Rapid integrated protection interventions to emergency locations in South Sudan Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) continues to strongly advocates for and conducts robust protection assessments to enable timely and appropriate emergency programming to the most vulnerable populations across South Sudan. Building on information gathered from different sources, triangulated to identify risks on the ground and scale of the protection needs, NP aims to rapidly mobilize quick interventions to deploy an Integrated Protection Mobile Team to assess profiles of affected populations, highlight protection risks and identify the most critical needs. Throughout the project duration, NP aims to carry out 5 mobile missions, 1) During the “preparatory phase” the, team will engage in “deep preparation”, consulting with the Protection Cluster (PC), confirming assessment locations, contacting partners on ground and arranging all logistical aspects e.g. security and access negotiations. This preparatory phase may include coordination with WFP for response in critical locations to extend explicit protection mainstreaming surge capacity to these missions. The first month will be dedicated to ensuring preparation is thorough and all internal systems are optimized for effective downstream deployment. 2) Rapid assessment deployment between 3-5 days based on scope and scale of the area and population covered. This will include Focus Group Discussions (FGD), Key Informant Interviews and Direct Observation amongst other methodologies to identify major protection risks, including in general protection, GBV and CP. Where applicable, NP will conduct rapid service mapping and safety assessments to identify gaps and either advocate for a scale-up in these services or advocate for more in-depth cluster-specific assessment informed by relevant protection concerns based on collected evidence/data. Preliminary findings will be shared with the PC to inform the first frontline response. 3) Immediately following the assessment, short- term life-saving response of 1-2 weeks are designed to address the most pressing gaps identified with the objective of increasing the safety and security of civilians at imminent risk of violence, including GBV, exploitation and neglect. This may include safety planning, post-incident support, information dissemination on services and key GBV, CP topics as well as establishment or strengthening of GBV and CP referral pathways in line with the guidance from sub-clusters. This will be achieved through proactive and deterrent patrols, protective accompaniments, hotspot mapping, sharing information on services, referrals and raising awareness on fundamental protection concerns. Whenever possible NP will aim to strengthen community capacity for protection and response to violence with brief/high impact training sessions, workshops on rumor control, early warning early response (EWER), GBV and CP awareness. 4) De-briefing in Juba to articulate an analysis of all the information gathered, produce and disseminate respective assessment and response reports to the PC and relevant partners. Preliminary findings will be shared with the PC within 48 hours of return of the IPMT, as an interim report, to support and inform frontline response across sectors. In the event of an immediate follow-up response, the IPMT endeavors to share preliminary findings with the PC within 48 hours of finalizing assessment activities while still in the field. The IPMT will be composed of a Team leader and 4 protection officers with expertise in GBV and CP, who count on lessons learnt from previous deployments under SSHF as well as other projects providing technical support and coordination on GBV and CP activities to other IPMT partners. At Juba level, NP will ensure that GBV and CP support structure i.e. NP’s Protection Advisor and Women’s Protection Advisor activities are carried out in a way that will meet international technical standards and NP will engage with cluster and sub-cluster for further guidance and support.