Workplan

• During autumn 2010 identify 2 coordinators
• Fundraising + develop ToR for coordinator + MoU for memberss
• Convene task force members to develop 2-year plan for process of developing standards
• Implement plan (Develop list of programmatic areas as part of CPiE standards work)

• Initial all CPWG meeting – December 2010, Initial meeting of TF- Geneva Feb. 16th/17th 2011
• Task Force, Ref. Group, Working Groups, Consultation Groups convened
• Documents produced: Outline Minimum Standards for CP, Standards for CPiE Information Note, Guidance for writing the minimum standards for CPiE, timeline, budget
• Survey undertaken in March 2011 and Report on Minimimum Standards for CPiE circulated in June 2011
• Draft 1 completed
• UNICEF and Terre des Hommes signed a partnership, bringing resources of Unicef CHf. 48’600 and Terre des Hommes CHf. 21’600.

• Develop a ToR for Key Resource Persons (KRPs) to the IA CP IMS and identify individuals from CPWG member agencies as KRPs.
• Engage and support individuals from CPWG member agencies as Key Resouce People to: a. Review and provide input on the development or updating of relevant IA CP IMS policy documents, b. Provide remote and/or in-country support to existing and/or new users of the IA CP IMS.

• No longer training for Key Resource People as envisaged. Have developed TOT training manual and early 2012 will be carrying out one TOT training to emergency response child protection staff members (train on planning stages, set-up, customization and implementation of IA CP IMS in the field). Aim is to ensure that staff deployed to support emergency response programmes have knowledge of IA CP IMS and promote its use where applicable. They will no longer be expected to provide input into the development/updating of relevant IA CP IMS policy documents.
• Additional activity: strengthen links between the IA CP IMS and the CPWG, including participation at CPWG meetings and involvement in key activities through the CPWG, such as the development of Minimum Standards for CPiE.

• Link with GBV AoR Working Group
• Gather field information to learn about strengths and weaknesses of existing programming and coordination
• Develop guidance materials as needed with GBV AoR
• Develop guidance for economic empowerment and GBV as needed with GBV AoR Working Group
• Integrate child protection specific aspects of GBV into the work of the GBV AOR and engage with GBV AOR to review any CP work linked to GBV (e.g. standards, competencies)
• Collaborate with GBV AoR on support to the field

• Conduct gender gap analysis for CP Cluster to develop a capacity-building strategy including:
  • desk review of existing CP policies, guidelines, tools and strategies, evaluation reports to assess gaps and opportunities in GE programming
  • field based assessment of gender-responsiveness within CP cluster in 3-4 countries (possibly through participation in CP Cluster missions)
• Based on results of gap analysis develop targeted capacity building strategy for 3-4 pilot CP Clusters
• Develop gender component/module of CP Cluster trainings
• Ensure CP Results and monitoring framework reflect gender mainstreaming

• 2010: UNICEF gender advisor input to revise CPWG coordination training package to mainstream gender considerations
• Field based assessment of gender-responsiveness within CP cluster in Yemen, OPT, DRC, Mozambique. UNICEF Gender advisor sent to do gender assessment, identify gender gaps in programming and prioritize concrete interventions under EMOPS multi-country initiative to strengthen gender-responsive humanitarian action in UNICEF-led clusters

• Develop 2-pager on DRR & CP
• Collate existing tools (if any) to address CP in DRR, starting with Riskland board game
• Ensure DRR is included on CPWG learning agenda by inputting into that process (please see section 3.2, below)

• DRR and CP paper currently being developed within Unicef; this will be starting point for interagency paper. DRR and CP paper will be discussed at a session at the CPWG meeting.
• May 2011 – Children’s Charter for DRR launched at Global Platform for DRR which highlighted that child protection should be a priority before, during and after a disaster (priority 2).

• Strengthen the inter-agency (IA) collaboration and ownership of the IA principles in many emergency affected countries
• Ensure effective and appropriate implementation of IA principles by developing and refining tools and capacity-building methods for local CFS workers.
• Engage CP actors in the rollout of the IASC MHPSS guidelines

• Guidelines for CFSs in emergencies developed by IASC, Global Education Cluster, global CPWG
• Draft 1 minimum standard on CFSs completed.
• A proposal for follow-up of the CFS standards has been written
• Phase 2 will start in 2012 when new staff member joins UNICEF.

