International Bureau for Children'sRights/Bureau international desdroits des enfants

Published purpose

This project aims to strengthen the child protection system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It seeks to improve the professional training and specific skills of police officers, magistrates and social workers in the performance of their duties. It also aims to strengthen the co-ordination and collaboration mechanisms between these stakeholders and within the child protection system in general. Based on an in-depth analysis of the prevailing situation in the DRC, the project develops and implements training tools on the rights and protection of children and practices adapted to children, and uses them to create a child protection trainer pool. The project also supports the implementation of intervention manuals for professionals, consisting of consensual procedures between various sectors, which foster a more holistic support for children, namely those in contact with the legal system.