Brendan Ross, the Middle East Director at ActionAid, discusses how effective protection for crisis affected people requires strong and genuine partnership between communities, states and international actors, in order to understand and address the complex factors involved in achieving safety and dignity for people in crisis situations.This event Safety with dignity: Integrating community-based protection into humanitarian programming was held on the 22nd April 2010, from 10.30-12.00, at ODI’s offices in London.