• Finalize the ILO Resource manual on the WFCL in (post)conflict settings
• Hold a workshop for knowledge sharing among practitioners working on child labour and CpiE for improving understanding of the WFCL in humanitarian situations
• Conduct an inter-agency review of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) response in ongoing and past emergencies worldwide in view of identifying lessons learned, good practices, challenges, gaps and opportunities and issue recommendations for future action
• Write a fundraising proposal for inter-agency work on the WFCL in emergencies (activities in the proposal could include inter alia the organization of a CPWG expert consultation to discuss the results of the inter-agency review and inform the development of short inter-agency guidelines to address the WFCL in emergencies)
• Integrate child labour concerns in ongoing CPWG activities (e.g. development of CPiE standards and tools, research activities and capacity building
• Develop two cheat sheets for field based CPIE coordinators: (i) with advice regarding how to respond to child Labour and (ii) with advice for convincing other humanitarian actors within office (e.g. working on economic strengthening, education) why a holistic approach to child labour in emergency was necessary and impacted their own targets.

• 27-29 Sept 2010 CPWG agencies and ILO CL experts met in Turin to finalise new ILO resource manual on the WFCL in (post) conflict settings. The latter is unpublished (activity 1 and 2)
• April 2011- first meeting CPWG Child Labour Task Force, priority agreed: -writing CL standard, -integrating CL concerns in ongoing CPWG activities (learning, assessment & capacity building)
• CL integrated in competency framework, into rapid assessment tool and into CPiE standards
• In the CPWG 2011 meeting, agreed to (i) conduct inter-agency review, (ii) develop cheat sheet for coordination & research in WFCL for field based CPIE coordinators and (iii) develop fundraising proposal

• Development of a Field Handbook on working with UASC.
• Development of a Rapid Family Tracing and Reunification tool.
• Roll out of an interagency toolkit on emergency care for UASC.

• Engage CPWG in disseminating issue-specific Technical Notes related to child recruitment, release and reintegration
• Update CPWG on the development of Field Handbook (or “How-To” Guide) on child recruitment, release and reintegration.
• Continue roll-out of 2-year CRC Optional Protocol universal ratification campaign (2010 – 2012)

• Technical Note on economic reintegration of CAAFAG in draft.
• Updated IDDRS modules on children and youth in draft.
• 4th Ministerial Paris Principles Follow-up Forum scheduled on September 26th 2011 in New York.
• Optional Protocol universal ratification campaign underway. Field Handbook postponed until 2012

• Using rigorous participatory method, identify priorities and decide on core list of issues to focus on during the year for which to identify, collect, validate and disseminate lessons learned and evidence
• From validation, develop mechanism to be able to translate lessons learned into action
• Identify 1-2 areas to conduct meta-evaluations of existing evidence (one possible area might be how to build national CP systems in emergencies)
• Publish, yearly, practitioner friendly report of the findings of the lessons learned and the evaluation processes and support the dissemination of these findings through journals/ conferences, practitioner networks/events, CPC website
• Replicate 2010 Learning into Action exercise linked with CPWG on a yearly basis
• Updates will be shared quarterly through email blasts and CPWG and CPC websites.

• Survey sent out to CP specialists to identify and rank gaps in knowledge. However, feedback indicators were too diffuse and not focused enough to guide next steps. Suggestion for a more targeted focus is suggested.
• 23-25th June 2010 – Global Learning into Action Geneva. Decision taken to not have a further Learning into Action event in 2011 in part due to lack of resources.
• Columbia University, as secretariat of the CPC network, will develop a template to coordinate updates on the various streams of learning within the CPiE sector.
• Updates will be shared quarterly through email blasts and CPWG and CPC websites. Individuals and agencies engaged in operational research and learning projects are warmly encouraged to contact Lucy Anderson, the interim coordinator of the CPC network to ensure their work is included.
• A learning event scheduled for January 2012 in Uganda – Some of the anticipated activities to be included are the proposed Centre of Excellence and the proposed launch of the Child Protection curriculum. This may be a regional event.

