1. Increased Accountability of ASEAN and SAARC for the Realization of Children’s Right to Protection
ASEAN : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
SAARC: South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation

2. Advocacy targeting Regional Bodies (ASEAN and SAARC)
To increase the ACCOUNTABILITY of ASEAN and SAARC for the REALIZATION of Children’s Right to Protection
Advocacy targeting Regional Bodies (ASEAN and SAARC)
Policy Changes on VAC and CSA/CSEC
Through CSO’s Advocacy / Capacity Strengthening
CSA : Child Sexual Abuse
CSEC: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
CSO : Civil Society Organisation
VAC : Violence Against Children

3. Plan Asia Regional Office
CSA/ CSEC/ VAC
CSOs
South East Asia
RPA on VAC
ACWC
Plan Asia Regional Office
SAIEVAC
South Asia
RPA on CSA/CSEC
NORAD / NNO
SIDA / SNO
ACWC: ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
NNO : Plan Norway Office RPA : Regional Plan of Action
SNO : Plan Sweden Office SAIEVAC: South Asia Initiative for Ending Violence against Children

4. Specific objectives PLAN CRCA NACGs
Increase the capacities of CRC Asia and NACGs to advocate for improved child protection policies and programmes of ACWC and SAIEVAC / SAARC
PLAN
Influence ACWC and related ASEAN sectoral bodies to strengthen policies and programmes that promote child rights and gender justice and protection children from all form of VAC
CRCA
Reinforce the alignment of the SAARC environment with UNCRC and OPs to address CSA/CSEC, taking into account gender equality
NACGs
NACG : National Action and Coordinating Group Against Violence against Women and Children
OP : Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
UNCRC: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

5. Advocacy Targets
ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
National Action and Coordinating Group Against Violence against Women and Children
South Asia Initiative for Ending Violence Against Children (

6. Key Advocacy Targets and Agencies
CSOs
ACWC
SAIEVAC

7. Implementing Areas South Asia (8 countries) South East Asia

8. TIMEFRAME and FUNDING SOURCE
Start-up: June 2015
2015
MFA Finland
SIDA
NORAD
2016
2017
2018
SIDA (Bridging Year)
2019
MFA: Minister of Foreign Affairs

9. Key Activities Plan CRCA NACGs
Regional Trainings (e.g. Advocacy Strategising, Disability Inclusion in Child Protection and Advancing Gender Equality)
Annual Project Progress Review Meeting
Project website (
Overall Project Management and Reporting
CRCA
CSOs/Members’ Capacity Building
Partnership Strengthening
Public Awareness Raising
Advocacy and Networking
NACGs
Strengthening Commitment of NACGs to Advocate for Policy Changes
Increasing NACGs Functionality
Promoting Children’s Participation
Making Stronger Basis of Evidences

10. Advocacy for Policy Development / Changes
SAIEVAC developed the working draft for the Elimination of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation including Online Exploitation in consultations with CSOs.
ASEAN adopted RPA on VAC in 2015, which included CSOs’ inputs to ensure its alignment with UNCRC and OPs.

11. Regional Training and Annual Review Meeting 2015
Regional Training on Advocacy Strategising and Annual Meeting November 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand

12. Regional Training and Annual Review Meeting 2016
Regional Training on Disability Inclusion in Child Protection and Annual Meeting October 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand

13. Regional Training and Annual Review Meeting 2017
Advancing Gender Equality Training and Annual Meeting October 2017 | Bangkok, Thailand

14. Strengthening Civil Society Organisations
Supporting NACG Sri Lanka
13 December 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka

15. Plan ARO - Field Visit and Technical Support
Meeting with Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights and Plan Hong Kong National Office, December 2017

16. ENGAGEMENTS WITH ASEAN
ACWC’s Baseline Study on Child Participation in ASEAN and Member States
Dialogue Meetings with ACWC
Researchers Meeting January 2017
Meetings with ACWC Philippines and CWC July 2017
Baseline Study updating
Ethical Considerations

17. ENGAGEMENTS WITH ASEAN
National Consultation of the ACWC with CSOs on the Implementation of the ASEAN RPAs on EVAW and EVAC 19 December 2016 | Yangon, Myanmar
 EVAW: The End Violence Against Women Coalition

18. ENGAGEMENTS WITH ASEAN
AICHR Seminar on Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights in ASEAN November 2016 | Singapore
AICHR:  ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

19. ENGAGEMENTS WITH ASEAN & UN SRSG VAC
Dialogue meeting of children and CSOs with UN SRSG VAC 06 June 2017 | Manila, Philippines
UN SRSG: United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against children

20. PROMOTION
Popularization of research and studies through social media

21. PROMOTION
Reprinting of child-friendly materials

22. POLICY ADVOCACY & CAMPAIGNS
Production of Advocacy Tool Publication: December 2016 Launch: July 2017

23. Capacity Building Child Participation Training for NACG Members
In December, 2016 |Sri Lanka, Colombo

24. Children’s Participation
Regional Children’s Consultation On
The SAARC Regional Strategy on Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
(Including Online Safety)
December, 2016
Sri Lanka, Colombo

25. Commitment
Regional Strategy on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation including Online Safety
on October 2016 | Bangkok

26. National Plan of Action on VAC
WAY FORWARD
Advocacy
National Plan of Action on VAC
Finalise RAP on CSA/CSEC

27. Children’s Participation
WAY FORWARD (cont’d)
Children’s Participation
Developing A Charter of Demands
ASEAN Children's network face-to-face meetings

28. WAY FORWARD (cont’d)
Capacity Building on Fund Raising
Child Right Situation Analysis Workshop

29. Project WEBSITE (www.civilsocietyasia.org)
There are almost 80 publications available online and 12 of them are child-friendly version.

30. THANK YOU!

31. Questions and Answers