(Photo @ Community Based Child Protection Task Force, Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, 2018)
Join us on Facebook Live and Twitter for the Alliance-INEE Roundtable, 15-16 October, Nairobi, Kenya
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) and the Inter-Agency Network of Education in Emergencies (INEE) are co-hosting a roundtable entitled: A Framework for Collaboration between Child Protection and Education in Humanitarian Contexts. From over 60 submitted abstracts, the Alliance and the INEE selected 17 presenters. Presentation topics will include enhancing the safety of educational facilities in emergencies, integrating sport and play into schools to increase protection outcomes and identifying programming elements that support successful integration. Participate remotely via Facebook or Twitter pages. Key sessions will be livestreamed. View supporting documents or read more. #WorkingTogether4Children #ProtectAndEducate
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Advocacy spotlight: The Alliance releases advocacy brief on integrating child protection and education in emergencies
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The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action's Annual Meeting, 17-19 October, Nairobi, Kenya
Every year, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action convenes practitioners, academics, donors, and policy makers working on the issue of child protection in humanitarian action to exchange the latest learning and evidence; introduce recent standards and guidelines; and network with colleagues. This year, the Annual Meeting follows the Alliance-INEE Roundtable. 17 October will feature a carousel of working group and task force resources as well as sessions on the Alliance’s strategic plan/work plan, evidence-based programming and localization. Working Group and Task Force meetings convene 18-19 October. Participate remotely via Facebook or Twitter.
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Revising and updating the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
In July and August 2018, over 1200 child protection workers met in 47 locations to discuss the draft revised CPMS. 17 countries and one regional office joined the consultations. 245 children and youth took the time to share their ideas and feedback. It's not easy to summarize all the different feedback, but here are a few key points:
- People like the structure and how similar it will feel.
- Keep the language and concepts simple.
- Have a comprehensive glossary and list of acronyms.
- Ensure that the family and community are strengthened through our work.
- Much more should be done in the preparedness phase.
- Highlight the linkages between the various Standards.
- If Standards focus on the what, show us where to find the “how” (i.e. guidance)
- Some of the measurement is difficult to understand and carry out.
Next steps: We'll share all your ideas and feedback, together with the results of the online survey with the revision teams for each standard. In early 2019, we expect to have a final version ready for editing and design. Read more >
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Launch of the Alliance's new website!
The Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of its re-imagined website! With an ever-expanding library of resources, multiple online forum opportunities, and up-to-date news and vacancy postings, we hope this site will become one of your first stops for information and peer support. This website is designed for practitioners: log on, create a profile, make use of the search feature, or click on the first thing that grabs your attention. Come visit us and let us know how we can meet your needs!
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Updates from working groups, task forces and partners
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The Case Management Task Force has now released the Interagency Child Protection Case Management Supervision and Coaching Training Package in three languages! They can be accessed here in English, Arabic, French. The final Spanish version will also be released in the coming weeks (stay tuned!)
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Case Management Task Force (cont.) The goal of the Supervision and Coaching initiative has been to increase case management supervisors’ confidence, capacity and support to caseworkers to provide safe, ethical and competent case management services to vulnerable children and their families. Videos that were created summarizing the package and 4 country case studies can be found here: Finally, the task force is finalizing guidance for the development of Child Protection SOP’s in humanitarian settings. They will be launched in November 2018.
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Community Based Child Protection Task Force: In September and October 2018, consultation workshops are being conducted in Khartoum, North Darfur and South Kordofan. Sudan is one of the piloting countries for the Community Based Child Protect Task Force project implemented with USAID/ OFDA funding through Plan International USA. Also meetings are planned and organized with Community Based Child Protection Network members, families and communities in North Darfur and South Kordofan for consultations on strengthening community level child protection.
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using the cpms in practice:
New video! Hannah has a new job
#MEETHANNAH. IT’S HER FIRST WEEK AS A CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER.
This short video introduces Hannah to the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS).
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It’s aimed at newly hired child protection staff, as well as generalists who would like to learn more about protecting children in emergency settings. The video is available in EN, FR, ES and AR here >
The video is a follow-up to the popular “This is Samira” (2013), also available in EN, FR, ES and AR.
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