money Assessment: Step- by- Step guide (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    A step-by-step guide to calculating the costs for reaching each output and outcome of your project.

    PIN (2019) Value for Money Assessment: Step- by- Step guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    INTRAC M&E Universe (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The M&E Universe is a free, online resource developed by INTRAC to support development practitioners involved in monitoring and evaluation (M&E). It consists of a series of short papers (2-6 pages) on different subjects related to M&E.

    INTRAC M&E Universe - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Assessments

    SPHERE (2021) Sphere in Context and for Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PDF, 2.42 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains why it is important to use Sphere standards throughout the humanitarian programme cycle, and how to do so. The document starts with a section on how to use humanitarian standards in your context. This is followed by standalone but complementary chapters for Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.

    SPHERE (2021) Sphere in Context and for Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    CaLP (2021) Basic Needs Analysis Questionnaire (DOCX, 1.19 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The basic needs assessment questionnaire is taken from CaLP Guidance for Basis Needs Analysis.

    DOCX
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Quantitative Data Collection

    PIN (2018) Rapid Guide to Survey Sampling (PDF, 374.79 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    This brief guide will help you determine the appropriate sample for your survey.

    PIN (2018) Rapid Guide to Survey Sampling - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Rapid Guide to Describing Survey Methodology (PDF, 429.67 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    This brief guide will help you clarify and describe the methodology for your survey.

    PIN (2018) Rapid Guide to Describing Survey Methodology - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) Rapid Guide to Mobile Data Collection (PDF, 345.82 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    A brief overview of mobile data collection (tools, advantages and disadvantages).

    PIN (2018) Rapid Guide to Mobile Data Collection - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Qualitative Data Collection

    PIN (2017) Rapid Guide to Individual Interviews (PDF, 461.41 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    Guidance and practical tips for conducting individual interviews during surveys, needs assessments, evaluations etc.

    PIN (2017) Rapid Guide to Individual Interviews - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) Quality Improvement & Verification Checklist for Individual Interviews (DOCX, 39.54 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    This quality standard checklist (QSC) can be used when planning individual interviews, as well as for monitoring the performance of interviewers (whether PIN staff or external).

    PIN (2017) Quality Improvement & Verification Checklist for Individual Interviews - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) Quality Improvement & Verification Checklist for Focus Group Discussions (DOCX, 41.29 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    This quality standard checklist (QSC) can be used when planning focus group discussions (FGDs) as well as for monitoring the performance of FGD facilitators (whether PIN staff or external).

    PIN (2017) Quality Improvement & Verification Checklist for Focus Group Discussions - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Data Analysis

    PIN - Quantitative Analysis in Excel: Step by Step Guide (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is a step-by-step guide to cleaning and analysing data in Excel. It can be used for training, as well as while analysing survey data.

    PIN - Quantitative Analysis in Excel: Step by Step Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    R Development Core Team - The R Project for Statistical Computing - manuals (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This is a link to the “R project”, which offers a free, integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation and graphical display.

    R Development Core Team - The R Project for Statistical Computing - manuals - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: M&E Managers / Officers
    UCLA (2019) Resources on learning and using STATA (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This links to the UCLA’s Institute for Digital Research and Education. Top of Form, which lists many useful resources for learning to use STATA (divided by topic).

    UCLA (2019)  Resources on learning and using STATA - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: M&E Managers / Officers
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    Evaluation

    BetterEvaluation (2020) M&E for Adaptive Management - Real Time Evaluation (PDF, 707.83 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This paper outlines the different ways in which RTE has been defined and is understood to work. It analyses how RTE is similar to and different from other approaches to supporting evidence-informed action. It discusses when it is appropriate to use RTE and what is needed to make it work well.

    BetterEvaluation (2020) M&E for Adaptive Management - Real Time Evaluation  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Real-time evaluation of FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This RTE of FAO’s humanitarian response to COVID-19 aims to: i) assess the relevance, timeliness, coherence, inclusiveness and business continuity practices of FAO’s humanitarian response; and ii) identify good practices and lessons learned to inform the design and implementation of future similar interventions. The RTE will also feed into the UN’s Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the GHRP

    Real-time evaluation of FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Global Synthesis Report: Real-Time Assessment (RTA) of the UNICEF response to COVID-19 (URL)
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    When can it be useful?

    Global Synthesis Report: Real-Time Assessment (RTA) of the UNICEF response to COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Data Use and Learning

    PIN (2021) Learning Brief on Information Management Systems (DOCX, 1.03 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource summarizes lessons learned from PIN's programs focusing on information management systems

    DOCX
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Accountability (Issue 3) (PDF, 10.71 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A collection of examples of how PIN approaches accountability in its work.

    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Accountability (Issue 3) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ACF (2014) Conducting KAP Surveys: A Learning Document Based on KAP Failures (PDF, 617.11 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    An interesting and honest review of mistakes made and lessons learned during “Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices” surveys; it is relevant to surveys in general, not just KAP.

    ACF (2014) Conducting KAP Surveys: A Learning Document Based on KAP Failures - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Feedback and Response Mechanisms

    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Accountability (Issue 3) (PDF, 10.71 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A collection of examples of how PIN approaches accountability in its work.

    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Accountability (Issue 3) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ALNAP, ODI (2014) Effective Feedback in Humanitarian Contexts: Practitioner Guide (PDF, 344.32 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    A step-by-step guide to designing and implementing beneficiary feedback mechanisms.

    ALNAP, ODI (2014) Effective Feedback in Humanitarian Contexts: Practitioner Guide  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    BOND (2016) Eight principles for building trust through feedback (PDF, 615.67 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource can be used while designing and running accountable feedback mechanisms that can surface safeguarding concerns.

    BOND (2016) Eight principles for building trust through feedback - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Sector-specific and Donor-specific MEAL

    PIN (2017) Quality Standard Checklist for Conducting SMART Anthropometric Surveys (DOCX, 46.39 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    This is a checklist of steps to be taken when planning and conducting a survey aimed at assessing the prevalence of child malnutrition and mortality.

    PIN (2017) Quality Standard Checklist for Conducting SMART Anthropometric Surveys   - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN - Quality Improvement and Verification Checklist for Anthropometric Data Collection (PDF, 414.63 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Portuguese

    When can it be useful?
    This checklist will help you monitor the quality of measurements for anthropometric surveys.

    PIN - Quality Improvement and Verification Checklist for Anthropometric Data Collection - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Checklists
    Useful during: Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers
    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Good Governance Indicators (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Drafting a logframe? IndiKit's guidance on the use of Good Governance indicators can help you when developing CSO development, civic engagement and local governance programmes.

    PIN (2019) INDIKIT: Guidance on Good Governance Indicators  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Communication & Advocacy

    This site offers the most useful resources that can help you increase the quality of your advocacy and communication efforts. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2019) The role of PIN's Communication & Advocacy Departament (PDF, 330.82 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This four-page document introduces PIN's Communication & Advocacy Department (CAD), describes its role within PIN and explains how it supports the work done by PIN's country offices.

    PIN (2019) The role of PIN's Communication & Advocacy Departament - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN - Publications and Communication Materials (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link redirects you to the PIN's webpage on the Publication and Communication subsection. There you can find even more resources related to the PIN's work.

    PIN - Publications and Communication Materials - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    Resources on Advocacy (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The resources provided at this site help you design effective advocacy strategies for achieving the desired changes.

    Resources on Advocacy - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    INSPIRED Magazines

    PIN (2020) Inspired: Impact Investment (issue 6) (PDF, 5.82 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This magazine provides useful information on impact investment from the perspective of NGO actors.

    PIN (2020) Inspired: Impact Investment (issue 6) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Innovations, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) INSPIRED: Climate change and climate funds (issue 5) (PDF, 13.66 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This journal provides both information on climate funds as well as examples of climate-related projects implemented by PIN

    PIN (2019) INSPIRED: Climate change and climate funds (issue 5) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Market Systems Development (Issue 4) (PDF, 8.16 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource features practical project examples and lessons from PINs market systems development programming across different countries.

    PIN (2018) INSPIRED: Market Systems Development (Issue 4) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    PIN Social Media

    PIN's Twitter (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Explore what is PIN tweeting to the world!

    PIN's Twitter - overview
    Language: English, Czech
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    PIN's YouTube (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This link will open for you the PIN's Youtube channel.

    PIN's YouTube  - overview
    Language: English, Czech
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    PIN's Facebook (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Explore what is new in PIN's world on its English Facebook!

    PIN's Facebook - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
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    How To Do Advocacy

    PIN (2014) Advocate Together: Toolkit for civil society organizations in Myanmar (PDF, 4.07 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource offers a comprehensive set of advocacy strategies and tools for advocates, presented on the case of CSOs in Myanmar.

    PIN (2014) Advocate Together: Toolkit for civil society organizations in Myanmar - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    CARE (2001) Advocacy: Tools and Guidelines - Promoting Policy Change (PDF, 1.36 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document presents advocacy as one more option in a wide range of program strategies for reducing poverty, and appropriate when you want to influence policies that are at the source of poverty and discrimination and offers tools how to effectively use it.

    CARE (2001) Advocacy: Tools and Guidelines - Promoting Policy Change - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ACF (2013) Advocacy Toolkit (PDF, 1.35 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This toolkit intends to assist staff at mission, regional and HQ levels to plan, implement and monitor the parts of the advocacy strategy that relate to them.

    ACF (2013) Advocacy Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    PIN Global Strategies

    PIN (2017) Relief and Development Department (RDD) Strategy 2017–2021 (PDF, 3.47 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource specifies PIN's Relief and Development Department strategy for 2017 - 2021, incl. goals, priorities and sectors.

    PIN (2017) Relief and Development Department (RDD) Strategy 2017–2021 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    PIN RDD Strategy 2016-2021: Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment (PDF, 1.68 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to improving people’s livelihoods and protecting the natural environment.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2016-2021: Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN RDD Strategy 2017-2021: Good Governance (PDF, 1.48 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This programming strategy of PIN’s Relief and Development Department (RDD) explains the approach PIN takes to strengthening good governance.

    PIN RDD Strategy 2017-2021: Good Governance - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Innovations

    Key Resources

    PIN (2022) PIN Innovations Strategy - People Inspired (PDF, 194.23 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource outlines PIN's innovations strategy from 2022-2024

    PIN (2022) PIN Innovations Strategy - People Inspired - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) INSPIRED: Innovations (Issue 7) (PDF, 11.75 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource describes lessons learned from innovative programs of People in Need and provides ideas for future programming.

    PIN (2021) INSPIRED: Innovations (Issue 7) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
    PIN (2017) INSPIRED: Innovation (Issue 1) (PDF, 3.15 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource provides an overview of innovations used in the humanitarian and development sector with extra focus on PIN's successful stories.

    PIN (2017) INSPIRED: Innovation (Issue 1) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Innovations - Lessons Learned

    PIN (2023) Learning brief on Biochar in Agriculture (PDF, 659.85 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains the lessons learned from the pilot in Mongu, West Zambia focusing on biochar production and application to soil in agriculture

    PIN (2023) Learning brief on Biochar in Agriculture - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2023) Learning Brief - Gamification in Education (Educational Game - Ashti) (PDF, 4.74 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resources presents lessons learned from an innovative pilot focused on a digital educational game for pupils in Iraq with the theme of sustainable water use.