• Develop a tool to undertake real-time evaluations, including a mechanism to ensure that findings can inform programme improvement on the ground.
• Disseminate findings to global and country level actors, and develop system to follow-up with the country the implementation of the recommendations from the evaluations
• Develop and roll out a M&E tool and training package for CP programming based on the PSS model
• Develop child-friendly tools for participatory child-based M&E of CP programmes
• Roll-out M&E tool and build capacity to undertake CP M&E

• From review of actions, recommendations and follow up to around 10 reviews of child protection coordination carried out by CPWG and others to date, assess benefit of learning and support missions
• Depending on conclusions from above actions: complete 2 learning and support visits to country-based CP coordination groups
• Participate in inter-cluster missions to Clusterized countries
• Develop a questionnaire for all CP coordinators, exit interview, reviews and feedback from all UNICEF regional advisors to collect best practice on CP coordination
• Improve training of, preparation of and support to coordinators according to collected best practice

• Lessons learned on coordination collated and reviewed / improved by field based coordinators and CPWG members July / August 2011
• Recommendations on improving coordination of CP responses collated
• Questionnaire for exit interviews on CP coordination developed (used with 5 existing coordinators)
• CP coordination training revised; ongoing support to CP coordinators provided formally through scheduled phone calls and follow up from e.g. Cluster coordination workshops; and informally eg. Through reactive emails and calls (these activities are informed in part by learning collected)
• CPWG represented by UNICEF (Ayda Eke) in intercluster mission to Afghanistan; no CPWG missions planned

• Promote the integration of CPiE into existing mechanisms/work on strengthening CP systems – e.g. UNICEF systems mapping tool.
• Ensure that work and learning on CP systems in non-emergency contexts is integrated into the work of the CPWG.

• Establish a community of practice on community-based CP mechanisms with focus on emergencies.
• Undertake study that moves beyond CBCPC and identifies, analyses etc. other community-based CP mechanisms
• Develop an evaluation tool to evaluate CB CP Mechanisms

• Discussion Paper by SC ‘Strengthening National Child Protection Systems in Emergencies through Community-based Mechanism’ in English and French
• Multi-country interagency action learning project underway; Sierra Leone action learning completed. Community of learning with dedicated focal point established.
• In advance of child protection systems mapping in Liberia and Uganda, local researchers will be trained in the research methodology
• As part of the work to strengthen linkages between child protection systems (including CBCPMs) in Liberia and Uganda, and after conducting and analyzing the research, the CPC Network will hold dissemination meetings at the community and national levels. These meetings will take place in late 2012 – in Monrovia and Kampala.
• In addition, the CPC Network will host an inter-country learning meeting on developing effective national child protection systems – this will also be in late 2012 – and planned to be held in West Africa.

• Make a decision on whether to use oneresponse or not as CPWG web page
• Convene global CPWG in a process to decide design and content, consulting with field based clusters
• Maintain web page with regular updates

• Finalize CPWG indicators through the organization of a global workshop that would include global level advisors as well as country and field based CPWGs
• Based on finalized CPWG indicators, develop and pilot a CPWG Rapid Assessment Tool
• Mainstream child protection (based on the CPWG finalized indicators, both quantitative and qualitative) into the Protection Cluster Assessment Tool
• Implement recommendations for the CPiE Assessment Tool, as decided and agreed to at the Learning into Action Event and January 2010 CPWG meeting.
• Hire dedicated Assessment Capacity to sit under the global CPWG coordination, to undertake work on indicators at global level, as well as capacity building and support missions to CP Sub-Clusters in the field to undertake assessment (whether rapid or using the CPiE assessment tool)

• Rapid Assessment Tool developed in Geneva 10+11th November 2010
• Implementation of recommendations for the CPiE Assessment Tool is mostly done.
• A new Child Protection Rapid Assessment Tool (CPRA) was developed and is being tested in different contexts: Libya, Tunisia, Kenya, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Somalia, etc.
• CP mainstreaming in process. A comprehensive feedback was given to PRAT and inputs were sent for MIRA
• Dedicated Assessment Capacity now part of RRT seconded by NORCAP in place since July 18th 2011
• CPRA was presented at the CPWG annual meeting
• CPRA is translated into French and Arabic (Arabic translation of one component is still ongoing).

