There is a growing interest in applying the systems approach to strengthening child protection efforts. Guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the systems approach shifts attention to a larger systemic framework that includes legal and policy contexts, institutional capacity, community contexts, planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation subsystems. This paper is a response to the increasing need for agreement on approaches and documented evidence of good practices consistent with system strengthening work.
The purpose of the Inter-Agency Working Paper is to consolidate current thinking, examples and lessons learned about child protection system strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa and suggest a way forward. The focus is on concrete actions that reflect country narratives and is followed by recommendations for continuing and sustaining the work. The target audience includes a range of government leaders and staff, from national policymakers to local government authorities, traditional authorities, UN agencies and other multilaterals, regional organizations within sub-Saharan Africa, bilateral and private donors, educators, researchers, international and local NGOs, community representatives and civil society, including children’s groups.
©Training Resources Group and Play Therapy Africa along with OAK Foundation, Plan, REPSSI, RIATT, Save the Children, Terres des Hommes, The African Child Policy Forum, UNICEF, World Vision
