The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is organising the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action over a virtual platform between 2 - 13 June 2025 (dates TBC). This year's meeting will focus on the crucial theme: "Protection of Children from the Ground Up - Enhancing Localised Approaches in Conflict and Crises.” The Annual Meeting will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation services available in Arabic, French, and Spanish for select sessions to ensure a seamless experience for all participants.
In response to insights from 200+ members and key stakeholders, this year's theme enables a focus on locally-led child protection prevention and response actions, actions that are driven and informed by children and their communities, and contextualised approaches that work with local systems. It will extend a focus on localisation and local actors, to include the agency and meaningful participation of children, families and communities, and the role of international and local actors in facilitating this. As well as grounding these considerations in the realities of humanitarian action, and its evolving nature. Therefore, this meeting will explore the measures that can be taken from the ground-up to address these gaps to prevent and respond to harm to children.
The Alliance invites you to contribute your valuable experiences, approaches, and innovations at the 2025 Annual Meeting by submitting an abstract. They want to hear your ideas, questions, failures, and successes linked to the meeting theme, as your insights are crucial in enhancing our united efforts to ensure the protection and well-being of children before, during, and after crises. Please use THIS LINK to complete and submit your abstract - deadline 7th February.* If you have any difficulties accessing or completing the online form, please contact us at annualmeeting2025@alliancecpha.org.
To further assist you in finalising your abstract, please consult the Background Paper for the 2025 Annual Meeting. This paper provides valuable insights and context to help you align your submission with the discussions and priorities of the meeting. Access the Background Paper in English, with Arabic, French, and Spanish translations available on 4 February.
Additional guidance on the abstract submission criteria, as well as mentorship and sample submission forms, please see the abstract submission Guidance attached below.
*Please note that submission of an abstract is not a guarantee that your presentation will be included in the meeting agenda. The organising team will contact you in March about selection.
If you have further questions, visit the Annual Meeting Webpage or contact us at annualmeeting2025@alliancecpha.org.