Better Care Network Child Protection in Crisis Learning Network Bi-annual Meeting October 8 th, 2013 ©Josh Estey/CARE © UNICEF/HQ00-0567/LeMoyne.

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Better Care Network Child Protection in Crisis Learning Network Bi-annual Meeting October 8 th, 2013 ©Josh Estey/CARE © UNICEF/HQ /LeMoyne

Better Care Network What: Interagency network facilitating active information exchange & collaboration on the issue of children without adequate family care Who: –BCN Steering Committee –Secretariat –Advisory Group –Newsletter members

Better Care Network Mission –To facilitate active information exchange and collaboration –To advocate for technically sound policy and programmatic action on global, regional and national levels Purpose –Reduce instances of separation and abandonment of children –Reunite children outside family care with their families, wherever possible and appropriate; –Increase, strengthen, and support family and community-based care options for children; –Establish international and national standards for all forms of care for children without adequate family care and mechanisms for ensuring compliance; and –Ensure that residential institutions are used in a very limited manner and only when appropriate.

Knowledge Management  BCN Website:  Largest clearing house of research, program and policy guidance and tools  Access from 200 countries

Knowledge Management Monthly Newsletter Over 3,375 members Grown from 500 members in 2006

Technical Assistance Access to global experts Facilitate peer exchange and sharing of experiences and resources Contextualize and tailor collective body of knowledge to the specific need of members Supporting partners in development of legislation, strategies and programs for child care reform Collaborating with key stakeholders to develop tools and standards Informing training and capacity building Free and public access to sector relevant information, combined with direct peer support and expert guidance

Working Paper Series –Risk of Harm to Young Children in Institutional Care (2009) –Families, Not Orphanages (2010) –Children with Disabilities and Alternative Care (2012) Forthcoming – Child Care Country Profiles in Sub-Saharan Africa –Gatekeeping Paper

Technical Tools Better Care Network Toolkit Manual for the Measurement of Indicators for Children in Formal Care Inter-agency Tools –Moving forward: Implementing the “Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children” –Separated Children and Unaccompanied Field Manual –Inter-Agency Reintegration Desk Based Research

Brokerage & Convening Co-chair of NGO Committee Working Group on Children without appropriate family care Faith to Action Initiative: partnership with Faith Based Actors to support local family based solutions for vulnerable children Regional and Global Conferences Connect and strengthen national and regional Networks Document and Share Country Practices Regional Initiative in Eastern Africa

Next Steps Learning Projects currently underway –Country Care Profiles in Rwanda, Liberia and Ghana & Country Care Reviews on BCN web site –Gatekeeping Paper to examine the role of gatekeeping systems in care reform Challenges –Commitment and capacity of key stakeholders to implement child care reform –Research gaps: fragmented knowledge of the situation and what works –Persistent misconceptions, drivers and vested interests Priorities –Implementation of good policies and practices at national, regional and global levels –Child Care Research Initiative to identify and address knowledge gaps –Increased understanding of social norms to support existing positive family care and address misconceptions and vested interests

Thank You For more information Visit BCN website: Visit BCN toolkit: Sign-up for BCN’s newsletter Contact BCN Secretariat: ©Josh Estey/CARE

Context Importance of family care and growing evidence on negative impact of placement of children in harmful institutional care => Family preservation, reintegration of children separated from their families and family based alternative care such as foster care and kinship care. Significant progress to date Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children Momentum building at regional and national levels Much still needs to happen to propel the momentum