• Rollout of CC Training and Members’ training
  • communicate availability of training to cluster members, outlining mechanism for bringing the training to their location
  • deliver country-level and regional level trainings over the course of two years reactively, as required, closely linked with roll-out of CPIE training.
  • translate materials into other priority languages (i.e. French)
• Coordinators’ Handbook
  • promote the current handbook, explaining its possible uses and intentions
  • collect feedback on handbook, including current uses and outstanding needs; ensure to consult with DPKO
  • use results to revise current handbook to include more specific tools and guidelines, more user-friendly, available in multiple formats and multiple languages

In the meantime, develop for coordinators ONE pagers – on WFCL and other key issues, including working with peacekeepers, to complement handbook

• Support to Field Based Coordinators
  • draft guidance for field level cluster members on the cluster and why they should participate, expectations, responsibilities.
  • ensure that all future SOPS produced include guidance on dedicated cluster coordinators
  • review all CAPS and Flash Appeals to ensure dedicated coordination for CP is included
  • provide technical assistance to field based coordinators as required.

• 24-29 Oct. 2010 – Training for CP (and other sector) Coordinators in Tunis, Tunisia
• 9-13 May 2011 – Training for CP coordinators in Khartoum, Sudan
• 22-27 May 2011 – Training on Regional Inter-Agency Coordination and CPiE in Dakar, Senegal
• 13-16 June 2011 – Training CPiE in Tunisia
• 18-20th October 2011 – CPiE Training in Mongolia
• 21-24th October 2011 – Contingency Planning Training in Mongolia
• Q1 2011 – global level CP cluster coordination training
• compiled lessons learned and recommendations made by, and for, child protection coordination mechanisms based on a review of evaluations and exit interview with CP sub-cluster Coordinators
• May 2011 Handbook translated into French with funding from UNICEF WCARO
• compiled a set of resource documents relevant to Child Protection Coordination, including templates and examples, which are available online (flash drive for coordinators); suggested that this replace revision of handbook as current version remains good enough, translations are ongoing, and revision would be expensive.

• Q2 2011 first RRT member (Helene Villeneuve, DRC) in place. deployments – USD 80k for 2012
• Q3 2011 second and third in place (Tina Fischer, SCS and Hani Mansourian, NRC) in place
• missions completed to Ivory Coast (3 months), Togo (1 week), Tunisia (1 month; 1 week), Missions to Horn of Africa: 1st (5 weeks) completed, 2nd (8 weeks) ongoing and Mongolia ongoing / upcoming.
• remote support provided to over 15 field based coordination groups and prospective coordination groups.

• Identify smaller group to work on this
• Finalize the competency framework
• Organise dissemination and translation of framework
• Support institutionalization of the competency framework by members of the CPWG through: incorporating in performance management of CP staff; incorporate into JDs and TORs
• Develop common ToRs based on competencies
• Incorporate framework in performance management of all CP staff

• Conduct assessment of training resources and capacity and develop the plan
• Develop, pilot and roll out mapping tool based on competencies framework
• Training will focus on the clusterized countries at country level or cross-country, targeting national and government officials, but not excluding international staff.
• Identify the funding and external support needs for in country training
• Training of trainers: one global, or three or four regional, depending on the resources and availability of the trainers, ensuring the training and tools are in the regional languages (French; Spanish; Arabic; English).
• Develop and disseminate the guidance for organize the inter-agency training at the country level.
• Liaise with other institutions at regional and country level to explore institutionalization of the training
• Implement training at country level and provide ongoing support, monitoring, and evaluation
• Support cross-country mentoring

• CPWG inter-agency Training Menu developed and disseminated to support the development of training plans.
• Country and regional-level trainings on CPiE conducted reaching following countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina, CAR, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Togo, and the Caribbean
• Programming of Intro to CPiE e-learning into a web-based training tool in English, French, Arabic and Spanish ongoing.
• DRC: one CPiE training held in DK for stand-by partners’ members Oct 2010. and one in October 2011.

