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Report

of Child Rights Governance Consultation

Report on the

Child Rights Governance Consultation

3-5 March 2011 Kathmandu, Nepal

Organised by:

Save the Children’s Child Rights Governance Initiative SCS Regional Office and SC in Nepal/Bhutan

Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. © 2011 Save the Children This publication is protected by copyright. It may be reproduced by any method without fee or prior permission for teaching purposes, but not for sale. For use in other circumstances prior written permission must be obtained from the publisher. Project Manager: Turid Heiberg

Written by: Alfhild Petrén, Turid Heiberg, Jerome Conilleau, Laxman Belbase, Kamal Khanal

Proof Reader: John Evans, Alfhild Petrén, Lene Steffen

Design: John Evans and Kamal Khanal

The workshop and report are funded by the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative Published by: Save the Children Sweden Regional Office for South and Central Asia http://sca.savethechildren.se

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Contents Welcome................................................................................................................................... iv Introduction.............................................................................................................................v DAY 1........................................................................................................................................ 1

Introduction to the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative..................................... 1 CRG programmes in South and Central Asia................................................................ 3 The three CRG sub-themes............................................................................................ 5 How accountable is Save the Children to children?...................................................... 8

DAY 2.....................................................................................................................................10 Reflections on Day 1....................................................................................................10 Questions and answers................................................................................................. 11 Exploring the potential for CRG work in the region....................................................13 Current and potential donors for CRGI: Trends in development aid supporting CRG globally.................................................................. 14 Ways forward: ‘Realistic fantasies’............................................................................. 15

DAY 3...................................................................................................................................... 18 UN Universal Periodic Review process....................................................................... 18 Taking forward the learning......................................................................................... 20

Annex A Agenda.................................................................................................................... 22 Annex B Participants’ List.................................................................................................... 29

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Welcome Herluf Madsen, Chair of the Steering Group for the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative I am delighted to be in Kathmandu representing Save the Children’s Steering Group for the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative (CRGI). It is very encouraging to see so many participants representing almost all the countries in the region. Special thanks to our colleagues from UNICEF. It is great that you could join us at this consultation. The CRGI is one of six Global Initiatives of the new Save the Children Strategy. All Global Initiatives are important components of the strategy.

The CRGI, however, is special as it deals with the fundamentals of rights and governance, which is crucial in all that we are doing for children, be it improving health conditions, education or protection.

The CRGI is a relatively new Global Initiative. Great work has been done by a number of colleagues from different Save the Children members to prepare for this, including developing a business plan that was approved by Save the Children’s Board last year. The CRGI is co-led by Save the Children Sweden, Norway and Denmark and Save the Children Denmark is presently chairing the Steering Group. Lene Steffen was appointed director for the CRGI from October 2010 and the Steering Group consists of representatives from Save the Children in Japan, Korea, Canada, UK, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The Steering Group held its first meeting in February 2011. The first regional consultation was held in South East Asia and Pacific in November 2010, and during 2011 consultations will be held in all regions. These consultations are very important in establishing a fruitful dialogue between the Global Initiative and you in the countries. We need to learn from your experience and work. The CRGI is supposed to support, facilitate, coordinate and bring key issues to a higher level and influence decision-makers and international bodies. It is therefore great that so many of you have come to this consultation. Many thanks for that. Special thanks to Save the Children Sweden’s Regional Office and the SC Nepal Office for organising this meeting. Thanks to Turid and Brian and your excellent staff. Thanks to Lene and the CRG colleagues for getting this organised. I would like also to take this opportunity to thank Alfhild Petrén from Save the Children Sweden for her constant and consistent work on promoting children’s rights and being instrumental in getting the CRGI established. Finally, thanks to our colleagues from UNICEF for joining us on this occasion. We look forward to working with you on this and together promoting the rights of all children. Herluf Madsen is the International Programme Director for Save the Children Denmark

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Introduction Turid Heiberg, the Regional Director for Save the Children Sweden, welcomed the many participants from Central Asia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Representatives from Save the Children in Afghanistan and India were unable to participate but will take part in follow-up activities. Representatives from HQ in Sweden, Finland and UK were present as well as staff from Save the Children in Myanmar and Bangkok (Sweden). Turid recognised the presence and commitment of the many country directors, management and project staff to prioritise learning about the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative in these times of change and transition. Turid welcomed the participants from UNICEF, underlining the good cooperation in the region between the two agencies. A strategic agreement has been developed at global level for greater partnership on child rights governance between Save the Children and UNICEF. Brian Hunter, the Country Director of Save the Children in Nepal and Bhutan, in his welcome speech focused upon Nepal as an interesting place to have this consultation. The country office is presently in the process of the UN Universal Periodic Review in which Save the Children is taking an active advocacy role in assuring that the Nepal government responds positively to the recommendations. Nepal is also writing a new constitution and Save the Children is actively involved, along with others including UNICEF, to advocate for inclusion of strong child rights guarantees to try to make it the most child-friendly constitution in the region. In addition, Save the Children Nepal/Bhutan is the first SC office to enter into the Save the Children International management structure. Turid and Dilli Guragai from Save the Children Nepal office presented the objectives for the meeting:

Explore mutual benefits and support in working towards improved child rights governance in the South and Central Asia region.

Share information on the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative and CRG work in the region.

Discuss and plan how we can strengthen child rights governance in the region.

Learn and discuss how to use the UN Universal Periodic Review mechanism for human rights to monitor and advance the fulfilment of children’s rights.

Turid and Dilli thanked the CRGI Director Lene Steffen for her support in organising the consultation and for her excellent leadership of the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative. They thanked Neena, Sita, Machhe, Jerome, Kamal and all staff in Save the Children Sweden’s Regional Office for their excellent support in preparing and running the consultation. Lastly, they promised a lot of fun and relaxing events – after all, ensuring children their rights is enjoyable!

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DAY 1

Introduction to the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative

Child Rights Governance (CRG) is one of Save the Children’s six priority thematic areas. For each priority area a global initiative has been set up to enhance cooperation, and strengthen and support members’ CRG programmes and advocacy whether implemented through Save the Children’s International Programme (SCIP) or by members domestically. The Child Rights Global Initiative was introduced by the CRGI director Lene Steffen. Need to shift policy, programme and political priorities

Lene emphasised that working directly with children is important as it improves the situation for many of them, but far more children could benefit if we help shift policy, programme and political priorities on the part of governments and others in positions of power. Save the Children’s work with civil society organisations is also important to strengthen their capacity to deliver for children, shift attitudes and hold their governments to account.

