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

Published purpose

The initiative aims to address the lack of knowledge of stakeholders with regards to children's rights. The initiative's main objective is to make available working tools to professionals responsible for ensuring the protection of children within the justice system, police stations and community centers (magistrates, police officers and social workers), to build their capacities and to develop new skills and practices in the field of child protection in order to generally improve the protection system in Burkina Faso. Project activities include: (1) conducting an in-depth analysis of the prevailing situation in Burkina Faso with respect to the capacity of the actors targeted by the project in their work with children (girls and boys); (2) implementation of multi-sectoral consultation and coordination frameworks to better support and better care for children with project stakeholders; (3) training and the provision of work aids for professionals that are responsible for ensuring child protection; (4) promoting the integration of child protection courses in the curricula of training schools of targeted professional bodies.