    PIN (2023) Learning Brief - Gamification in Education (Educational Game - Ashti) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2021) Learning Brief on Information Management Systems (DOCX, 1.03 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource summarizes lessons learned from PIN's programs focusing on information management systems

    DOCX
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Innovations, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Social and Behaviour Change

    This site offers the most useful resources that can help you increase the quality and impact of your social and behaviour change activities. If you feel that an important resource is missing, let us know please.

    Key Resources

    PIN (2017) Behaviour Change Toolkit (PDF, 2.13 MB)
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    Also available in: French

    When can it be useful?
    This practical toolkit will help you understand what social and behaviour change (SBC) is about, how can you identify and tackle the key barriers to adopting various behaviours (including guidance on conducting Barrier Analysis), what common mistakes you should avoid and much more!

    PIN (2017) Behaviour Change Toolkit - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2019) Behaviour Change website (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This website offers practical tools helping relief and development practitioners understand and tackle the barriers that prevent people from following the desired behaviours.

    PIN (2019) Behaviour Change website - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    GIZ (2021) What has (not) worked? (PDF, 1.97 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brief and practical document present the key SBC lessons learnt from GIZ's food and nutrition security programming. It allows you to avoid not-so-good practices and take advantage of what has worked.

    GIZ (2021) What has (not) worked? - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Barrier Analysis (BA)

    Guidance on Conducing Barrier Analysis (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site provides the most useful and up-to-date guidance on conducing Barrier Analysis, including a short description of its main steps (included in the Behaviour Change Toolkit), training of trainers module, checklists, data analysis tool, and more.

    Guidance on Conducing Barrier Analysis - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Training Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2020) Step-by-Step Guidance on Coding Barrier Analysis Data (PDF, 358.84 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This brief document provides step-by-step guidance on how to code the Barrier Analysis data and how to enter it in the Tabulation Sheet.

    PIN (2020) Step-by-Step Guidance on Coding Barrier Analysis Data - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2018) BA Questionnaire Templates (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    At this site you can find the templates of Barrier Analysis questionnaires in various languages. Contact us please if you can help with translating the template to a currently unavailable language.

    PIN (2018) BA Questionnaire Templates - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Templates
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Other Methods for Understanding People's Behaviours

    Resources on Conducting Key Informant Interviews (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site brings you the most useful resources on preparing and conducting key informant interviews.

    Resources on Conducting Key Informant Interviews - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Oxford Strategic Marketing - Customer Journey Mapping (PDF, 5.42 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication provides guidance on the use of customer journey mapping - a formative research technique helping us understand people's experience with using (or trying to use) certain service, taking into account not only what happens to them, but also their responses to their experiences.

    Oxford Strategic Marketing - Customer Journey Mapping - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Resources on Preparing and Conducting Observations (URL)
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    This site brings you the most useful resources on preparing and conducting observations.

    Resources on Preparing and Conducting Observations - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Tools for Designing Behaviour Change Strategies

    Resources on Using the Designing for Behaviour Change (DBC) Framework (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site presents the most useful and up-to-date guidance on using the DBC framework.

    Resources on Using the Designing for Behaviour Change (DBC) Framework - overview
    Language: English, French
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    PIN (2018) FAQ About the Designing for Behaviour Change (DBC) Framework. (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Explore frequently asked questions about using the DBC Framework.

    PIN (2018) FAQ About the Designing for Behaviour Change (DBC) Framework.  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Templates
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2017) Chapter 2 of PIN's Behaviour Change Toolkit (PDF, 2.13 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The second chapter of this toolkit provides lots of examples and practical guidance on designing behaviour change activities.

    PIN (2017) Chapter 2 of PIN's Behaviour Change Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Guidance on Designing Behaviour Change Activities

    PIN (2017) Chapter 2 of PIN's Behaviour Change Toolkit (PDF, 2.13 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    The second chapter of this toolkit provides lots of examples and practical guidance on designing behaviour change activities.

    PIN (2017) Chapter 2 of PIN's Behaviour Change Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Resources on Peer Education (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site provides useful guidance on using peer education approach in your behaviour change programming.

    Resources on Peer Education - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Resources on Positive Deviance (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site provides resources that help you to understand how to use the Positive Deviance approach in your programming, especially related to health and nutrition.

    Resources on Positive Deviance - overview
    Language: English, French, Portuguese
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes
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    Behaviour Change in Emergencies

    Resources on behaviour change programming in emergencies (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This site provides useful guidance on behaviour change programming in emergencies.

    Resources on behaviour change programming in emergencies - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Strategies, Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports, Training Materials, Communication Materials, Templates
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    ADRA (2023) SBC Best Practices- Key Learnings from the Multisectoral Social and Behaviour Change (PDF, 1.1 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This report was prepared as part of the Yemen Emergency Multisectoral and Lifesaving Interventions (YEMLI) project that is implemented by ADRA Yemen. The report aims to share the key best practices and lessons learned from ADRA's three years of implementing a multisectoral SBC approach to protecting people’s health and nutritional status.

    ADRA (2023) SBC Best Practices- Key Learnings from the Multisectoral Social and Behaviour Change - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    Barrier Analysis of IYCF and Maternal Nutrition Behaviors among IDPs in Syria (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This Barrier Analysis (BA) assessment was conducted in Northern and Southern Syria to examine the determinants of three key infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and maternal nutrition behaviors that have been promoted among internally displaced people (IDP) in camp and urban settings in the Aleppo, Idlib and Dar’a Governorates.

    Barrier Analysis of IYCF and Maternal Nutrition Behaviors among IDPs in Syria - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Middle East
    Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Mainstreaming Topics

    Key Resources

    PIN (2022) Human rights-based approach to development and humanitarian programming handbook (PDF, 2.74 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This handbook and its annexes provide practical guidance on how to integrate international human rights principles and standards into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development and humanitarian aid projects/programmes.

    PIN (2022)  Human rights-based approach to development and humanitarian programming handbook  - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2022) Human rights-based approach to development and humanitarian programming handbook annexes (PDF, 243.04 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    These annexes complement the handbook on the same topic that provides practical guidance on how to integrate international human rights principles and standards into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development and humanitarian aid projects/programmes.

    PIN (2022) Human rights-based approach to development and humanitarian programming handbook annexes - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    PIN (2022) INSPIRED: Human Rights-Based Approach (Issue 8) (PDF, 7.82 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This issue of INSPIRED offers you stories coming from Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, where we provide humanitarian, development or human rights assistance. We hope that through a thoughtful read, you can decide in what forms and under what circumstances a HRBA can be beneficial for your programmes.

    PIN (2022) INSPIRED: Human Rights-Based Approach (Issue 8) - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Project Design Examples, Communication Materials
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Protection Mainstreaming

    ECHO (2021) DG ECHO Protection Mainstreaming Key Outcome Indicator and Monitoring Tools (PDF, 544.24 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This technical guidance provides partners with the key information required when selecting the Protection Mainstreaming Key Outcome Indicator (PM KOI); and a guide of how to use the verification survey tool/questionnaire developed by DG ECHO

    ECHO (2021) DG ECHO Protection Mainstreaming Key Outcome Indicator and Monitoring Tools - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IASC (2015) Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The purpose of these Guidelines is to assist humanitarian actors and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for the prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence (GBV) across all sectors of humanitarian response.

    IASC (2015) Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    GPC (2017) Protection Mainstreaming Toolkit (PDF, 1.02 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This publication of the Global Protection Cluster provides practical tips on mainstreaming protection elements and considerations into programmes and throughout the programme cycle.

    GPC (2017) Protection Mainstreaming Toolkit - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Gender and Age Mainstreaming

    PIN (2019) Gender Analysis Guide (PDF, 3.46 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This document introduces basic concepts of gender mainstreaming, defines key areas of inquiry to take into consideration when undergoing a gender analysis and provides easy access to practical guidance and tools.

