Community-based approaches to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (CB MHPSS) in emergencies are based on the understanding that communities can be drivers for their own care and change and should…
…goal of achieving a ‘vibrant, sustainable quarter of the city’ and a ‘sustainable and balanced community’. In this paper, a specific dimension of mixed use critical to community sustainability –…
The study was conducted with 200 children (60 from host community and 140 from Rohingya Refugee community) and 40 mothers (10 from host community and 30 refugees) in Cox’s Bazar…
On 17 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly affirmed the Global Compact on Refugees, after two years of extensive consultations led by UNHCR with Member States, international organizations, refugees,…
…exploration of the opportunities and limitations of integrated community-led participatory design for responsive slum upgrading in Kenya, and the degree to which this community-led approach could not only build an…
The Committee is concerned by the poor recognition given by States to the rights contained in article 31. The Committee is particularly concerned about the difficulties faced by particular categories…
…provided from urban and rural, poor and middle class communities from both the North and South. For teachers, group facilitators and community leaders, it presents organising principles, successful models, practical…
This report elaborates on the UNHCR’s dialogue on protection challenges which: 1) recognizes the important role of cities, local authorities and communities, including individual citizens and other local actors and…
In 2015, the world’s countries agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet nearly 5 years later, few countries have recorded much progress towards achieving them. This Commission presents the…
The Global Compact on Migration aims to foster international cooperation by setting out guiding principles and providing examples of multilateral political framework. It deals with the complex nature of international…
The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) sets out a wide range of measures to be taken by the international community in response to large-scale refugee situations across the whole cycle…
The Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Emergencies and Displacement describes the process IOM MHPSS programme managers should follow to design and implement relevant programmes in…
…Afghanistan. It provides recommendations for greater collaboration between city governments, the private sector, and the international humanitarian community in order to provide safe, sustainable, and inclusive communities of urban refuge….
…environment that might have an influence on health status: gender, socio-economic status (SES), perceived discrimination and exposure to violence, social support and religious commitment. Dependent variables included self-rated health, a…
…background, role and motivation between the participating actors can result in temporal misfits that hinder the implementation of actions. This paper explores the temporal dimension of community-based participatory design projects….
The UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) eighth annual High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges – on the theme Understanding and addressing the root causes of displacement – will take place on…
…win-win solutions that lead to improved competitiveness of a city and the quality of life of its inhabitants, including the poor, through environmentally sustainable urban development. Such development boosts a…
…is a succinct summary of the practices, common challenges and lessons learned. It contains a step-by-step guide to establishing a CFCI, which leaves adequate room for adapting and contextualizing the…
…and family wellbeing in communities. They are especially relevant for partners working in child protection, health and nutrition, education, camp management and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to better understand…
The first part of this thesis begins by outlining the historical development of pre-sociological and social concepts of childhood. The second part then examines the relation between children and space…
Latin American case of a neglected infrastructure reconverted into ‘social infrastructure’. For its scale and diversity as well as its unfinished state, its inhabitants found an exceptional urban condition to…
…public spaces for the community, this research article presents a field study of the usage of community participation design method in design and planning to provide inclusive public spaces within…
…planners, municipal officials, community development staff, non-governmental organizations, educators, youth-serving agencies, youth advocates, and others who are involved in the community development process. It offers inspiration to all who believe…
It may be said that slums have become one with Caracas, and so to eradicate them completely would be almost impossible task. A more suitable solution therefore is to rehabilitate…
DeCID: Co-designing social infrastructure with children affected by displacement is a project led by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (UCL) and CatalyticAction, and funded by UKRI through the Global Challenges Research Fund.