This page has a collection of guidelines, tools, statements, papers and useful links which are relevant to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
- General Information
- Humanitarian Coordination
- Forced Migration
- Civil Society space
- Communications and Community Engagement
- Inclusion and Diversity
- Funding
- Statements and commentary
- Learning resources
General Information
United Nations
- Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 July Update, 18 July 2020 (Also find the Annexes and abridged version)
- Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 May Update, 7 May, 2020. Link includes May update, Annexes and Key Facts and Figures.
- Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19, 25 March, 2020. Link includes abridged versions in English, French and Arabic.
- UN Secretary General Policy Brief: COVID-19 and People on the Move, 2 June 2020
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UN Note on COVID-19 MEDEVAC for INGO partners of UN and IASC in GHRP and HRP Countries, 1 June 2020
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COVID-19 Medical Evacuation Framework 16 July 2020
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COVID-19 MEDEVAC Frequently Asked Questions (Version 2), 21 July 2020
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- UN Secretary-General’s human rights policy brief “We are all in this together” April 23, 2020
- UN Secretary-General’s statement “This is a time for science and solidarity” April 14, 2020
- UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 April, 2020
- UN Secretary General Report: Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, March 2020
World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Jointly drafted by ICRC, IFRC and WHO: COVID-19 Inter-Agency Guidance for the Management of the Dead in Humanitarian Settings, 23 July, 2020
- The WHO website has a range of information, key messages, campaigns and daily virtual media briefings.
- WHO information Network for Epidemics - collection of communication and community engagement resources
- Department of Global Comms has put together a trello board to house social assets and messaging in one place: Click here.
- COVID-19 Situation Update, 13 May 2020
- FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots, July 2020
- COVID-19 Security Update 4 June 2020
- COVID-19 Security Update 11 June 2020
United Nations Central Emergency Responce Fund (CERF)
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CERF IOM Covid-19 NGO Allocation Q&A, 15 June 2020
- webpage on travel restrictions per country
- webpage on air transport and COVID-19
- Three universities have created the COVID-19 Humanitarian platform to gather, curate, analyze, interpret and disseminate COVID-19-specific and sensitive interventions that are being implemented in a variety of humanitarian settings.
ICVA
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ICVA Briefing paper - REINFORCE, REINFORCE, REINFORCE: Localization in the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response, 30 March 2020
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ICVA Statement - COVID- 19 NGOs critical to the delivery of principled and effective humanitarian assistance 17 March 2020
Humanitarian Coordination
IASC - the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
- IASC Minimum Standards on Duty of Care in the Context of COVID-19, 27 November 2020
- IASC Key Messages on Climate Change, Humanitarian Action and COVID-19, 10 November 2020
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IASC Results Group 3 on Collective Advocacy Key Protection Advocacy Messages – COVID-19, 23 September 2020
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Statement by Principals of the IASC - Racism and Racial Discrimination in the Humanitarian Sector, 10 September 2020
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Guidance: Proposal for a harmonized approach to funding flexibility in the context of COVID-19 June 30, 2020
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Guidance on Basic Psychosocial Skills- A Guide for COVID-19 Responders, 26 May 2020
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Interim Guidance - Localisation and the COVID-19 Response May 2020
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Activation of the IASC System-Wide Scale-Up Protocols - Adapted to the Global COVID-19 Pandmic,16 April 2020
- Interim Guidance on Scaling-up COVID-19 Outbreak in Readiness and Response Operations in Camps and Camp-like Settings (jointly developed by IFRC, IOM, UNHCR and WHO)
- Interim Guidance on COVID-19: Focus on Persons Deprived of their Liberty March 2020, OHCHR and WHO
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Interim Briefing Note - Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak (developed by the IASC’s Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support)
- More information about mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings- see IASC MHPSS Reference Group webpage
- Interim Guidance - COVID 19 Prevention and Control in Schools
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Interim Guidance - IASC Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Interim Recommendations for Adjusting Food Distribution SoPs in context of COVID 19 outbreak
- See also WFP https://fscluster.org/coronavirus
- How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement
- Interim Guidance - Gender Alert for COVID-19 Outbreak (Developed by the IASC Reference Group for Gender in Humanitarian Action - which includes OCHA, UNHCR, IMC, NRC, UNFPA, Oxfam, WRC, UN Women, UNICEF, CARE International, WFP, HIAS, HelpAge, WHO, UNDP and Concern)
- Interim Technical Note - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) during COVID-19 Response (developed by WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, IOM, OCHA, CHS Alliance, InterAction and the UN Victims’ Rights Advocate).
- Collective message to donors on how they can better support the pandemic response and ongoing humanitarian operations (developed by the IASC Result Group 5 on Humanitarian Financing)
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GPC COVID-19 Guidance for Field Operations
Forced Migration
UNHCR
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UNHCR has created a dedicated COViD-19 RefWorld page and a Covid-19 Situation webpage on Global Focus
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UNHCR stepping up coronavirus prevention measures for refugees across East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa, 7 April 2020
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UNHCR Global COVID-19 Emergency Response 1 April 2020
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UNHCR “Community-Based Protection Community of Practice”, which also includes some elements related to the Covid-19
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Press release The rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response, 31 March 2020
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COVID-19 crisis: Key protection messages, 31 March 2020
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COVID-19 Response – Regional, R4V Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform (Venezuela)
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Age, Gender and Diversity Considerations – COVID-19, 21 March 2020
IOM
- Policy Paper on ‘Cross-border mobility amid and post COVID-19’ 23 June 2020
- Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on IDPs from 4 June 2020-11 June 2020
- Global Online Mobility Restriction Tracking database
- IOM COVID-19 Appeal updated March 2020
- Press Release: COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate; Nor Should Our Response
- IOM Scales Up Plans for COVID-19 Readiness and Response, Appeals for USD 116.1 Million, 19 March 2020
UN Network on Migration
Civil Society Action Committee- has organised a Global Statement that organisations can Sign-on to urgently call on States and government authorities at all levels to protect migrants and refugees in this global COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The statement has been translated into French and Spanish. You can also see the list of signatories.
Civil Society Space
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collecting Resources in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic for information, resources, and support.
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launched a campaign to Protect co-workers during COVID-19: A social Security Protocol for Civil Society
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highlighted latest trends and data on Civic Freedoms and the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Snapshot of restrictions and attacks
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Has a page that presents key resources and information on how international law provides a framework to uphold human rights during crisis response.
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Established a tracker to monitor government responses to the pandemic that affect civic freedoms and human rights, focusing on emergency laws.
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Published a report that discusses how governmental responses to COVID-19, especially emergency measures, affect civic space and provides recommendations for a rights-respecting rapid response to coronavirus pandemic.
Indicators to measure State’s compliance with international standards regarding civic space, peaceful assembly, and political participation during public health emergencies, OHCHR, Special Rapporteur on rights to freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association (EN, FR, SP).
Communications and community engagement
Engaging Private Sector
Connecting Business initiative- presentation highlighting how the network is supporting private sector and partners engaging in response to COVID-19, April 2020
Inclusion and Diversity
Older people
Help Age - Protecting older people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (English, Spanish, French, Arabic)
Gender and Gender Based Violence
- COVID-19 Advocacy Position Paper, 31 March 2020
- Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings, 26 March 2020
- COVID-19 A Gender Lens: Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Promoting Gender Equality,
- Gender based violence (GBV-AoR) - resource hub
- GBV Case Management and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Country Guidance Notes on GBV Service Provision during the time of COVID-19,
Children
- COVID-19 portal – includes latest updates, tips for parents and teachers, and how UNICEF is helping
- Quick Tip Sheet for COVID-19 and Migrant, Refugee and Internally Displaced Children
- Key Messages on Refoulement, Detention, Push-Backs and Deportations of Asylum-Seeking and Migrant Children in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- UNICEF also launched an Agenda for Action: Protecting the Most Vulnerable Children from the Impact of Coronavirus, which calls for global coordination to prevent this health crisis from becoming a child rights crisis
Child Protection AoR Help Desk has created a dropbox folder with collected global, regional, and country-level resources for COVID-19.
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policy brief "A principled and inclusive response to COVID-19, focused on the most vulnerable" - also available in French
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International online resource centre, SOURCE on disability and inclusion
- COVID-19 in humanitarian contexts: no excuses to leave persons with disabilities behind!
Funding and economic impact
World Vision International - Out of Time: COVID-19 Aftershocks, July 2020
Statements/ Commentary
WHO and key leaders including ICVA members- Joint Leader's statement - Violence against children: A hidden crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, 8 April 2020
- Gendered Implications of COVID-19 July 2020
- New COVID-19 Global Rapid Gender Analysis Addresses Concerns of Women and Girls in Pandemic, 1 April 2020
- Gender Implications of COVID-19 in Development and Humanitarian Settings, 16 March 2020
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COVID-19 in Humanitarian Crises: A Double Emergency 9 April 2020
- webinar ICYMI: How will COVID-19 impact crisis zones? 19 March 2020
- Coronavirus and humanitarian aid response, 19 March 2020
- Coronavirus Pandemic emergency ethics, 18 March 2020
- Jan Egeland: Humanitarian work must adapt to dangers of Covid-19. 1 April 2020
- Three ways our programmes are fighting coronavirus, 28 March 2020
- 10 things you should know about coronavirus and refugees, 16 March 2020
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Ideas for a Pro-Poor and Pro-Women approach to COVID,13 March 2020
- Because We Matter: Addressing COVID-19 and violence against girls in Asia-Pacific, 21 July 2020
- COVID-19: Gender Equality Matters Gender equality must be at the center of responses to COVID-19, as a lifesaving measure. April 2020
- Alarm Grows in Africa as Continent Records its 10,000th Case of COVID-19, 8 April 2020
World Refugee & Migration Council - Refugee Women: Responding to COVID-19
Learning Resources
For all learning resources related to COVID-19, please see ICVA's Learning opportunities and resources page. COVID-19 learning opportunities will be listed under "Safeguarding".
- A list of Free courses from WHO, CDC, KonTerra and EJ4
- Stop COVID-19: Essentials for the prevention and control of the virus - English, French and Arabic - BIOFORCE, ACF France and OXFAM
- The COVID-19 Learning Pathway – Save the Children and Humanitarian Learning Academy (HLA)
- COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers: Preparedness and Response by Project HOPE
- COVID-19 and humanitarian settings webinar series by the READY Initiative, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Centre for Humanitarian Health at John Hopkins University and the Centre of Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH).
- Massive Open Online Course MOOC on COVID-19: Adapting child protection case management