Child rights governance is therefore about supporting states to move forward faster in fulfilling children’s rights, holding states to account for what they have or have not done, mobilising civil society to promote and defend children’s rights, and engaging with other actors influencing child rights realisation.

The objectives of CRGI are to strengthen state institutions and mechanisms for the implementation and monitoring of children’s rights, and increase awareness and capacity among civil society and children to promote children’s rights and hold duty bearers to account. Three global outcome indicators have been developed, focusing on:

the number of countries where child-informed supplementary reports have been developed

the number of policy and legislative changes to institutionalise children’s rights

the number of countries with coalitions for children’s rights supported by Save the Children and partners having demonstrated impact.

Three sub-themes have also been developed, centring on:

Child Rights Monitoring

Strengthening National Systems

Building Awareness and Capacity.

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Child Rights Governance is new to Save the Children as a thematic programme area but builds on ongoing work and long-standing experiences in Save the Children, earlier referred to as child rights, law reform, civil society capacity building or similar. Thus, at the start a variety of activities in a country programme may be included in CRG. It is important not to forget that SC was instrumental in getting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its optional protocols drafted and ratified – one of SCs biggest achievements so far. Conceptual clarity was felt to be much needed. Child rights governance is about governments’ General Measures of Implementation of the CRC that underpin and are supportive of the fulfilment of any and all the various rights enshrined in the CRC. For example, it is about overarching law reform like a Children’s Act encompassing all children and all rights, while law reform on schooling or child abuse would be a focus of education and child protection respectively. It is thus both foundational and sectoral, not cross-cutting. CRG works towards ensuring that the General Measures of Implementation as set by the UNCRC committee are in place to facilitate and ensure that all rights are being implemented and fulfilled. CRG should not be confused with Child Rights Programming (CRP), which is a rights-based approach to programming – planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation – to be applied and mainstreamed throughout all programming. Child participation is a principle of the CRC and a core element of CRP to be mainstreamed in all Save the Children work, including CRG. A need was felt to make CRG distinct not only as a concept but also as a Save the Children thematic programme area. We need a vision to tell what should be different if child rights governance was in place. We also need to understand the characteristics of CRG as a programme area, which Save the Children staff should be able to explain to peers and external stakeholders. Communications has an essential role to play to that end. It is difficult to measure the impact on children of CRG interventions. With regard to policy reform it may be hard to distinguish Save the Children contributions from those of others and thus measure the impact of Save the Children’s work. However, there is a need to demonstrate impact to donors and other stakeholders, to children and to Save the Children itself. A CRG baseline study in each Save the Children country with agreed SCI indicators will be carried out this year to enable measurement of progress. CRGI has provided detailed guidance to countries on how to count to ensure reasonable Total Reach figures. Need for strategic partnerships. For national and international impact Save the Children has to look for allies and strategic alignment. Save the Children and UNICEF at central level have recently agreed on a strategic partnership on CRG. Participants stressed that this


partnership needs to be filtered down to country and local level of the two organisations. Much could be achieved by improved division of labour and less competition. Coordination of different stakeholders at global level by CRGI helps coordination at local level. UNDP was identified as such a potential partner. All Save the Children members have endorsed CRGI and the implementation of child rights, but not all members have CRG programmes or are engaged in the CRG Global Initiative. CRGI has a facilitating, supportive, inspiring and coordinating role. It will have very limited thematic assistance (TA) capacity and will help to pool TA from different members to ensure that relevant expertise is at hand, eventually through a Save the Children roster, and will contribute to training initiatives when feasible.

Child Rights Governance programmes in South and Central Asia

A variety of CRG activities and achievements in the region were shared from Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal (2), Sri Lanka and Central Asia. Presentations showed the results of long-term processes and demonstrated great impact. In brief, these showed that in almost all Save the Children countries in the region:

Save the Children is regularly doing CRC supplementary periodic reporting

general legislative reform on child rights is now in place

national child rights coalitions are established (with the support of Save the Children). Many inspiring examples of complex programmes and advanced advocacy were shown. In Sri Lanka a nationwide civil society network of 161 NGOs has been established. In Bangladesh six universities have introduced child rights in the syllabus and set up a child rights resource centre. In Nepal Save the Children has influenced the government to become more child-friendly by engaging in the UN Universal Periodic Report monitoring process at global level. However basic child rights sensitising may still be required to reach out and raise levels of awareness among new groups. What should come next?

Policy change is just a starting point. Resource allocations and further steps for implementation have to follow. We should develop a systematic approach to government implementation of general measures for child rights, and identify sequenced, strategic priorities to enhance progression. Close knowledge about government administration is required.


Presentations showed a variety of children’s participation, from schools and local level to national and global level. Inspiring examples of child-led monitoring were presented from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. However, it was generally felt that more efforts were needed to demonstrate that children can contribute. Save the Children has extensive and advanced experience in mobilising civil society organisations. It was noted, however, that Save the Children has no proper plans or structures in the region for capacity building of partner organisations and other actors. Countries showed that funding to CRG is possible and a variety of ways of doing this were shared. Costs for programmes with major advocacy components may be kept low compared with service delivery programmes. However, advocacy is labour intensive and time consuming and often needs to secure funding for longer periods of time. Working at scale on CRG capacity building will require major resources. Some internal challenges for Save the Children to advance the child rights governance agenda

We need to build common conceptual understanding on CRG among all Save the Children offices and staff. In this context the importance of ownership by top level management was stressed. Leaders are selected on other criteria than familiarity with child rights and may have limited understanding and experience of child rights governance work. It is also important to reach common understanding of Save the Children’s role as facilitator in relation to local partners. There is a need to better distinguish between various partner organisations and their mission, tasks and roles as strategic, thematic or implementing. Members need to find ways to influence forthcoming Save the Children country strategies and plans in SCIP and for staff to contribute most effectively. Save the Children will often work in complex, shifting and politicised environments. While improving our strategic planning, we need to stay flexible and prepared to grab opportunities. Does the region have sufficient technical assistance capacity? In transition, capacity may get laid off and we will see a high level of staff departure among many members. Limited capacity building among NGOs is a particular challenge. We have very limited documentation on CRG activities so far. We need much more solid evidence. There is also a challenge to communicate with a wider audience and the public, whether for information or fund-raising purposes.


Funding for innovation and scaling up is lacking. Sensitising donors is a challenge, to ensure that allocations are made to CRG to secure proper staffing for dialogue, capacity building and piloting at country level. For example, no allocation was made this year to CRG in Nepal.

