Overview
Following a strategic shift in focus from individual case management to increased urban outreach and community-based protection, UNHCR Pakistan, its Sub-Offices and Field Unit (Peshawar, Quetta, and Islamabad) conducted a targeted Participatory Assessment (PA) with a focus on Community-Based Protection (CBP) concepts and areas of implementation to gauge impact and/or areas that require further focus. Guided by UNHCR’s CBP and Urban Outreach Strategy 2017-2019, the PA focused on selected Afghan communities in urban areas. Below are the key objectives of the 2017 Participatory Assessment:
To gather information on the specific protection concerns faced by refuges, the underlying causes, as well as community capacities and proposed solutions.
To analyze information on community capabilities including existing and future resources that contribute to self-reliance.
To incorporate the community’s input into the implementation phases of UNHCR’s CBP and Outreach Strategy 2017-2019.
To inform 2018 Country Operation Planning process.
The thematic areas covered in this PA include: (1) Community Self-Management; (2) Positive Coping Mechanisms / Self-Reliance / Decision Making; (3) Access to Basic Services; (4) Safety and Security; (5) Education / Health / Persons with Specific Needs and Persons with Disabilities; and (6) Information Needs / Communication with Communities.