Asia Pacific Regional Update (Q3-Q4 2012 and 2013)

Regional Representative for Asia, Pacific

Ilya Smirnov

The Asia Pacific region has partners in 30 countries: 25 full members and 9 associate members.

CHI welcomed Vanuatu Youthline and Child Helpline Aghanistan as full members.

CHI welcomes the Ministry of Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation in Fiji and the Child Rights Defenders League in Kyrgyz Republic as associate members.

From Asia Pacific there were 22 participants from 16 countries

International Consultation, Durban, South Africa

Key Decisions by the General Assembly (International Consultation)

Work with communications sector to ensure that children can access child helplines, through preferred means of communication, whether using traditional or contemporary technologies

Increase of membership fee from €100 to €125 with a waiver scheme instituted for child helplines under severe financial constraints

The Durban Resolutions were adopted

Update from the Secretariat

Youth Advisory Council

Launch of “Child Helplines in Emergencies Manual”

New Technologies Advisory Council meeting (April 2013)

PSP Update is available here

The year 2013 marks the tenth year of data sharing – “10 Years of Child Helpline Data”

Twenty-four (24) members in 9 countries were included in the analysis for the 10 year publication

To celebrate its 10th year anniversary CHI has organised five Policy Dialogues and a Global Policy Dialogue

20 November 2012: CWIN-Nepal celebrated its 25th Anniversary and launched the “Integrated Adolescent Girls’ Network”, with the objective to identify issues of adolescence, to think about the right direction and to advocate for child-friendly programmes and projects.

Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop in Amsterdam (December 2012): CWIN Nepal and Aparajeyo Bangladesh

Peer exchange: Aparajeyo-Bangladesh to Childline India

(December 2012)

CHI visited Aparajeyo Bangladesh (February 2013)

Childline Cambodia has extended its opening hours from 13.5 hours per day to 24 hours. (March 2013)

Update 2013

Data Management training: 1. Peer exchange CWIN-Nepal to Madadgaar Pakistan (March

2013)

2. Training in Kathmandu(July 2013)

Peer exchange: NAC and MAC Mongolia to France and Ireland (September 2013)

Aparajeyo-Bangladesh: Commitment of Grameen Phone Mobile company to provide free-access to 1098 (September 2013)

Madadgaar Pakistan

Workshop on gender based violence (May 2013)

Finalist to the Conn@ctNow! Award with Combating Cyber Crime Project (May 2013)

Official launch of 1098 (September 2013)

Kazakhstan: The National helpline for children and youth "150"celebrated its 5th anniversary

Kick-off Access, Service and Knowledge Programme to Sexual and reproductive Health (ASK): Indonesia and Pakistan

• Main goals:• enhance the uptake of SRH services by young people;• remove the barriers that young people face in taking up SRH services.

• Target group: young people in the age group 10-24 years, including underserved groups

Regional Advocacy ASEAN: CHI was invited as keynote speaker for

8th Senior Officials Meeting of Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD) And Meeting of Ministers of Social Welfare and Development, in Cambodia

SAIEVAC: CHI and its members attended the 3rd Technical Consultation On Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children Based on Tradition, Culture, Religion and Superstition in Bhutan.

Challenges

Regional Advocacy: SAACH and ASEAN;

End of 2013

Peer exchanges• Nepal to India;• Pakistan to Jordan