Vulnerability Assessment Framework (VAF)

Publication language
English
Date published
15 Sep 2015
Publisher
Urban Good Practices
Type
Audio-visual material
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration, Urban
Organisations
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)

An Urban Refugee Task Team webinar led by UNHCR and WFP Jordan, discussing the development of the interagency-intersectoral Vulnerability Assessment Framework (VAF) for refugees in urban settings.The VAF uses both econometric and sector specific modelling to measure and track urban refugee vulnerability over time.

This webinar will introduce the VAF approach and explain how it was developed, the key components and how it is being used to direct programming, prioritise needs and inform targeting. The webinar will also highlight the minimum resources needed for replication of the VAF process and discuss lessons learnt during the development that could help other operations in developing similar processes.

Using the experience of the urban refugee context of Jordan as a case study, UNHCR and WFP will also present on good practices, lessons learned and challenges from appeals processes for urban refugees, and explore what protection and referral options need to be in place when using modelling for effective targeting.