Rapid integrated protection interventions to emergency locations in South Sudan and preventing violence and building cohesive communities in Wau With continued need of the PC to (1) maintain situational awareness to inform efficient and effective responses in hard to reach areas throughout South Sudan and (2) respond to the complex protection and displacement situation in Western Bahr el Ghazal (WBeG) that is defined by diverse displacement and in several locations return dynamics, NP proposes an IPMT team that will provide rapid protection assessments (RPA) and another team that will implement a multipronged civilian protection project, focusing on Raja and Wau areas. 

The IPMT will conduct mobile missions, operationalizing the following planning process:
1) Preparations, in consultation with the PC, confirming assessment locations, contacting partners on ground and arranging logistical and security aspects
2) Rapid assessment deployment of 3-5 days based on scope and scale of the area and population.
3) Immediately after the assessment, the team will provide a 2-7 days response to address the most pressing needs identified to increase the safety and security of civilians at risk of violence, including GBV, exploitation and neglect. Based on lessons learned in the current IPMT project, NP will endeavor to undertake assessment and response in the same mission resulting in a total duration of 5 to 14 days per mission. However, while on mission, NP will evaluate and determine whether it is appropriate to conduct an assessment only mission and return at a later date for response.
4) NP will provide a de-briefing in Juba to share analysis, produce and disseminate assessment and response reports to the PC and relevant stakeholders. Should there be urgent need, the team may share early assessment findings with the PC from the field or immediately upon return to Juba to support and inform inter-sector, frontline response. A full protection mission report will then be submitted to the cluster within 1 week. NP proposes that one mission per month on average will be conducted by NP, ensuring that the proposed activities are provided with the appropriate time to feasibly plan and implement activities within the project timeframe. 
Similarly, the second team responding to the situation in WBeG will also conduct assessment missions in Wau and Raja. It will then tailor protection response activities to the return and displacement dynamics in the area, focusing on the protection aspects of those dynamics and reinforcing the social cohesion between returnees and host populations. In areas of Wau experiencing an influx of IDP and returnees, the team will conduct social cohesion activities to contribute to stabilization and peaceful coexistence, without losing sight of the protection challenges faced both by displaced and returning communities. In Raja and Lol state, due to lack of permanent presence and logistical limitations, the team will conduct field assessments specifically aimed to understand the general and protection specific needs of the population, again with a focus on the return trends happening in the area. Such assessments will serve to inform the PC and other humanitarian partners to inform humanitarian responses that will guarantee safe, dignified and voluntary return of IDPs into Raja.

Both projects will be grounded in Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP), an innovative, evidence-based methodology with a demonstrated record of reducing violence against civilians all over the world, including in South Sudan. UCP combines a variety of strategies to create the social space and structures needed for people to transform their own conflicts, enhance their protection, improve cohesion and advocate for their security. Importantly, throughout the response, NP will coordinate closely with the protection cluster and other agencies as a broader contribution to the overall protection of beneficiaries.