Policy guidelines

These guidelines on EU civil protection and humanitarian aid policies help field partners, who implement EU-funded programmes, understand how policies should be applied.

Cash and Vouchers

• EU Cash Compendium 2019: Doing More Cash, Better
• Cash and Vouchers: increasing efficiency and effectiveness across all sectors  

Disability Inclusion

• The Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in EU-funded Humanitarian Aid Operations     

Disaster risk reduction (DRR)

• Disaster Risk Reduction: increasing resilience by reducing disaster risk in humanitarian action   

Education in Emergencies

• Communication education in emergencies and protracted crises
• Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises - Council Conclusions (26 November 2018)
• Commission Staff Working Document on Education in Emergencies in EU-funded Humanitarian Aid Operations

Food assistance

• Food Assistance: From Food Aid to Food Assistance   

Gender-sensitive aid

• Gender in Humanitarian Aid: Differents Needs, Adapted Assistance   
• Gender-Age Marker toolkit   

Health

• Consolidated Humanitarian Health Guidelines 
• General Documents and Guidelines on Health in Crisis Affected Populations 
• Endemic and Epidemic Diseases in Crisis Affected Populations 
• HIV/AIDS in Crisis Affected Populations 
• Mental Health in Emergencies 
• Reproductive Health in Emergencies including Sexual and Gender-Based Violence 
• Other documents 

Helping Children in Need

• A Special Place for Children in EU External Action  
• The EU Action Plan on Children's Rights in External Action 
• Children in Emergency & Crisis Situations  

Nutrition

• Addressing undernutrition in emergencies: a roadmap for response 
• Nutrition: Addressing Undernutrition in Emergencies   
• Guidance Document: Infant and young children feeding in emergencies  

Protection

• Protection guidelines  
• Protection Mainstreaming Indicator - technical guidance
• Protection Mainstreaming Indicator - toolkit

Shelter and Settlements

• Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Guidelines

Water Sanitation and Hygiene

• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH): Meeting the challenge of rapidly increasing humanitarian needs in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 
• Commission Staff Working Document on Humanitarian Wash Policy: Meeting the challenge of rapidly increasing humanitarian needs in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)