The three CRG sub-themes

Jennifer Grant, CRGI programme manager, shared the CRG planning guide, ‘Programming in Child Rights Governance’, based on Save the Children compiled research, policies and tools. The guide is to be seen as a first Save the Children common programming platform and is a work in progress. It is available on the Save the Children xtranet, CRGI resource centre and CRIN. The three CRGI sub-themes of Child Rights Monitoring, Strengthening National Systems and Building Awareness and Capacity were presented and discussed, as follows. Sub-theme 1: Child Rights Monitoring

In Central Asia Save the Children work on CRC monitoring and reporting is still ad hoc, while in South Asia CRC reporting is well established. Using the UN Universal Periodic Report mechanism for human rights is new to all countries, but Save the Children in Nepal was the first to explore it. Government systematic data collection is often poor, especially regarding socially excluded children, and analysis is often lacking. It was noted that Save the Children research or data collection sometimes creates expectations among the target population. Such a situation needs to be dealt with carefully to avoid disappointment, especially when children are involved. While awaiting a Save the Children common tool on Child Rights Situation Analysis, CRGI will develop an instrument for assessment and analysis of CRG-related aspects to be included in the overall CRSA (or used separately). CRGI will soon share a guide on child-informed CRC reporting. CRC reporting has been a central process for mobilising civil society at large for political change. Save the Children has supported both government periodic report processes and shadow reporting, in most cases involving children. Child-led monitoring has taken place in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Increasingly, for example in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Concluding Observations by the CRC committee have been used as a tool for political leverage and lobbying government. It was noted, though, that Save the Children staff are not always sufficiently familiar with CRC and the reporting process.


Budget tracking has been carried out in several countries in the region and a need felt to take it a step further. Sub-theme 2: Strengthening National Systems

In order to influence and strengthen government systems we need to focus on both political governance and administrative systems at all levels. The need to strike a balance between global and national policy change and promotion of local level implementation was stressed. It is important to understand the political space and how policies are developed. We need to map where the power lies in order to strategise and target influential bodies and people. To that end we may approach planning and finance ministries. This is also crucial to enhance intergovernmental coordination among various line ministries contributing to the implementation of the CRC. Furthermore, the Ministry of Finance is key for budget allocations and distribution to local level. There is need to look into decentralisation and how the General Measures of Implementation of CRC are translated into local level governance in terms of application of laws and policies, coordination of line ministries, adequate budgets and spending, qualified staff, etc. We may explore broader poverty reduction agendas like PRSP and Social Protection to look for opportunities to introduce child rights governance as an element. Another option is to explore development good governance agendas to advocate for child rights governance to become an integrated part. To this end, some guidance by CRGI would be helpful. Political parties need to be approached to accept their responsibility to listen to children and young citizens, bring their issues into the political arena and enhance child rights governance. Parliamentarians should be approached to establish cross-party and multi-party groupings on child rights. One may also consider taking government officials to visit other countries in the region which have championed CRG, to share good examples and provide inspiration. There is a great need for well documented evidence regarding each of the CRC General Measures of Implementation as references and examples from SC practice to underpin advocacy. Sub-theme 3: Building Awareness and Capacity

Our task and role as members of society to engage with civil society to defend and promote child rights, watching and supporting governments, was stressed. Save the Children has long and extensive experience on which to draw of supporting individual NGO partners and networks in terms of both their thematic and organisational


capacity. A mapping study of good practice might be considered to capture lessons learned. Such a study should also look into practice from building networks. Considering the new SCIP context, a common Save the Children civil society framework may be required in order to facilitate systematic assessment and support of civil society actors. The need was recognised to look both into civil society overall strengths and inter-dynamics as well as into the capacity of individual organisations. The need for guidance on organisational development was raised. The distinction between civil society partners as independent actors and change agents or as implementing agents of Save the Children programmes was underlined. Roles and responsibilities – not least of Save the Children as an INGO facilitator – need to be clarified. A partnership policy was requested. In many countries in the region there is a vibrant NGO community. The legal status of civil society organisations is usually not an issue, but is so in the case of child-led organisations. In general, NGOs are accepted by governments in the region though often not invited into dialogue or cooperation. INGOs like Save the Children usually have more space and access. Child rights capacity building mechanisms in Save the Children, not least training options, should be looked into. Maybe a special unit should be considered. SC in the region will need technical support, potentially from within the region, but also support to identify resources for civil society capacity building. Involvement of other actors

The need to consider other actors besides civil society was found. There is major scope to work through the media, including social media. Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka showed how the media was instrumental in the CRC reporting process, drawing awareness to children’s views as well as government accountability to address the Concluding Observations by the CRC committee. Trade unions, for example teachers’ unions, and women’s organisations may be unexplored allies. Save the Children has promising experiences from working with religious and cultural leaders, in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, to be learned from by other parts of the region. Save the Children also has a record of working with academia, especially in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, both in terms of child rights courses and seminars but also at the institutional level. There is an opportunity for further sharing and networking as well as focusing on institution-building for sustainability.


Celebrities may play a role in awareness-raising by drawing attention to and popularising less visible and usually dry issues of CRG. It was felt there was still a lot to explore about opportunities in the UN and other intergovernmental bodies, including the International Financial Institutions at global and regional level. Some bodies mentioned were UNDP, which plays a critical UN coordination role in each country, World Bank and ADB. Finally, growing corporate social responsibility in the private sector may pave the way for the corporate sector and individual companies to support child rights and CRG.

How accountable is Save the Children to children?

Burcu Munyas presented a very interesting session on how Save the Children could be more accountable to children. A format for assessing the accountability to children has been developed to be used by Save the Children and partner staff. A template has also been developed to transfer learning from the discussion on the assessment into work planning. In recent years, there has been a growing demand for international NGOs to be more accountable to the constituencies they claim to represent. The CRC also states the right of children and young people to be listened to, and to have their views taken seriously in decisions that affect all areas of their lives. Obviously, this right needs to be respected within Save the Children, by building an accountable relationship with children and young people. What is accountability?

Accountability requires participation, but goes beyond it. Through the process of children’s participation we become answerable for our actions and their consequences. We open ourselves up to increased scrutiny by children and give them a greater say in what the organisation does, and how it does it. In order to create accountability we therefore need to establish systems, standards, and widespread good practice of child participation and accountability to children. When an organisation commits to being accountable to children it undertakes to: recognise children as stakeholders (a group with a strong interest) in what the organisation does; acknowledge the legitimacy of their views; agree its objectives with them; establish benchmarks against which progress can be measured; report on that progress; discuss the outcomes with them; and publish and disseminate lessons learned. Save the Children is a member of the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) and is working towards full implementation of all six HAP Standard benchmarks in its programmes listed below:

1. Delivering on commitments 2. Staff competency


3. Sharing Information 4. Participation 5. Handling Complaints 6. Learning and continual improvement

Burcu felt that at present our best practice is scattered as isolated examples among our programme portfolio rather than shining through in all that we do. We have relatively little in the way of effective complaints and feedback mechanisms across our programmes and still need stronger local and national platforms for children’s voices to be heard. Save the Children UK currently has an Accountability to Children Breakthrough that provides Challenge Funds to 15 countries each year to work on improving accountability of our programs to children. The opportunity to participate in next year’s cohort of 15 countries will be announced early summer.


