CPMS Full Acknowledgements: Minimum Standards for Child
Protection in Humanitarian Action The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action wishes to thank everybody who has collaborated on the 2019 edition of the Standards. Over 1900 individuals and 85 organizations in 82 countries provided input into updating to this edition. This included 245 children and adolescents in Armenia, Kenya, Nigeria and Syria (where some caregivers were also consulted).
Special thanks are due to the following agencies and individuals who gave their time and expertise to the development of this edition:
CPMS Working Group member agencies BIFERD; ChildFund; Child Protection Area of Responsibility; Child Protection in Crisis Learning Network; Danish Refugee Council; Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children; International Committee of the Red Cross; International Federation of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies; International Labour Organization; International Organization for Migration; International Rescue Committee; Islamic Relief Worldwide; Nirengi Association; Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict; Plan International; Save the Children; Terre des hommes; UNHCR; UNICEF; Viva; War Child Holland; World Health Organization; World Vision International.
Special thanks to the following agencies who organised consultation workshops: Afghanistan: Save the Children Afghanistan
Armenia: Children’s Support Center of Fund for Armenian Relief
Bangladesh / Cox’s Bazar: Child Protection Sub-Sector
Canada: International Child Protection Network of Canada Colombia: Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo
Democratic Republic of Congo: BIFERD / DRC
Iraq: Child Protection Working Group (supported by UNICEF, UNHCR, Mission East and Save the Children’s Fund Kurdistan)
Kenya: Child Protection Working Group (supported by UNICEF and Save the Children)
LAC Region: UNICEF LACRO
Myanmar: Child Protection Sub-Cluster
Nigeria: Center for Community Health and Development International (CHAD) and Terre des hommes
Papua New Guinea: World Vision
Somalia: Child Protection Working Group (supported by CISP, UNICEF and the Government of Somalia)
South Sudan: Child Protection Working Group (supported by UNICEF and Save the Children)
Sudan: CPWG, supported by Global Aid Hand and UNICEF
Syria: Hurras Network / Syria
Turkey: Nirengi Association
Turkey: Children of One World Association (BİR DÜNYA ÇOCUK DERNEĞİ)
Uganda: Child Protection Sub-Cluster CPMS Working Group revision team Minja Peuschel (Save the Children; until July 2019) and Susan Wisniewski (Tdh; until June 2019): CPMS Working Group Co-Leads; Joanna Wedge – Capacity development & implementation, then co-lead from July 2019; Helen Kearny (Tdh) – Communications; Maria Salazar (Tdh), Suvi Nurmi (Save the Children) – Administrative Support; and Susanna Davies (co-lead from August 2019)
Standard revision teams Standard Name Agency Standard 1: Coordination
Lead / Co-lead Sitnour Babiker UNHCR
Co-lead Aurelie Peter Contesse CP AoR
Co-lead Bilal Sougou CP AoR
Member Lauren Bienkowski CP AoR
Member Petra Heusser CP AoR
Standard 2: Human resources
Lead Maxime Harrington Save the Children
Member Natalie McCauley L&D Working Group / Alliance
Member Deepak Koirala Save the Children Nepal
Member Mandy Yamanis Goal
Standard 3: Communications and advocacy
Co-lead Nathan McGibney WVI
Co-lead Ramon Broers ChildFund
Co-lead Radwa el Manssy ChildFund
Co-lead Jessica Bousquette WVI
Member Helen Kearney Tdh
Standard 4: Programme cycle management
