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Africa: Regional Space. Ninth International Consultation of Child Helplines Toronto, Canada 7 th November 2018. Moderators. Stella Motsi Regional Representative Europe; and, Executive Director at Childline Zimbabwe.
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Africa: Regional Space Ninth International Consultation of Child Helplines Toronto, Canada 7th November 2018
Moderators Stella Motsi Regional Representative Europe; and, Executive Director at Childline Zimbabwe Sheila DonovanInterim Executive Director at Child Helpline International
Table of Contents • Child Helpline International Updates: • Membership • Team Updates • Advisory Councils • Strategic Priorities • 2016 to 2017 Highlights • 2018 and Beyond • Quality Standards • New System for Data Collection • Regional Updates • Consensus
Membership: Overview New members: Nigeria and Moldova
Team Updates Recruiting – Operations Manager Sheila Donovan – Chief Executive (Interim) Steve Erwood – Membership and Communications Jeroen Jansen – Operations Director (Interim) Richard Ombono – Senior Programme Manager Laura Holliday – Project Coordinator Manu Wildschut – Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Management team Staff team Ronja Ulvfot– Inclusion Manager Helen Mason – Operations Director (maternity leave) Recruiting – Project Coordinator KeesLigtering – Bookkeeper (interim) Chris Umukunzi – Senior Project Coordinator Stefano Disperati - Data and Information Ana Rodrigues – Senior Project Coordinator (maternity leave)
Team Updates Marta Santos Pais Regional Representatives Rasmus Kjeldahl - Europe Supervisory Committee Stella Motsi - Africa Zia A Awan – Asia Pacific Jaap E. Doek - Chair Dr Najat MaallaM'jid - Secretary Advisors Jeroo Billimoria – Founder Benyam Dawit Mezmur Ola Al Omari – Middle East and North Africa Néstor Rivoira – The Americas and the Caribbean Natasha Jackson – Board member Titi van de Poel - Treasurer
Advisory Councils: #Youth Members Projects Social Media Takeover – Safer Internet Day 2017 Regional Consultations 2017 European Commission – Thematic Advocacy Report 2017 Global Giving campaign – Humans of Child Helplines eLearning – Child Online Protection International Child Helpline Day Day of the African Child Creating a youth engagement strategy for ACT to EVAC International Consultation Online discussions • Alan Nunez - Bolivia • Ana Alanis - Mexico • Divyansh Dev - India • Fila Magnus - Malaysia • Heba Alibrahim - The Netherlands • Jason He - New Zealand • Kiran Patel - New Zealand • Lucija Fusic - Croatia • Nafisul Abrar - Bangladesh • Patuma Tonex - Malawi • Poonam Ghimire - Nepal • Sara Brari - Albania
2016 to 2017 Highlights Training Module on Forcibly Displaced Children Training Module on Child Online Protection
2018 and Beyond Scaling up: Thematic capacity-building: Establishing: Cayman Islands (CEOP) ACT to EVAC: Responding to online CSEA (ICMEC) Linea 102 Argentina: Standard Operating Procedures (UNICEF Argentina) WeListen: Communities of Practice LGBTQI+, children on the move, children with disabilities. (EU) Mexico, Benin, El Salvador, Guatemala; Bangladesh (UNICEF Country Offices) Members in East and Southern Africa: Case Management Manuals (UNICEF ESARO) Linea 102 Argentina: Gender and children right’s guidelines (UNICEF Argentina) Quality Standards for child helplines
2018 and Beyond Richard Ombono – Senior Programme Manager Ana Rodrigues – Senior Project Coordinator (maternity leave) Supporting the creation of child helplines in… Facilitating trainings in… Benin, Honduras, El Salvador, and, Mexico. • The Cayman Islands, • Mexico, • Benin, • El Salvador, • Guatemala, and, • Bangladesh.
2018 and Beyond Strengthening Child Helplines in Eastern and Southern Africa Partner: UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) Aim:Strengthening the capacity of child helplines to respond to child protection issues. Timeline:September 2017 – January 2019 Target Countries: Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe Chris Umukunzi – Senior Project Coordinator
2018 and Beyond Act, Collaborate & Train to End Violence Against Children Partner: International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (“ICMEC”) Aim: To mobilise law enforcement, medical practitioners, teachers and child helplines across five focus countries to identify, prevent and respond to online child sexual exploitation and abuse (“CSEA”) Timeline: March 2018 – June 2020 Target Countries: Kenya, Jordan, Peru, the Philippines and Tanzania. Laura Holliday – Project Coordinator
2018 and Beyond WeListen FPA 2018-21 • Partner: European Union • Aim: Strengthen child helplines to respond to vulnerable children with focus on inclusive practices. • Timeline: 2018 • Target countries: 28 EU members Ronja Ulvfot– Inclusion Manager
Quality Standards • QACHAC established to help develop this refined quality assurance framework. • Currently in draft form. • Self-assessment against standards - membership criteria. • Pilot exercise 2018-2019 to help us revise, refine, tweak and improve the standards. • Would you like to join? Contact: steve@childhelplineinternational.org • Full launch across the network in 2019. Steve Erwood – Membership and Communications
New System For Data Collection Run report based on pre-set categories We can run reports from our data collection system Manual, automated report. Upload to designated online folder. Extract data and import into PowerBi Email to members We collect data manually and cannot run automated reports Manual, how to fill in Excel sheet. Fill in Excel sheet Interactive dashboard
Advocacy: Supporting The Work Of Child Helplines Telecoms: Partners: Plan International: One year agreement established to support ECFA in Ethiopia; and the development of a joint-proposal to set up a child helpline in Mali Internet Watch Foundation: The establishment of IWF portals in Tanzania and Malawi. Mozambique, Zambia, Burundi and DRC are in the process. • Orange:Partnership between Orange and Childline Botswana successfully achieved • ITU: Development of a recommendation to the African Union
“Every child has a voice. We believe that no child should be left unheard. When their voices are heard, children are empowered to participate in society and fulfil their potential”.
Regional Updates: Strategy 2020-2024 • Where do you see the network in 3-5 years? • Who are benefitting from our activities? • How do we want others to see us?
Consensus Structure • All nominees for Regional Representative to present a short pitch. • Regional Representative nominees to leave the room. • Group discussion - who is most suitable? Remember: consensus, not election. • Repeat process for the Deputy Regional Representative nominees. • Congratulations to our new Regional Representatives and Deputy Regional Representatives!
Thank you! Next sessions: 11:00 – 11:30: Break 11:30 – 13:00: Oneline