    PIN (2019) Gender Analysis Guide - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IASC (2018) The Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    This handbook sets out the rationale for integrating gender equality into humanitarian action and provides practical guidance for doing so across sectors.

    IASC (2018) The Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    IASC (2020) Introduction to Gender with Age Marker (GAM) (PDF, 172.47 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    This two-pager describes IASC's Gender with Age Marker (GAM), an updated and expanded version of the Gender Marker tool that has been used for assessing the extent to which a humanitarian intervention addresses gender- and age-related differences.

    IASC (2020) Introduction to Gender with Age Marker (GAM) - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Gender-Based Violence Mainstreaming

    IASC (2015) Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    The purpose of these Guidelines is to assist humanitarian actors and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for the prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence (GBV) across all sectors of humanitarian response.

    IASC (2015) Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    UNFPA (2019) The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Programming (PDF, 1.99 MB)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish, Arabic

    When can it be useful?
    This resource presents 16 Minimum Standards for GBV prevention and response programming in emergencies. As a whole, the 16 Minimum Standards define what agencies working on specialized GBV programming need to achieve to prevent and respond to GBV, and deliver multisectoral services.

    UNFPA (2019) The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Programming - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IASC (2020) Technical guidance note for Protection, gender and inclusion in the response to COVID-19 (PDF, 1.05 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource explains how to consider protection, gender and inclusion in the response to COVID-19

    IASC (2020) Technical guidance note for Protection, gender and inclusion in the response to COVID-19 - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
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    Disability Mainstreaming

    IASC (2019) Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action (URL)
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    Also available in: Arabic, French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    The guidelines set out essential actions that humanitarian actors must take in order to effectively identify and respond to the needs and rights of persons with disabilities who are most at risk of being left behind in humanitarian settings.

    IASC (2019) Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action - overview
    Language: English, French, Arabic, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IASC (2020) Introduction to Gender with Age Marker (GAM) (PDF, 172.47 KB)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    This two-pager describes IASC's Gender with Age Marker (GAM), an updated and expanded version of the Gender Marker tool that has been used for assessing the extent to which a humanitarian intervention addresses gender- and age-related differences.

    IASC (2020) Introduction to Gender with Age Marker (GAM) - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    IASC (2021) GAM Sectoral Tip Sheets (URL)
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    Also available in: French, Spanish

    When can it be useful?
    These Sectoral Tip Sheets offer questions and examples of how key gender equality measures contribute to more relevant and responsive projects and programs. Use the Tip Sheets alongside the Gender with Age Marker questionnaire at http://iascgenderwithagemarker.com

    IASC (2021) GAM Sectoral Tip Sheets - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Environmental Mainstreaming

    SDC (2020) CEDRIG tools (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    These package of tools developed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation can give you operational instruments to perform a from a brief assessment to a more detailed analysis across climate, environmental and DRR components at project and strategy level.

    SDC (2020) CEDRIG tools - overview
    Language: English, French, Spanish
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers
    TEARFUND (2009) CEDRA: Climate change and Environmental Degradation Risk and Adaptation assessment (PDF, 959.29 KB)
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    When can it be useful?
    CEDRA is a climate change and environmental tool for agencies in developing countries and provides a series of useful checklists

    TEARFUND (2009) CEDRA: Climate change and Environmental Degradation Risk and Adaptation assessment - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Training Materials
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
    UNEP/OCHA and partners (2021) NEAT+ (URL)
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    When can it be useful?
    Rapid and simple project-level environmental screening tool for humanitarian operations

    UNEP/OCHA and partners (2021) NEAT+ - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Assessment and Project Design
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers
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    Do No Harm & Conflict Sensitive programming

    CSF (2012) - How to guide to conflict Sensitivity (PDF, 1.45 MB)
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    When can it be useful?
    This resource gives you practical suggestions on how to consider conflict sensitivity in your response at every stage of the PCM

    CSF (2012) - How to guide to conflict Sensitivity - overview
    Language: English
    Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus
    Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals
    Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
    Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers, HR Officers
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