Partner Guidance Note on Sexual Misconduct - Responsibilities of CBPF Implementing Partners with regards to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, July 2021

Introduction

This document provides guidance to Implementing Partners (IPs) of OCHA-managed Country-Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) on their obligations in relation to prevention, detection, reporting and response to incidents of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). This document should be read in conjunction with the Global Guidelines for CBPFs, the CBPF Operational Handbook, their annexes and the UN Protocol on Allegations of SEA involving Implementing Partners.

These procedures do not apply to cases of sexual misconduct involving United Nation staff members or affiliated personnel. These procedures also do not apply to cases of sexual harassment (SH) in the workplace, which is defined as any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature perpetrated by personnel of CBPF IPs in the workplace or in connection with work. While these procedures do not apply to events of SH, CBPF partners must take all reasonable actions to prevent sexual and workplace harassment and manage incidents, including the immediate support to the victim should an incident arise