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

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…

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’….

CEA Guide

Explore module 5 of the CEA Guide for more guidance on how to engage with communities during emergency response operations.

Explore

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.

1) Needs assessment and context analysis:

2) Planning and design:

3) Implementation and monitoring:

4) Evaluation and learning:

16 June 2019

Humanitarian Futures for Messaging Apps

Type:

Report

Organization:

ICRC

A report from the International Committee of the Red Cross, detailing the rise of mobile messaging apps and how these can be used to support CEA activities.

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