Major pieces of work undertaken by GCPS 2010/11 included the following:
Oak Foundation Child Abuse Programme – GCPS conducted a 5-year review of this major funding portfolio, evaluating programmes funded by Oak in four countries and thematic areas including the Learning portfolio and child protection programmes and policy work at the international level. The review exercise contributed to the development of Oak’s Child Abuse Programme strategy for the next 5-year period up to 2015, a strategy development process also supported by GCPS.
Humanitarian Accountability Partnership – GCPS conducted field research in three countries designed to assess the effectiveness of organizational measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian response via beneficiary-based consultations. The research was recently published and launched in Geneva.
Groupe Developpment – end of grant period evaluation (after 6 years of funding) of major EU-funded anti-trafficking programme in India, focusing on prevention and response measures in two states in South India
Plan – global research into the situation of street involved children and evaluation of Plan’s work in this area to support increased effectiveness of Plan in policy and programming, including advocacy focused on the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child in Geneva 2011. GCPS conducted field research in four countries across Plan regions, reviewed legal frameworks and documentation relating to street involved children globally.
British Council - currently supporting development of interagency guidelines for child protection in Belarus
GCPS also supported work on child protection policy with a number of organisations:
KCS Coalition - GCPS was contracted to support a major training initiative across up to 20 countries in Africa. The project targeted HIV/AIDS organisations funded by USAID, assisting them to develop and implement child protection polices and associated safeguarding measures.
misean cara - reviewed implementation of child protection policy and associated safeguarding measures by a Catholic religious order working in Zambia, and delivered training to misean cara member agencies
SCIAF - supported development of child protection policy and trained staff
CAFOD - continued support to development and implementation of a comprehensive child safeguarding approach across UK and international work
British Council - supported development of an e-induction package for staff and volunteers globally
Handicap International & Save the Children- child protection training for HI & Save staff and their implementing partners involved in a research project looking into the issues of sexual violence against disabled children
Tearfund - provided training for International HR staff on conducting child protection investigations
Read about some training events delivered by GCPS:
