Transcript UNICEF UPDATE Child Sensitive Social Protection Joint Statement Social transfers, social insurance, social services and related policies, legislation and regulations that consider the.

UNICEF UPDATE
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Child Sensitive Social Protection
Joint Statement
Social transfers, social insurance, social services and related policies, legislation and
regulations that consider the impact and results for children
• Avoid adverse impacts on children and reduce/mitigate social risks that
directly affect children’s lives
• Intervene as early as possible where children are at risk
• Consider age/gender specific risks of children throughout the life cycle
• Mitigate the effects of shocks, exclusion and poverty on families
• Make special provisions to reach children who are particularly vulnerable
and excluded
• Consider intra-household dynamics that affect how the children may be
reached
• Include the voice and opinion of children in the design
DFID, HelpAge International, Hope&Homes for Children, Institute of Development Studies,
International Labour Organisation, Overseas Development Instituted, Save the Children UK,
UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank
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Carmona
Child Welfare and Cash Transfers
Recent literature reviews to look into the evidence on synergies between
social welfare services and cash transfers.
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The ways in which contact opportunities associated with transfers might
help identify vulnerable households and link them with social welfare
services.
The impact of embedding social welfare services within schools in areas
where cash transfers are conditional on school attendance.
The extent to which evaluations of cash transfer schemes have
considered / documented child protection outcomes.
The role of SWS in facilitating access to social transfers in contexts where
cash transfers are not reaching the poorest.
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies – special issue 2009
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Alternative Care
UN Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of
Appropriate Care
Intended to enhance the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, and of relevant provisions of other international instruments, regarding the
protection and well-being of children who are deprived of parental care or who are
at risk of being so.
Preventing the need for alternative care
Framework for care provision
Determining the appropriate form of care
Care provision
Care for children outside their country
Care for children in emergencies
HRC Resolution to forward these to the GA for consideration of adoption
– watch this space
Complement to the Indicators for Children in Formal Care
Alternative Care
Better Care Network - ww.bettercarenetwork.org
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Better Care Network was announced at the first Global Partners Forum, October
2003, Geneva
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Steering Committee - DCOF, USAID (Africa Bureau), UNICEF, CARE USA, Save the
Children UK, Bernard van leer Foundation; Firelight Foundation
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BCN contributes to increased information exchange, collaboration and advocacy
for improved care for children without adequate parental care
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BCN supports information exchange, technical guidance and research, national
and regional chapters (mostly in sub-Saharan Africa) and global advocacy
Faith to Action - www.faithbasedcarefororphans.org
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This is a joint initiative that provides information and resources to U.S. Christian
churches and faith-based organizations (FBOs) seeking to address the needs of
orphans and vulnerable children in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The initiative advocates for the support of family and community-based
approaches, rather than the building of orphanages as a “first” response to the
needs of children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS and other causes
CP Systems
CP systems - ‘a set of laws, policies, regulations and services, capacities,
monitoring, and oversight needed across all social sectors—especially social
welfare, education, health, security, and justice—to prevent and respond to
protection-related risks.’
Responsibilities often spread across government agencies.
Services often delivered by local authorities, non-State
providers, and community groups.
Coordination and referral mechanisms across a range of
sectors and service providers are examples of critical
functions of a cp system.
Adequate human resources and management are examples
of critical capacities for a CP system to function.
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CP Systems Update
Taking forward the Framework?
 July 2004 Framework for the Protection, Care and support of Orphans and vulnerable
Children Living in World with AIDS
 2007 companion paper to Framework developed
 JLICA, IATT and others’ new evidence and best practice
 Do we need to update the companion document particularly in relation to…
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vulnerability in context of HIV/AIDS
What this means for targeting
Child sensitive social protection
Increased concerns about cost-effectiveness
Regional responses for different epidemic contexts
 How to make this more operational to ensure policy into practice?
 What engagement would IATT want in this exercise – reference group, peer review etc?
 Opportunities to launch document – Vienna/GPF?
Costing of OVC response
Important for two reasons
• To assess global resourcing needs
• To develop models to support national costing and
budgeting efforts
 UNICEF commissioned London School Hygiene and Tropical
medicine to develop costing model
 Need agreement on key variables - defining vulnerability in
context of HIV/AIDS (and numbers of CABA)
 Key elements of support for CABA – and costing the package
 Questions how to take this forward but agreement that models
should be developed collaboratively with others e.g. UNAIDS,
USG and World Bank
Social protection planning with
UNAIDS co-sponsors
 UNAIDS outcome framework: 9 priority areas
 9th priority area on social protection
 UNAIDS convening planning process with UNICEF, WFP,
ILO and others to develop business plan to ensure more
coherent social protection response
 Important to ensure new planning process builds on
existing convening structures (IATT/RIATT’s) and agreed
position papers.