GENERAL ASSEMBLY
REGIONAL UPDATES 2012
Americas and Caribbean Regional Update 2012
Regional Representative for Americas and Caribbean
Barbara Prado
The Americas & Caribbean region has partners in 26 countries: 25 full members (2 to be approved), 11 associate members and 19 potentials
New full members in 2012: Línea 102 (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina)Tel Jeunes (Canada)Trevor Project (USA)New associate members in 2012: Línea 133 (Nicaragua)Teléfono Anar Mexico (from associate to full)
Trainings and peer exchanges:Fono Infancia (Chile) trained Honduras on: crisis intervention, team support and
call responseCorpolatin (Colombia) trained by consultant: online counselling trainingCovenant House (USA) to Casa Alianza (Mexico) and Teléfono ANAR: use of media
to reach out to children and youth
Stakeholders meetings:
Honduras, Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile, Nicaragua, Colombia
Launches: Teléfono ANAR MéxicoNAACH (North American Association of Child Helplines) launch of online portal
and new number
Regional Advocacy: NAACH Board meetingParticipation in the XX Consultative Meeting of CITELParticipation at the Directors meeting of IIN-OAS, Costa RicaParticipation of Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica in VAC sub-regional meeting
in JamaicaStudy with Plan Regional Office on the role of child helplines in the regionContact made with Red LAMYC
EXPECTED RESULTS Q4, 2012
Peer exchanges:Nicaragua to X
Trainings Línea 102 Buenos Aires and Línea 102 CABA trained by Sara Gonzalez Bolivia (tbc)
Multistakeholders meeting Bolivia (tbc)
Regional advocacy First phase of execution of the study Plan Regional Office Americas
MENA Regional Update 2012
Regional Representative MENAKhalifa Jaber
The MENA region has partners in 19 countries: 9 full members, 8 associate members and 4 potentials
New associate members: 1- Naba’a in Lebanon (operating in Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp)2- Child Rights Association in Libya
New full members: 1- Iraq - Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs 2- Bahrain - Ministry of Human Rights and Social Affairs
Launches:
Bahrain child helpline under the Ministry of Human Rights and Social Development. Launched in December 2011, Toll free 998
Stakeholders meetings:
Lebanon (Ain el Hilweh Palestinian Refugee Camp) May 2012
Trainings Training on call response and contact management (Sudan, October
2012), provided by Jordan River Foundation.
FundraisingFinal AGFUND report submitted (2010- 2012)
Mapping of potential donors in the region
Regional Advocacy•Final report on UNICEF MENA- CHI poll: assessing level and areas of cooperation between child helplines and UNICEF country offices
•Memorandum of Understanding between CHI and MENA Children and Youth Initiative
EXPECTED RESULTS Q4, 2012
Peer exchange -Lebanon (Naba’a) to Jordan (December 2012) -Djibouti to Algeria (November 2012) -Jordan to UK (tbc)
Trainings- Training on call response and contacts management (Bahrain, November 2012), provided by Egyptian child helpline
Multistakeholders meeting
Libya stakeholders meeting hosted by Libyan Association for Child Rights (Benghazi, December 2012)
Africa Regional Update 2012
Regional Representative for Africa,Irene Nyamu
The Africa region has partners in 35 countries: 18 full members and 10 associate members.