• Develop concept note
• Confirm apparent gap of mid and senior level technical staff
• Design and implement a staff development initiative (Advanced Diploma in CPIE) on interagency basis to improve numbers of mid level technical staff
• Identify and select academic partner to work with CPWG to design and implement Advanced Diploma
• Design fundraising strategy and carry out fundraising to finance implementation of Advanced Diploma
• Manage development and implementation of Advanced Diploma

• Initial concept note developed Jul 2010
• Scoping study carried out and completed Nov 2010- recommendation to design Advanced Diploma in CPIE
• Academic partner currently being selected to work with CPWG to design and implement Advanced Diploma (decision to be finalized in Oct 2011)
• Advanced Diploma presented at global CPWG meeting Sept 2011
• Once academic partner finalized (Kwazulu Natal), face to face planning meeting to take place (Oct 2011) to begin curriculum design and plans for implementation
• Expected roll out of Advanced Diploma – between Oct 2012-January 2013
• UNICEF and Save the children have signed a Project Cooperation Agreement of $30,000 USD to design Advanced Diploma. Additional fundraising is ongoing.

• Ensure high quality, timely and consistent messaging on key CP issues in emergency responses
  • collate and refine existing messages to draft key messages to be piloted in different countries
  • pilot messages in particular countries
  • at same time, using competency framework, identify gaps in messages and develop these to feed into ongoing piloting of messages in countries
• Review and revise messages based on feedback from piloting
• Develop a communications tool/listserv to support this work
• Develop a ToR for the group, possibly to include (UNICEF view is that the support to regional and country level should be emphasized more in this work.):
  • direct support on advocacy to emergencies
  • sharing Best Practice in advocacy
  • advice and feedback on country and global strategies
  • share advocacy opportunities and information
  • skills development and leadership
  • support in identifying audiences, and how messages should be delivered and through which mechanisms (mapping).
• Develop internal communications strategy to get buy in from members.

• Development of CP messages (large pool of messages and core messages) for affected populations, in collaboration with InfoasAid
• Production of library for most target audiences is finalized and ready for field testing.
• Production of library for humanitarian actors and donors is ongoing.
• The web platform has been developed by infoasaid, and the process of making messages available online is ongoing

• Refine the existing study, include case studies, and decide on key messages
• Develop advocacy messaging and external communications on why child protection activities is a priority (including lit review).
• Develop shorter advocacy report
• Consult with donors to clarify importance and consequences of not funding CPIE (include mapping of sympathetic donors and policy people).
• Ensure CP is visible within FTS tracking systems
• coordination with other clusters, especially Education, especially around GBV and p/s.

• 27 June 2011 – CPWG Report on CP Financing in Emergencies issued and launched with support of a mini film at US mission in Geneva; 40-60 attendees from missions and humanitarian organisations
• Group currently planning for follow-up to include:
  • Further research into reasons fur underfunding,
  • Development of case studies to demonstrate effects of underfunding,
  • Development of guidance for field level coordinators on funding mechanisms
• Development of communications materials on CPIE.

• Work paused due to lack of capacity and resources amongst group members. In Q1 2011 Group decided instead of planned activities, to ensure that question of link between CP sub clusters and MRM be included in planned review of MRM by UNICEF, DPKO and OSRSG.
• OSRSG, DPKO and UNICEF MRM good practices study will begin in Q3 of 2011
• New Security Coucil Resolution 1998: UNSC’s Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism to include the grave violation of attacks on schools and hospitals as a trigger for its implementation and specific request in paragraph 21 to develop options to deal with persistent perpetrators, a strong first step towards closing the accountability gap.

• Develop TORs for sub-groups and agreement on representation at meetings.
• Develop and update a contact matrix for all the different reference groups.
• Post terms of reference for each group on oneresponse
• Organise 2 meetings per year for the CPWG, one with just global advisors, and one with field based ccs and regional people
• Develop MOU for global level membership and all members sign (MOU should cover: time allocation, continuity of staff members engaging, field level commitments, and commitment to make global level technical advisors available to field level clusters)

• TOR for Task Forces s not developed (with exception of MRM group) and likely not required; too formal.
• November 2010 – all CPWG (global advisors only) meeting held on standards
• No global advisors only meeting held in 2011 due to clash in dates with planned CP systems meeting
• All CPWG meeting held on the telephone to discuss CPWG business in Q2 2010
• All CPWG meetings held on the telephone to support field level responses in Libya, Ivory Coast and HoA
• September 2011 – all CPWG Global advisors and field based CP coordination groups
• Suggested June 2012 global advisors only meeting; Sept 2012 all CPWG global and field
• Proposal for formalising membership developed in consultation with a sample group of members, field based coordinators and external stakeholders. Proposal refined after one round of comment by current CPWG members and GPC; formal letters of commitment to be submitted by members by end November 2011