CEA in Emergencies
This page is a one-stop shop for CEA in emergencies. It outlines the minimum actions for community engagement at each stage of the response, and the tools to help you put these into practice. It has links to CEA training packs for emergencies, a guide to CEA in emergencies, and case studies specific to conflict, earthquakes, and extreme weather. For health related emergencies, visit our CEA and Health page.
Ten actions to engage communities during emergency response operations
To successfully engage communities during emergency response operations, CEA should be incorporated into all stages of the programme cycle. To help you to do this, you can follow the ten actions below which have been categorised by the different stages. Under each action, you’ll also find a list of related tools from the CEA Toolkit. View a full explanation of each step here.
All stages of the programme cycle
Emergency Assessment
Planning the response
During implementation
Evaluating and learning
Thematic Emergency Pages
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5 December 2023
Information preparedness and community engagement for El Niño in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region
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Social Science in Humanitarian Action PlatformThis key considerations brief describes the implications of El Niño in the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) for Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) initiatives, based on previous comparable…
25 September 2023
Eswatini Drought FbF: Validating Early Actions with Community Members
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British Red Cross, Eswatini Baphalali Red Cross SocietyThis case study captures learnings from an Early Action Protocol (EAP) validation exercise which was carried out by Eswatini Baphalali Red Cross Society (BERCS) between June and July 2022 as…
9 August 2023
Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)
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UNICEFA toolkit designed to support with developing effective community engagement strategies for different emergencies with specific tools for natural hazards, conflicts, disease outbreaks, epidemics, and complex emergencies.
9 August 2023
Learning from the Ukraine Crisis Webinar Series: CEA for Remote CVA programming webinar
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British Red CrossThe first webinar in the series aimed to explore how Community, Engagement and Accountability (CEA) minimum actions and approaches were integrated into CVA within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement…
22 February 2023
Engaging communities to build resilience and accountability mechanisms
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UNICEFA case study on engaging communities to build resilience and accountability mechanisms after the Nepal 2015 earthquake.
19 October 2022
Ten actions to engage communities during emergency response operations
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IFRCAn infographic detailing ten actions to engage communities during emergency response operations.
27 September 2022
Lessons on communication, community engagement and accountability for the Pakistan floods response
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Briefing noteOrganization:
CDAC Network, CWS, IFRCA briefing note outlining the key lessons on communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) from past flood emergencies in Pakistan, along with recommendations for the current response.
17 August 2022
PASSA Case Study in Honduras – Safe Homes, Resilient Communities
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IFRCThis case study shares the experience of Honduras Red Cross in implementing the Participatory Approach to Safe Housing Awareness and Home Repair Program developed as part of the ETA&IOTA hurricane…
25 July 2022
National Society Preparedness: Community engagement and accountability
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IFRCThis video talks about the importance of community engagement and accountability when Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies work to reduce risk, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
21 July 2022
CEA in Emergencies Module
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ICRC, IFRCA three-hour training module providing an introduction to the 10 minimum actions for good community engagement and accountability in emergencies, suitable for all sectors involved in emergency operations. It can…
21 July 2022
CEA in Emergencies Training
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ICRC, IFRCA one-day training package exploring in detail the 10 minimum actions for good community engagement and accountability in emergencies and how to put them into practice, suitable for all sectors…
12 April 2022
Better programming initiative, do no harm
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IFRCAn IFRC guide on how to do conflict-sensitive context analysis.
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