Training "Mainstreaming Child Rights in Tanzania", Dar-es-Salaam (17-18/02/2016)

Integrating Child Rights in Development Programming

17TH-18TH FEBRUARY 2016 TANZANIA

Opening session

Welcoming words (15’):

• Maniza, Zaman, UNICEF Representative
• Eric Beaume, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation
• Government representative

Getting to know each other (Icebreaker Game) (15’)

Interaction with audience Importance of CR in Development Programming (30’):

• Verena Knaus to moderate
• Promotional video of the Child Rights Toolkit
• Or video “About the Child Rights toolkit”

Conclusion (5’)

Concluding words from Verena Knaus on how Every Sector Counts

Snap test
Pre-workshop evaluation

Exercise:
Participants assess their knowledge and awareness of child rights before and after the workshop.

• X-axis: I know how to consider child right in my day-to-day work
• Y-axis: I understand how policies in different sectors impact the lives of children

Objective: set base-line for after-workshop evaluation to visualise and monitor effectiveness of workshop.

Session 1: #InvestingInChildren

Why focus on children?
Presentation (Verena, PPT slides 1-17) & simultaneous graphic recording (Lana)

• Why take a child rights approach?(obligation, opportunity, win-win)
• Key EU child rights commitments and policy instruments
• Structure and contents of the joint EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit
• About the EU-UNICEF-GIZ partnership
• What is the CRC
• Key stakeholders
• Key concepts: whole child approach & lifecycle approach

Visuals:

• Video: ‘BMZ - Children have a right to have rights’ http://bit.ly/1Kes8qU (2.45’’)
• Video: ‘Girl Effect’ http://bit.ly/1KQgMe1 (3”)

Training concept & tools:

• Child Rights Toolkit: Modules 1 & 2
• BMZ Video: Children have a right to have rights

Session 2: #EveryChild - Zooming in on the child rights situation in Tanzania today

• Margaret Mussai - Overview of the child rights situation in Tanzania today (15’)

Session 3: #GlobalGoals - Getting to know children’s rights
Facilitator: Brussels/ Tanzania

Group game #1
Group exercise:

Key CRC articles are matched with questions to stimulate discussion in groups (e.g. ‘Do children need more protection than adults to be able to enjoy this right?’)
Objective: Participants get to know key CRC articles and understand its importance

Training concept & tools:

• BMZ training: Chapter 5

Session 4: #StepForward for Children - Power Walk
Interactive Role Game

Group exercise:

Participants take on different roles (contextualised) and make one step forward if they can answer ‘yes’ (e.g. “Were you able to visit secondary school?”).

Objective: Participants ‘experience’ child rights inequities and reflect on the long term impact of child rights violations on individuals and societies.

Training concept & tools:

• BMZ training: Chapter 3

Session 5: #EndingViolence in Tanzania – Building Child Protection Systems

Presentations – co-led session

Birgithe Lund-Henriksen, Chief, Child Protection and Georgina Mtenga, Child Protection Specialist- C4D, UNICEF Country Office talk about their work (15’)

Training concept & tools:

• Child Rights Toolkit: Module 4
• Child Rights Toolkit: Module 5
• Child Rights Toolkit: Module 6

Session 6: #EverySectorCounts – From pa-per to practice.
Case Studies & Interactive group

Verena: Introduce case studies. Introduce tools and fact sheet to contextualize case studies

Session 6b: #Results4Children
Discussion about the case study findings.

Each group will have prepared a 3 min pitch to convince a fictional ‘committee’ about the need to integrate a child rights perspective in the policy/policy reform programme. The winning group gets a price.

Session 7: #Generation2015 - the power of partnerships
Working with Civil Society and young people during the 2015 General Election

Innovation and partnerships in UNICEF (Hawi Bedasa)

Q&A on U-Report

Training concept & tools:

• Child Rights Toolkit: Module 3
• Child Rights Toolkit: Module 8
• Key Stakeholders

Session 8: #LearningForTomorrow
Taking Action – Feedback and evaluation - Group exercise

Letter to yourself
Participants write individual ‘letters’ to themselves and ‘commit’ to action

• Identify 3 concrete actions/opportunities to integrate child rights in your day-to-day work

Participants’ evaluation:
Participants give feedback on VIP cards and survey

• What did you find most interesting?
• Suggestions for changes/ improvements

Snap test
After-workshop evaluation

Exercise:
Participants assess their knowledge & awareness of child rights before and after the workshop.

• X-axis: I know how to consider child right in my day-to-day work
• Y-axis: I understand how policies in different sectors impact the lives of children

Session 9: #Become a child rights champion

Interactive quiz game