Protection Field Coordination Toolkit - Chapter 1: Humanitarian Coordination Overview

Chapter 1: Humanitarian Coordination Overview 

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 1 

Humanitarian coordination involves bringing humanitarian actors together to ensure a coherent and principled response to emergencies. This chapter outlines the different types of coordination mechanisms, including the cluster approach, and explains how they function in varying contexts, such as internal displacement, refugee situations, mixed settings, and migrant response coordination. 

This Chapter contains: 

• Explanation of humanitarian coordination and its mechanisms
• Key coordination models: Internal displacement, refugee response, mixed situations, and migrant coordination
• Introduction to the cluster approach
• Cluster activation process and criteria

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