Co-lead Sophie Mareschal Tdh
Co-lead Layal Sarrouh Consultant
Member Celina Jensen AME Working Group / Alliance
Standard 5: Information management
Lead Anne Marie Turmine CP AoR
Lead Mark Bonyo CP AoR
Member Boris Aristin Gonzalez CP AoR
Member Brennan Webert DRC
Member Celine Calve UNHCR
Member Tessa Marks CPIMS+
Standard 6: Child protection monitoring
Lead Brennan Webert DRC
Member Anne Marie Turmine CP AoR
Member Kathrine Starup DRC
Member Layal Sarrouh Consultant
Member Michael Copland CP AoR
Member Boris Aristin Gonzalez CP AoR
Standard 7: Dangers and injuries
Lead Alyson Eynon Consultant
Member Hugues Laurenge UNICEF / Mine Action
Member Ricardo Pla Cordero IRC
Member Tom Mecrow Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Standard 8: Emotional and physical maltreatment
Member Berit Kieselback WHO
Member Eric Kitsa World Vision
Member Chantal Neuweiler Global Partnership to End Violence / CP AoR Member Sara Valerio War Child Holland Member Carolina Hepp Shergil Save the Children
Standard 9: Sexual and gender-based violence
Lead Masumi Yamashina UNICEF / CP AoR
Member Hannah Thompson Consultant
Member Gurvinder Singh IFRC
Member Janis Ridsdel UNHCR
Member Annalisa Brusati IRC
Member Patrick Sooma WVI
Member Alexandra Shaphren Plan
Member Anita Queirazza Plan
Member Kevin McNulty Mercy Corps
Member Rachel Harvey UNICEF
Member Darinne Jeong UNICEF
Standard 10: Mental health and psychosocial distress
Co-lead Sarah Harrison IASC MHPSS RG and IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support Co-lead Sarah Hildrew PSS for CF TF / Save the Children
Member Louise Vinther-Larsen Danish Red Cross
Member Marie Dahl Save the Children
Member Peter Ventevogel UNHCR
Member Mark van Ommeren WHO
Member Alison Schafer WHO
Member Mark Jordans War Child Holland
Member May Aoun War Child Holland
Member Eva Smallegange War Child Holland
Member Maria Bray Tdh
Member Marie-Louise Kjellstrom UNICEF
Member Zeinab Hijazi UNICEF
Member Anita Queirazza Plan International
Member Silvia Finaurini Independent
Member Sandra Maignant International Rescue Committee Member Anne-Sophie Dybdal Save the Children
Member Arij Bouresland-Skelton Save the Children
Member Anne Filorizzo Pla Save the Children
Member Kelly McBride Save the Children
Member Ruth O'Connell Save the Children
Member Stephen Arz Save the Children
Member Leslie Snider MHPSS Collaborative/ Save the Children
Member Cecile Bizouerne Action Contra La Faim
Member Celina Jensen Independent
Member Ricardo Pla Cordero International Rescue Committee
Member Masumi Yamashina UNICEF
Member Ashley Nemiro MHPSS Collaborative/ Save the Children
Member Michael Copland CP AoR
Standard 11: Children associated with armed forces and armed groups
Co-lead Christine McCormick Save the Children
Co-lead Brigid Pfister UNICEF
Co-lead Ibrahim Sesay UNICEF
Standard 12: Child labour
Co-lead Lotte Claessens Plan International
Co-lead Simon Hills ILO
Co-lead Insaf Nizam ILO
Member Chissey Mueller IOM
Member Alyson Eynon Consultant
Member Brikena Zogaj WVI
Standard 13: Unaccompanied and separated children
Lead Nadia Akmoun IOM
Member Annalisa Brusati IRC
Member Laura Lungarotti IOM
Member Janis Ridsdel UNHCR
Member Ibrahim Sesay UNICEF
Strategy standards
Co-lead Mark Canavera CPC Learning Network
Co-lead Hanna-Tina Fischer CPC Learning Network
Lead Hani Mansourian Alliance
Member Annalisa Brusati IRC Member Amanda Melville UNHCR
Member Anita Queirazza Plan International
Member Audrey Bollier Alliance
Member Tasha Gill UNICEF
Member Zeinab Hijazi UNICEF