New members (full)Zambia - Childline ZambiaEthiopia - ECFASierra Leone - Don Bosco Sierra LeoneBurkina Faso - Ministere de L'Action Sociale et de la Solidarité NationaleMadagascar – Allo Fanantenana
New Associate MembersBurundi – Ministère de la Solidarité Nationale, des Droits de la Personne
Humaine et du GenreCameroon – Defence for Children InternationalWar Child UK DRCCôte d’Ivoire – Ministère de la Famille de la Femme et de l’Enfant
Launches: Childline ZambiaSierra Leone Childline 116
Stakeholders meetings: Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi, Tanzania, Benin, Cameroon
Trainings: 1) Call Response Training for Burkina Faso, Togo Benin and Côte d’Ivoire – in Ouagadougou, by French child helpline Enfance en Danger
2) Resource Mobilization Training in Ethiopia for child helplines from Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Ethiopia
Toll free numbers
116 assigned to:
Malawi - YONECO MalawiUganda – UCRNNBurkina Faso - Ministère de L'Action Sociale et de
la Solidarité Nationale
VisitsLearning and facilitation visit existing member Childline
Mauritius by Childline Zimbabwe
EXPECTED RESULTS Q4, 2012Peer exchange
Uganda to Zimbabwe (tbc)Burkina Faso, Senegal andTogo to FranceBurundi to TogoDjibouti to AlgeriaAngola to Mozambique and Kenya (funded by UNICEF Angola)
Trainings Liberia – Call response training (tbc) Resource Mobilization Training Childline Kenya (ToT)
Multi stakeholders meeting in Zambia, Ethiopia and Côte d’Ivoire
Regional advocacy CSO Forum in Ethiopia 3rd Pan African Forum towards Africa Fit for Children, African Union
Asia Pacific Regional Update 2012
Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific, Madhav Pradhan
The Asia & Pacific region has partners in 34 countries: 28 full members and 5 associate members
New members:
Malaysia (full member)Uzbekistan (Associate member)
Toll free numbers:
1098 to Madadgaar, Pakistan
Trainings
Outreach and Community-based Strategy Workshop (Sri Lanka, June 2012)
Participants from Afghanistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka and India
Peer exchange Vanuatu to New-Zealand
Scale up Madadgaar Pakistan to national level
Madadgaar, Pakistan covered by CNN with report on Honour killing
Regional partnerships:
CHI is member of South Asian Coordinating Group of Violence against Women and Children (SACG), the coordinating body of South Asian Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC) – participation of Madhav Pradhan and Kajol Menon
Initial contacts with other sub regional bodies such as ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam)
SAARC Development Fund•Approval of joint proposal CHI/SAIEVAC “Harmonized toll free number for child helplines in 8 SAARC countries”(benefiting Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka)•8 child helplines formed SAACH (South Asian Association of Child Helplines)•Next steps: to register SAACH in Nepal (secretariat) – to discuss process and governance with 8 child helplines during IC (by-laws, structure,…)
EXPECTED RESULTS Q4, 2012
Peer exchange Aparajeyo Bangladesh to Childline India
Multistakeholders meetingCWIN Nepal with stakeholders of Girl Power Programme
Regional advocacy
- Ongoing development SAACH- Explore partnership ASEAN
EUROPE Regional Update 2012
Regional Representative for Europe, Sheila Donovan
Membership UpdatesThe European region has 65 partners in 44 European countries - 41 full members and 2 associate members
New members (full)
Albania CRCA)Montenegro (Children-First)Israel (Natal)
Toll free numbers
116111 assigned to members in Croatia and Slovenia
Peer Exchanges
- Childline, UK to Kids Help Phone, Canada- Bornsvilkar, Denmark to ISPCC, Ireland- Hrabritelefon, Croatia and Kellimni, Malta to Kinder-en Jongerentelefoon, Belgium
Fundraising
Submitted partnership proposal to C&A for 2013 projects: •data collection and publication•policy dialogue (RC) •New Technology Advisory Council
Regional Advocacy:
• Eurochild: CHI approved as full member at the Eurochild General Assembly in July.
• Speaking Slot on Child Participation at Europe de L'Enfance, conferencehosted by Danish Presidency
• CHI members and info on May 17 in the 2012/2013 S’cool Agendaof the EU Agency on Fundamental Rights
Regional Advocacy:
Launch of the “Five Years On” UN VAC follow-up report produced by the International NGO Council on Violence Against Children - presentation to European policy makers in Brussels
European Data Project
Pilot Group consists of 9 European members from Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Germany, UK, The Netherlands, Greece and Poland
Focus on 3 areas. a) Survey of current technical provisions of data collection systemsb) Create common definitions for the top 15 “reasons for calls” in current data collection system
c) Target group analysis on most useful data for European Advocacy (MEPs, Eurocrats, Committees, Lobbyists, ...)
EXPECTED RESULTS Q4, 2012
MeetingsEuropean Working Group meeting on New Communication Technologies (November in Dublin, Ireland)
European Data Publication 2012
•Focus on three topics “Abuse and Violence”, “Family Relationships” and “Bullying”•Possible launch of data with European decision makers in December (tbc)
Peer Exchanges
ERAN, Israel to Childline, IrelandEnfants en Danger, France to Fundación Anar, Spain