
Initiatives
The Alliance Working Groups and Task Forces have developed a series of initiatives that align to the current Strategic Plan. Click on the topics below to see how you can participate in, or benefit from, these initiatives.
THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 2021 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action on Preventing Harm to Children.
The 2021 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action was held from the 4th to 8th of October over a virtual platform, where Child Protection actors had an opportunity to come together and exchange knowledge and experience, while networking with other...
2022 Virtual Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Promoting the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action through Accountability, Localisation and Working Across Sectors
20th - 22nd June 2022
Registration Closing 15 June!
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is organizing the 2022 Annual Meeting for Child...
The recent crisis in Ukraine has disrupted the lives of many children and families. Since late February, the worsening crisis has resulted in the displacement of millions of people, many of whom are crossing borders into neighboring countries. A large number of these are children, some of whom are unaccompanied or separated from their families.
The Alliance is coordinating with partners,...
Introducing the 2021-2025 Strategy! To find the strategy in full, click here.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action’s 2021-2025 Strategy centres around one goal:
Overarching Goal: The CENTRALITY of CHILDREN and their PROTECTION is recognised and prioritised as ESSENTIAL and LIFE-SAVING across the humanitarian system.
All The Alliance’s technical work, advocacy, collaborations...
The Alliance is working together with the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) 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 Advisory Group.
Objectives:
Closer collaboration between CPHA & EiE Actors at all levels of the...
In child protection in humanitarian action (CPHA) it is recognized that children are engaged in a dynamic process of development, while also being impacted by the adverse realities of a humanitarian crisis. Thus, the ultimate goal of any child protection humanitarian intervention is to promote the healthy development and well-being of children by preventing and responding to abuse, neglect,...
The Child Labour Task Force is sharing NEW resources for preventing and responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action, building on Child Protection Minimum Standard 12 - Child Labour.
The new resources include:
Inter-Agency Toolkit: Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action
Child Labour Case Studies
Training Package - Availiable soon!
Tools - Available soon!
For...
Technical Notes
The Alliance has now produced a version 2 of the technical note on the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this brief is to support child protection practitioners to better respond to the child protection risks during a COVID-19 pandemic.
Annexes Include:
Key Considerations: Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) for Unaccompanied and Seperated...
The Community Level Child Protection Task Force (CCP TF) is launching the Strengthening Community-Level Approaches to Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Initiative where Child Protection practitioners are invited to participate, learn, and engage with resources to strengthen community-level approaches to child protection in humanitarian settings.
The CCP TF is sharing three new resources...
In 2004, the Inter-agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) established the, at-the-time unique, core principles for working with such children. However, subsequent emergencies have highlighted the need for further technical guidance to support the implementation of these principles and to strengthen capacity building in programming for unaccompanied and separated...