Standard 14: Applying a socio-ecological approach to child protection programming
Lead Hani Mansourian Alliance
Member Annalisa Brusati IRC
Member Amanda Melville UNHCR
Member Anita Queirazza Plan International
Member Audrey Bollier Alliance
Member Tasha Gill UNICEF
Member Zeinab Hijazi UNICEF
Standard 15: Group activities for children's well-being
Lead Sarah Uppard Consultant / ChildFund
Lead Gurvinder Singh IFRC
Member Ramon Broers ChildFund
Member Mirette Bahgat World Vision Member Aimyleen Gabriel WVI
Member Radwa el Manssy ChildFund
Member Yvonne Agengo IRC
Standard 16: Strengthening family and caregiving environments
Co-lead Sandra Maignant IRC
Co-lead May Aoun War Child Holland
Standard 17: Community-level approaches
Lead Alexandra Shaphren Plan International
Member Kristine Mikhailidi WVI
Member Malia Robinson Plan International
Member Sendrine Constant Terre des hommes
Member Pia Vraalsen Child Frontiers
Member Caroline Veldhuizen Save the Children
Standard 18: Case management
Co-lead Colleen Fitzgerald International Rescue Committee
Co-lead Zeinab Hijazi UNICEF
Member Caroline Veldhuizen Save the Children
Member Maria Bray Tdh Member Gatienne Jobit Tdh
Member Annalisa Brusati International Rescue Committee
Member Janis Ridsdel UNHCR
Member Lauren Bienkowski CP AOR
Member Robert MacTavish UNICEF
Standard 19: Alternative care
Lead Alliance Audrey Bollier
Member Pheobe Marabi Save the Children
Member Rebecca Smith Save the Children
Member Cliff Speck UNHCR
Member Sarah Uppard Consultant
Member Marleen Korthals Altes Consultant
Member Annalisa Brusati IRC
Standard 20: Justice for children
Co-lead Guillaume Landry IBCR
Co-lead Fabrice Crégut Tdh
Working across sectors
Co-lead Boris Aristin Gonzalez CP AoR
Co-lead Lauren Bienkowski CP AoR
Co-lead Michael Copland CP AoR Member Petra Heusser CP AoR Member Yang Fu Plan Member Hani Mansourian Alliance Member Audrey Bollier Alliance Member Lidwien Wijchers Tdh Iraq Member Agnes Tillinac IOM Member Maria Agnese Giordano Global Education Cluster Member Charlotte Tocchio IFRC Member Nicolas Servas Global Education Cluster Member Natalie Brackett INEE Member Bente Sandal-Aasen INEE Member Kapell, Alana Save the Children Member Dean Brooks INEE Member Gisela Schmidt-Martin Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) Member Davide Coltri War Child Holland
Thematic focal points Adolescents: Anita Queriazza and Yang Fu (Plan) Cash: Angela Marshall (IRC), Vanessa Saraiva (World Vision) & Rebecca Iron (CPC) Child participation: Brikena Zogaj (World Vision International) and Alana Kapell (Save the Children) Children with disabilities: Ricardo Pla Cordero (Humanity & Inclusion and IRC) and Leilani Elliot (Proteknôn Foundation) Early childhood: Sara Lim Betrand and Claire Whiting (Proteknôn Foundation) Measurement: Celina Jensen (AME Working Group / Alliance and Proteknôn Consulting); Cyril Bennouna (CPC Learning Network) Refugees, IDP & migrant populations: Agnès Tillinac (IOM), Gurvinder Singh (IFRC), Janis Ridsdel (UNHCR), Samantha Newman and Layal Sarrouh (consultants), Sitnour Babiker (UNHCR) Urban Aline Rahbany (World Vision) contexts:
Editors: Proteknôn Consulting Group – Hannah Thompson and Kristen Castrataro, supported by Leilani Elliot and Celina Jensen
Graphic design by: Tiery Fresneau Layout by: River Valley Technologies Online consultation management: Markus Forsberg and Kim Morral of PHAP Donors: This edition was made possible with the financial support of USAID/ Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), the Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).