Findings from a Project Level Risk Assessment for Safe, Accountable & Inclusive Programming - Lessons from GOAL Syria

This case study outlines how GOAL Syria, in undergoing Safeguarding, Protection, and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) action planning, adapted an piloted a risk assessment tool for safe, accountable, and inclusive programming. This tool was accompanied by tools adapted from the Empowered Aid toolkit. The authors discuss lessons learned from this preventative approach towards safeguarding, inclusion, and gender-related risks to ensure safer programming with greater accountability and inclusivity.