Child Protection Minimum Standards

This introductory e-course is for anyone currently working with and for children in humanitarian settings, as well as all child protection workers who want to prepare themselves for a potential humanitarian crisis.

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE:

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD PROTECTION IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION (CPMS)
This required module provides an overview and basic definitions of CPHA and the CPMS themselves. It examines how the CPMS fits into humanitarian and child protection work, their purpose, linkages to other Standards and guidelines, how to use them, etc

2. PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES
This required module looks at the 10 CPMS Principles in relation to working with children; these provide a basis for our work and how we apply the Standards to achieve quality and accountability.

3. THE STANDARDS
These modules do not intend to be comprehensive but provide an introduction to each Standard and examples of applying that Standard in practice. Please refer to the CPMS Further Readings list and the Alliance’s catalogue of courses for more detailed training on specific topics. Currently, the following are available:

• Standard 1 – Coordination (required)
• Standard 3 – Communications and Advocacy
• Standard 4 – Programme Cycle Management (required)
• Standard 8 – Physical and Emotional Maltreatment
• Standard 9 – Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
• Standard 12 – Child Labour
• Standard 14 – Applying a Socio-Ecological Approach 
• Standard 15 – Group Activities for Child Well-Being
• Standard 16 – Strengthening Family and Caregiving Environments
• Standard 17 – Community-Level Approaches
• Standard 20 – Justice for Children
• Standards 21 and 22 – Food Security and Livelihoods and Child Protection 
• Standard 23 – Education and Child Protection 
• Standard 24 – Health and Child Protection 
• Standard 28 – Camp Management and Child Protection

At the end of this course, learners will:

• Have increased their knowledge of the Child Protection Minimum Standards.
• Understand how the Standards are applied in practice, in particular the principles that the CPMS lay out for our collective approach.
• Recognise how the CPMS can help guide their work, by exploring the content of 2 key standards (Coordination and Programme Cycle Management) and 1 standard of their choice.