DAY 2

Reflections on Day 1

Turid and Dilli welcomed participants to the second day, which focused on what can be achieved to strengthen child rights governance in the future in the region. However, first Alfhild and Lene reflected upon the learning from the first day of discussions. Alfhild followed up from Burcu’s presentation that if we are to be accountable to children we also have to strengthen children’s capacity through facilitating access to information and child-friendly material, by supporting child participatory methodology and tools, facilitating inclusive children’s groups and fora, creating platforms and mechanisms where children can voice their opinions, and supporting child-led organisations to defend, claim and promote children’s rights. It follows that we also need to build the capacity of Save the Children and partner staff to hold governments to account and advocate for change, to explore, pilot and share innovations and lessons learned, to develop methods and tools to advise governments and other key actors, and to mobilise and organise in national coalitions and regional and global networks. The CRGI strives for a global civic movement for children’s rights by supporting child rights coalitions at national level, and in regional and international networks and bodies (NGO group in Geneva, CRIN, etc.). One of Save the Children’s global outcome indicators is the number of countries where coalitions for children’s rights supported by Save the Children and partners have demonstrated impact or influence. It will measure the degree of vibrancy of civil society to make governments accountable for implementation of children’s rights. Save the Children’s Theory of Change

SC’s Theory of Change also stresses investing in partnerships, which could include sustainability by strong and rooted local structures, legitimacy in programme countries, mutual learning for improved quality and effect, increasing the scope of programmes through new or growing partners and extended networks, and scaling up impact by advocacy at all levels. Some challenges for Save the Children International in this regard are to ensure that each SCI office makes an analysis and assessment of civil society in the country, to strengthen partner organisations as independent actors and not just Save the Children agents, to enhance cooperation and working dynamics among civil society organisations in the country and to invest in labour-intensive dialogue, slow processes and long-term impact. Alfhild underlined again the foundational and embracing characteristic of CRG in relation to the CRC which encompasses all the rights of the children.


Lene shared her reflections on the discussions from the previous day by saying that the CRG is not cross-cutting; it is foundational. It is a way to build systems that will support all other programmes/sectors. Child participation is an essential way of working for Save the Children and has to be included in all the thematic work, including as part of CRG – thus child participation is not specific to CRG. A Child Rights Situation Analysis (CSRA) is to assesses how well a country is doing in implementing the CRC regarding ALL children’s rights, including looking into child rights violations. CRGI will have a long-term and sustainable impact: it is about building systems and structures and making people aware of what is Child Rights.

Questions and answers

Q: What have been the biggest achievements in the field of CRG so far? SC was instrumental in getting the CRC drafted and ratified; the optional protocols and the complaints’ mechanisms are also a result of SCS’ work. At policy level, we have been good at commenting and pointing out gaps in laws and policies, but there is a huge job to be done in following up on the implementation of policy changes. Q: How can we assess and document the impact of CRG work? It is a long-term process and it takes time to demonstrate impact, but this is possible and is something that we have to do better. There is a huge task in documenting what we have achieved. Q: What does CRG cost? CRG is cost effective. If you contribute to legal change it can have big impact. However costs for follow up on implementation, not least at local level and in communities, may be added. Q: Is CRG accepted by all members? All Save the Children members support the implementation of child rights, but not all members will focus on CRGI. However, all members have endorsed the CRGI strategy. Q: How has CRGI been rolled out to ensure a common understanding? The regional consultations are a first step to engage members and get a common understanding. They contribute to build a common language and shared experiences and expertise from different members. All members are interested and we need to keep dialogue ongoing. Q: Do we have a format for a Child Rights Situation Analysis (CRSA) agreed among members as a tool?


Tools and guidelines for CRG work are being developed to ensure we have a common framework and approach in each program country. Q: Can Concluding Observations be used as part of a CRSA? Yes, it may provide advice on the areas to look closer at - though SC might like to make a more extensive or in depth assessment. The CRSA is intended to set up a baseline, identify gaps and facilitate SC priorities in a country in terms of child rights fulfilment. Q: What about intergovernmental cooperation? CRG looks at supporting the strengthening of intergovernmental coordination mechanisms so that all ministries work together to ensure child rights fulfilment. This is one of the general measures for the implementation of CRC to work with under CRG programmes. Q: Some members have different partnership policies and guidelines. How can we address this? We need to develop a coherent approach regarding partnership among members, and this is part of the CRGI work this year with regard to co-operation with civil society partners for work on CRG. Meanwhile SCI is discussing a coherent approach to any SC partnership not just to civil society organisations. CRGI takes part in these overarching discussions as well. Q: What about funding for child rights governance? The key is to engage with more members and also to engage with the country office programmes to get their support to CRG activities and look at funding opportunities. There is a need for program funding including advocacy and seed money for new initiatives and flexibility. There is also a need for member support to CRGI and its work by its global team to enhance growth, co-operation, coordination and technical assistance support. Q: CRG is not cross-cutting, but doesn’t CRG have to offer something in setting up child-friendly governance – in Education or Protection for example? Yes, it does in providing an overall child sensitive political and administrative environment to specific government sectors or areas. And as said before it also provides a “check list” of general measures of implementation for each sector or theme to be looked into and used as an assessment tool or tool for setting an agenda of implementation. Such check list will include measures like law reform, national strategy, policy and programs, resource allocations, intergovernmental co-ordination, data collection etc.. Q: What about a partnership on CRG between Save the Children and UNDP and UNICEF globally? UNICEF is one strategic partner this year, not the least in terms of policy work, but UNDP is another important potential partner. Q: Capacity building and resource allocation are important. Do you have a capacity building strategy or fundraising plan?


The CRGI is dependent on members to do fundraising but CRGI will develop a fundraising strategy. With regard to capacity building and technical assistance the CRGI will identify focal points in the region to facilitate thematic support to the country programmes. CRGI and its Members will start identifying resource people and build up a rooster of TA for Country Offices to draw from.

