Ukraine Response: USAID Can Strengthen Efforts to Ensure Compliance and Improve Monitoring to Protect Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse for Humanitarian Assistance

We recommend that the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance take the following actions: In coordination with the Bureau for Management Office of Acquisition and Assistance, develop a schedule to incorporate the standard provision, "Safeguarding Against Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and Child Neglect," in existing Ukraine response awards.

We recommend that the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance take the following actions: Update its Award Filing Guidance to include that all protection from sexual exploitation and abuse-related application materials required in the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance's Emergency Application Guidelines be filed in the Agency Secure Image and Storage Tracking System.

We recommend that the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance take the following actions: Update technical guidance and develop questions for third-party monitors to use during site visits that align with protection from sexual exploitation and abuse-related guidance and
requirements, including the Emergency Application Guidelines.