Participatory Assessment - Refworld

in OperationsCompleting the three phases of a situation analysis leads to amore accurate determination of protection strategies andprogramming for UNHCR’s operations in a specific country.The information collected and analysed through thiscomprehensive process will inform the content of keyprogramme documents such as the Country Operations Plan(COP), Country Reports, Annual Protection Reports, detailedproject submissions, and budgets.What is this Tool?This Tool outlines a series of steps to follow for conducting aparticipatory assessment with refugees or other persons ofconcern. If applied systematically, it will ensure that womenand men of all ages and backgrounds are given the opportunityto identify and voice their own protection risks, priorities, andsolutions, and thus participate meaningfully in the developmentof the annual COP. While some offices already hold regularconsultations with different groups of refugees, this Toolprovides additional guidance with the aim of promoting a moresystematic approach to participatory assessment and of assistingin systematizing the findings for more effective incorporationinto planning processes.The overall goal of this Tool is to assist offices instrengthening partnerships with persons of concern, ingathering baseline data for age, gender, and diversity analysisand in developing the most appropriate protection strategiesthrough:• Analysing protection risks and incidents together withpersons of concern;