Exploring the potential for CRG work in the region

The participants were divided into four groups: around the three pillars of CRGI on Child Rights Monitoring, Strengthening National Systems and Building Awareness and Capacity. A fourth group looked into what actors influence the realisation of children’s rights and how to engage with them. The groups were asked to discuss things that need to change, innovative ideas and good things that are already being done. The groups then reported in plenary on innovative ideas for the future. Innovative ideas Child Rights Monitoring

A major campaign for the ratification of the CRC Optional Protocols

A coalition of politicians for child rights

Integrate child rights into university curriculum for teachers and training institutions; mainstream in basic education

Ensure a child rights governance focal point at district level to follow up CRG issues

International Financial Institutions to include conditionality in their funds in relation to child rights promotion

Strengthen the partnership with UNICEF on child rights governance Strengthening National Systems

Develop a child-sensitive Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper including identifying the best practices, building alliances, analysing the gaps

Support children’s issues being taken up in the Parliament

Strategic partnership with UNICEF Building Awareness and Capacity

Develop a Child Rights Index with framework, indicators and challenges, etc.

Strengthen media partnerships

Develop national working groups on CRG

Improve documentation

Allocation of budget: establish a department for internal fundraising on CRG

Other Actors

Engage with religious groups

Engage with journalists and media: training them and follow-up

Engage with the corporate sector and donors, including lobbying with Asian Development Bank to incorporate child rights in their agenda


Current and potential donors for CRGI: Trends in development aid supporting CRG globally

David Wright, CD Pakistan, facilitated the session on fundraising and asked the participants to divide into four groups and think about previous successful experience in the field of CRG and analyse the components of the success. The groups then reported in plenary. Example of successful fundraising

Key reasons for the successful project

Suggested other donors

Suggested other things to attract donors

EC

USAID

Danida

SDA

Norwegian Embassy

Simple and single issue-based proposal

Concrete and demonstrable results

In line with donor priorities

USAID

UNDP

WB

DFID

JICA

Media campaign

Ability to document evidence from our work; case study

Sustainability of the projects to be ensured

Comic Relief

Norad

Foreign Office UK

DFID

Tangible

Simple

In line with donor interest

National network in charge of the implementation registration

Look at the priority of the donors

Have champion

Influence controllers of development funding

Advocacy strategy

Build on linkages with the donor priorities

Norwegian Embassy

EU

Foreign Office UK

Build on the CRG component of a wider proposal

In line with donor priorities

Scale and scope of the work

In-country expertise

Writing skills

Excellent relation with donors

Match the co-financing needs

Impact from previous project helpful to secure funding

Strong relation with donor

UNDEF

Embassies

Ford Foundation

UNDP

World Bank

AusAid

Packaging CRGI in mainstreamed governance

Market CRG within our donors

Go beyond traditional relations with donor where donor can feel more ownership

Evidence of impact

Clarity on objective and impact

Innovative


EU non-state actors

Provide a possibility to strengthen civil society

Champion within the donor who pushed the proposal fund

Demonstrating concrete results

CIDA

USAID

SDC

Foundations from US and the Gulf States

GTZ

Corporate sector

Develop the capacities to develop proposals

Remarks from the plenary

A need to fundraise! and therefore a need to carry out a donor mapping at regional and national level. In such a mapping we need to identify the different donor funds, what themes or activities they fund and which member to approach them

We are already attracting donors that traditionally have not funded CRG, such as USAID. We need to build on that and nourish the relations with them and other donors so they are interested to fund more.

Big donors may develop a framework/strategy and we need to advocate for having our issues in their framework.

It is important to have documented progress on the CRC over the last 20 years to demonstrate to donors in order to move forward.

Ways forward: ‘Realistic fantasies’

The participants reflected in groups around the three questions:

What technical assistance is required?

How can we collectively advocate?

How can we develop global and regional networking to develop CRG? Technical assistance

Regional expertise International expertise

Material

Pillar 1: Child Rights Monitoring

UPR

Child-led research

Dilli

Supportive role

Child-led research training modules (Bang)


Budget analysis and influencing

CRG CSRA

Bangladesh + Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh

Global team

Child-led advocacy (SL/ Bangladesh/Mongolia) Child-led CRC monitoring training modules

Pillar 2: Strengthening National Systems

Working with parliamentarians

Experience sharing Bang/Nepal and Philippines

UNICEF toolkit on working with parliamentarians

Working with legislative staff

Nepal and Mongolia Supportive role

PRSPs Bangladesh Supportive role

Social protection Bangladesh

Child-friendly local governance

Philippines UNICEF Nepal

Pillar 3: Building Awareness and Capacity

Communication and advocacy strategy on CRG

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh training on best practices

Fundraising, CRG proposal writing

Myanmar expert/consultant

Supportive role

Mapping donors Supportive role

How can we collectively advocate?

Advocacy area Action points

Child-friendly budget analysis

Solid research on reasonable key allocations as well as budget expenditure and audit processes - starting with a pilot in one country in the region (possibly Bangladesh); assess allies; build on the local budget analysis done in the region

SAARC Better understanding of SAARC

Use SAARC to develop data collection

Develop strategic networking

SAARC Development Fund

Opportunity to develop a SAARC Children Committee

Develop strategic collaboration with UNICEF

Ombudsperson and Exchange experience


child rights institutions

Promotion of the UNCRC protocols

Ensure ongoing discussion

Regional cooperation

The Country Director should nominate a CRG focal point from each country to be part of the regional network.

Turid and Udaya will develop ToRs for regional networks: with joint initiatives and regular meetings.

The Country Director should nominate one primary and one secondary focal point.

Budget and time implications for the focal points need to be considered while developing the ToR.

Regional cooperation should be promoted through:

mapping technical expertise within the region

knowledge sharing and management

building capacities of focal points

technical backstopping

fundraising support and joint proposals.


DAY 3

UN Universal Periodic Review process

Jennifer Grant explained that the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a new inter-governmental human rights process within the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The UPR offers opportunities for children’s rights organisations seeking to raise the political profile of children and the non-implementation of children’s rights by governments in a global setting. Country offices are greatly encouraged to use this new mechanism as governments are quite anxious to be deemed as countries with a strong human rights record. In the UPR process, governments are reviewed by other government representatives and those at a high level such as Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs, etc. Thus the review process is a peer review having an ambitious agenda. The Universal Periodic Review in brief

