Child Protection Programme2009 was one of consolidating the strategic approach taken by the Child Protection Programme. Key achievements during the year included finalizing, launching and commencing the use the Child Protection baseline research and its findings. The baseline research – reflecting the three components of the Programme, i.e., legal and regulatory framework, social welfare system; and societal behavioural change – will provide a solid foundation against which progress will be measured over the coming years. On the basis of the findings and recommendations of the baseline research, the Programme developed several multi-year plans for selected programming areas. For example, “Communication for Social Change Plans” were developed through a consultative process with partners in Vanuatu, Kiribati and Solomon Islands. These documents provide a detailed plan outlining approaches and tactics that will be undertaken to systematically address the findings of the baseline research through communication and social mobilization for social change (component 3 of the Programme). Multi-year plans were also developed guiding the capacity-strengthening support for the judiciary and police in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The continued use of the Protective Environment approach effectively helped to verify partners’ engagement in the Programme and the 2009 annual Regional Child Protection meeting noted the active presence of an ever-increasing number of stakeholders from 8 countries.
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