Partici ator <strong>Assessment</strong>in Operations16h00-17h00 Systematization form Systematization form Systematization formDay #09h00-10h00 Home visit handicapped Observation/spot check Urgent follow-up10h00-12h00 Focus group girls (10-13) Focus group girls (10-13)12h00-13h00 Systematization form Systematization form Systematization form14h00-16h00 Focus group boys (10-13) Focus group boys (10-13) Focus group men (18-40)16h00-17h00 Systematization form Systematization form Systematization formDay #09h00-10h00 Home visit Home visit Observation10h00-12h00 Focus group discussion Focus group discussion12h00-13h00 Systematization form In office for other matters Systematization form14h00-16h00 Semi-structured discussion Semi-structured discussion Semi-structured discussion16h00-17h00 Systematization form Systematization form Systematization formDay # Follow-up actions (Informing community, Step 7)Day # Prioritization formRecord meetings and participatory planning71
in OperationsEndnotes1See Agenda for Protection, UNHCR, October 2003, Goal 3,Objective 4: Refugee communities empowered to meet their ownprotection needs; Goal 5, Objective 7: Achievement of self-reliancefor refugees; Goal 6: Meeting protection needs of refugee women andchildren.2 For more information on participatory approaches, see also theUNHCR Manual for Applying a Community-based Approach (forthcoming),Development Assistance for Refugee (DAR) Programmes, A Handbook forPlanning and Implementing, January 2005, Part III, Appendix II, and theHandbook for Self-Reliance, Tools 4 and 5.3 See “Reinforcing a Community Development Approach”, UNHCR,EC/51/SC/CRP.6, 15 February 2001. The Community DevelopmentApproach aims to: strengthen refugees’ initiative and partnership;reinforce dignity and self-esteem; and achieve a higher degree of selfreliance.4 For the purposes of this Tool, the term ‘refugee’ should be read toinclude internally displaced, returnees and other persons of concern toUNHCR.5See <strong>Participatory</strong> Planning in UNHCR - A Practical Guide.6 See UNHCR Manual, chapter 4, Planning and <strong>Assessment</strong>s.7 See UNHCR Manual, UNHCR, October 2002, chapter 4, section 1.4on Operations Management System.8 The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) agreed to building astronger humanitarian response capacity by working within an interagencycollaborative approach under which a cluster leadershipsystem would be developed to ensure accountability from operationalagencies. See IASC Principals Meeting, Outcome Statement, 12December 2005, United Nations General Assembly, A/RES/58/177 of2004, and Secretary-General’s report, In larger freedom, 2005. TheIASC itself was established in June 1992 in response to UnitedNations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 on the strengthening ofhumanitarian assistance.