CEA and Conflict

Engaging with communities during times of conflict is vital. However, working in conflict zones can create a unique set-of challenges when implementing CEA, including a limited access to communities and tight time frames. These tools and resources will support you to incorporate CEA into your conflict responses effectively.

Key resources

19 June 2019

Engaging people in armed conflict

A discussion paper from the ICRC called ‘Engaging People Affected by Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence’….

12 April 2022

Better programming initiative, do no harm

An IFRC guide on how to do conflict-sensitive context analysis.

2 July 2019

Engaging with people affected by conflict and violence video (Arabic subtitles)

This Arabic animation produced by the ICRC and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative illustrates their joint working paper: Community…

The below resources can be used to incorporate the CEA into the different stages of your conflict response. An explanation of where each CEA minimum action sits in the below programme cycle can be found here.

2 August 2021

Volunteers in every street (A Libyan Red Crescent and Benghazi Branch case study)

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

Since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent Society (LRCS) has been implementing and monitoring community engagement and accountability approaches. This case study analyzes the impact, successes and…

  • Arabic
  • Community feedback
  • Conflict
  • Participation

5 May 2021

Joint note on means to protect health care from acts of violence in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings

Type:

Tool

Organization:

ICRC, IFRC, WHO

This document aims to facilitate the mainstreaming of prevention and protection and identify concrete actions to ensure the safe provision of vaccines in conflict-affected and vulnerable settings.

  • Conflict
  • Vaccines
  • Vulnerable groups

2 July 2019

Engaging with people affected by conflict and violence video (Arabic subtitles)

Type:

Video

Organization:

ICRC

This Arabic animation produced by the ICRC and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative illustrates their joint working paper: Community Partnership with People Affected by Armed Conflict and Other Violence.

  • Arabic
  • Conflict
  • Video
  • Violence

27 June 2019

What role can drama play in conflict?

Type:

Publication

Organization:

BBC Media

A research briefing from BBC Media Action, about radio drama Hay el Matar, which aired in Syria from 2015 – 2017. More resources are available on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/research-and-insight.

  • Conflict
  • Drama
  • Participation
  • Syria

19 June 2019

The case for complimentarity

Type:

Report

Organization:

British Red Cross, ICRC

Report from an IFRC ‘Case for Complementarity’ event, held in Feb 2019, which explored localisation in contemporary humanitarian action. Includes The Case For Complementarity Report and video.

  • Conflict
  • Emergencies
  • Localisation

19 June 2019

Engaging people in armed conflict

Type:

Report

Organization:

ICRC

A discussion paper from the ICRC called ‘Engaging People Affected by Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence’. It recommends how to overcome the challenges faced when delivering assistance to…

  • Communication
  • Conflict
  • Disaster
  • Displacement