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Terms of Reference: Literature review on the role of residential care in the alternative care of children
SOS Children’s Villages is commissioning a literature review in order to collect evidence and data about the pros and cons of residential care as a form of alternative care service for children, and how it complements other services in meeting the needs of children who have temporarily or permanently lost parental care.
Consultancy: Development of Care Reform Strategy -Nairobi, Kenya
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support in development of a care reform strategy in the country.
Call for creative tools (including evidence) using participatory approaches to ensure community engagement and ownership
Save the Children and War Child Holland are working together to look at the value of participatory approaches using creative methods to ensure community engagement and ownership within the field of community-level child protection in humanitarian and development contexts.
Terms of Reference for Review of Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks in Child Protection
Driven in part by their experiences as members of the Elevate Children Funders Group (ECFG) and funders of child protection programs, and also due to the sector-level momentum generated by the UNGA reviews of the CRC and the Alternative Care Guidelines, UBS-Optimus Foundation and GHR Foundation have agreed to engage a consultant to review monitoring and evaluation frameworks in child protection.
