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. 

IWORDS Global has been commissioned by Elevate Children Funders Group (ECFG) to carry out a global research that provides an independent and impartial analysis of the current status of children and youth rights and well-being, philanthropic community and field power balances and imbalances. In the interest of making the study truly participatory and inclusive, they are reaching out to stakeholders engaged in this field, including donors/funders, youth and children's organizations, and community-based organizations to participate in a short survey.

Responding to the findings and recommendations of the child protection systems-strengthening (CPSS) evaluation, the purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF to develop a paper describing the the CPSS approach  and to enable systematic tracking of CPSS progress and performance globally.

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.

UNICEF is seeking a consultant to support in development of a care reform strategy in the country.

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. 

Family Care First (FCF) | REACT is recruiting a Communication Specialist who will be responsible for the implementation of the network's communication strategy.

the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is looking for a national consultant to be part of the core group to assist Slovakia in developing a national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for substitute care for children and in building capacity to implement, evaluate, and develop it further over time.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for a qualified Individual International Consultancy for Development of the National Alternative Care Guidelines for children in Lao PDR and government training modules. 

SOS Children´s Villages International is currently coordinating the implementation of the project “Leaving Care - An Integrated Approach to Capacity Building of Professionals and Young People” co-financed by the European Commission’s DG Justice.