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Area-Based Site Management (ABSM) provides a comprehensive framework for the implementation of Site Management through an area-based approach. ABSM is used to address challenges of operating in informal sites in both rural and urban areas as well as in dispersed, out of camp displacement contexts. In practice, through ABSM, the geographical area targeted by Site Management programming, often referred to as the catchment area, has a high density of displaced people living communally and is broader than a single displacement site. ABSM covers all components of site management such as community participation - including community committee structures, information provision, complaint, feedback and referral mechanisms, community infrastructure improvements or maintenance, capacity building, information management and coordination. 1 2
CCCM actors recognized the growing need for an out of camp approach in 2011 at the Global CCCM Retreat, publishing the Urban Displacement Out of Camp (UDOC) desk review in 2014 as a first step to understanding and responding to these contexts . In 2021, the Global Cluster published the Area Based Approaches in Site Management position paper . Both documents recognized the increased complexity of displacement trends that have become more urban and protracted in nature. While most displaced populations have access to a wider range of settlement options outside of formal collective displacement sites, this has not necessarily translated to increased access to assistance and protection.