The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) mapping exercise tracks collective progress on accelerating protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) among all countries with a humanitarian response plan or equivalent. It is based on IASC commitments and priority areas and is conducted annually by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on behalf of the IASC. Since 2019, more than 40 countries have participated in annual surveys that collect data for the IASC PSEA Dashboard. From 2022, the mapping exercise is based on the revised IASC PSEA Core Indicators, a selection of the most relevant measures that are to be tracked over time. 

The main objective of the mapping exercise is to report against PSEA Core Indicators as defined in the United Nations Country Team (UNCT)/ Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) Action Plan Template. 

All countries with humanitarian response operations are requested to participate in the 2023 PSEA mapping exercise. Humanitarian Coordinators should oversee the exercise with technical leadership from the PSEA Coordinator or designated focal point. The exercise should be conducted in consultation and agreement with PSEA Network/PSEA Task Force members. Where there is no inter-agency structure available, HCT/UNCT focal points should complete the exercise. 

Submission of responses  

The reporting period for 2023 mapping exercise covers 1 January to 31 December 2023. UNICEF will compile responses from countries and process the data at the global level and analytics on the IASC PSEA Dashboard will be updated with the 2023 data. 

Respondents need to input their responses in the 2023 Mapping Response Collection Tool. The tool is an Excel file that facilitates the collection and aggregation of quantitative and qualitative data. 

The Mapping Response Collection Tool should be submitted by 21 June 2024 to: 
- Carmen Rodriguez: marrodriguez@unicef.org  
- cc. OCHA.psea@un.org  

For questions or assistance, please also contact: Ivana Chapcakova ichapcakova@unicef.org 

Webinars on the IASC PSEA 2023 Mapping Exercise

The Webinars on the IASC PSEA 2023 Mapping Exercise took place on the 27th and 28th  of May 2024. The webinars were facilitated in three languages: English, French and Spanish.

See below the recordings and slide decks used on the webinars:

1. ENGLISH Webinar IASC PSEA 2023 Mapping Exercise (27st May 2024)
   1. English recording 
   2. English slide deck
2. FRENCH Webinar IASC PSEA 2023 Mapping Exercise (28th May 2024)
   1. French recording 
   2. French slide deck
3. SPANISH Webinar IASC PSEA 2023 Mapping Exercise (28th May 2024)
   1. Spanish Recording 
   2. Spanish slide deck