Background: ANPPCAN is a pan-African child rights organization concerned with the status of children in general, and, in particular, those in need of protection.
It was founded in 1986 in Enugu, Nigeria during the First African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect whose theme was Child Labour in Africa.
It is registered as an international NGO in Kenya and has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and also has observer status with the African Union (AU) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights based in Banjul, Gambia.
ANPPCAN has been implementing a three year project called National Child Protection Systems Strengthening (NCPS) in 7 countries in E. A. Region; namely Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with the financial support from Save the Children International (SCI).
The aim of this project is to improve services provided to children by strengthening the key pillars of child protection system, which include; coordination amongst actors, laws and policies, the human and financial resources and data collection.
The project has engaged strategic players, such as, the relevant government departments and civil society organizations operating at regional and national levels, to strengthen child protection systems in the aforementioned countries.
These efforts have led to review of national laws and policies; national institutions, human resources, as well as, initiating Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on child protection in each of the 7 countries.
These engagements have continuously shown that for child protection systems to be effective, the government must take the lead role in coordination of the efforts, while other strategic actors play complimentary roles.
It is on this background that ANPPCAN and Save the Children International are organizing a meeting that brings together all the stakeholders who have been involved in the implementation of this project, representatives from relevant Government Ministries and Departments, Civil Society Organizations, as well as, key institutions in the region.
The aim of the meeting is to share the progress on the implementation of this project, as well as, to address some of the gaps that are emerging.
Specific objectives of this meeting are:
1. To share the progress made and the identified gaps during the implementation of the project in the 7 countries,
2. To identify and map out some strategies that will strengthen NCPS with the ultimate goal of effective provision of services to children; and
3. To foster collaboration and partnership between state and non-state actors to address emerging issues in NCPS.
ANPPCAN seeks to engage the services of a rapporteur’s to produce a report of Review Meeting on Strengthening National Child Protection Systems in 7 Countries of East African Region on 27 and 28 October, 2014 Nairobi, Kenya.
The time frame for the work is 3 days (2 days capturing deliberations and 1 day writing the final report)
Details of the task:
The main tasks of the rapporteurs will be capturing meeting deliberations and production of the review meeting report
The detailed tasks include:
Taking detailed notes on the Meeting:
