The Displacement Tracking Matrix For Children on the

The Displacement Tracking Matrix For Children on the Move

Background • Grand Bargain – Essentially a ‘Grand Bargain on efficiency’ between donors and humanitarian organizations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian action. • Reduce duplication and management costs • Improve joint and impartial needs assessments • IOM and UNICEF MOU (2006) “Strengthen their relationship and their shared commitment toward improving the lives and well-being of children and families”. – Work stream II - Inter-cluster coordination and information management – Work stream III - Protection and assistance of Children on the move –

Collaboration with DTM presents an opportunity to obtain the data that we need! DTM OPERATIONS OVERVIEW

Components FLOW MONITORING People on the move Flow Monitoring Registry Flow Monitoring Surveys Event tracking REGISTRATION Rapid Emergency Registrations MOBILITY TRACKING Somewhat static populations: displacement sites, host communities, areas of return Baseline Area/Location Site/community Assessment SURVEY Context-specific

DTM data relevant to children on the move • DTM Flow Monitoring Reports, Event Tracking Reports – Programme planning – Early warning – Alerts for follow-up • DTM Flow monitoring surveys (mostly asked to adults)* – Profile of people in transit to address: • Potential barriers to accessing services • Planning: communication material, linguistic skills of staff – Information on potential CP issues to trigger CP assessments/ programme response/ advocacy • Child trauma: Time in transit, push factors of migration, issues faced now • Barriers of access to services in transit • Detention • Optional: questions on human trafficking. * Not usually a representative sample of the migrant population

DTM data relevant to children in displacement sites, host communities, areas of return • Baseline master-lists: – # of migrants/displaced/returned per site/community • Site assessments: – Programme strategy/planning: SADD, humanitarian needs, availability of services – Programme & advocacy response: • Accessibility of services (and barriers to access) • CP risks identified through protection mainstreaming (eg: lights in the camp, locks on the toilets) • KI’s knowledge of available CP services – CP assessment follow-up: • Reported CP issues/risks* • Unreported CP issues/risks * DTM data on types of CP risks can be used as a red-flag for the need for follow-up assessments. Integrated analysis may help identify locations with higher risks to children due to poor living conditions and site layout. • Registration – SADD – Vulnerability categories (UASCs, child headed household, disabilities etc) – Duration that children have been out of school, level of education

DTM Within the Protection Information Management Process Collaboration with DTM starts here

Lessons Learned: Designing the Questions • • Will the answer tell me something I don’t already know? Can I obtain more precise data from another source? Use simple, clear language for ease and accuracy of translation. Keep technical lingo, acronyms, and words influenced by cultural interpretation out of the question. Describe them instead. Child Replace “child” with minor/person/male/female “under the age of 18” Child-headed household Number of child-headed households (a household with adults who are unable to be the primary caretakers/livelihoods generators for the household, and in which a child under the age of 18 assumes this responsibility). Unaccompanied Child How many minors under 18 years are living with no mother, no father or any other adult relative members? Separated Child How many minors under 18 years are not living with their parents, however are living with other relatives? Child Labor Do you know any minors under the age of 18 in your community who have been involved in type of work that prevents them from going to school or puts their health at risk during the last month? (May follow up with question on estimated numbers or % of boys and girls) For more examples, see Annex B in the DTM for the CP Ao. R guideline

Lessons Learned: Using DTM Data • Population numbers & demographic breakdown • Vulnerable population numbers • Child protection risk data & severity scales When in doubt: “How was the data collected, who was interviewed/what is their function? ” For more examples, see the FAQ on DTM for the CP Ao. R

How can you support DTM to obtain better data and do no harm? • Facilitate CP trainings • Keep DTM in the loop regarding referral mechanisms & available services • Offer to help review their internal urgent action process • Provide feedback on analysis issues, usefulness of data, recommendations for changing questions

DTM resources DTM datasets and reports are on DTM Displacement Website https: //displacement. iom. int/ Collaborating with DTM: DTM&Partners Toolkit https: //displacement. iom. in t/dtm-toolkit/dtm-partnerstoolkit

Contact Shannon Hayes Email: shayes@unicef. org Skype: shannon. hayes 1 Phone: +33 781 24 98 87