The Human Rights Council reviews 48 states per year during sessions in February, May and December. The review process is about improving the human rights situation on the ground, evaluating progress, challenges and needs. The recommendations are action-oriented and deliberately rather few in number. Civil society and national human rights institutions can participate in several ways by submitting information, participating in national consultations and contributing to the follow-up and implementation of the UPR. Advocacy before the interactive dialogue takes place in Geneva is also important. The UPR cycle consists of a preparation phase at national level, then a review phase where the state has to present its report followed by an interactive dialogue in Geneva. There is also a consideration and adoption part of the outcome of the dialogue. The last phase is the implementation phase at national level of the recommendations of the Human Rights Council. In the preparation phase the government develops a 20-page document after a broad-based consultation process at the national level with relevant stakeholders. The UN compiles 10 pages of information from reports of treaty bodies, special procedures and other official UN documents, and lastly 10 pages are compiled by OHCHR with reliable information from other sources. The interactive dialogue lasts for approximately three hours, where the government presents its report and has to respond to questions. Later on, after four years, the government will be questioned regarding its implementation. Common child rights issues raised in the UPR have been juvenile justice systems, including detention conditions of those under 18 years of age, the fate of migrants’ and asylum seekers’


children, ratification of international Child Rights instruments, and in particular the optional protocols and prohibition of corporal punishment. There are great opportunities for civil society, children and Save the Children to advocate for change during the UPR process. It is an opportunity for constructive dialogue with the state on its child rights obligations and to set an agenda for action on gaps and violations. It gives space for awareness raising and is an opportunity to clarify our own prioritised advocacy agenda. When Save the Children and partners lobby governments and OHCHR to include our issues it is a necessity that we are concrete, reliable, clear and to the point. A good recommendation needs to be specific and significant, measurable and motivational, achievable and action oriented, realistic, relevant and result-oriented and lastly time-bound and trackable (SMART). So far, Save the Children has been able to raise important issues and get them tabled for discussion in the Human Rights Council through the UPR process. Universal Periodic Review related to Nepal

Dilli Duragai described the Nepal UPR process in detail. Save the Children’s submission included 27 recommendations on 16 different issues related to child rights:

Ratification of international treaties

Constitutional and legislative framework

Institutional and human rights infrastructure

Policy measures, right to equality and non-discrimination

Children’s right to life jeopardised by explosive devices

Right to health

Violence

Sexual abuse and harmful traditional practices

Prostitution and trafficking

Child labour

Birth registration and the right to nationality

Children in conflict with the law

Right to education

Refugees

Asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons

Right to be heard OHCHR’s Summary of Stakeholders comments included 15 recommendations, issues and concerns raised by Save the Children, and 14 Member States asked 65 advance written questions out of which eight questions of five States were related to children. Thirty-four children-related recommendations were made by 25 Member States, out of which 15 recommendations were accepted by Nepal, 8 recommendations were accepted which Nepal considers are already implemented or in the process of implementation, 10 recommendations will be examined by Nepal and response will be provided in due time, but no later than the 17th Session of the Human Rights Council, and only one recommendation was rejected!


Dilli underlined lessons learned as:

Importance of lobbying in Geneva as well as in the capital.

Start the lobbying early on, but remember – last minute lobbying can also shape the recommendations.

Importance of the representation of the country programme staff in Geneva.

Importance of a short list of recommendations, and division of labour among like-minded States to include as many recommendations as possible. However, saving speaking time by combining two different recommendations is not to be recommended.

Taking forward the learning

The participants shared some concrete ways for follow-up on the consultation in their countries:

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Pakistan will take forward the UPR process.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will explore fundraising opportunities.

In Mongolia, staff will lobby for having one separate programme on CRG.

In Bangladesh, staff will explore how to form a bigger coalition of civil society.

SC Australia in Bangladesh will revise their ongoing CRG proposal using the learning from the fundraising session.

Participants will share the learning from the consultation with their colleagues.

The Accountability to Children Advisor will assess the accountability work currently being carried out by the 15 countries which are part of the SCUK programme ‘Accountability to Children’ and share the results with the CRGI Global Team. The advisor will also explore linkages and opportunities to contribute to CRG.

In the evaluation participants thanked for a great consultation. They felt they got a better understanding of the details of CRGI and its role - and a good understanding of UPR. They understand better the difference between Child Rights Programming and Child Rights Governance and they know what is happening at the global level. They emphasised also learning about the important role of civil society, child-led research and incorporating child rights in the curriculum. However, some participants felt that we need to discuss more on strengthening funding for CRG and include it in country plans and strategies. Participants emphasized the need to follow up the consultation, map expertise and good practices in the region and have more discussions on UPR. Anjali Pradhan from the UNICEF Nepal office had the last comment before ending the consultation and she stressed the warmth and inclusiveness among the participants. Anjali quoted Henry Ford and said: "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress and working together is success". Lene Steffen agreed and gave good wishes to the follow up in the region and promised strong support from the CRGI.


Annex A Agenda

Save the Children’s Consultation on the Child Rights Governance Initiative

in South and Central Asia

Kathmandu, 3, 4 and 5th March Venue: Hotel Everest

The Child Rights Governance Initiative is one of six global initiatives included in Save the Children’s strategy 2010–15 in order to achieve Save the Children’s thematic goals. Child rights governance aims at building societies that protect all rights for all children. It is a strategy for having an impact on millions of children’s lives, resulting in structural and therefore lasting changes. Good governance is about responsive government performance, readily available information, transparent decision-making processes and robust accountability mechanisms for the realisation of children’s rights. An active, well-organised civil society that supports children’s rights is an important element in this regard. The child rights governance efforts have been divided into three sub-themes:

Child Rights Monitoring

Strengthening National Systems

Building Awareness and Capacity. As part of the theme of Child Rights Monitoring SC engages with and reports to the Human Rights Mechanisms. SC is quite familiar with reporting on the Convention on the Rights of the Child but less used to reporting to the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review. In this meeting we have, therefore, also included one additional day for looking into this rather new but important way of monitoring children’s rights. Objectives for the Consultation

Explore mutual benefits and support in working towards improved child rights governance in the South and Central Asia region.

Share information on the Child Rights Governance Global Initiative and CRG work in the region.

Discuss and plan how we can strengthen child rights governance in the region.

Learn and discuss how to use the UN Universal Periodic Review mechanism for human rights to monitor and advance the fulfilment of children’s rights.


Participants

Save the Children Chief Executive Officers or Programme Directors from national members

Regional Directors and Country/Deputy Directors/Programme Directors

Thematic managers/Senior Child Rights Governance staff

Selected CRGI team members

UNICEF Nepal and UNICEF Regional Office in Nepal.


Time Session Purpose/objective Facilitator Note

Day 1

March 3, 2011

08.30 Getting started; welcome and introductions

Introducing the objectives of the meeting, the CRGI Steering Group and set-up. Getting to know each other

Welcome Turid, Brian, Herluf and Lene

Introducing participants

09.15 Introduction to Child Rights Governance

Questions and answers

Understanding the CRG

Lene Steffen

10.30 Tea break

11.00 Presentation of CRG programmes in South and Central Asia

Gallery Walk: Showcasing the work in the region on CRG

5 minutes presentation by representatives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal/Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Central Asia and Mongolia

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Continue the gallery walk Reflections on the presentations

Reflecting on the learning in the region

14.30 Presenting the three CRGI sub-themes

Getting familiar with working with: Child Rights Monitoring, Strengthening National Systems

Group work:

1. How do we work with monitoring of children’s rights

2. How do we influence and


Time Session Purpose/objective Facilitator Note and Building Awareness and Capacity

strengthen government systems on CRG?

3. How do we strengthen civil society to promote CRG?

4. What other actors influence the realisation of children’s rights? How do we engage with them?

16.00 Presentations from the groups 10 minutes emphasising current status, challenges and ideas to overcome challenges

17.00 How accountable are WE to children?

Burcu Munyas

17.30 Day end for participants

Facilitators’ evaluation

18.30 Dinner – Travel to ethnic restaurant:

Bhojan Griha, Dillibazar



Day 2

March 4, 2011

08.45 Setting the scene for the day Q and A with the CRGI Director

Each group to ask 2 questions to Lene:

Blue card – questions

Yellow card – concerns/comments

10.00 Exploring the potential and innovation for CRG work in the region

Get inspired!!!

Where does SC want to be in 2–3 years with CRG work in SCA?

Brainstorm and group work

The brainstorming can use the results from discussion on sub-themes or priorities. The groups identify 3 ideas or priorities.

10.45 Tea Break

11.15 Looking at current and potential donors for CRGI. Trends in development aid supporting CRG globally.

Getting an overview of potential donors for CRG work in the region

Mapping:

What do we have today?

Opportunities for CRG funding

Who are the main donors and are there other donors we can tap?

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Ways Forward Exploring coordination, collaboration and further synergies within the region and with CRGI

Brainstorm on how to capture learning and keeping a dynamic and engaging network


Time Session Purpose/objective Facilitator Note Who are the technical people in the region and what are their level of expertise?

Forming a CRG network in the region?

How can the CRGI support the region and how can the CO’s support CRG?

Market place – stalls will be situated initially to discuss the following priorities:

1. Global network on CRG

2. Technical assistance/support

3. Regional Advocacy

15:00 Tea break

Group photo

15.30 Evaluation and next steps

Country offices/RO:

- Identification of focal points

- Common activity

Final remarks

Clarity on way forward

16.15 End of day two

17.00 Shopping in Thamel and dinner in Garden of Dreams



Day 3

March 5, 2011

08.30 What is the Human Rights Council and the Universal Periodic Review?

Q and A

Strengthening the monitoring of child rights

10.30 Tea Break

11.00 Preparing and drafting a UPR report Identifying opportunities and best practices

Introduction and group work

12.00 Lobbying before the review meeting, participation in the meeting and follow up of recommendations

Understanding the process

Plenary discussions

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Sightseeing to Swoyambhunath, Buddhist Stupa

Safe travel home


Annex B Participants’ List

CENTRAL ASIA 1. William Lynch Country Director Save the Children Add: 8‐10 T Zehni 2 nd Drive, Dushanbe Tajikistan Tel: +992 93 500 71 00 E‐mail: [email protected] MONGOLIA

2. Enkhtsetseg Nergui Project Manager, School Good Governance Project Save the Children Japan, Mongolia office Add: 4th floor, Arizona business centre, 1st khoroo, Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Tel: +976‐11‐329365(12); 976‐99996716 Fax: +976‐11‐329361 E‐mail: [email protected]

MYANMAR

3. Lene Andersen Deputy Director of Programmes Save the Children in Myanmar Add: Wizaya Plaza, 226 Wisara Road, Bahan Township, Yangon Myanmar Tel: +95 095152167 Fax: +95‐1 513 187

E‐mail: [email protected],

[email protected]


EUROPE DENMARK

4. Lene Christina Steffen Director, Child Rights Governance Global Initiative Save the Children Add: Rosenoerns Allé 12, 1634 Copenhagen V Denmark Tel: +4535248556; mobile: +4529290620 Fax: +45 3539 1119 E‐mail: [email protected]

5. Herluf Gustav Madsen International Program Director Save the Children Denmark Add: Rosenoerns Allé 12, 1634 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: + 45 35365555 Fax: +45 35391119 E‐mail: [email protected]

FINLAND 6. Eija Mustonen Advocacy Adviser Save the Children Finland Add: Koskelantie 38, Helsinki Finland Tel: +358‐50‐4331382 Fax: +358‐10‐8435111 E‐mail: [email protected]

SWEDEN

7. Alfhild Petren Senior Advisor Save the Children Sweden Add: Landsvägen 39, Sundbyberg Sweden Tel: +46 8 698 90 00 E‐mail: [email protected]

8. Anna Lindenfors Interim Asia Director Save the Children Sweden Add: 107 88 Stockholm/Jägarvägen 6, 131 33 Nacka Sweden Tel: +46 708 833 769 E‐mail: [email protected]

UK 9. Burcu Munyas Ghadially Accountability to Children Adviser Save the Children UK Add: 1 St John’s Lane London EC1M 4AR UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7324 4982 E‐mail: [email protected]

10. Jennifer Grant Senior Programmes and Policy Manager SCUK Add: 1 St Johns Lane, London, EC1M 4AR UK Tel: +442070126777 E‐mail: [email protected]


SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA (SAARC) BANGLADESH 11. Sultan Mahmud Country Director Save the Children Australia Add: House 3/1, Road 8, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka Bangladesh Tel: + 880‐2‐9611599, 9611600, 9677556 Fax: + 880‐2‐9611601 E‐mail: [email protected]

12. Birgit LundbaeckCountry Director Save the Children Sweden Denmark Add: H # 9 (5th Floor), R # 16, Gulshan 1, Dhaka, Bangladesh Tel: +880‐2‐8828118, 8814985 Fax: +880‐2‐8810448 E‐mail: birgit@scsd‐bd.org

13. Bokul Shamsul Alam Deputy CD Add: Save the Children Sweden Denmark H # 9 (5th Floor), R # 16, Gulshan 1, Dhaka – Bangladesh Tel: +880‐2‐8828118, 8814985 Fax: +880‐2‐8810448 E‐mail: bokul@scsd‐bd.org

14. Chowdhury Tayub Tazammul (Rana) Deputy Programme Director – Child rights Add: Save the Children Sweden Denmark H # 9 (5th Floor), R # 16, Gulshan 1, Dhaka Bangladesh Tel: +880‐2‐8828118, 8814985 Fax: +880‐2‐8810448 E‐mail: tayub@scsd‐bd.org

