Humanitarian Protection Improving protection outcomes to reduce risks for people in humanitarian crises

The current Funding Guidelines on Humanitarian Protection were released in 2009, and complemented the framework for the European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO) support for protection activities, including the type of partners and the kind of activities it could finance.1 During the period 2011-2015 DG ECHO funding towards protection increased from 88 million EUR annually to 113 million EUR annually.2 Since the release of the Funding Guidelines, humanitarian protection has gained increasing attention and importance, and simultaneously the demands to demonstrate protection needs and results have augmented.