IASC, Protocol 1. Humanitarian System-Wide Scale-Up Activation: Definition and Procedures, 2018

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Protocol 1 of the Scale-Up activation documents defines and establishes the procedures for a humanitarian system-wide Scale-UP activation in response to a major sudden-onset crisis and/or substantial deterioration of a humanitarian situation.

The document includes the following sections:

  1. Definition;
  2. Main Steps in the Procedure;
  3. Implications of the Scale-Up Activation;
  4. End of the Scale-Up Designation;
  5. Definition of Accompanying Measures.

This reference document replaces the 13 April 2012 Transformative Agenda L-3 definition and procedures.

More information on IASC System-Wide Scale-Up Activations, including the other IASC Scale-Up protocols, is available here.