Protection Field Coordination Toolkit - Chapter 2: Humanitarian Programme Cycle

Chapter 2: Humanitarian Programme Cycle

This chapter is part of the GPC Protection Field Coordination Toolkit. The Toolkit can be used by all Protection Clusters and cluster-like mechanisms – such as Protection Sectors and Protection Working Groups – working within the cluster system framework. This guidance is also available to partners and other organisations who want to understand the principles and practices of protection coordination.

Overview Chapter 2

The Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) provides tools and processes to assist humanitarian actors in planning, prioritising, and monitoring collective responses to crises. It ensures that individual organisational efforts contribute to cohesive and effective humanitarian strategies.

This chapter contains:

• Key elements and principles of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC).
• Roles and responsibilities of Protection Clusters in the HPC process.
• Guidance on Flash Appeals and pooled funding mechanisms like CBPF and CERF.
• Integration of cross-cutting issues and the Centrality of Protection within the HPC.

Toolkit Chapters:

• Ch.1: Humanitarian Coordination Overview 
• Ch.2: Humanitarian Programme Cycle  
• Ch.3: Internal Displacement 
• Ch.4: Protection in Armed Conflict 
• Ch.5: Centrality of Protection 
• Ch.6: Climate, Disaster, and Sudden Onset Emergencies 
• Ch.7: Durable Solutions 
• Ch.8: Cluster Transition, Deactivation and Reform 
• Ch.9: Advocacy and Communication 
• Ch.10: Data Responsibility and Safe Information Management 
• Ch.11: Cross-Cutting Issues (AGD, MPHSS, AAP, PSEA, Protection Mainstreaming) 
• Ch.12: Understanding Programmatic Approaches and Interventions