This Multi-Sectoral Assessment Template is a comprehensive, field-ready questionnaire designed to help teams rapidly assess needs, risks, and operational feasibility during emergencies and early recovery. It offers a bank of standardized questions (meant to be selected and adapted, not used in full) to capture the operational context (access, communications, security, coordination), the broader background and population situation (host-community context, human rights and protection environment, population size, movements, and priority self-identified needs), and a structured review of priority sector needs and gaps—covering access to services and registration as well as key sectors such as child and youth protection, education, GBV, health, environmental health/WASH, shelter, NFIs, and food—so findings can be translated into practical response priorities.

• Number of pages: Approximately 15 pages

• Document language: English

Table of Content

1. Introduction and Guidance Notes (purpose, how to use, do-no-harm considerations, key definitions)

2. Assessment Identification (assessor, country program, date, site location, GPS, urban/rural)

3. I. Operational Overview
   3.1 Geography and Access
   3.2 Communication
   3.3 Security Situation in the Operating Environment
   3.4 Agency Matrix and Coordination

4. II. Contextual Background and Population Data
   4.1 Social, Economic, and Political Background – Host Community
   4.2 Human Rights and Security Environment
   4.3 Data Related to the Affected Population
   4.4 Population Size and Characteristics
   4.5 Population Movements
   4.6 Self-Identified Needs

5. III. Overview of Humanitarian Aid and Specific Needs
   5.1 Access to Services
   5.2 Registration
   5.3 Sector-Specific Overview
   5.4 Child and Youth Protection and Development
   5.5 Education (including educational facilities and access)
   5.6 Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
   5.7 Health
   5.8 Environmental Health (EH/WASH)
   5.9 Shelter
   5.10 Non-Food Items (NFIs)
   5.11 Food