BHUTAN 15. Dorji Wangdi Adolescent Development Program Coordinator Save the Children International, Bhutan Country Office Add: Chang Geydaphu, Post Box – 281, Thimphu, Bhutan Tel: +975‐2‐323419/325599 Fax: +975‐2‐322290 E‐mail: [email protected]

NEPAL 16. Brian Hunter Country Director Technical Advisor Save the Children Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977 1 422 2271 Fax: +977 1 422 7389 E‐mail: [email protected]

17. Udaya Manandhar Assistant Country Director – Program Save the Children Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977 1 422 2271 Fax: +977 1 422 7389 E‐mail: [email protected]


18. Dilli Guragai Child Rights Governance and Protection Technical Advisor Save the Children Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977 1 422 2271 Fax: +977 1 422 7389 Email: [email protected]

19. Sita Ghimire Program Development and Quality Director Save the Children ‐ Nepal Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐4258140 Fax: +977‐1‐4227389 E‐mail: [email protected]

20. Madan Gotame Program Coordinator Save the Children International in Nepal Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐4222271 Fax: +977‐1‐4227389 E‐mail: madan.gotame@savethechildren;org.np

21. Dil Bahadur AirProgram Officer ‐ Child Protection Save the Children Save the Children, Far Western Region Office Add: Dhangadhi, Nepal Tel: +97791527326 office, mob: 977 9759003171 Fax: +97791527327 E‐mail: [email protected]

22. Hajra Shabnam Program Coordinator Save the Children Add: Butwal, Rupendehi Nepal Tel: +977‐071‐541193 Fax: +977‐071‐541954 E‐mail: [email protected]

23. Mina Kumari ParajuliProgram Coordinator‐Child Protection Save the Children ‐ International Add: Hansapur‐2, Arghakhanchi Nepal Tel: +977‐081522973 Tel: +977‐081524743 E‐mail: [email protected]

24. Umakant Chaudhary Program Coordinator ‐ CRG and Protection Save the Children International Add: ERO‐Biratnagar Nepal Tel: +977‐021 ‐ 461964 Fax: +977‐021 – 461399 E‐mail: [email protected]

25. Tara Kanel CRG and Protection Manager Save the Children International in Nepal Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977‐14222271 Fax: +977‐14227389 E‐mail: [email protected]


26. Neelam Dhanushe Program Coordinator ‐ Protection Save the Children International Add: JDA Complex, Bagdurbar, Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977‐01‐4222271 Fax: +977‐01‐4227389 E‐mail: [email protected]

UNICEF NATIONAL OFFICE, NEPAL 27. Anjali Pradhan Basic Service Specialist – in charge of Child Friendly Local Governance Initiative, Social Policy and Decentralized Section (SPD) UNICEF/Nepal Add: UN House Post Box 1187, Pulchowk, Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐5523200 ext 1124 E‐mail: [email protected]

PAKISTAN

28. David Wright Country Director Designate SCI Pakistan SCI/SCUS Add: Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: +92 300 856 5824 E‐mail: [email protected]

29. Wajahat Ali Director Child Rights and Governance Save the Children International Add: House No. 3, Street 25, F‐7/2, Islamabad Pakistan Tel: +92 333 543 0382 E‐mail: [email protected]

30. Ghulam Qadri Country Director Save the Children Sweden, Pakistan Programme Add: P.O.Box 307 (F/8 Markaz) Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: + 92‐51‐ 2287066 ‐9 Fax + 9251 228 70 70 E‐mail: [email protected]

31. Khuram Gondal Senior Programme Manager CP & CRG Save the Children Sweden, Pakistan Programme Add: P.O.Box 307 (F/8 Markaz) Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: + 92‐51‐ 2287066 ‐9 Fax + 92‐51‐2287070 E‐mail: [email protected]


SRILANKA 32. Menaca Calyaneratne Head of Child Rights Governance Save the Children Add: 58 A Horton Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka Tel: +94 112672668‐74 Fax: +94 11 2672671/5 E‐mail: [email protected]

SAVE THE CHILDREN SWEDEN, REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 33. Turid Heiberg Regional Director Save the Children Sweden Regional Office for South & Central Asia Add: JDA Complex 6th Floor GPO 5850, Ward # 11, Bag Durbar, Sundhara Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐4251389/4251627 Fax: + 977‐1‐4222235 E‐mail: [email protected]

34. Jerome ConilleauRegional Programme Manager Save the Children Sweden Regional Office for South & Central Asia Add: JDA Complex 6th Floor GPO 5850, Ward # 11, Bag Durbar, Sundhara Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐4251389/4251627 Fax: + 977‐1‐4222235 E‐mail: [email protected]

35. Laxman Belbase Regional Advisor on Gender Save the Children Sweden Regional Office for South & Central Asia Add: JDA Complex 6th Floor GPO 5850, Ward # 11, Bag Durbar, Sundhara Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐4251389/4251627 Fax: + 977‐1‐4222235 E‐mail: [email protected]

36. Kamal Khanal Sr. Administration Officer Save the Children Sweden

Regional Office for South & Central Asia

Add: JDA Complex 6th Floor GPO 5850, Ward # 11, Bag Durbar, Sundhara Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977‐1‐4251389/4251627 Fax: + 977‐1‐4222235 E‐mail: [email protected]

UNICEF, REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH ASIA37. Laila Ismail Khan Deputy Regional Director UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia Tel: 977 1 4417082 Ext. 202 (Direct) +977 1 4411757 Fax: +977 1 14419479 E‐mail: [email protected]

38. Roelof Pouwels

Regional Advisor Child Protection

UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA)

Add: P.O.Box 5815, Lekhnath Marg,

Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel: +977 1 4417082

Fax: +977 1 4419479

E‐mail: [email protected]


39. Andrea Rossi Regional Advisor UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA)

Add: P.O.Box 5815, Lekhnath Marg,

Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel: +977 1 4443404

Fax: +977 1 4419479

E‐mail: [email protected]

SOUTH EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC THAILAND 40. Sergio Kristensen Regional Director Save the Children Sweden, SEAP Region Add: 14th Fl., Maneeya Centre, 518/5 Ploenchit Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok Thailand Tel: +66 2 684 1046 / +66 82 326 0610 (Mobile) Fax: +66 2 684 1048 E‐mail: [email protected]

41. Eva Maria Cayanan Regional Advisor, Child Rights Governance and Protection Save the Children Sweden SEAP Add: 14th flr Maneeya Center 518/5 Ploenchit Road, Patumwan, Bangkok Thailand Tel: +66 (0)2 684 1046 Fax: +66 (0)2 684 1048 E‐mail: [email protected]

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