Child Protection

INEE is working together with the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action to encourage and support collaboration between the two sectors. The work is led by a Technical Focal Point who reports into both networks, with guidance from a multi-agency, cross-sector Reference Group. 

Objectives

• Closer collaboration between CPHA & EiE Actors at all levels of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle and at every stage in a response.
• Improved wellbeing of children and youth affected by emergencies, crises and forced displacement.

Activities

• Convene a multi-agency cross-sector Reference Group to oversee the work
• Develop a position paper on the complementarity of the two sectors
• Develop a user-friendly programming framework/toolkit for joint and integrated programming across CPHA & EiE
• Field-testing the framework/toolkit in diverse contexts and incorporate lessons learned into the material to refine and finalize for dissemination 
• Develop joint training materials for CPHA & EiE to increase linkages between sectors

Reference Group

The CPHA-EIE Reference Group is made up of technical experts in child protection and education, drawn from the following organisations:

• World Vision (WVI)
• Global Education Cluster
• WarChild UK
• International Rescue Committee (IRC)
• Porticus
• Save the Children
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• Lego Foundation
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC)
• Finn Church Aid (FCA)
• International Education Funders Group (IEFG)
• UNESCO
• USAID
• UNHCR
• United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (BPRM)
• European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
• Education Cannot Wait (ECW)
• Education Development Center (EDC)
• Plan International
• Bureau d'Informations, Formations, Echanges et Recherches pour le Dévelopment (BIFERD)
• Bent Al-Rafedain Organization (BROB)
• Child Nepal
• Hurras Network
• Elevate Children

Resources/Outputs

• Published the Weighing Up the Risks policy paper and blog, with accompanying webinars in English & French, that contributed to changing the discourse on COVID-19 School Closures. 
• Completed a Desk Review and series of KII's which contributed to the development of the CPHA-EiE Position Paper.
• Finalised the Competency Framework Annex, which is integrated into the Alliance Competency Framework, and the re-launched INEE Competency Framework.
• Developed a joint Alliance-INEE E-Learning module on cross sector collaboration, based on CPMS Standard 23. 
• Published a research-evidence piece on the impact of Covid-19 related school closures on education outcomes and child protection risks: No Education, No Protection: What school closures under COVID-19 mean for children and young people in crisis-affected contexts.
• Focused attention of actors from both sectors on how to conceptualise and implement joint and integrated programming.
• Further resources can be found in the INEE Child Protection Collection