IASC Guidelines on Working with and for Young People in Humanitarian and Protracted Crises
Endorsement date: November 2020
These IASC guidelines were created in response to Action 1: Services in the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action (CYPHA). Launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, the CYPHA made a long-term commitment to young people through five key actions that relate to services, participation, capacity, resources and data. UNICEF and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) led the development of the guidelines, co-chairing a task force that includes: ActionAid; CARE; Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG); International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); Mercy Corps; United Nations Office of the Secretary General's Envoy on Youth (OSGEY); Plan International; RET International; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY).
The aim of these guidelines is to serve as the ‘go-to’ guide for working with and for young people in humanitarian settings and protracted crises.
Suggested citation: IASC, With us & for us: Working with and for Young People in Humanitarian and Protracted Crises, UNICEF and NRC for the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action, 2020.
Note: The IASC Youth Guidelines were endorsed in November 2020 by the OPAG in their plain text version and UNICEF and NRC then worked on putting the document into its designed version, published in the high-level launch event of 16th of February 2021.
IASC Youth Guidelines Training Package
The IASC Youth Guidelines Training Package has been developed by UNICEF, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and UNFPA, as part of the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action to support the rollout and training efforts for the IASC Guidelines on Working with and for Young People in Humanitarian and Protracted Crises. It includes a Facilitator’s Guide, 7 Session Presentation Templates, and an Orientation Presentation Template which can be tailored to the needs and context in which the training is delivered and adaptable for in-person or remote (online/offline) training.